[vixxann]

have had 3 shipping co's round for quotes - not going to get into naming names and we haven't even had all prices back yet but one of them really got on my wick - I think he was blatantly lying to me regarding things about NZ so how can I trust him about shipping our gear??!!

Firstly.. this bloke tells me (after seeing some of our furniture) that there are is Ikea in NZ !!! :uhoh I say are you sure (knowing there is not) and he says he reckons there might be THREE !!!

then when I showed him the mens/boys precious dartboard they want to take - he said oh yes you want to take that as they are different in NZ, they don't have triples/trebles ?? IS THIS TRUE??? maybe I'm doing the fella an injustice and NZ darters (is that the term?!) do it differently! (ooooh errr)

can anyone confirm either way ?
(but I do know there are NO Ikeas :p)

[StevieD]

nope, dartboards are deffo the same here Vicki!! And deffo no Ikea, as yet :(

[BaldyBeardyBloke]

Hmmm, deffo no IKEA in NZ.

Pretty sure a dart board is a dart board is a dart board, but can't recall actually seeing one here to be honest.

Hang on..... here's one for sale on TradeMe. Looks pretty 'normal' to me

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Sports/Darts/auction-164377493.htm

He's talking out of his proverbial

[jubjub]

Sounds like a pratt to me! Doesn't exactly make you have any faith in the company, eh? OK, they dont have to know everything about where you are moving to but to come up with such bizarre "facts" as the dartboard.... weird...

[vixxann]

thanks sal, steve and sam - you've backed up what I thought

Sounds like a pratt to me! Doesn't exactly make you have any faith in the company, eh? OK, they dont have to know everything about where you are moving to but to come up with such bizarre "facts" as the dartboard.... weird...


I know ..... :roll .... I just cannot get my head round this guy and (rightly or wrongly) he's now lost my faith in the company he represents :no (but I'm going to stay quiet and keep company names to myself! :exit)

[Mickstim]

Vicki - we felt the same when someone told us we couldn't take some of our furniture (like a coffee table with a rattan base). We just felt we couldn't trust that company, despite their good quote, and we took all the stuff he said we couldn't and had no trouble with MAF at all!

Bx

[Joolzr]

are you sure he knew where NZ is? :laugh

You dont want your stuff to end up in the wrong country! and i've met some folk who think NZ is part of Australia....

I wish there was IKEA here!

[Scotty69]

Hi Vicki, we've not got to the shipping stage yet! (hopefully very soon) so good luck their.
Ikea was somthing i was hoping would be in NZ but not yet, I did find this site though www.freedomfurniture.co.nz which to me looks a bit like Ikea as ive soon quite a bit hear to buy when we finally arrive, maybe someone else on the forum who is in NZ could tell us about freedom furniture.
Good luck with your quotes
Natasha

[Mrs Pony]

For sure no Ikea... BIL works for them traveling all over the place opening new stores.

Sounds shady to me...

[benandclare]

Yup Dartboards are deffo the same, Clare bought me one for my birthday as been wanting one for ages :nice1

[kzn2nz]

One man's Warehouse is another man's Ikea???

And give him a break... it only looks like there are no doubles and tripples on the board after a few doubles and tripples down the hatch!

[BaldyBeardyBloke]

and i've met some folk who think NZ is part of Australia....


I remember when I announced at work I was going to NZ I was amazed after how many people told me (it was several, for both comments):

A) How great it would be to live in a really hot country

B) NZ is so close to Japan, it would be great to be able to go to Japan on holiday

Eh?

I'm sure we had some form of Geography lesson when I was at school. These people must have had the day off

:laugh

[Moorf]

Just tell him that no-one you know has paid more than 1,500quid to ship out an entire house of stuff to NZ... honest guv....

[holland]

shipping companies would tell you that pavements are made of jelly if it meant you would pick them...

I am not bitter....honest:p

[JandM]

I'm sure we had some form of Geography lesson when I was at school. These people must have had the day off

:laughThere are plenty around like this. When I was talking about having visited the family in NZ, one woman got out her diary, which had a series of world maps in it. She handed it to me open at the page showing Scandinavia, and said, 'Show me exactly where it is you've been?'

Then, when I was at a meeting in London, a university lecturer, having heard I live in Dorset, asked me where I was staying. I said I wasn't - I'd come for the day. He looked surprised, and asked, 'How?' I told him I drove to the western edge of London and came in on the tube. He said, 'But you won't be home till the small hours...' I told him no - once I got back to my car, I'd have a drive of about 1 1/2 hours, at which he snorted and said rudely, 'You must drive like a maniac.' I asked him where exactly he thought Dorset was, and he said, 'Well, you go through Cornwall and on, don't you?'

[pinkpiggy]

Hi Vicki, we've not got to the shipping stage yet! (hopefully very soon) so good luck their.
Ikea was somthing i was hoping would be in NZ but not yet, I did find this site though www.freedomfurniture.co.nz which to me looks a bit like Ikea as ive soon quite a bit hear to buy when we finally arrive, maybe someone else on the forum who is in NZ could tell us about freedom furniture.
Good luck with your quotes
Natasha

Hi Natasha, I love walking around freedom furniture. The one in Hamilton isn't very big but has some nice stuff. There's also http://www.danskemobler.co.nz.

[jubjub]

I was in Danske Mobler today, walked past a small sideboard unit, it was $2500 *faint*

Good job I was only at the cafe having a coffee!

[vixxann]

Just tell him that no-one you know has paid more than 1,500quid to ship out an entire house of stuff to NZ... honest guv....

:laugh

I think his little tappy tappy electric pad thing would have imploded :D

[AndyR]

he sounds like an idiot!

[melly]

In my experience in Australia, where we have both ikea and freedom...freedom furniture is more expensive, but they do have nice stuff. I'm going to miss ikea when we move...I'm hoping to get one last trip in to Ikea before our stuff gets shipped!!

[marcia]

:laugh

I think his little tappy tappy electric pad thing would have imploded :D

OMG we had a shipping company around witrh a sales rep that sounds just the same -his tappy little machine couldn't cope with half of kevs workshop stuff - and i just didn't take to him at all - (plus his trousers were about 3 inches too short for him) - word that comes to mind is 'dork'

It really makes me mad what bullship these people come out with, do they really believe it themselves, do they think people don't research?? UMMMMMMMMM in a blue fog now! :mad:

[vixxann]

It really makes me mad what bullship these people come out with, do they really believe it themselves, do they think people don't research?? UMMMMMMMMM in a blue fog now! :mad:

yep - I just don't get it - why was he telling me all the balony about NZ like he's personally trying to sell me the idea I should go there as its fab (cos they have 3 ikeas and fancy dartboards:p)
we've already decided we want to go to NZ he doesn't need to promote (aka.. lie) about it to get us there :uhoh

[Moorf]

Is your current furniture Ikea? :uhoh Perhaps he was reassuring you that you will be able to replace it when you get here cos of their sloppy service :laugh

[vixxann]

LOL never though of that one :p

[colandros]

He wasnt from pickfords was he?
we sked them for a quote and told them we were flying out on the 21st june.
he came back with a price which was to high, he then kept ringing us up, leaving
messages with new prices. each one lower than his previous "best price".
He even rang us the day before we flew out with yet another price.
I told him twice we were using another company but he refused to let it go.

[Andy&Carol]

:laugh

I think his little tappy tappy electric pad thing would have imploded :D

Haha - I think I know who you mean - a man with a tappy tappy thing told me there was an Ikea in Christchurch and one coming to Auckland soon. Was his name Tony?

Carole

[Mrs Pony]

BIL has been traveling around opening new Ikea stores... He just came back from Japan a few days ago... and will be going to France in a few weeks... He hasn't said anything about NZ yet... but I did find this...

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10409305

Ikea to arrive in 2008
12:00AM Monday November 06, 2006
By Richard Inder

Swedish homeware giant Ikea - famed for its cheap and stylish flatpack furniture - plans to open a store in Auckland within the next two years, the Business Herald has learned.

The firm is said to have engaged Auckland consultants RCG to help it find a site for one of its giant stores.

Sources say the company is seeking a site near Albany and hopes to open its doors in 2008.

Ikea in Australia and Sweden and RCG declined requests for comment.

The arrival of the firm will provide stiff competition for retailers such as Harvey Norman and Freedom Furniture. It employs more than 100,000 people in 34 countries, operating out of huge barns selling furniture, bathrooms and kitchens and everything in between. It is thought the firm's demand for such a huge site is one of the factors that have delayed its entry into this market.

Ikea was founded in 1943 in Sweden by Ingvar Kamprad.

Its name comes from Kamprad's initials (I.K.) plus the first letters of Elmtaryd and Agunnaryd, the farm and village where he grew up.

The sleek and simple furniture designs that have made its reputation came only after competitors prohibited the company from using their designs, because they feared Ikea's growing strength.

Then this....
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/3/story.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10490969

Ikea not coming - because they'd be too popular
5:00AM Thursday February 07, 2008
By Anne Gibson
Ikea won't be arriving in New Zealand any time soon.

Ikea won't be arriving in New Zealand any time soon.

The prospect of giant homeware/furnishings business Ikea opening in New Zealand has long been anticipated and hoped for by fans of their low-priced designer goods.

Rumours often circulate about the funky business opening a store here, with Auckland seen as the most likely place.

But the chances of the chain opening here just took a step backwards.

The Environment Court has banned the Swedish-headquartered furniture business from being a tenant in Redwood's new Mt Wellington venture because its stores are so popular it is feared traffic chaos will ensue.

"Ikea stores are known to have high traffic-generating characteristics," the Environment Court ruled in allowing Redwood's new shopping centre. "Accordingly, they have been specifically excluded from allowable retail activities in this consent."

Rents at Mt Wellington would make the store an unlikely candidate for either Sylvia Park or the new development.

"Ikea has been looking in New Zealand for quite a while but they couldn't afford Sylvia Park and they won't be able to afford to go on our site either," developer Tony Gapes said.

So, for your nearest Ikea, try Sydney's Homebush - still.

[Moorf]

We're such culture vultures on this forum that we devoted an entire thread to the devastating news :laugh

http://www.emigratenz.org/forum/showthread.php?t=16076&highlight=ikea

[Mrs Pony]

Do they have something like Ikea in NZ?

[Moorf]

Not really, no. There's Freedom Furniture but they only really compare in terms of style as it's quite pricey and limited wares.

http://www.freedomfurniture.co.nz/

[lnz]

When I told OH that there are no Ikea stores in NZ, he did one of those celebratory dances - chanting 'go kiwis, go kiwis'.

He's now browsing trademe for woodworking tools so he can make his own furniture when we get there. :roll

[Moorf]

When I told OH that there are no Ikea stores in NZ, he did one of those celebratory dances - chanting 'go kiwis, go kiwis'.

LOL, lack of Ikea furniture was in our plus column too :D

[Mrs Pony]

aww... We just got an Ikea here less than a year a go... and I still haven't been... I've only seen the online store... I think it will be dangerous if I were to actually go into the store...

[mylesdw]

LOL, lack of Ikea furniture was in our plus column too :D

I'm glad someone else brought that up! I can't understand the fascination with Ikea, vastly overrated and overpriced in my book.

[SarahEDH]

I'm glad someone else brought that up! I can't understand the fascination with Ikea, vastly overrated and overpriced in my book.

I have to agree. When they opened a store in West Sacramento, CA, I waited for the stampede to clear and then stopped by one weekend. Except for the lighting department which had unique novelty lamps and the kitchen area which had useful gadgets, I couldn't understand the fuss. The furniture didn't look as if it would last long, which might be okay if it doesn't cost much, but it seemed pricey for the quality --

I will say IKEA is fun to walk through, just to see what's new in terms of design and decorating colors --