Ikea Furniture Prices

[Beckett's]

Hi a quick note to the price wise,

Has anyone one noticed or compared the prices of Ikea Italy/UK.
We looked at some casual chairs in the store in UK priced at £110, we thought these would be good for Italy, thinking that we would buy these in the Rome store on our next visit, we look at Italy Ikea online and found the sames chairs priced at 199euros, maybe with the current exchange rate we will buy here and send them over.
Regards Lin

[HelenMW]

It seems to depend from item to item as a lot of things here are the same price in euros as in pounds

[Sally Donaldson]

A friend of mine bought lamp shades in Italy at €3.99 each and in the UK they are £7.99 each. Also apparently prices on IKEA websites are not always the same as in the stores.

[livarandsofie]

Do notice that if you find a product on the UK site, like a bed;
IKEA | Beds | Single bed frames | BODÖ | Bed frame

you can change part of the URL from gb/en to it/it
IKEA | Letti | Strutture per letti singoli | BODÖ | Struttura letto

Very neat for us that is so good at Italian yet.

[Sally Donaldson]

Nifty eh??? Wouldn't want too buy that one though. Looks very precarious!!!

[Beckett's]

Originally Posted by HelenMW

It seems to depend from item to item as a lot of things here are the same price in euros as in pounds

Hi
Last visit we spent so much time looking at local shops for furniture, we both suffered brain fade, hubby thought that we could buy everything in one outing..... had to point out tactfully.......... that we did not buy for the UK house in one day.

Problem is either Ikea in Italy is around 2 hours away, the other half may not be very well pleased to drive all the way and not find find these, not at the right price, or not in stock, Ikea UK is half an hour away, so guess what he will opt for.

Fortunately last visit the weather was so hot we just used the sun chairs, but guess these are not going to be cosy indoors for the winter days.

Regards Lin

[Gala Placidia]

Prices are not the same, even within the euro area. I have both the Spanish and Italian catalogues and there are different prices, not always and small differences, but they do exist.

[sueflauto]

IKEA might change prices bearing in mind the local market, but two points:
1 - differing VAT rates between countries
2 - changes in exchange rates. When the catalogue came out it was probably €1.45 [say] to the pound. Now it's 1.26. If you are going to buy anything in the UK do it before the new catalogue comes out!

[Sally Donaldson]

Yes just about to suggest that Sue. You beat me to it!!!

[jepsonclough]

I don't understand why so many Brits furnish their Italian homes with Ikea - there's much nicer local stuff at good prices - surely it's better to support local shops?