IKEA Dublin

robbie_998

Ikea opened their doors for the first time this morning in Dublin just off the M50 near the airport.

Drove past it a couple of times and it is a very big warehouse with a big parking lot.

will there be big fanatics there every week ?

is it worth the while even going at all ?

Washout

Id say wait a few weeks till the hype dies down.

Basq

Moved to Dublin City from Bargain Alerts.

Mods, feel free to move elsewhere - was torn between here and 'Consumer Issues' but since it's not specifically an issue, I decided on here.

Davy

Interviewed someone on the radio this morning, i couldn't believe it when she said she was queuing since yesterday :eek:

I will defo go see it, but wont have any rush in doing it, the flat packs will still be there :rolleyes:

RandolphEsq

Oh, IKEA

cronos

im going to go at some point. but no mad panic. its a big shop nothing ground breaking. it would be like queuing overnight to get into a new argos.

Kintarō Hattori

I was there last week for the friends and family day so had a chance to have a good look around without too much craziness. It's grand, it's big and the stuff is reasonably priced. I don't understand why it seems to polarize people, they seem to either love or hate it which is very strange.

lightening

Some of the furniture design and engineering is very impressive, their storage systems are great and the kids stuff is good. It's probably unfashionable to like them right now, bit like U2.

I don't know why the other thread was put in to the Dublin forum from afterhours, the store is for everyone in the country, in fact it might have been better to locate it on the outskirts of Athlone.

anniehoo

lightening wrote: »

I don't know why the other thread was put in to the Dublin forum from afterhours, the store is for everyone in the country, in fact it might have been better to locate it on the outskirts of Athlone.

Yeh i know ...ye cant win. If i had posted it here no doubt you'd have some country folk askin why i think only Dublin people want to go. Ah well...

robbie_998

lightening wrote: »

Some of the furniture design and engineering is very impressive, their storage systems are great and the kids stuff is good. It's probably unfashionable to like them right now, bit like U2.

I don't know why the other thread was put in to the Dublin forum from afterhours, the store is for everyone in the country, in fact it might have been better to locate it on the outskirts of Athlone.

this thread was originally put in bargain alerts

stupid to move it

Bluetonic

basquille wrote: »

Moved to Dublin City from Bargain Alerts.

Mods, feel free to move elsewhere - was torn between here and 'Consumer Issues' but since it's not specifically an issue, I decided on here.

Maybe the Fingal forum would have been better, if we had one.

Wishbone Ash

cronos wrote: »

it would be like queuing overnight to get into a new argos.

100% agree!

One man interviewed this morning described it as a "great day out". With all there is to do in Dublin, I think it sad in the extreme that anyone would think queuing to get into a shop is a great day out! :eek:

(I also think that out national broadcaster have given this private company far too much publicity).

emeraldstar

I really don't get it.

Max Power1

ikea?

Janine87

Im happy theres an IKEA in Ireland as well now! It is a really good store! I havent been there yet but from what I heard everyone is buying their furniture there. So I might as well go down from Sligo some day and check out what I am in need of!

ednwireland

Janine87 wrote: »

Im happy theres an IKEA in Ireland as well now! It is a really good store! I havent been there yet but from what I heard everyone is buying their furniture there. So I might as well go down from Sligo some day and check out what I am in need of!

you'd be better going to belfast - cheaper

Tabnabs

ednwireland wrote: »

you'd be better going to belfast - cheaper

A quick look at the UK prices shows how wrong you are. The Dublin shop knows its only real competition at the moment is the Belfast shop so why price yourself out of the market?

Jay D

Excellent shop. The one in Belfast is the bollox to be fair. I voted no as I'm not going while all the idiots are scrambling to spend the little money they have, when they die down I will head up for a nosey.

barby_

You don't even know what you are talking about!!!!
IKEA is the SHOP ever!!! You will find everything you need and everything you do not need in there!!!! It's fascinating, you will not get out with empty hands!
I used to go there once a month, when I was in Italy. It is massive!
I am very happy they finally opened it in Dublin!
They should have done that before though, when there was still no sign of recession.

nxbyveromdwjpg

Is there much more there than is on the ikea.ie website? Cos theres not much on there im interested in at all, but I could use a twin bed.. is it worth trekking over there?

Davy

nm wrote: »

Is there much more there than is on the ikea.ie website? Cos theres not much on there im interested in at all, but I could use a twin bed.. is it worth trekking over there?

One thing about the beds, i think all the beds are odd sizes so you need to get bed linen from them.

eightyfish

Davy wrote: »

One thing about the beds, i think all the beds are odd sizes so you need to get bed linen from them.

This was true for me - bought bed in Belfast and had to go back a few months later to get linen that would fit. This is more to do with the depth of the bed, including extra top cushion, than the length or width.

Ikea is brilliant, the only way to fully kit out a new apartment with fairly nice stuff for under €2k.

PinkTulips

i'm badly in need of storage for the kids rooms and a bed for us so we'll be heading up for a mooch in a few weeks when the crazy dies down... might combine it with a zoo trip though, it's a long haul from mayo to dublin just for flat pack furniture

Gaspode

ednwireland wrote: »

you'd be better going to belfast - cheaper

Nope, most of the IKEA items are cheaper in Dublin, so why spend the pertrol and currency conversion fees?

Davy wrote: »

One thing about the beds, i think all the beds are odd sizes so you need to get bed linen from them.

Their beds are standard size. We bought a bed in Belfast and found it no different to any other bed size. Also, their catalog confirms this.


So much hype about this store, it's a bit OTT imho.
The level of hype is matched only by the amount of misinformation being bandied about.

deelite

Can somebody who's been to Ballymun Ikea tell me -

1. Do I have to pay for parking and how much - (I'm only going to go for a gander)

2. The creche there how much do they charge for that per hour - or visit?

P_1

deelite wrote: »

Can somebody who's been to Ballymun Ikea tell me -

1. Do I have to pay for parking and how much - (I'm only going to go for a gander)

2. The creche there how much do they charge for that per hour - or visit?

According to an interview with the store manager on the radio yesterday:

1. €3 between 4 and 8 pm.

2. No

sdanseo

pithater1 wrote: »

According to an interview with the store manager on the radio yesterday:

1. €3 between 4 and 8 pm.

2. No

Popped in for 45mins on the way home from work earlier, round 6pm just becuase I'd nothing better to do. It's fooking massive, but the traffic was grand and the parking free despite the above.

As for the creche, as i waled around there was a rather urgent sounding PA calling out that there was a "Code 99 in Smaland" (which is the creche). Wonder what that's the code for (baby with head trapped in door methinks)...:pac:

Some definite bargains in furniture, even to the eye of a lad :P

Davy

sdonn wrote: »

Popped in for 45mins on the way home from work earlier, round 6pm just becuase I'd nothing better to do. It's fooking massive, but the traffic was grand and the parking free despite the above.

Some definite bargains in furniture, even to the eye of a lad :P

Did you come out empty handed? :pac:

sdanseo

Davy wrote: »

Did you come out empty handed? :pac:

I'm a 20 year old student with no money and furniture ain't my forte unless im in dire need. And there were security everywhere (seriously!).

Janine87

Davy wrote: »

One thing about the beds, i think all the beds are odd sizes so you need to get bed linen from them.

good so i get bed linen there for super king size bed!

lightening

PinkTulips wrote: »

i'm badly in need of storage for the kids rooms and a bed for us

The place is made for the likes of you PinkTulips. You might want a van though, some of the flat pack stuff can be pretty long, a bed could be sticking out of a normal saloon.

Wishbone Ash

Janine87 wrote: »

good so i get bed linen there for super king size bed!

Queen size is larger than king size (even though most people think the opposite).

datk

deelite wrote: »

Can somebody who's been to Ballymun Ikea tell me -

1. Do I have to pay for parking and how much - (I'm only going to go for a gander)

2. The creche there how much do they charge for that per hour - or visit?

Apparently there's no charge for parking this week - up to the Bank Holiday.

bigbrotherfan

Wishbone - I'm not so sure about Queen Size being larger than King Size. If you book a bed in Hotel rooms, that's certainly not the case. Twin is usually the smallest (3 ft), then double, than queen and then King.

sdanseo

Wiki has an interesting take on the matter:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_size

TarfHead

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/13515/digital-life/tech-professor-creates-ikea-value-index-for-rip-off-ireland

"Given that, on average, the Dublin store is 8pc more expensive than the Belfast store, then, all other things being equal, you will begin turn a profit (absent your time) if you are expecting to spend at least €312. Below that your instore savings will probably not compensate you for your fuel," Smyth explained.

ronaneire

I've no Ikea what the big fuss is about