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kittyurmston

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Posted: Oct 10, 2006 - 06:55 PM
Post subject: IKEA furniture help

does anyone know the address for KEA in shanghai? i found the website
http://www.kea.com.cn/
but is all in chinese so i cant read the address

in desperate need of baby furniture

thanks
x x x x

pixelstrange

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Posted: Oct 10, 2006 - 07:01 PM

http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_CN/local_home/shanghai.html

kittyurmston

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Posted: Oct 10, 2006 - 07:07 PM

KEA is like IKEA and sells very similar stuff, but is chinese and cheaper!

thewalrus
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Posted: Oct 10, 2006 - 07:15 PM

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KEA is like IKEA and sells very similar stuff, but is chinese and cheaper!

Why doesnt this suprise me...

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sioux

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Posted: Oct 10, 2006 - 07:31 PM

I just looked at the "kea" website, all the products are EXACTLY the same as Ikea and the prices are EXACTLY the same as Ikea, perhaps even a bit more expensive and if it is Chinese then we know the quality is worse...

How weird.

HK2ShviaUSA

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Posted: Oct 10, 2006 - 07:52 PM

I'm willing to bet that they ship...catering to non-SH/BJ residents. Looks like it's exactly the same, they've even got a link to IKEA.

mofrenchie

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Posted: Oct 10, 2006 - 08:16 PM
Post subject: IKEA Adress

IKEA is located in South of SHanghai

take subway is "shanghai stadium station"line red..)

is easy to get there

monika

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Posted: Oct 10, 2006 - 08:52 PM

People say that IKEA manufacturers most of it's furniture in China too for the China market

boomber72

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Posted: Oct 10, 2006 - 09:20 PM

I am impressed!!

Angie

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Posted: Oct 10, 2006 - 09:47 PM

?????????
Webpage says: Shanghai, XuHui District, ZhongCao Lu. -
never been there - no idea where to find this road.

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Posted: Oct 10, 2006 - 10:43 PM

I think if u r taking the train, its line 1 to Shanghai Stadium, exit at the stadium. Walk away from Xu Jia Hui (or away from Foxtown). There should be a pretty good hotel on the right side of the road you are walking down. You should be able to see the IKEA sign after that....or u can do what I did, which was to print out the address and show it to the cab driver...in fact he recognized the logo and didn't even bother to read the address!

DL573

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Posted: Oct 11, 2006 - 03:19 AM

Don't need directions or addresses, just use the excellent map on their website.

http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_CN/popup/map_sh.html

GC
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Posted: Oct 11, 2006 - 04:24 AM

^KEA, not IKEA.

I also cant believe that they have copied IKEA and that the prices are not lower.

Too weird.

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jonnawib

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Posted: Oct 11, 2006 - 05:46 AM

once u get out from the metro u almost see it -it's very close to the stop. Just cross 2 streets. Oh, and I bet KEA doesn't have that great IKEA resto... mmm.. actually.. sometimes that (plus the candy shop) are the only reasons I go there. Bad bad me. but he chocolate is divine!

GC
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Posted: Oct 11, 2006 - 06:01 AM

the meatballs, chips and lingonberry jam ain't that bad either

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knockknock_ca

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Posted: Oct 11, 2006 - 11:41 AM

sioux wrote:

Actually almost the majority of the ikea furnitures are made in China. And you are right, the quality is much much lower in the recent years, even the bolts cannot be fitted into positions.

vaureal

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Posted: Oct 11, 2006 - 01:21 PM

here is the address and even the location on Google Earth :
http://www.destinationshanghai.net/Ikea.htm

msittig

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Posted: Oct 11, 2006 - 03:13 PM

From KEA's "About Us" page:

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宜家(IKEA)是全球最大的家居用品零售商，其商品以设计独特、实用并人性化著称，但在国内目前只有少数几个城开设了宜家商场，很多喜欢宜家品牌的朋友没有购买的渠道，宜家代购的出现很好地解决了这一问题。通过收取一定比例的服务费，宜家代购商为那些没有时间或不方便来宜家采购的客户提供商品采购、包装及配送服务，使得客户在家里通过网络和电话就可以买到自己心仪的宜家家居产品。客户通过代购商购买宜家商品，通常需要一下费用：商品宜家价格、代购服务费、包装材料费以及物流配送费，其中，代购服务费就是代购商的利润。

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Ikea is the world's largest furniture retailer; it is well known for the design, practicality and personality of its products. But China only has a few cities with Ikeas, meaning that a lot of people don't have the means to shop there. The appearance of "yijia daigou" (Ikea stand-in shoppers) is an excellent solution to this problem. For a modest service fee, "yijia daigou" merchants will buy, package and deliver Ikea products to people who don't have the time or for whom it is too inconvenient to go to Ikea themselves. That way, people can simply use the internet or their phone to order anything Ikea product their heart desires. In order to use an "yijia daigou", customers have to pay the following: the product's original price at Ikea, a "stand-in buyer" service fee, and packaging and transportation costs. Among those, the service fee is the profit made by the "yijia daigou" merchant.

Then it goes on to talk about Kea's growth from being a simple Taobao online store, to developing its own website and growing a network of mailing, shipping and delivery contacts throughout the country.

So... if you order anything from Kea, it comes from Ikea anyways.

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kittyurmston

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