"6"^^ . . "I made the enormous mistake of visiting the new Las Vegas Ikea store today.\n\nAfter 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.\n\nThe 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. \n\nI 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.\n\nHowever, 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.\n\nOn 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.\n\nAll in all Ikea was a great disappointment. I will not be returning."^^ . "2016-05-20T00:00:00"^^ . "8"^^ . . "1"^^ . . "2"^^ .