Santo Domingo.- The Ikea department store will open its doors to Dominican shoppers tomorrow Wednesday with an attractive catalogue featuring furniture and some major appliances.
Since 2008 the Swedish multinational company began construction with president Leonel Fernandez heading the groundbreaking near the Americana department store, on Kennedy avenue, becoming the retail giant’s first outlet in Latin America.
The store, maker of furniture and of decorative articles was built at a cost of more than US$85 million, created 563 direct jobs and 2,000 indirect ones.
It’s expected to spur competition, and provide better deals for shoppers, who can also benefit from its reasonably priced restaurant and a playground for the kids.
The president of Ikea for Dominican Republic and Canary Islands, Anders Alm, is reportedly a resident of the resort region Punta Cana (east).
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
Wonderful ......watch the shyster Dominican furniture peddlers go out of business ....it warms my heart that competitive priced furniture has come to the Caribbean
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
abc will be selling Swedish meatballs in the parking lot
Written by: generoso, 16 Feb 2010 12:48 PM
From: United States, Quisqueya
I visited the store with a special pass and it is HUGE, much larger than the one in Atlanta, Georgia,
and the restaurant highest priced dish was salmon with vegetables at RD$200 pesos, a shrimp sandwich was RD$150 pesos.
The furniture was OK, but in a lot of items like beds and sofas I found the prices on the steep side, comparing to the prices for the same thing in the USA. Even if you compute 40% more for duty and ITBS, they where still much higher than Atlanta, as an example.
I read the same gripe about the Canary islands store, which is owned by the same franchisee.
The other thing is you better wear good walking shoes, and not be in a hurry, because you enter and then the exit takes you all over the store, before you can leave. LOL.
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
was abc there to greet you in his clown suit ?
Written by: josean, 17 Feb 2010 1:27 PM
From: United States, http://www.realpolitica.com/
Oh yippy!
From a country known for good mahogany furniture to overpriced particle board garbage you can't even give away at garage sale to a blind person.
That’s modernity and progress!
¿Y No Era Y Que Pa”lante Que Íbamos?
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
Josean dont forget to take the plastic cover off your sofa .......you have only had it for 3 years
From: United States
IKEA will do very well especially in kids furniture. That is where the money is and Dominicans love to make babies....
From: United States, I believe that Chillaxin was right!!! a commie but right
well, i feel bad for those that make furniture in DR, But at least now you don't have to buy products in the U.S. and bring or send them to DR.
Hopefully they sell the products at a reasonable price.
Has anyone been to the Payless in the Zona Colonial ? Those Sob's Sell U.S.$40.00 sneakers for like double of what they are worth..
So, before anything in Ikea.. I got to see it b4 anything ..
And by the Way your PROUD ABOUT A IKEA DIQUE PALANTE PRESIDENTE ...
YOUR JACKASS!!!!!!
From: United States, I believe that Chillaxin was right!!! a commie but right
GENEROSO, after reading your statement I see that nothing will change and most likely Dominican Will prefer hand made furniture at a less expansive price.
And by the way its made of Mahogany.....
Written by: josean, 17 Feb 2010 9:55 PM
From: United States, http://www.realpolitica.com/
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
Keep sweeping josean
Written by: josean, 17 Feb 2010 11:17 PM
From: United States, http://www.realpolitica.com/
I have a vacuum cleaner now to pick up the particle board residue for IKEA “heirloom quality” furniture!
From: United States
leonel is the man!
Written by: josean, 17 Feb 2010 11:23 PM
From: United States, http://www.realpolitica.com/
According to IKEA owner he is the HNIC!
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
Welcome to the Caribbean !
Written by: josean, 18 Feb 2010 2:04 PM
From: United States, http://www.realpolitica.com/
They will have a special on WHITE SHEETS!
From: United States
Ikea is welcomed competition as long as they are not allowed free reign of the market. Local furniture makers now will have to compete on quality workmanship, reliability and practical design. Many Dominican Furniture makers are inefficient thieves who produce unreliable furniture with poor workmanship.
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
another slimy one !
Written by: josean, 18 Feb 2010 4:39 PM
From: United States, http://www.realpolitica.com/
Good for you!
Keep eating your pitted Prunes and drink lots of water!
From: United States, Orange County, California
The problem with IKEA is that everything needs to be ensemble by the buyer. That will cause some problems in the DR.
Written by: anthonyC, 20 Feb 2010 10:51 AM
From: United States
"Written by: ZonaDominicana, 19 Feb 2010 1:27 AM
The problem with IKEA is that everything needs to be ensemble by the buyer. That will cause some problems in the DR."
Well some smart and enterprising Dominican ought to start a Ikea furniture Assembly service.
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
another job Josean ......you can open in the parking lot just bring your screw driver ......throw away that car washing stuff until you know whos car you will be washing in the PRD
Written by: josean, 20 Feb 2010 11:54 AM
From: United States, http://www.realpolitica.com/
Did you finish washing the NAZI Swedes’ Jock Strap yet!
Written by: ateo2010 
, 20 Feb 2010 12:06 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Owning Noobs
Well i'm going to IKEA today finally... i heard my friend's experience they love it.
(excited) =)
Written by: ateo2010 , 20 Feb 2010 12:08 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Owning Noobs
ZonaDominicana,
" The problem with IKEA is that everything needs to be ensemble by the buyer. That will cause some problems in the DR "
No infact its much better that way, because there slots of people that like that idea, its more reliable when for example your moving you just break ti down until small pieces and done! lots of space. well you won't like the idea unless your extremely lazy like josean and his haitians friends.
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
josean will be picketing with his pitchfork in the parking lot
Written by: josean, 20 Feb 2010 12:19 PM
From: United States, http://www.realpolitica.com/
Ateo,
Make sure you wear a face mask!
Written by: ateo2010 , 20 Feb 2010 12:42 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Owning Noobs
offcourse my face is too hot for the swedish girls around so i need to be low key as possible, thanks for the advise old josie.
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
if you say you will vote PRD josie will wash your car while you are shopping
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
he is going to throw the first sponge at the PRD convention coming up
Written by: ateo2010 , 20 Feb 2010 1:21 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Owning Noobs
lol!
Written by: josean, 20 Feb 2010 4:38 PM
From: United States, http://www.realpolitica.com/
How touching the Formaldehyde twins laughing at each others humorless jokes!
Written by: xwill7, 23 Feb 2010 12:29 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
Most women wash the floors in their house with a ton of water... The particle board furniture will act like a sponge and expand. Many of this furniture will rot
Written by: josean, 23 Feb 2010 12:33 PM
From: United States, http://www.realpolitica.com/
x,
Spoken like someone who has experienced the “quality” of IKEA!
Written by: abc200, 25 Feb 2010 1:19 AM
From: United Kingdom, Dominican Republic
Stop the rot. Stop Ikea.
S.
From: United States
jose n ann
Que te paso ?
You say NO to everything !
2000 Dominicans will have a job !
Written by: josean, 25 Feb 2010 8:58 PM
From: United States, http://www.realpolitica.com/
There is also a Bridge in Brooklyn you may be interested in!
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
Josean will again be washing cars in the parking lot at the IKEA store on Kennedy .....PRD candidate donations will be appreciated ......also autographed Hippo Memorabilia will be for sale heavily discounted
Written by: josean, 27 Feb 2010 8:55 AM
From: United States, http://www.realpolitica.com/
Another boring repetitive Saturday for Banistan, more oatmeal and Pitted Prunes are the order of the day!
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
I will soon go into the smallest room in my house and give birth to another Josean .....and then he will be going on a sea voyage to parts unknown .....say hello to your PRD buddies while traveling
Written by: josean, 27 Feb 2010 9:07 AM
From: United States, http://www.realpolitica.com/
More Prunes and water before you move, remember your how your hemorrhoids have been inflamed since January 1959!
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
Josean with the PRD is hanging out .........Just like my Rhoids ....hanging out
Written by: josean, 27 Feb 2010 9:37 AM
From: United States, http://www.realpolitica.com/
Wow the constant strain of trying to move your bowels has really weakened your wit. You know constipation is suspected as causal factor in Alzheimer’s.
You kind of remind me of that scene in the Sopranos where the mob boy Gigi goes in to the here after trying to squeeze one out!
Not that I wish that upon you of course because then who would I be able to shoot the caca with!
Written by: abc200, 27 Feb 2010 10:47 AM
From: United Kingdom, Dominican Republic
Furniture bought at Ikea is imported. Much furniture bouigh elsewhere is DR made. If people buy at Ikea jobs will be lost, not gained.
S.
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
abc your brain has been lost ......with no gain
Written by: abc200, 27 Feb 2010 1:31 PM
From: United Kingdom, Dominican Republic
Its easy - you must be suffering from the fumes there in Santo Domingo. If you import something that used to be made in the DR jobs are lost. Even if only 30 % of the item are now imported jobs are still lost.
Your caviar still not arrived....
S.
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and the restaurant highest priced dish was salmon with vegetables at RD$200 pesos, a shrimp sandwich was RD$150 pesos.
The furniture was OK, but in a lot of items like beds and sofas I found the prices on the steep side, comparing to the prices for the same thing in the USA. Even if you compute 40% more for duty and ITBS, they where still much higher than Atlanta, as an example.
I read the same gripe about the Canary islands store, which is owned by the same franchisee.
The other thing is you better wear good walking shoes, and not be in a hurry, because you enter and then the exit takes you all over the store, before you can leave. LOL.
From a country known for good mahogany furniture to overpriced particle board garbage you can't even give away at garage sale to a blind person.
That’s modernity and progress!
¿Y No Era Y Que Pa”lante Que Íbamos?
Hopefully they sell the products at a reasonable price.
Has anyone been to the Payless in the Zona Colonial ? Those Sob's Sell U.S.$40.00 sneakers for like double of what they are worth..
So, before anything in Ikea.. I got to see it b4 anything ..
And by the Way your PROUD ABOUT A IKEA DIQUE PALANTE PRESIDENTE ...
YOUR JACKASS!!!!!!
And by the way its made of Mahogany.....
http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/....r-Ikea-store-in-Dominican-capital
I have a vacuum cleaner now to pick up the particle board residue for IKEA “heirloom quality” furniture!
According to IKEA owner he is the HNIC!
They will have a special on WHITE SHEETS!
Good for you!
Keep eating your pitted Prunes and drink lots of water!
The problem with IKEA is that everything needs to be ensemble by the buyer. That will cause some problems in the DR."
Well some smart and enterprising Dominican ought to start a Ikea furniture Assembly service.
Did you finish washing the NAZI Swedes’ Jock Strap yet!
(excited) =)
" The problem with IKEA is that everything needs to be ensemble by the buyer. That will cause some problems in the DR "
No infact its much better that way, because there slots of people that like that idea, its more reliable when for example your moving you just break ti down until small pieces and done! lots of space. well you won't like the idea unless your extremely lazy like josean and his haitians friends.
Make sure you wear a face mask!
How touching the Formaldehyde twins laughing at each others humorless jokes!
Spoken like someone who has experienced the “quality” of IKEA!
S.
Que te paso ?
You say NO to everything !
2000 Dominicans will have a job !
There is also a Bridge in Brooklyn you may be interested in!
Another boring repetitive Saturday for Banistan, more oatmeal and Pitted Prunes are the order of the day!
More Prunes and water before you move, remember your how your hemorrhoids have been inflamed since January 1959!
Wow the constant strain of trying to move your bowels has really weakened your wit. You know constipation is suspected as causal factor in Alzheimer’s.
You kind of remind me of that scene in the Sopranos where the mob boy Gigi goes in to the here after trying to squeeze one out!
Not that I wish that upon you of course because then who would I be able to shoot the caca with!
S.
Your caviar still not arrived....
S.