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Jan 16 2011, 02:32 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Jan 16 2011, 02:23 PM) That a store could be coming? Hard to say...... Most of their stuff is overpriced, from what I have seen, but they are riding a wave of marketing success. I doubt they see themselves as investing in 'West Berkshire' if they have taken this site to put a store on (as opposed to just stopping a competitor while they negotiate elsewhere.... Reading will be their target market
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Jan 16 2011, 02:53 PM
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QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Jan 16 2011, 02:32 PM) That a store could be coming? Hard to say...... Most of their stuff is overpriced, from what I have seen, but they are riding a wave of marketing success.
I doubt they see themselves as investing in 'West Berkshire' if they have taken this site to put a store on (as opposed to just stopping a competitor while they negotiate elsewhere.... Reading will be their target market I know there's a whole debate about whether it's taking the individualism out of furnishing one's home but in my view it's very good value for money if that's your prime consideration. I'm guessing they would not only be targeting Reading but West Berkshire and Oxfordshire too.
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Jan 16 2011, 02:53 PM
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QUOTE (Strafin @ Jan 16 2011, 02:48 PM) I hate Ikea, but their stuff seems to be good value - I have never heard anyone say it is overpriced. A trip to Ikes doesn't just pee me off at the time - it pee's me off for the rest of the week as well. I did, in my opinion! I don't mind shopping, but I cannot see the logic in driving miles just to browse a shop. Better things to do..... But Ikea and other megastores have managed to create a need in peoples' minds.
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Jan 16 2011, 05:06 PM
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QUOTE (Richard Garvie @ Jan 16 2011, 03:34 PM) Rather old news, that story is from December 2009. The application is due any time now, they have a great website with the plans. Providing there is significant improvements to the road network, I think everyone will be supportive of it. Even the anti-IKEA lot?
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Jan 16 2011, 05:23 PM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Jan 16 2011, 05:06 PM) Even the anti-IKEA lot? A Garvie-ism - talking for the population at large without any authority, usually to support his own stance. He is not the only one, but he is the most regular one I know of locally.....
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Jan 16 2011, 05:28 PM
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QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Jan 16 2011, 02:53 PM) I did, in my opinion!
I don't mind shopping, but I cannot see the logic in driving miles just to browse a shop. Better things to do..... But Ikea and other megastores have managed to create a need in peoples' minds. I meant before you - and you kind of implied that you didn't actually know that. I wondered if more might come forward now!
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Jan 16 2011, 05:35 PM
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QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Jan 16 2011, 05:23 PM) A Garvie-ism - talking for the population at large without any authority, usually to support his own stance. He is not the only one, but he is the most regular one I know of locally..... A simple google search will give you two years of info, the plans and what few objections exist. Those objections are all based on traffic issues. I don't really have am opinion as I won't shop there, but rather suggesting what the situation is. Ikea have also promised residents that they will open at 10am to avoid increasing traffic in the morning peak, plus paying for improvements to the road network. When the application is finally submitted in the next few weeks, you will see very little objection. I know this after canvassing in the area.
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Jan 17 2011, 11:50 AM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Jan 17 2011, 10:10 AM) Gravy with jam sounds unpleasant. Or even just chips with gravy. It is more like cranberry jelly than jam.
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Jan 17 2011, 11:58 AM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Jan 17 2011, 10:10 AM) Gravy with jam sounds unpleasant. Or even just chips with gravy. I like chips and gravy.
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Jan 17 2011, 02:19 PM
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Oh I love a serious discussion If it's cranberry jelly to go with the meatballs that's fine. It sounded like there was jam mixed in with the gravy. There was a long discussion somewhere else I read about chips with gravy. Someone said it's no different than roast potatoes with gravy. Then someone else said that chips are nothing like roast potatoes. I thought chips with gravy was a Northern thing anyway (like mushy peas).
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