I made the enormous mistake of visiting the new Las Vegas Ikea store today.
After battling traffic jams and being directed to a parking space a million miles away from the entrance by frightening and rude Ikea employees, I walked into a colossal nightmare.
The two story maze-like space was crammed with shoppers which made navigating the store confusing and browsing unpleasant. I also found shopping extremely frustrating as price tags were difficult to locate or missing all together.
I may not have minded the disagreeable experience if there had been any merchandise worth buying, but nearly everything I looked at, was unappealing or of low quality destined to wear out or fall apart quickly.
However, after two hours of looking at what Ikea had to offer, I saw an outdoor umbrella I liked for $99. I walked to the isle in which it was located but discovered the box was too heavy for me to lift. As I was unable to find someone to help me, I left the store empty handed.
On my way home, I stopped at Lowes and found a nearly identical outdoor umbrella for $11 less than the one at Ikea. I was helped promptly by a Lowes employee who even loaded the umbrella in my car for me.
All in all Ikea was a great disappointment. I will not be returning.