Ikea grand opening 28 nov 2012

[Peachykeen2007]

I was in the line up of cars at 11:30, hit the front doors at 12:05

Wow Peachy, you must have been there early. I got there at 4:30ish and got #645.

[pamjcoupon]

were you on ctv news? i saw someone talk about how it was their bday and they wanted to do something special

I might be one of those crazy people too.
IKEA is a favorite store of mine (we bought our kitchen cupboards from there a few years ago). Plus, November 28th is my bday....and I don't have any other plans, so I figure why not do something for me on my birthday

[bmpsmommy]

no, I was not on the news but I was in line.

[MeMew]

great to hear you guys did well last night. Thumb up to Ikea for proving people with indoor shelter for a chilly night.
Just have a question for you: I read on Facebook and someone said that the box with the $75 giftcard given away today had an expiry for the giftcard until 2 Dec 2012. Does it mean the giftcard must be spent by 2 Dec or the balance will be void after that? My hubbie won a giftcard from Ikea vending machine tour but he just keeps the GC and threw away the box so I am not sure if the fine print about expiry date was applicable or not

[KathyN]

I'd use it by Dec 2, so it doesn't go to waste.....

[The_Scarecrow]

were you on ctv news? i saw someone talk about how it was their bday and they wanted to do something special

I was checking out all the winnipeg news videos about it, did see me. I saw 2 interviews with people who had a b-day yesterday. The guy who 1st in line kept saying he hoped he got a extra gift, which I don't think he did unless it's a bunch of media attention.

I was in the line up of cars at 11:30, hit the front doors at 12:05

I saw a video of a bunch of people running to the front door, that was funny. Someone should have brought their bike at that time and would have easily beat all the runners.

I'd use it by Dec 2, so it doesn't go to waste.....

I never saw anywhere where it said the Gift Card would expire. The staff told me twice that it doesn't expire, If I use it next year and it's expired I'll tell them what I was told and hopefully they would give me another.

[Peachykeen2007]

YES - the boxes from the 1000 people who got a $75 Gift Card - on the side of the box it says valid ONLY between Nov 28 - Dec 2

great to hear you guys did well last night. Thumb up to Ikea for proving people with indoor shelter for a chilly night.
Just have a question for you: I read on Facebook and someone said that the box with the $75 giftcard given away today had an expiry for the giftcard until 2 Dec 2012. Does it mean the giftcard must be spent by 2 Dec or the balance will be void after that? My hubbie won a giftcard from Ikea vending machine tour but he just keeps the GC and threw away the box so I am not sure if the fine print about expiry date was applicable or not

[Peachykeen2007]

Correction - as I was there today and asked - any of the Gift Cards that were handed out DO NOT EXPIRE - they just had to hand them out by those dates

YES - the boxes from the 1000 people who got a $75 Gift Card - on the side of the box it says valid ONLY between Nov 28 - Dec 2

[MeMew]

[QUOTE=The_Scarecrow;5122505]I was checking out all the winnipeg news videos about it,

where did you find the videos please? I never saw something like that except on TV about US Black Friday or Boxing Day.

[MeMew]

Correction - as I was there today and asked - any of the Gift Cards that were handed out DO NOT EXPIRE - they just had to hand them out by those dates

Thank you Peachy again for the information. Now that we do not have to rush into Ikea by this weekend to spend money, lol.

[The_Scarecrow]

[QUOTE=MeMew;5123721]

I was checking out all the winnipeg news videos about it,

where did you find the videos please? I never saw something like that except on TV about US Black Friday or Boxing Day.

I just checked the websites of CBC, CTV, Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg Sun, Virgin 103.1.... all have several videos about that day.

[MeMew]

Correction - as I was there today and asked - any of the Gift Cards that were handed out DO NOT EXPIRE - they just had to hand them out by those dates

Just want to confirm this (thanks again Peachy) in writing from IKEA headquarter customer service :
"Thank you for getting back to us. We apologize for the misinformation and in order to rectify the issue, we reached out to Winnipeg management and they confirmed that the IKEA gift cards given out to our customers on opening day do not have an expiry date. In general, IKEA gift cards do not expire."

[pamjcoupon]

what did you buy?

Correction - as I was there today and asked - any of the Gift Cards that were handed out DO NOT EXPIRE - they just had to hand them out by those dates

[Minou]

I think I'll stay away from IKEA for the next few months. It's bound to be crazy.

[Peachykeen2007]

So far I have purchased this

For my boys -

http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/90192962/
http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/30192960/
http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/50192959/
http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/10192956/
http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/10206883/ - They absolutely LOVE this!!

For myself - I bought a very nice purple circle duvet cover set - can't find it online though to show @ $20

And I will be picking this up tomorrow as a Christmas gift for my mom

http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/20114901/

what did you buy?