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Would it be mad to go to Ikea today?

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  • 27-07-2009 3:22pm
    #1
    anniehoo
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    Anyone heard if its jammers out there today? Was thinking of going after work as its open late...


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    eddhorse
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    Yep heard they were queuing since 7am to get in for opening at 11am.

    By "they" i mean people that have no jobs and wont be able spend much anyways.


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    Caoimhín
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    Mad? Possibly.

    Sad? Definitely.


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    WIZE
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    anniehoo wrote: »
    Anyone heard if its jammers out there today? Was thinking of going after work as its open late...


    My girlfriend was there this morning and said it was fine with no traffic problems

    Its a very big place with lots of room so you should be fine . better to go now then the weekend


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    Oh The Humanity
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    http://www.aaroadwatch.ie/


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    Carsinian Thau
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    That depends. How badly do you want your next adrenaline rush/fight for survival?


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    WIZE
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    Caoimhín wrote: »
    Mad? Possibly.

    Sad? Definitely.


    why sad ?


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    weeder
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    would it be mad to use the right forum today?


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    messrs
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    according to papers they are expecting 1000 shoppers per hour! mayb leave it till wed or thur eve and go after work then, first few days rush will have died down and id say lot of ppl will wait till bk hol w/end


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    Biggins
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    Yes. Wait at least two weeks.
    Otherwise the queues alone at the tills will keep you there even longer than trying to even get there.


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    Adamcp898
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    I must have stumbled into the Dublin forum again.............


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    Wertz
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    I hope RTÉ are collecting a shedload of money from this firm for all the free advertising they've been giving them the past months across news programmes and phone-ins, particularly in the last 3 days. The only ones they've been promoting more are themselves...


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    SalthillGuy
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    anniehoo wrote: »
    Anyone heard if its jammers out there today? Was thinking of going after work as its open late...
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    I would give it a week.
    I will be crazy for a few days. Many of those there will be just passing time and having a look, but it still makes for a crowd.


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    phasers
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    I'm feeling a bloodlust today, I'm gonna go beat somebody up for the last crappy flat pack plastic table


    If you see any stories about Ikea on the news tonight, it was me.


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    brummytom
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    The only good thing in Ikea is those cushion-y snake thingies


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    towel401
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    now is as good a time as any to get some cheap, disposable chipboard furniture!


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    rubadub
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    Adamcp898 wrote: »
    I must have stumbled into the Dublin forum again.............
    I would say a lot of them are from outside dublin, up visiting the big smoke to get their catalogues. I remember argos opening in the Ilac centre and all these auld ones taking loads of catalogues or "free books" as I heard 2 describing them.

    Was there some deal for the first customers? I saw them queing up early, hope there was or they should all be commited.


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    Wertz
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    rubadub wrote: »

    Was there some deal for the first customers?

    Yes they got to tell all their friends that they were first into the store and that it's lovely and that the stuff is sooo much cheaper than all those rip off irish stores...oh and they got to be interviewed for the six-one news/Gerry Ryan show/Mooney/The Last Word/Drivetime.


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    WIZE
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    What have you all bought from any IKEA to bad mouth what it sells


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    WIZE
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    towel401 wrote: »
    now is as good a time as any to get some cheap, disposable chipboard furniture!


    What have you all bought from IKEA act as if all they sell is ****


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    brummytom
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    BVB wrote: »
    What have you all bought from any IKEA to bad mouth what it sells

    Countless pieces of furniture (beds, dining tables, chairs); paintings, cups, plates, cutlery.

    Haven't been there since my uncle was unfairly dismissed as manager :D


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    My name is URL
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    IKEA is an awful godforsaken maze of shitness

    I got lost in the one in Coventry, ended up using the fire escape


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    WIZE
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    My name is URL wrote: »
    IKEA is an awful godforsaken maze of shitness

    I got lost in the one in Coventry, ended up using the fire escape




    Maybe if you followed the BIG ARROWS on the ground you wouldn't get lost


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    WIZE
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    brummytom wrote: »
    Countless pieces of furniture (beds, dining tables, chairs); paintings, cups, plates, cutlery.

    Haven't been there since my uncle was unfairly dismissed as manager :D



    So its not about what you bought it personal.

    I understand that :)


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    brummytom
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    BVB wrote: »
    So its not about what you bought it personal.

    I understand that :)

    Yeah, to be honest the quality of the stuff's decent.

    It's just the organisation as a whole I have a problem with.


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    WIZE
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    brummytom wrote: »
    Yeah, to be honest the quality of the stuff's decent.

    It's just the organisation as a whole I have a problem with.



    I go there for the meatballs . the girlfriend does the shopping part


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    jumpguy
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    I wonder what's the big deal? OMG IKEA!!! Relax people, you can see it tomorrow when there's less traffic. What's the problem?


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    Caoimhín
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    BVB wrote: »
    why sad ?

    A furniture shop? A flippin furniture shop? Travel up the M50 in rush hour to stand in line for an hour with loonies to get into a furniture shop???


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    brummytom
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    BVB wrote: »
    I go there for the meatballs . the girlfriend does the shopping part

    I used to love the meatballs.

    Now I'd be more partial to the fish and chips - something ridiculously cheap like 99p or £1.99... very good


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    My name is URL
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    BVB wrote: »
    Maybe if you followed the BIG ARROWS on the ground you wouldn't get lost

    Those arrows make you walk in one direction around the entire 8 story building before it leads to the exit

    Ranulph Fiennes would find it a challenge to get out of it


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    Quazzie
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    Wertz wrote: »
    Yes they got to tell all their friends that they were first into the store and that it's lovely and that the stuff is sooo much cheaper than all those rip off irish stores...oh and they got to be interviewed for the six-one news/Gerry Ryan show/Mooney/The Last Word/Drivetime.
    I can picture the conversation in 20 years time.

    Son: Da, I hear Ikea are struggling lately with the new recession.
    Father: I was there the first day that place opened. I remember it like it was yesterday.
    Son: Were ya not working Da?
    Father: Certainly not son, This was back in the day when we had Social Welfare to support us. Ah how I miss Fianna Fail.


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