Posted Jun 18, 2005, 2:07 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
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I'm baffled. Our IKEA experiment failed miserably.
IKEA opened a similar mini-store in the mid 1980s in Victoria at 1010 Yates St at Vancouver St. in the Plimley Motors Building (now Moxie's Grill).
It was an interesting novelty at first but the thrill wore off when people got sick of being told most large items would have to be delivered from Vancouver. The store closed after a few months. Perhaps they also underestimated the number of modern design minded Victorians that would buy the big ticket items like furniture and custom shelving and cabinetry.
Today, IKEA charters a special bus that regularly leaves Victoria for the Richmond IKEA. I believe the deal is the fare is deducted from your IKEA purchase if you buy over a certain amount--$200 or something.
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