IKEA - whats the big deal?

IvanOpinion

DW finally talked me into going to IKEA at the weekend and all I have to ask is what is the big deal? I don't know what I was expecting but basically got a glorified MFI store. Yes many of the prices are cheap .. however even then that did not make many items value for money .. equivalents of other items were available elsewhere for the same or less.

Also, apologies to the staff, I was responsible for breaking several of the lights on display .. you only had to touch them and they fell apart.

Ivan

Edinburghlass_2

I have to ask, what did Anne think about Ikea?

IvanOpinion

Edinburghlass wrote: »

I have to ask, what did Anne think about Ikea?

She agreed that she had wasted a couple of hours of my life.

ivan

therabbitt

Id have to disagree, there is no comparison to places like DFS for some furnature in my opinion. Im buying a new bedroom suite and some of the money places like DFS and Harveys looks for furnature is scandalous. For something similar IKEA is nearly 3 times as cheap.

Some people may quibble about the longevity of these products and how if you spend more initially then it'll last longer. But I tend to look upon it differently whereby if I get 3/5 years good wear from them, then Ill be ready to change the style of my room by then....

leftieM

They have a free creche for the over-3s. Heaven!

Polly

Does the creche have to be pre-booked and is it true that it's limited to 45 minutes?

IvanOpinion

Polly wrote: »

Does the creche have to be pre-booked and is it true that it's limited to 45 minutes?

Any children not claimed after 45 minutes are taken to the canteen and turned into Swedish meatballs

ivan

ariba10

IvanOpinion wrote: »

Any children not claimed after 45 minutes are taken to the canteen and turned into Swedish meatballs

ivan

And they are very very tasty.

Edinburghlass_2

IvanOpinion wrote: »

She agreed that she had wasted a couple of hours of my life.

ivan

I'll bet she didn't think it was a waste of her time though

IvanOpinion

Edinburghlass wrote: »

I'll bet she didn't think it was a waste of her time though

Yes she did because I didn't have to get my credit cards out once In fact she was glad to get out given the trail of destruction I left in the lighting department

ivan

Edinburghlass_2

Actually your thread reminded me of my very first visit to Ikea in Newcastle long before they opened in Edinburgh. My friend and I drove down early one Saturday morning and spent the day there leaving only after filling up the car! but... I have to confess some of the things we bought were purely and simply because they were so cheap we felt we couldn't leave them on the shelves.

I still have some 50p photograph frames unopened from that trip but I am still using the £1 clock :j