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Going to Ikea on Sunday...am I mad?

  • 12-04-2015 12:41PM
    #1
    chewed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,434 ✭✭✭


    I must be extremely bored, but I need a few things from Ikea and am in a flat pack building mood! Is Ikea is still packed on Sundays? I know what I need so should be able to grab my stuff. I'm just not in the mood for queueing!


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  • #2
    bjork
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,554 ✭✭✭bjork


    Can you not order online with IKEA?

    I can :P


  • #3
    hairyslug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,561 ✭✭✭hairyslug


    Bring kids too, just adds to the experience.


  • #4
    Aongus Von Bismarck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,794 ✭✭✭Aongus Von Bismarck


    I can think of few more hellish ways to spend a Sunday than walking round Ikea looking at kitchen accessories. With those repulsive meatballs they serve in the 'restaurant' afterwards no doubt.


  • #5
    crybaby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 895 ✭✭✭crybaby


    Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »
    I can think of few more hellish ways to spend a Sunday than walking round Ikea looking at kitchen accessories. With those repulsive meatballs they serve in the 'restaurant' afterwards no doubt.

    Just did it for nearly an entire weekend a few weeks back, one of the days was with two kids in tow as well.

    Never. Again.


  • #6
    chewed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,434 ✭✭✭chewed


    Right then, I'll just bring the dog for a walk and build my half finished Airfix model instead!


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  • #7
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Never saw the attraction of IKEA, it's just Texas Homecare with higher pallet racking.


  • #8
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Certified OP

    Tuesday morning at 10am is the ONLY time to go to IKEA.


  • #9
    SMJSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 600 ✭✭✭SMJSF


    My tip (I go regularly)... Make a precise list of what you need, go online, get the names and the areas where they are, bring the credit card instead of cash so you go into the express lane (quicker than a cashier!)... Don't go into the showroom, when you get to the top of the stairs, turn left towards the restaurant, the stairs to the warehouse is beside the lifts on the right... It will save time and your sanity!!!!!


  • #10
    Slippin Jimmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,025 ✭✭✭Slippin Jimmy


    Ikea, the adult version of lego.


  • #11
    Agricola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    I just don't get Ikea. The place looks like an enormous blue prison. There are no windows. Once you get inside the front door its a one way system requiring you to walk the 36 miles to reach the exit. The furniture is all minimalist 70s looking guff in primary colours. Admittedly Im from the country and it took me a while to wrap my head around the little bookie slips and pencils in Argos back in the day, but how do you know which items you can pickup in the shop on your journey through purgatory and which you must look for the the gigantic warehouse of lost souls?
    Never happier to leave a place in my life.


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  • #12
    Dozer Dave
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 491 ✭✭Dozer Dave


    It beats going to mass anyway.


  • #13
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,037 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    If you enjoy buying cr@p that falls apart go for it


  • #14
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    Dozer Dave wrote: »
    It beats going to mass anyway.

    :mad:


  • #15
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,351 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    It's the best place in the world to watch couples fight.


  • #16
    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    Dozer Dave wrote: »
    It beats going to mass anyway.

    Ah but you can't beat a priest who gives good mass.


  • #17
    LDN_Irish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭LDN_Irish


    If you see this while still there and you're a coffee drinker with a bean grinder, try their coffee beans. They're really good for the price, around 2.50 I think.


  • #18
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,913 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »
    I can think of few more hellish ways to spend a Sunday than walking round Ikea looking at kitchen accessories. With those repulsive meatballs they serve in the 'restaurant' afterwards no doubt.
    I hate when people rave about the Ikea meatballs. I've only been to Ikea twice, once in Dubai and once in Dublin, and don't see what the attraction is. Loads of people looking at housey stuff. The sister I was with both times, was in her element. As we got to the end, she wanted to go back for one last thing.

    "I'll wait outside" sez I.

    She arrived back 40 minutes later...


  • #19
    chughes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭chughes


    chewed wrote: »
    Is Ikea is still packed on Sundays? I know what I need so should be able to grab my stuff. I'm just not in the mood for queueing!
    Not only is it packed, it's flat packed.....


  • #20
    Pyridine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭Pyridine


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    If you enjoy buying cr@p that falls apart go for it

    Well someone didn't follow the easy to understand instructions! :D


  • #21
    Pyridine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭Pyridine


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Never saw the attraction of IKEA, it's just Texas Homecare with higher pallet racking.

    Yeah, Jysk is where it's at these days!


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  • #22
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,006 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    super_furry wrote: »
    It's the best place in the world to watch couples fight.
    In fairness I haven't seen too many couples fight - but oh boy I've heard kids and babies giving it welly screaming :eek:

    Often thought that child social workers should set up patrols there - they'd do a roaring trade.


  • #23
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 16,720 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    SMJSF wrote: »
    My tip (I go regularly)... Make a precise list of what you need, go online, get the names and the areas where they are, bring the credit card instead of cash so you go into the express lane (quicker than a cashier!)... Don't go into the showroom, when you get to the top of the stairs, turn left towards the restaurant, the stairs to the warehouse is beside the lifts on the right... It will save time and your sanity!!!!!

    Both floors, in and out in eight minutes is my record. My buddy managed seven. Going alone and first thing is key.


  • #24
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    HeidiHeidi wrote: »
    Often thought that child social workers should set up patrols there - they'd do a roaring trade.

    Do they take babies into care for being bored these days?


  • #25
    HeidiHeidi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,006 ✭✭✭✭HeidiHeidi


    anncoates wrote: »
    Do they take babies into care for being bored these days?
    Torture would be more what I had in mind.


  • #26
    dd972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭dd972


    I'm going there at 03.15 tomorrow morning, beat that for mad!


  • #27
    strandroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭strandroad


    SMJSF wrote: »
    My tip (I go regularly)... Make a precise list of what you need, go online, get the names and the areas where they are, bring the credit card instead of cash so you go into the express lane (quicker than a cashier!)... Don't go into the showroom, when you get to the top of the stairs, turn left towards the restaurant, the stairs to the warehouse is beside the lifts on the right... It will save time and your sanity!!!!!

    There's an Ikea app for that. Add items to shopping list, see where they are in the warehouse (it gives you shelf code for each item) on your phone, grab them and you're done in 10 minutes!


  • #28
    RogerWilco1982
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 125 ✭✭RogerWilco1982


    Had a look in there when I was pricing a new bed and bedside lockers.

    Their stuff is very cheap and a headboard on one of their display beds wobbled easily when shook.
    I'm all for value but I get the impression allot of their stuff wouldn't last very long...

    In fairness my arse is on one of their officey-type chairs as I type and it seems to be holding its own for a while now...


  • #29
    mikeymouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 568 ✭✭✭mikeymouse


    Great place for hide & seek esp with kids,
    oh, and make sure you go wrong way around with
    biggest trolly you can find.


  • #30
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Going to Ikea at the weekend would almost convince you that every woman in her thirties is pregnant and they have all decided to got to IKea with their partner at the weekends.


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  • #31
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,262 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    Bring toilet paper with you. There's loads of toilets there, no queues, but the roll is always empty.


  • #32
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    If you enjoy buying cr@p that falls apart go for it

    It's not all bad. I bought some wardrobes over 10 years ago from them, moved 3 times since then and they are still in as good a shape as the day I got them.


  • #33
    McChubbin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,080 ✭✭✭McChubbin


    Question: Do they still sell those little heart-shaped ginger biscuits? Last time I was there was about 2 years ago and they had a box of free samples on display. I normally hate ginger snap-type biscuits but these things were gorgeous.
    Ikea logonberry jam is also quite nice on toast.


  • #34
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    Fr_Dougal wrote: »
    :mad:

    Ah be fair, you can't complain. Not after that funeral.

    maxresdefault.jpg


  • #35
    chewed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,434 ✭✭✭chewed


    beertons wrote: »
    Bring toilet paper with you. There's loads of toilets there, no queues, but the roll is always empty.

    They've loads of free paper measuring tapes. Slightly narrow, but they'd do the trick.


  • #36
    Teyla Emmagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    You should have gone tonight OP. 8pm on a Thursday and the place is deserted.


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  • #37
    Merrion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,424 ✭✭✭Merrion


    I wouldn't say you're mad, but you definitely have a screw loose.


  • #38
    evolving_doors
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭evolving_doors


    Theres a joke in this post but you'll have to assemble it yourself.

    abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxxy


  • #39
    Dozer Dave
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 491 ✭✭Dozer Dave


    beertons wrote: »
    Bring toilet paper with you. There's loads of toilets there, no queues, but the roll is always empty.

    Toilet roll theft, things are gone to the dogs.


  • #40
    fleet_admiral
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,750 ✭✭✭fleet_admiral


    jester77 wrote: »
    It's not all bad. I bought some wardrobes over 10 years ago from them, moved 3 times since then and they are still in as good a shape as the day I got them.
    Yeah I bought napkins there last year and they are still just as good now as the day I bought them


  • #41
    Steve_Carella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 172 ✭✭Steve_Carella


    Play Hide and Seek!


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  • #42
    Steve_Carella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 172 ✭✭Steve_Carella


    fleet_admiral wrote: »
    Yeah I bought napkins there last year and they are still just as good now as the day I bought them

    How long did it take to assemble them?


  • #43
    pauliebdub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,071 ✭✭✭pauliebdub


    chewed wrote: »
    I must be extremely bored, but I need a few things from Ikea and am in a flat pack building mood! Is Ikea is still packed on Sundays? I know what I need so should be able to grab my stuff. I'm just not in the mood for queueing!

    It never seems to be that busy these days, went on a Thursday after work and it was deserted. Sunday shouldn't be that busy. The tills take ages regardless of how busy the floor is.


  • #44
    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    Just take a drive into any industrial park and ask for any spare pallets, they'd be more than happy to offload a few hundred if you have a van and full tank of gas. From that you can make anything you want, hammer, nails and bit of sandpapering and quick a lash of wood coating, helps save the forests too.


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