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Original poster

to be scared of going to Ikea

127 replies

Islandlady · 16/09/2010 19:18

They actually have something I like but I cant buy it on line so I have got to actually go to one of their stores.

I have only been once and that was to use the loo.

I asked on another forum about long queues and having to walk in the one direction but was told there are arrows on the floor but you dont have to walk the way they want you to.

I dont want to go but really like a wall lamp they have.

I need reassurance that all will be OK

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TotorosOcarina · 16/09/2010 19:20

Its just a shop, you can go where you want.

Is there more to this? Do you have anxities usually?

JaxTellersOldLady · 16/09/2010 19:23

just go, dont go at the weekend, it is horrendously busy and makes me exceedingly grumpy - week days are fine.

You can walk whatever way you want - nobody will bother.

SmallShips · 16/09/2010 19:23

I never follow the arrows, I walk very quickly to where I need to be and then walk very quickly to the exit.

The Southampton store is a bloody nightmare, 7000 escalators just to get to the entrance!

Go in the evenings on a week day, it's usually quieter.

BigBadMummy · 16/09/2010 19:24

The one in Soutjampton is fab, and easy to wander about.

Go for it.

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Islandlady · 16/09/2010 19:24

No I am fine with other shops but I have heard funny stories about Ikea- people either love it or hate it I have even been told the experience is surreal

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LynetteScavo · 16/09/2010 19:27

You need to get into the IKEA mentalily.

Just folow the signs, and you will kiss good bye to two hours of your life, adn £70 on things you didn't know you needed, but really, really do when you are there.

Or outsmart the system, and take the short-cut doors to the area you want (go during the evening when it's quieter) and you will emerge feeling like an evil genius. Grin

SmallShips · 16/09/2010 19:27

don't take any children and you might actually enjoy it.

ShirleyKnot · 16/09/2010 19:28

Everything will be fine.

(beware the tealights, you will end up buying a bag of 100 of these fuckers for about tuppence, and then they will live in the cupboard under your sink, gathering dust, and every time you go for the bleach you will see them and think..."oh yeah, I really should use those tealights" and the next time there is a powercut they will have moved to a different cupboard and you will think "I'm sure I had 100 tealights from Ikea in here somewhere..." and then the power will come back and they'll be back in the cupboard under the stairs, and there they will sit, silently taunting you, until you throw them away in shame and irritation)

Go on a weekday, without the kids if you can, you can walk in whichever direction you like, and it will be fine.

sugarlake · 16/09/2010 19:28

Go after 6pm. It is much quieter then.

bigfootbeliever · 16/09/2010 19:30

Here in sunny Suffolk, the nearest IKEA is about an hours drive away - sob.

scampadoodle · 16/09/2010 19:31

Go on a weekday, take the shortcuts through the Marketplace, and wear blinkers!

ArghMyEyesMyEyes · 16/09/2010 19:32

You'll be fine. And your house will look like every other house in the UK Grin

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Islandlady · 16/09/2010 19:33

Bigfootbeliver

Think your self lucky
I am going to have to get a FERRY to go to my nearest and I HATE leaving the island
oh yeah I dont drive so am going to have to lug the thing back over the water without it getting broken

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EdgarAllInPink · 16/09/2010 19:36

YANBU - our Ikea is in Croydon.

jstgetting there is frightening.

sharbie · 16/09/2010 19:36

just watch out for all those cats

bigfootbeliever · 16/09/2010 19:36

Islandlady - thank you!

I dont like shopping much, but we used to live 2 mins away from an IKEA in Cheshire and it was one of the few shops I enjoyed going to.

Must be tough living on an Island when it comes to shopping, but I bet you'be got a fab lifestyle / nature / freedom / scenery etc.

Jealous? Moi?

MammyT · 16/09/2010 19:36

YANBU - I broke out in a sweat there the other day and I was only trying to buy a chilren's boxed meal for my child.. Nothing is simple in Ikea.

And to prove my point, I'm about to go back to exchange one of my purchases for the box I actually wanted Angry

FloraFinching · 16/09/2010 19:38

YABU
You MUST stick to the approved routes though. Going off-piste is only for the experienced flat-packer.

SmallShips · 16/09/2010 19:40

be thankful you don't drive, I took the car over to Southampton last week - £91. Robbing bastards.

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tethersend · 16/09/2010 19:51

You're right to be afraid.

WitchyWooWoo · 16/09/2010 20:11

ooh just go for the dime cake, you can buy it in tescos now, the almondy daim and the almondy snickers _ yum yum

babyicebean · 16/09/2010 20:50

and dont forget the little pencils - kids love them

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Islandlady · 16/09/2010 20:51

Bigfootbeliever

Yes the Island has its compensations
but shopping arrrrgh

Still when I go to Southampton I can also take a trip to John lewis now THATS my kinda shop

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