My Dad hasn't been to Ikea from what I can gather. I like it for the same reason as meglorien, and that for the money its goods are of a better quality than other popular brands that look similar. Our shelves & desks have done excellent service, and before that a cot (lasted 2 kids and would have lasted more had someone else's water tank not burst all over it).
Obviously, just like anywhere else that is popular (e.g. shops in general?!) going there at a weekend or bank holiday is a bad idea. Tuesdays, or after dinner time, or 23/24 December have all worked for me - virtually empty. I hate crowds.
Well...apart from people who don't like it (for reasons sensible or otherwise) if you don't live near one, esp if you also don't have a car, then it seems perfectly reasonable not to have been. Not needing to buy any furniture would be another obvious one ;)
They do have nice kitchen stuff and a lot of our bed clothes come from there as well, so you could go there even without needing furniture. We do often find we go there first and sometimes are disappointed about what we expected to find though...
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Date: 2009-09-21 02:05 pm (UTC)Obviously, just like anywhere else that is popular (e.g. shops in general?!) going there at a weekend or bank holiday is a bad idea. Tuesdays, or after dinner time, or 23/24 December have all worked for me - virtually empty. I hate crowds.
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Date: 2009-09-21 02:51 pm (UTC)My question really came about because some colleagues were expressing surprise at lunchtime that I had never been.
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