[jshack52]

Hi Everyone

If you are in NZ and sick of paying the earth for the odds and ends you need for your home then sign this petition to say yes to Ikea Auckland.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/we-want-ikea-auckland/

I know it is very sad to have started a petition to get an Ikea but having just moved here i am so tired of traipsing all over to get things for the house and paying over the odds for stuff. Sometimes cheap and cheerful is all you needs when it comes to lights, shelving and cutlery!

I have just read that in Feb 08 the environment court put the dampener on plans for an Ikea store in Auckland and I am sick of seeing any opportunity to get goods for a more reasonable price quashed by the environment court.
Its pak and save glenfield all over again.

I don't know about you but when you have a family to support on a much lower wage than you would get elsewhere you are even more in need of cheaper household goods than ever.

Dont get me wrong, it is great living in NZ and I would sacrifice the higher wage to live here but just seems silly to pay more than necessary wherever you live.

If you don't ask, you don't get! (or should i say if you don't nag, you dont get?)

[swissmissdesigner]

I did it!
Good luck down there..

[beccalou]

I have just signed the petition, :nice1 it would be great to have a store with a great range of product, as well as value for money. We use Ikea and intend to relocate end of the year :cool:

[CJ22]

Speaking as somebody who is otherwise going to miss Ikea when they leave Europe, I say yay! One won't hurt. Expect it to be busy on the opening day though - when they opened one in North London, fights broke out, even though there was already a few Ikeas in the area!

[StevieD]

I would welcome it, not sure about the Kiwis though. They like their stuff to last :laugh

That is a tad unfair, but one particular piece of furniture we got from there last year can only be described as junk.... the rest of it is fine though.

And the marketplace is such a great place to walk round :nice1

[CJ22]

Hmm Ikea stuff isn't shoddy, unless you buy the shoddy cheap stuff. Most of their stuff kicks ass.

I think that Auckland could probably support an IKEA. It's not like they're short of space to build on.

All the other outfits would have to get their act together and sell decents stuff at a sensible price and with plenty of choice. It'll probably kill some Kiwi retailers, you know, having to put the customer first and that.

[Nienke]

Signed it! Would be great to have an Ikea again.

[urban78]

Hmm Ikea stuff isn't shoddy, unless you buy the shoddy cheap stuff. Most of their stuff kicks ass.

I think that Auckland could probably support an IKEA. It's not like they're short of space to build on.

All the other outfits would have to get their act together and sell decents stuff at a sensible price and with plenty of choice. It'll probably kill some Kiwi retailers, you know, having to put the customer first and that.

Petition duly signed :) I usually stock up on small stuff when I go back home for holidays as there's an Ikea 15 minutes walk from my parents' place in France.

I agree with CJ22 though, and I wouldn't be surprised if this was one of the hidden reasons why Ikea would be banned in NZ :roll :confused:

Jen

[Tia Maria]

Do they have IKEA in OZ?

Cheers

Tia

[chocolate cake]

Don't wheter to sign it or not as I hear prev it would be near Slyvia Park and traffic's bad enough there without the inevitable increase that an Ikea would bring.
That said have a few things in container coming out that I got from Ikea, the qualities not bad at all and price v decent.

[slider]

Signed up - with a bit of luck it will be open by the time I arrive.....in 2011:D

[urban78]

Do they have IKEA in OZ?

Cheers

Tia

Yes they do Tia, so OH's family in OZ keep on teasing us about it :laugh

http://www.ikea.com/au/en/preindex.html

[boatieman]

Will they promise to bring those proper hotdogs and the meatballs??

[Jennispink]

Signed sealed delivered, bring it on:clap

[gil]

Me too!