Comments on: Money Poll #17: Shopping at Ikea

By: gene

gene — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:04:00 +0000

I’ve been shopping at IKEA for 3 years. So many choices in furniture and housewares. Great prices too. I like the AS-IS section where someone has returned a piece and it is around 1/2 off. Never had a problem with any of their merchandise. They have an easy chair which is super comfortable and way cheaper than any other store.

By: bewaechterin

bewaechterin — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:49:10 +0000

In 1993 I was working in Pittsburgh on a very large report, and purchased a duvet and duvet cover at IKEA there. This was before European bedding was more available in the States – it was great! (I prefer the duvet to a top sheet ever since living in Germany and Scotland.) IKEA seemed to be a more modern and simplistic take on well-designed furnishings, and provided style and functionality along with higher-quality components than those found for similar prices elsewhere.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:18:05 +0000

I’ve never actually bought anything from them, but during the interval after I started planning to seriously do the video business (and thus acquired a need to furnish a shooting space) and before I acquired a fiancee who already has a house-full of furniture, I went to the Chicago-area store a few times to look around. (There’s now two in the area, but by the time the second one actually opened, I wasn’t going anymore.)

By: Jerry Kindall

Jerry Kindall — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 22:32:04 +0000

I have some LEKSVIK bookshelves and a matching TV stand and coffee table from IKEA. They are solid wood which is what you want for bookshelves. Unfortunately they discontinued the finish I got, so if I need a fourth bookcase (the three I have are almost full) I have to buy ALL FIVE of those pieces over. I have no idea whether this is typical of IKEA, but it’s something I’d watch out for in the future. I suppose some other places would have discontinued the style entirely, which would have the same result. (I could paint everything, I guess, and then the new one would match, so I guess IKEA’s a little bit better.)

By: Debt Free

Debt Free — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 06:38:55 +0000

You can get fantastic deals there on occasion, and it’s only 5 min from my house if all the lights are green. Sometimes the quality and/or industrial design aspects of their products leave something to be desired, however.

By: Catrijn

Catrijn — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 16:00:57 +0000

I like IKEA quite a bit, although some of their more modern styles don’t appeal at all. Although I expect I’ll want nicer furniture eventually, at this point in my life it seems to be a good balance of reasonable prices for decent stuff, even if its not meant to last forever. We’ll be one of those people with a U-haul van or similar in a few weeks when we go to get bookshelves.

By: Harry

Harry — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:33:10 +0000

Ikea is great if you:

a. Need to furnish a room quickly and cheaply.
b. Don’t mind assembling your furniture.
c. Are okay with the fact that for the most part you are getting disposable furniture.

It’s a neat place to shop even with strange Bond movie/cult vibe.
P.S. be sure to get a cinnamon bun on the way out.

By: Kira

Kira — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:19:26 +0000

I Love IKEA. Whatever anyone thinks about the quality, you can always find something to fit whatever weird corner of your house you need to put something into. A lot of their things are highly customizable, stack on top of one another, can be purchased in parts, etc etc.

I bought a nice, small table out of the As Is section for $10 a few years ago. When I moved into my apartment and needed a dining table, we went back and bought a new table top for $20 because the legs were reusable.

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:48:06 +0000

I’ve never shopped at Ikea. I have no particular desire to shop there, but I also have no particular desire not to shop there. My fiancé has shopped at Ikea, and through various hand me downs and her we have a few pieces of Ikea furniture. It isn’t the highest quality stuff to be found, but it is usually a good cheap alternative.