IKEA

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 29-01-2011 09:01PM

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

I didn't come out with more than that because I'm not easily marketed to...
:pac::pac::pac:Woodies, Woodies, Woodies! Theres no better buy in DIY...

Oh but there is. As woodies sells shíte.

Erm....yeh....what was I on about!?

Oh yeh, I dislike being physically forced to look at everything in the shop when I only want to enter

A bit dramatic to say the least, you were not physically forced to do anything. Stop lying

get the one thing, pay and leave. Wheras Ikea think if they force people through a one way channel of retail hell they'll get hypnotised by the pretty colours and buy sh!t they dont need.

It's called marketing. I guess Ikea are the only shop in the world to avail of marketing and research consumer behaviour... :rolleyes:

Same shít happens in your local super market where you shop every so often, you're just oblivious to it.

You are also oblivious to the other options available to you in Ikea.

How is it such a big deal for some people?

GAH :mad: I SPIT ON THEM!!!

I do understand marketing. suckers of Satans c0ck as Bill Hicks rightly said.

Get suckered into buying your overpriced, poorly made crap from woodies, that's completely up to you.

I Was VB · 29-01-2011 09:01PM

Kairo Plump Barrier wrote: »

Good. My shopping trip will be more enjoyable when the shop lacks people who insult other shoppers for no reason.

Assumptions... surely you are old enough to understand how bad assumptions can be? Probably best to do a slight bit of research before you sent out on a new venture. Without trying, you can learn what Ikea is about. It has had quite a lot of publicity in the past.

"swedish shíte"? Wouldn't be biased, would we? It's far from shíte, that's for sure.

Sorry should really do some research before i go into a shop.
I'm not the type of person who goes into a shop for a ''look'',

Go into shop, buy item, get out.
NOT
Go into shop wonder around for three hours and leave with a eggcup, 47 leaflets on kitchens and a hotdog.

Novella · 29-01-2011 09:13PM

I love Ikea. I'd happily spend hours in there.

carwash_2006 · 29-01-2011 09:29PM

But how on earth did you miss all the talk about what Ikea is like? It's been talked about since they started talking about since the store in Belfast opened! You must waste an awful lot of time going into shops and finding they don't have what you are looking for if you never do any research before you go shopping.

I would receommend going in and having a look around at the type of furniture so you know what you will be getting. However, I have previously bought flatpack furniture from Argos and anything I've bought in Ikea has been way cheaper than Argos and far better quality. Never bought anything in Woodies as they are way overpriced and I've never seen anything there I liked.

If you don't want to shop there again, then don't, I don't think it will bother Ikea :pac:

Aisling(",) · 29-01-2011 10:01PM

If you get lost and jsut want to get out of ikea just look to your left hand side and in most sections theres a little door and above it a sign saying shortcut but youll miss section a/b/c
Its not that bad to be fair.

Ebbs · 29-01-2011 10:03PM

I Was VB wrote: »

Was up in IKEA today for the 1st time, had to get a few bits. So in i go looking around and when looking about i lost my bearings as to where i was and where i had come from, couldnt remember which way was which.

So walking on the track thingy and i started kinda getting pissed off and mildly freakin out a bit as i dont know how to get out. Then people infront of ya stopping in the middle of the track thing stopping in front of ya, i verbally abused some auld fella?? Now i dont get claustrophilia and im generally easy going and i never snapped so easily.

Looking back on it i wont be going back anytime soon. Fuk it im a Woodies man!!

If IKEA is bringing up claustrophibic tendencies... god help you in Town...during xmas shopping :P

Cheap Thrills! · 29-01-2011 10:09PM

Kairo Plump Barrier wrote: »

It's called marketing. I guess Ikea are the only shop in the world to avail of marketing and research consumer behaviour... :rolleyes:

Same shít happens in your local super market where you shop every so often, you're just oblivious to it.

I don't do supermarkets!! Too irritating! I'll leave that to the sheeple.

Kairo Plump Barrier wrote: »

Get suckered into buying your overpriced, poorly made crap from woodies, that's completely up to you.

Who's being dramatic now! I think the last thing I bought in Woodies was a bag of grit for €3.99, but don't let the truth stand in the way of a good rant!!!

Do you work for a Marketing department or something, you seem awfully bent out of shape with anyone who won't submit to their dark machinations!!!!

*runs away fast*

BopNiblets · 29-01-2011 10:17PM

Next time bring a chainsaw and make your own exit, sure they whole place is mostly wood.

I got a bed from there, it's nice and comfy and all but it took ages for the mattress foam or whatever it was to stop giving off a strange chemical smell.

Absurdum · 29-01-2011 10:25PM

I was there today too, as I do every weekend, all was going well until some young pup started giving me lip because he got lost the feckin eejit. Back in my day if we spoke to our elders like that we got a clip around the ear. Can't do that nowadays so you can't or you'll be up in court.

Up-n-atom! · 29-01-2011 10:29PM

I don't think it's unreasonable that the OP was surprised by the place the first time round - I thought it would be like the other DIY/furniture places too, a big open warehouse type-building (because that what it looks like from the outside) but it's all chopped up into little floors with closed-off sections and a winding little pathway. I liked that you got to see everything but I'd imagine it would be frustrating if you just went in to get one little thing!

Irish people can be funny with things like this (weird foreign shops!), I remember being in Topshop in the Jervis St a couple of year ago and a mildly panicked middle-aged woman came up to me looking for the exit - and that place isn't even that big!

LighterGuy · 29-01-2011 11:07PM

I cant believe some people are definding Ikea's shop layout :rolleyes:

Its a terrible cheap trick to force potential customers to view absolutely every aspect of the store. Its a human rat-maze. The footsteps on the ground are only there so people can stick to the maze.

You enter one way and have to follow the store around entirely before you come to the exit. Unless you notice the shortcuts that are hid by white curtains.

IKEA Layout

Nolanger · 29-01-2011 11:29PM

I Was VB wrote: »

i verbally abused some auld fella??

Brian Cowen looking for a new cabinet?

Dangerous Man · 30-01-2011 12:05AM

Kairo Plump Barrier wrote: »

How is your inability to say no, their fault? Were you held at gun point to purchase their goods? Were you forced to drive out to their store and enter it? No, that was your choice. Take some responsibility.

Woodies is an over priced hole.

Brainwashed? What? You might want to visit the CP forum for that theory.

It's layed out so you can actually see what their products are like. It's an excellent idea. Is there anything on display that's not for sale? I'm unaware of any.

If you only went for a mat and came out with more than that then that's your problem. Understand marketing

Ikeas all around the world are laid out in such a way as to (a) keep the customer inside for as long as possible and (b) to get them to spend as much as possible. They're extremely clever in how they do it too. One of the central planks of the IKEA success story is the fact that they can get people to buy more than they originally plan. Most people, who are normal, don't study marketing or know / care how it works. That's why IKEA do so well. As for the layout - it's certainly NOT layed out to help people navigate the store. It's layed out to get the largest possible footfall across big ticket items.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 30-01-2011 06:03AM

I Was VB wrote: »

Sorry should really do some research before i go into a shop.

Probably a good idea. Why would you go into a shop you know nothing about? Especially one as big as Ikea... to find an excuse to moan on the internet???

I'm not the type of person who goes into a shop for a ''look'',

Then surely, researching what the shop is about would be a wise choice?

Go into shop, buy item, get out.
NOT
Go into shop wonder around for three hours and leave with a eggcup, 47 leaflets on kitchens and a hotdog.

If you left with an eggcup and 47 leaflets on kitchens, that's your problem...

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

I don't do supermarkets!! Too irritating! I'll leave that to the sheeple.

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

How does shopping anywhere make you a sheep?

Who's being dramatic now! I think the last thing I bought in Woodies was a bag of grit for €3.99, but don't let the truth stand in the way of a good rant!!!

As far as I am aware Ikea don't sell grit. How can you make a comparison of goods when only one of the shops sells that good???

Great for grit, shít for furniture...

Do you work for a Marketing department or something, you seem awfully bent out of shape with anyone who won't submit to their dark machinations!!!!

*runs away fast*

Pfft...!!!

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Ikeas all around the world are laid out in such a way as to (a) keep the customer inside for as long as possible and (b) to get them to spend as much as possible. They're extremely clever in how they do it too. One of the central planks of the IKEA success story is the fact that they can get people to buy more than they originally plan. Most people, who are normal, don't study marketing or know / care how it works. That's why IKEA do so well. As for the layout - it's certainly NOT layed out to help people navigate the store. It's layed out to get the largest possible footfall across big ticket items.

Don't think I disbuted that at all. It's a business. Main goal is to make money. No surprise there. Point is, what's the reason in visiting the store then crying about it on the net???

DarkJager · 30-01-2011 06:09AM

Novella wrote: »

I love Ikea. I'd happily spend hours in there.

So would I. I get very turned on just looking at all the furniture in there and thinking about what sweaty adult fun it would be putting it all together, moving it into its place then polishing it gently with a duster and putting things on it.

ceadaoin. · 30-01-2011 09:29AM

Cheap Thrills! wrote: »

OP, I had the exact same experience there once. I don't do leisurely shopping. I'm a go into the shop, get the thing and leave type of person.

I became enraged at being trapped and fed around zillions of little departments with doddering gobsh!tes blocking the path out....oh God...I only went for a mat and they were trying to brainwash me into furnishing a house...

I don't forgive them....I'm still traumatised.

I never returned since.

If you just wanted a mat you should have skipped all the display bit and just gone straight to the market section

I like going to IKEA despite that fact that I often get a migraine afterwards

Must be the lighting or something. And I would NEVER go at the weekend, I'd say it's hellish

MadPatrick · 30-01-2011 11:17AM

I hate IKEA, went there today(Sydney), it was a horrible experience. Accidentally went to the self serve check out and knocked andbroke my 6 wine glasses while I was reaching to scan things, I obviously voided them on the till.

Managed to not pay for 2 boxes but still cost over $1000. It's not too bad considering I got a cot, bed, mattress, toy box, quilt cover and some small bits and pieces. But I had too much stuff for 1 trip so I went home and then went to the pick up place for the mattress and realised when I got home it was the wrong one so had to go all the way back.:mad:

Was it worth it?? Financially I have to say yes, mentally, no.

Wibbs · 30-01-2011 11:33AM

Don't like much of the Ikea style I have to say. Much of the stuff isn't bad quality for the price to be fair to them, so if you were furnishing a flat from scratch in a hurry on the cheap they're a good one stop shop. Though places like gumtree or better yet Freetrade would be my first ports of call. Some of it is awful cheap tat though, but they get by on the "ohhhhh its Sweeedish desiiign you know". Go away silly person.

CabanasBoy · 30-01-2011 05:46PM

Kairo Plump Barrier wrote: »

Probably a good idea. Why would you go into a shop you know nothing about? Especially one as big as Ikea... to find an excuse to moan on the internet???

Then surely, researching what the shop is about would be a wise choice?

If you left with an eggcup and 47 leaflets on kitchens, that's your problem...

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

How does shopping anywhere make you a sheep?

As far as I am aware Ikea don't sell grit. How can you make a comparison of goods when only one of the shops sells that good???

Great for grit, shít for furniture...

Pfft...!!!

Don't think I disbuted that at all. It's a business. Main goal is to make money. No surprise there. Point is, what's the reason in visiting the store then crying about it on the net???

Are you a citizen of the US by any chance are did you have a quadruple sarcasm/cynicism bypass recently? I'm sure OP had tongue firmly in cheek when he posted.
I personally think IKEA is an experiment in social control but hey what do I know?

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 30-01-2011 06:02PM

CabanasBoy wrote: »

Are you a citizen of the US by any chance

What has that got to do with the op or this thread??

are did you have a quadruple sarcasm/cynicism bypass recently?

???

I'm sure OP had tongue firmly in cheek when he posted.

How sure are you?

I personally think IKEA is an experiment in social control but hey what do I know?

Social control? Rofl...

Aidric · 30-01-2011 06:18PM

Kairo Plump Barrier wrote: »

Point is, what's the reason in visiting the store then crying about it on the net???

What's the point in sharing an opinion?

arybvtcw0eolkf · 30-01-2011 06:20PM

I Was VB wrote: »

Was up in IKEA today for the 1st time, had to get a few bits. So in i go looking around and when looking about i lost my bearings as to where i was and where i had come from, couldnt remember which way was which.

So walking on the track thingy and i started kinda getting pissed off and mildly freakin out a bit as i dont know how to get out. Then people infront of ya stopping in the middle of the track thing stopping in front of ya, i verbally abused some auld fella?? Now i dont get claustrophilia and im generally easy going and i never snapped so easily.

Looking back on it i wont be going back anytime soon. Fuk it im a Woodies man!!

That replicates my first, only and last visit to the kip.. My idea of complete hell.

Aisling(",) · 30-01-2011 06:57PM

LighterGuy wrote: »

I cant believe some people are definding Ikea's shop layout :rolleyes:

Its a terrible cheap trick to force potential customers to view absolutely every aspect of the store. Its a human rat-maze. The footsteps on the ground are only there so people can stick to the maze.

You enter one way and have to follow the store around entirely before you come to the exit. Unless you notice the shortcuts that are hid by white curtains.

IKEA Layout

eh no they're not.

CabanasBoy · 30-01-2011 08:15PM

Kairo Plump Barrier wrote: »

What has that got to do with the op or this thread??

I've yet to meet an American who was familiar with the concept of sarcasm.

???

See above.

How sure are you?

Damn sure.

Social control? Rofl...
Again, it's that sarcasm thing, but..... studies have been carried out by scientists in the UK which would raise an eyebrow if you were into conspiracy theories;)

Sarcasm. a very Irish pasttime.

youcancallmeal · 31-01-2011 02:37PM

Oh dear, I have to go to Ikea on Saturday morning for the first time. I'm only getting two things and I know exactly what I want. Hopefully things go smoothly...

Azureus · 31-01-2011 07:00PM

I love IKEA...

Got totally lost the first time I was in there,took me forever to get out! But contrary to what a lot of people seem to think in here, it didnt make me buy 3 kitchens and a bed! I just had a look and left.. albeit three hours later than planned

Went back and got to grips with the place, look forward to the aul IKEA trips now

IKEA

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