IKEA Sale 12th June - 5th July 2015 - any ideas what's in it?

Charshy

Excited to see IKEA are doing a sale! I'm about to move into my first bought flat (eeeeee!) and have a fairly major IKEA shopping list lined up.

Wondered if anyone knew what might go into the sale - and will it be online? One of the discontinued ranges that I want won't be in my nearest store any more.

Thanks

Charshy

Hopeful bump up in case anyone's heard more news of what's going to be on sale!

I messaged IKEA UK directly and apparently it is in-store only, and each store is allowed to set its own sale products. They suggested I go in and see on the day. (Except I don't drive, it's many miles from where I live, and I'd need to take a day off work!)

My "local" store will be Southampton. Really desperate to know if anything on my wishlist will be in there or if I may as well wait

jenniewb

Generally in a summer sale you get the summer stock or stuff which came out for the season in about January to April. Everything after then is fairly safe till Autumn by which time it will be 10-20% off at some point.

This is a general rule-of-thumb and by no means the absolute rule, but has been my experience so I'll stick to using it as a rule for myself.

If you were waiting to buy anything and you've already managed without it for long enough, unless it directly impacts on your wellbeing and ability to get through the day in one piece, I'd say hold off until the sale. And if you've managed to hold out that long, the question should be (as Martin Lewis would put it; do I really need it, will I really use it).

jon81uk

Some of the big offers will go on the website http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/store/southampton/special_offers but you will need to go in store to buy. Don't forget they are open until 9pm so you may not need a full day off work. Make sure you are an Ikea Family member too as they sometimes send extra coupons for the sale.

But often a lot of what goes in the sale is odd colours, for example a lamp in green in the sale, but the blue and white versions sold better so aren't in the sale.

Charshy

Thanks both. I'll probably not bother with the sale, then - I've a specific list of things I need to buy, and I'd rather do it all in one go than save a few pennies across multiple trips!

Hope someone else snags a bargain though

jenniewb

Charshy wrote: »

Thanks both. I'll probably not bother with the sale, then - I've a specific list of things I need to buy, and I'd rather do it all in one go than save a few pennies across multiple trips!

Hope someone else snags a bargain though

In my experience, unless you are fine with crowds, boisterous children trying to steer trollies and massive queues (even more massive than usual for Ikea. If that is actually possible) and are fine with finding what you want out of stock for a fortnight, I'd say you're not just saving yourself cash, your also saving hours of your day, stress levels and the resulting drink/food of choice in order to get your Ikea-rage levels back to anywhere near normal. I think if you can at all avoid the Ikea sale, you really, really should!