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to please ask for help over IKEA tree?

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TryingToSaveChristmas · 23/12/2018 09:01

Its been sat in a bucket of water outside with a cut end for two weeks. Brought it inside and you touch it through the netting - there's an instant huge pile of needles. Good as dead already and is going to fall apart and be bare if I try to put lights and ornaments on it.on it.

Normally their trees barely drop even when they've died. Sad

I know a Xmas tree is a 1syt world problem but I've scrimped and saved all year to 'do' a basic Christmas and the tree's the one of the most important bits here. (disabled LP to autistic LO)

It's been outside because we've suffered a sewage flood and I was just left to rip out and clean as best I could and no repairs yet. I'm disabled and it's been very hard to do.

The £20 invested in the voucher was to buy 10 meters of cotton to sew and replace sewage damaged curtains.
I now need all my money back desperately, though even chucking the whole £25 I'm not sure where and if I'm going to be able to find a tree.

There's no access to email for IKEA Wembley unless you brought on line and then it's for on line purchases only.

I've found a contact center number that says 7am to 8pm inc Sunday but no one's answering. It rings around 20 times then cuts you off.

No direct number for the store.

I'm trying to avoid having to struggle back to Wembley in a wheelchair at my own expense with a dying 6 foot tree, hitting the queues and traffic, and having to argue it out with returns.

Any ideas please* and am I 'within my rights' ?

*please don't say go without or spray some twigs silver, I tried suggesting it last night and can't cope with the response.

OP posts:
Starlight456 · 23/12/2018 14:58

@Bentnecklady.

That made me lol.

Hope it looks ok

chocolatecoveredraisons · 23/12/2018 15:04

You could still take it back even once opened. It's a faulty product!

bridgetreilly · 23/12/2018 15:19

You do realise trees grow outside?
Not after they've been cut, they don't.

OP, I'm sorry. I hope you can find a way to salvage it.

AnchorDownDeepBreath · 23/12/2018 16:09

You do realise trees grow outside?

And they die outside too; after they've been cut... Hmm

TrickyD · 23/12/2018 17:09

Take a photo to send to the customer service link mentioned above. Post the photo on here for the MN opinion.

StarUtopia · 23/12/2018 17:14

Just take a photo of it and send it across to customer services.

I worked at a senior level for IKEA. Trust me. You will get a refund. It's not worth their time or effort to argue it. Great company to work for.

Once you have your refund, you can use it to get another tree.

gerispringer · 23/12/2018 17:16

The tree might be fine when it’s up and open ours dropped a load of needles when first open but it’s fine now - it’s only got to last a few days . If not- I’ve had good results when complaining about our kitchen by posting on the IKEA Facebook page.

Roomba · 23/12/2018 19:43

I got a massive, amazing tree for 1p from sainsburys the other Christmas eve! It lasted well too. There may be a bargain around even if your tree is a loss. Fingers crossed its okay once the netting is off.

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