I've just paid a visit today (under duress, I might add) to get another bookcase to match my existing one. Why oh why do people go there for pleasure? They make you walk through the whole piggin' store even if you only want to buy a lightbulb....Tsk! Grr! Is there something fundamentally wrong with me - everyone else seems to think it's a treat of a day out.....
2006-10-14 09:42:22 · 15 answers · asked by Lily & Stu Too 5 in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
Here is the secret! Enter from the exit end through the checkouts!!! Takes you straight to the warehouse and market. Keep a catalogue handy at home so you can plan what you want and know what aisle it will be stored in, in the warehouse. Been doing that for years - in and out in under fifteen minutes! Their stuff is great ... sitting at one of their desks ;-)
2006-10-14 09:56:31 · answer #1 · answered by Druantia 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's hell. Absolute hell. I avoid it like the plague. The only problem is that you don't actually have to be in the store for it to p*ss you off.
I once had to drive from London to Yorkshire on a bank holiday for a family event and was stuck in traffic trying to get onto the M1 for 2 hours. There's an Ikea on the A406 (the road I have to take to get to the M1) and the queues all cleared up right after the Ikea turn off. People were queueing for miles and hours just to go to Ikea on a bank holiday Monday.
They're nuts.
2006-10-14 09:59:21 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah A 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know how I can tell a couple are getting serious? They go on a f*cking day out to Ikea! No joke!!! Every couple I know have done this.
Now I would rather stick my head in a Rottweiler's stinky gob whilst kicking its nuts than have do deal with a load of middle-class couples spooning round a shop that's filled with bizarrely-named goods. Would you like a Nobb chair madam? Or how about a Fanjita oven glove? A bag of 1000 tea lights for a tenner?
Gimme a break.
2006-10-14 09:50:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to have exactly the same attitude until I bought my own place and didn't want to spend more than I needed to on furniture. So far I've not had any major problems there (apart from having asbo's in the same queue (Edmonton store) as I always go at a quiet time ie just opened
Lucky I don't go there very often.
2006-10-14 22:19:06 · answer #4 · answered by bw_r005t3r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you HAVE to go, try going at a later time if possible (some open til' midnight during the week). Also look out for short-cuts in the store - it will save you having to traipse through the departments you want to avoid.
2006-10-14 09:50:22 · answer #5 · answered by Sonny Walkman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Google him or search for him on Facebook. I don't think it's fair of you to ask total strangers to give away his personal details without knowing more about you. For all we know you could be some crazy stalker who he's deliberately lost contact with! Like I said, he's probably on Facebook, find him there.
2016-03-28 09:03:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I directly blame trips to Ikea as the reason my relationship ended in divorce!
I think Ikea is where couples go to row!
(and Supermarkets are where parents go to hit their kids!)
I'm just a sucker for their catalogues though! Wish they did home delivery!
2006-10-14 12:43:02 · answer #7 · answered by Ah! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only been once to the one off the north circular and would rather have dental work without pain relief than do that again
2006-10-14 10:05:41 · answer #8 · answered by william john l 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Love the stuff they sell, but what a mad house!!!, wish they had a online store, why people think its a good day out is beyond me
2006-10-14 09:51:14 · answer #9 · answered by kitten 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldnot know cos I've never been to Ikea, have i missed out on something here ?
2006-10-14 09:50:50 · answer #10 · answered by Jeanette 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋