Whenever I walk into my friends' houses, it's like a walk into an Ikea store. I find most young adults buy their things from Ikea since it's fairly cheap and stylish. Since I don't really buy anything, my review is based on a 3 things.
$0.99 BREAKFAST
The best value for 99 cents. I mean you get 2 sausages, eggs and tator bits. And I was full after eating my plate. Free water too! For you coffee drinkers, the coffee is $1.00 too. Not sure how it tastes but it's a buck for a caffeine boost. Not bad I say.
RETURNS with NO RECEIPT
So as a Christmas gift I got pots. One of those coming of age presents I guess....gearing me up for wifehood? right.... Anyways so I went to see if I could return it without a receipt. Turns out you can get a gift card of the products retail value (lower of current price or sales price in the past year). Not bad eh? They only allow you to do this once a year per household. My only main complaint is that I had to wait at least 45 minutes for my return. This was way too long and the number of ppl who came behind me increased at an increasing rate. They really needed to have another person on staff handling returns. I hate waiting.
# OF CUSTOMERS
I do agree that this place is way over-crowded. I went at 11 o'clock on a weekday and I still bumped into people. I remember going in on a weekend in the past and there was no room to push my buggy. What's even more difficult is that when you get to the kitchenware, there is even less room. So not a fan of the overcrowding but at least you know IKEA hasn't been hurt by the recession!