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Yaya
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| Ikea products aren't built to last, so that's what makes their prices in Korea all the more appalling. |
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soulofseoul
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[quote="HapKi"]Have recently heard that IKEA has bought land in Youngdungpo, south west Seoul, and will soon start building. Estimated start date is still a couple years away, though.
About time someone gave Korean rip-off furniture makers some competition.[/quote]
Like furniture is SO cheap back home :roll: :roll: Not! |
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radcon
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| Zara, H&M, Uniqlo. These are all brands that got popular because they have decent quality and design at very reasonable prices. But when these types of companies come to Korea it seems that their prices rise making it pointless for people to go there. I hope IKEA does not follow suit. |
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Savant
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| Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:28 pm Post subject: |
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| radcon wrote: |
| Zara, H&M, Uniqlo. These are all brands that got popular because they have decent quality and design at very reasonable prices. But when these types of companies come to Korea it seems that their prices rise making it pointless for people to go there. I hope IKEA does not follow suit. |
But those brands follow the Korean way of thinking: High Prices = High Quality. That's why there is even price gouging by Korean brands domestically compared to its price equivalent in the US and sadly Koreans would rather protest against US beef or FTAs than demand better pricing of goods at home. I guess the Chaebol wield their influence in that regard.
Sucks for us who are happy to pay decent prices for decent quality.
That's why I now mostly order my clothes from the US. Even with postage included to Korea it's still a heck of a lot cheaper of buying the equivalent in Korea. |
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furtakk
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 8:06 am Post subject: |
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| zara and h&m are really not all that much cheaper. i always thought so too, but i just came home for the first time in about 2 years and was kind of shocked at the prices here as well. $79.99 for a cardigan. pretty much comparable to korea. |
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HapKi
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Like furniture is SO cheap back home. Not! |
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| I've bought some quality furniture since I came here at prices comparable or cheaper to the US.: |
You guys must really love particle board and veneer. I guarantee Korean furniture makers are shaking in their slippers on the news that IKEA is coming to town.
And it's not just furniture. Bedding, carpeting, kitchenware, toys, etc. is all going to bring style, originality and inexpensive competition to the stale Korean market. It's IKEA's business model. It works. |
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motiontodismiss
Joined: 18 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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| IKEA is more of a "culture" like the iPhone/iPad et al than a product I think. When IKEA comes to town I'll be there. I miss my swedish meatballs and lingonberry jam damn it! |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I have two IKEA chairs and I'm not that satisfied with the cover. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 8:27 pm Post subject: |
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| HapKi wrote: |
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| Like furniture is SO cheap back home. Not! |
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| I've bought some quality furniture since I came here at prices comparable or cheaper to the US.: |
You guys must really love particle board and veneer. I guarantee Korean furniture makers are shaking in their slippers on the news that IKEA is coming to town.
And it's not just furniture. Bedding, carpeting, kitchenware, toys, etc. is all going to bring style, originality and inexpensive competition to the stale Korean market. It's IKEA's business model. It works. |
A lot of furniture sold in Korea is made in China.
I think your last paragraph is right on the money. That kind of stuff can be so expensive in Korea. |
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Weigookin74
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| Screw it! Go to G Market. Better deals me thinks. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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The problem with buying furniture online is that you cannot get a feel for it without trying it physically. I remember people who bought sofas online who regretted it because they had never sat on it.
I buy stuff online that I've tried physically because otherwise, you are taking a risk. |
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northway
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| Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Yaya wrote: |
| The problem with buying furniture online is that you cannot get a feel for it without trying it physically. I remember people who bought sofas online who regretted it because they had never sat on it. |
This is quite true, as my rock hard couch can certainly attest. That said, if you read the comments about the stuff you can generally get a good idea of how it feels. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
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| There is a site where you can buy IKEA stuff but I'll wait until I go to the U.S. since I have two Poang chairs that need new pillows. The price is double in Korea. |
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pikachun1
Joined: 09 May 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 12:06 am Post subject: Daiso!! |
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| Daiso!! It's cheap! I don't know if Daiso sells large furniture like drawers, couches and the like, but definitely check out the huge Daiso in Jongno. Love that place. |
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War Eagle
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http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/12/28/2011122801372.html
[email protected] / Dec. 28, 2011 11:55 KST
IKEA Buys Land for Korean Store
The world's largest furniture store chain IKEA will set up a huge store in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi Province in 2014. IKEA Korea won a bidding by the Korea Land & Housing Corporation for a 78,198 sq. m plot for W234.6 billion (US$1=W1,159) on Tuesday.
Unlike in most Western countries, where IKEA is cheap because customers have to pick up their goods and assemble them themselves, the store here will provide delivery and assembly services through a subcontractor, a spokesman said.
"The Gwangmyeong store is expected to open in 2014, but we're also looking for another candidate site in the Seoul metropolitan area, so the first IKEA store in Korea may open somewhere else," he added. |
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