IKEA-Qatar opens Jan. 30

Great News Indeed,much awaited Opening though....

Great... finally :)

I can't understand the enthusiasm nor the negatism. IKEA offers good looking cheap furniture. If you are expat and you want a modern house without spending a lot ikea is ideal. even if the furniture breaks is cheap to replace. the quality of the pdoducts is dependant on the price. So as long as u know what you want ikea is good. I am also going to buy. and by the way ikea snacks are awesome.

Never had any problem with Home Centre guys be it CC, Jaidah or Alsadd. In fact they were quite helpful whenever required and had a seamless replacement within the last few days of the warranty period of the product. BTW the post is about IKEA, why drag others in here.

Obviously, one need to be a native english or else where. People need skills to make customers happy. Unfortunately, Home centre don't train their employees. Perhaps they probably teach how to turn the customers away. Hopefully, they will learn when they realize there are better products and people out there to serve the community.

I will believe it when I see it!

Are you sure it's January 2013 and not 2014?

Festival city will be done by 2016? We won't be here anymore LOL. Going back to our homecountry..

Speaking of shopping malls- When will Edzan Mall open? The Mall looks finish...

Couldn't imagine how congested the roads going to festive mall would be during the first day of the opening

gr8......waiting

I do not believe the shop will open on Jan 31, I drove by the area and it looks far from finished.

Thelonius, don't knock it before you checked it for yourself.

And Thelonius, I don't know when you have been to Ikea last,,but I can assure you, they do not only have cheap stuff.

Maybe a little less expensive than the usual crap sold in stores here, but for that nicer and of better quality.

Because HERE they need a pork license for meatballs.

Like it or hate it. IKEA provides furniture and Swedish Meat Balls to happy customers all over the world. So, why not here :O)

Thelonius, the "richest country in the world"...what does that have to do with expats waiting for Ikea??

Can't wait for the marriage breakdowns when husbands / partners try and assemble the flatpacks :O)

I think people are equally starved of decent restos and waiting for IKEA meatballs, BF, etc. too...:)

What I find really amusing about this is that Ikea is considered a little suspect as to it's quality in the UK, yet it is welcomed with open arms here as a paragon of quality. Just goes to show how starved we are of decent furniture shops in Qatar

Britexpat- re-plan you leave as its not opening until 30.01.2013

AND the roofrack on your Kia...oh my!

Oh for goodness sake..

I had already taken a week off to go shopping in the beginning of January :O(

Finally it reached Qatar......

Happy, at least once a month on pay day :)

Does anything in Qatar makes anyone happy or hopeful except offcourse the money earned without effort (some in some cases)...:)

I hate Home Centre for various reasons.

1. Poor product quality

2. They don't support their products; couple of months back, I had visted the store I brought my sofa from. In fact, they sold the sofa saying it is pure leather. However, it was not true, within one year the leather started fading. Obviously the store manager (near jaidah) doesn't want to hear the complaint. He just came out of his office and had little conversation and left. Poor customer service skills or I would say, he does not have any skills to become manager of the store.

It is very important to have more choces. With IKEA they will support their products and they sell better quality furniture with affordable price. I've been waiting to buy replacement sofa (real leather) from IKEA. Once again, it is good news to have competetors!

We will just have to wait and see... I love IKEA breakfast :)

Hmm, I am not having high expectations when it comes to IKEA in QATAR...:/

Cant wait for the Swedish Meat Balls..:)

I can hear the knicker elastic snapping at 100 meters...

Thnks tahsin for yr welcome been sick last week with viral fever fine now alhamdulillah

They have to put them out of Doha but no matter IKEA people will flock to their store. Better shape up you furniture stores IKEA is here. :)

The being an individual ubiquity con of modern marketing

2013? Just making sure:)

Finally !!! R.I.P Home Center and HOmes R us :P

thats a good news ... :)

Thnks for Sharing most of Furniture lovers have been waiting for a long time for its wide range of Quality Furnitures