Which is worse, Ikea or Toys 'r' Us??

sheffsimon
sheffsimon Posts: 1,282
edited April 2010 in The bottom bracket
Struggling to choose meself.

Toys r us by a nose I think.

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  • mf5
    mf5 Posts: 207
    i'd say ikea- least you don't have to build the toys when you get home
  • hopper1
    hopper1 Posts: 4,389
    What si there to compare?...

    Toys R Us is superb :wink:
    Start with a budget, finish with a mortgage!
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    Ikea. As I no longer have to go to toys r us.
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  • Radioactiveman
    Radioactiveman Posts: 964
    Toys R us are worse, they dont sell meatballs.

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  • nolf
    nolf Posts: 1,287
    Ikea.

    It defines me as a person (fight club style).
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    I feel it, when I sorrow most;
    'Tis better to have loved and lost;
    Than never to have loved at all."

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  • skyd0g
    skyd0g Posts: 2,540
    Are you allowed to take a machette in either store?
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  • rml380z
    rml380z Posts: 244
    Lego or meatballs?
    Hmm, tricky.
  • Bikerbaboon
    Bikerbaboon Posts: 1,017
    Ikea.....

    If me or Mrs babbon ever feel broody we head round ikea on a weekend and the screaming kids and exusted parents soon sets us straight......

    but meatballs and brerries yum.
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  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Ikea made me angry. I only wanted a chest of drawers but had to walk round the entire shop to get to them!
  • pottssteve
    pottssteve Posts: 4,069
    Ikea's worse, but only because a lot of the stuff costs more. They are both more soul-crushing than any hill. :cry:
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  • larfingravy
    larfingravy Posts: 95
    Toys r Us is like the Halfords of toy shops.

    Overpriced and only some staff know their subject.

    Much better off at a LTS, local toy shop :D
  • Stewie Griffin
    Stewie Griffin Posts: 4,330
    Wont vote as havent been to a toys r us. Ikea seem to have taken the no clocks, no windows or exit signs from Casinos, I hate having to go there. Especially as you (she) only wants one item and when you get there they dont have it in stock.
  • guinea
    guinea Posts: 1,177
    Only been to Ikea.

    I hate it.

    It's full of orange faced chavs who get dressed up to go DIY shopping.

    The car parks are too full.

    The queues are too long.

    You have to snake though the entire shop to find anything.

    There is always something they don't have thus screwing up the whole trip.
  • pneumatic
    pneumatic Posts: 1,989
    Ikea - one of the inner rings of Dante's Inferno! :twisted:

    (other candidates being Heathrow, Birmingham New Street station and my local Tesco)

    Oddly, some other retail experiences should be really bad, but we have found ways to turn them into entertainment. For example, my teenage kids and I love a game of "Comet can I help you?" when we are down at the retail park. First to double figures on offers of help from carbuncular shop assistants wins, then we leave the shop. Top tip, touch the merchandise a lot and move from zone to zone frequently. :D

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  • guinea
    guinea Posts: 1,177
    Try getting through the Westfield shopping centre at lunch time without, "Can I ask you a question" being droned at you from some skincare saleswhore.

    I feel rude ignoring people and this makes me very resentful towards these folk.
  • Ands
    Ands Posts: 1,437
    pneumatic wrote:
    Top tip, touch the merchandise a lot and move from zone to zone frequently. :D
    My 4 year old daughter and I played with all the alarm clocks in John Lewis yesterday. We got some very disdainful looks from the shop assistants. Although I have to say, a better class of shop assistant than is to be found in ToysRUs :D
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  • pneumatic
    pneumatic Posts: 1,989
    Ands wrote:
    pneumatic wrote:
    Top tip, touch the merchandise a lot and move from zone to zone frequently. :D
    My 4 year old daughter and I played with all the alarm clocks in John Lewis yesterday. We got some very disdainful looks from the shop assistants. Although I have to say, a better class of shop assistant than is to be found in ToysRUs :D

    JL's are hopeless at patrolling the floor! Honestly, you'd be lucky to win a "can I help you?" best of three in there if you stayed all afternoon.

    Last time I was in electricals (actually wanting to buy something for a change), I opened all the microwave doors, read the sales brochure for the one I wanted, stared around looking helpless and still nobody came. The trouble is, they are used to being Sumo wrestled by Edinburgh ladies in knitted hats and they assume that is what it takes to get their attention! :roll:

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  • sheffsimon
    sheffsimon Posts: 1,282
    hopper1 wrote:
    What si there to compare?...

    Toys R Us is superb :wink:

    I guess so, if you live in Norfolk.... :wink:
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    You lot should show some respect. It's too early to decide as I'm still in mourning over Woolies.
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    I prefer Toys R Us... it wins by a neck.
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