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We need redundant Ikeas, now!
By adamg on Sun, 12/30/2018 - 1:32pm
Matt Thomas manages to show us the shocking scene inside the Boston area's one Ikea after the power went out this afternoon. Jean-Marie Lovett reports from the scene:
No emergency lights? Thank goodness for cell phone flashlights! Evacuated.
Sarah Dubs reports on the mounting crisis in the parking lot:
lol whatever you do avoid coming here, store shut down and i’ve been in my car trying to get out of the parking lot for 45 minutes
And don't even think of trying that desperation move of going to the Christmas Tree Shop instead - learn from Jessica Hurley's experience:
And Christmas Tree shop! Tough errand day
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I went to the local Ikea
I went to the local Ikea
To look for things I needa
Power went out
I walked about
And went on a shopping spreea
Costco just over the hill
In Avon, not Stoughton - if they have power, they also have booze.
I was there
It was absolute insanity and people started looting. I was fearful for my safety. :-(
How does one loot a furniture
How does one loot a furniture store? My mental images of such a scene are intriguing! The get-away car getting stuck in traffic in the looted stores parking lot makes it even better.
Good question... stuff frying
Good question... stuff frying pans and lightbulbs in your pockets?
Looting?! Where is the Fox
Looting?! Where is the Fox News coverage? Just kidding. Republicans only care when poor black people allegedly loot. Chris Kyle is their hero because he said he shot those type of looters in New Orleans.
There once was a blue store
There once was a blue store of Sweden's
Whose lights went out for some reasons
The people of Stoughton
With their clothes made of cotton
Shouted oh sweet merciful Jesus!
#nearrhyme
Well, if it’s any comfort to
Well, if it’s any comfort to you, the looters went home wth junk that will break the next time they try to move it even under the best of conditions
Fools who loot the furniture
Fools who loot the furniture pickup area of IKEA deserve fools rewards. I do own an IKEA wardrobe that will not survive a move, it's a temporary solution. And taking apart my IKEA bedframe (which is solid European pine) and putting it back together again has become predictably stressful, but the damn thing is still going strong through 3 moves in 12 years.
If let loose under the emergency lights with my blue bag at hand I'd go to the kitchen section- I have coffee cups and beer glasses (good for water and double cocktails too) and whisks that don't stop. IKEA are also a good source for "disposable" homegoods with limited lifespans, like towels.
Well then,
the looters got what they deserved!
Maybe...
But what's that say about the people who actually paid for the same items? I'm kinda on the looters' side here.
Why aren't there more Ikea stores?
You would think there would be 1 on the north shore, 1 metrowest, 1 south shore.
There was a plan to build an Ikea in Assembly Square
Beyond those areas, something inside 128 would be nice. There was a plan to build an Ikea in Assembly Square when that area was under development. A public transportation accessible Ikea would probably be pretty convenient.
Assembly Square
I thought this would be great to have in the city, as it sells affordable and good-quality items. The discussions I heard all seemed to be dominated by people who've clearly never been to IKEA, who think it only sells things that can't be taken on transit, and who think everything there is cheap disposable stuff.
Really?
Assembly Square? Is that a real place? Seems like a perfect location for a store that sells stuff you have to put together yourself.
The plans to build an IKEA in Assembly Square were rejected,
due, at least in part to the already-intense problems of traffic in that general area. The traffic on Route 28 is already quite intense to begin with.
Wal*Mart also wanted to come in and open up a grocery store in what's now Assembly Row, but, realizing that they weren't welcome (they were unable to get the permits, etc.), they moved on.
well
It was more like IKEA got tired of waiting for the city, federal realty, and the Mystic View task force to figure out what to do with the property. IKEA was ready to build on any spot when it was first proposed. The original spot, which was where the mixed use development now (along the river), but after negotiations they land swapped with what is now Partners. Again, Ikea was ready to build but people could not get their act in gear (NIMBY had alot to do with this)
By this point, IKEA Stoughton had already opened and was pretty profitable. When the land was finally at the point to develop on, IKEA was like "nah, we're OK"
I can't say I blame them. They were ready for years while people got their act together. (of course, I stand to be corrected.. Ron? Ron?)
I am, however, surprised they have not opened a store in New Hampshire (Manchester) to serve the tax free base and probably people from the North country and Vermont.
Manchester
That would make so much more sense. Or Nausea. Tax free, closer than Stoughton for many.
I suspect that the downturn around 2010 trimmed their sales and sails. Still too bad as my sons would have happily worked there assembling stuff after they built most of the "boxes" for our kitchen and their own bedroom furnishings.
My niece lives near Burlington and goes to Montreal for her IKEA fix.
I think Ikea was supposedly
I think Ikea was supposedly looking at a Salem NH location.
What do the customs official
What do the customs official say when they see you have your rear seats down and you're hauling boxes which are so long they have to go in-between the front seats and ram into the stereo?
Do you have anything to declare?
At least that's what I was asked back in the late 90's. Maybe early 00's.
We were bringing back some Billy bookcases that we're still using today.