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Original poster

to wonder what kind of idiot would buy this?

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Objection · 16/04/2014 20:17

Ikea Bygel Rails at Ikea are £1.50 to £2.00
The hooks are £1.00 for 10.

There are people selling them (new, as a business) on ebay for £7.00 - £15.00. Ditto for Amazon!!!

WHY would you not just buy at Ikea?!?!?

(yes, there are indeed bigger things to angst about Grin I know)

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Original poster
Objection · 16/04/2014 20:18

Plus you get delicious delicious meatballs at Ikea

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gordyslovesheep · 16/04/2014 20:20

because you can't GET to Ikea easily and their delivery charge is £35

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Objection · 16/04/2014 20:21

Surely you'd just find an alternative rather than paying 3 times the retail price?

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Blueandwhitelover · 16/04/2014 20:23

I am over 100 miles from Ikea. I can see why people would buy their ikea on ebay considering the delivery charge.

gordyslovesheep · 16/04/2014 20:23

don't know - either people do buy it and they sellers make a profit or no one buys them and they don't

not sure

BikeRunSki · 16/04/2014 20:25

Because Ikea is not that handy got a lot of people.

I love ikea freezer bags, but not so much I am going to put a 2yo and a 5 yo in the car and drive for the best part of an hour each way, running the risk of being stuck on the m62 forever and being mithered for every little thing on the shop.

I bought some on eBay for £6 posted. I don't know how much they are direct from ikea, but it is money well spent.

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Objection · 16/04/2014 20:25

I guess so. I mean the reason I was looking is because I didn't want to trek to Ikea for a rail!

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SuffolkNWhat · 16/04/2014 20:27

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LettertoHermioneGranger · 16/04/2014 20:27

Where I currently am I couldn't possibly get to an Ikea, their delivery prices are too much, and with bus fares to get to another store to buy something similar at that store's prices, the ebay price might be less.

I always try to find alternatives on Amazon and usually I do but some things are so hard to find - if the Ikea one was the best for what I needed I might pay more than the Ikea retail price.

ICanSeeTheSun · 16/04/2014 20:30

Because ebay is cheaper than a divorce.

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Objection · 16/04/2014 20:32

ICanSeeTheSun- Grin

you can probably buy a divorce on eBay now.
But screaming the place down in the Ikea carpark surrounded by the shattered piece of a flat pack wardrobe too big for the car is probably more fun.

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NearTheWindymill · 16/04/2014 20:33

Because Ikea is Sunnydale's answer to the Hell Mouth. Near Croydon it is anyway.

ICanSeeTheSun · 16/04/2014 20:34

DH and I have had some arguments in that car park. I bet they sell them on and that's the reason why things are so cheap.

OldVikingDudeHidMyTubeSocks · 16/04/2014 20:36

If you want to go to IKEA and not run the risk of shouting matches in the carpark go to the Coventry one, pretty easy to lose your other half in the lifts.

Pixel · 16/04/2014 20:37

I've only been to Ikea once, it's too far away and I couldn't buy anything big anyway as it wouldn't fit in the car plus I lost the will to live halfway round.

HolidayCriminal · 16/04/2014 20:38

I've never set foot in an Ikea. I think the nearest one is 1.5 hours drive away.

Viviennemary · 16/04/2014 20:42

I like some of the stuff from Ikea but a visit there is hell on earth. I went one Saturday and had to spend practically the whole weekend in bed to recover.

StairsInTheNight · 16/04/2014 20:51

The trick is to go about 4pm on a weekday, browse in peace as store will be empty, eat meatballs drink mini bottle of wine, then use lots of bungees to secure your boot before triumphant return home eating weird sweets in car.

TattyDevine · 16/04/2014 20:51

I think the delivery has been tiered now but as far as I am aware not everything is available for home delivery (particularly smaller items) so I bet its something like that.

I paid a 3 times retail price for some formula milk in the little glass newborn size from eBay because my preferred brand was not available locally. Seems daft but I just wanted it to be there in the correct size and easy and perfect as I knew I was having a section and would be sore and wouldn't want to make up formula or sterilise.

(if anyone's thinking "not as fecking convenient as breastfeeding then I hear you, and have no doubt its true but knew in advance I would not be able to for medical reasons, why I feel the need to justify this I don't know, except that its mumsnet innit, the only place that gets so seriously arsey about things like that Wink you great big nest of vipers) Grin

OhNoYouExpedidnt · 16/04/2014 21:01

I love Ikea. Perhaps I should set up a business flogging stuff on eBay at inflated prices.

RuddyDuck · 16/04/2014 22:41

Our nearest Ikea is 40 miles away, so buying the same item for 3 times the price is worth it when you factor in petrol costs, if it's relatively cheap in the first place.

Tbh, I work full time and, much as I hate to admit it, buying online and paying delivery charges is easier and cheaper for me. Otherwise I give up my precious Saturday to drive into city, park in outraegeously expensive car park, and fight my way through 3 million Japanese tourists who have decided to take photos of each other in our ridiculously narrow streets. Sitting at home clicking away on my tablet with a glass of wine in hand seems a much better way to shop.

comicsansisevil · 16/04/2014 22:45

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ICanSeeTheSun · 16/04/2014 22:45

Ruddyduck I like your way of thinking

Ijustworemytrenchcoat · 16/04/2014 23:17

I looked at the Antilop highchair on amazon because I'm nowhere near a store and it's not available for home delivery. In fact lots of things I wanted aren't.

Bogeyface · 16/04/2014 23:27

I would drive 100 miles just for the inevitable row in the carpark, its worth the trip just for that.

My favourite was some years ago now with pissed off looking woman standing with 2 young children and determined looking man trying to get a massive flatpack into a fiesta/focus sized car. I was hovering and eavesdropping slowly packing my car and I heard a hissed "look just pay the delivery, it isnt going to fit!" followed by a triumphant "See! I told you it would go in!" from him and indeed it did......with all the back seats and the front passenger seat flat.

She yelled really loudly "YOU ARE A FUCKING MORON!!" and dragged the kids back inside, presumably to book home delivery or ring a taxi!

I dont know what happened as exH wouldnt let me hang around any longer to find out :o