dudes!

[beastieangel01]

so I'm having a winning streak lately.

I won this $1500 voucher for a cruise at my gym a month and a half ago right, maybe two. And yesterday I went to Ikea because I needed to get stuff for my room. It's their "birthday" and they had cake out. I wanted to get some free cake so they informed me that I had to fill out some raffle ticket scratcher thing so I was like "fine whatever" did it so I could get my ass a free piece of cake and went on my way.

This morning I get a call informing me I won the Ikea raffle:$6000 shopping spree @ Ikea, yo!

wtf. I need to buy a lotto ticket. This is kind of scary though. With all this luck, watch, next week I'll get hit by a car or something ;/

[Rock]

That is pretty fucking dope. $6000 is a lot of Ikea furniture. i think.

[monkey]

i watched just my luck last night. dont kiss anyone.

[ET]

Oh shit, make your room look like Tyler Durden's appartment.

[paul jones]

so I'm having a winning streak lately.

I won this $1500 voucher for a cruise at my gym a month and a half ago right, maybe two. And yesterday I went to Ikea because I needed to get stuff for my room. It's their "birthday" and they had cake out. I wanted to get some free cake so they informed me that I had to fill out some raffle ticket scratcher thing so I was like "fine whatever" did it so I could get my ass a free piece of cake and went on my way.

This morning I get a call informing me I won the Ikea raffle:$6000 shopping spree @ Ikea, yo!

wtf. I need to buy a lotto ticket. This is kind of scary though. With all this luck, watch, next week I'll get hit by a car or something ;/
(y)

[icy manipulator]

the Ikea man is now the 3rd richest man in the world. he should;ve given you more than 6 g's of furniture

[The Notorious LOL]

good shit.


me personally I would see if I could exchange the voucher for cash as I cant really see getting $6k worth of Ikea furniture. $1000 sure, but I would want the other 5 grand for other shit.

[beastieangel01]

the Ikea man is now the 3rd richest man in the world. he should;ve given you more than 6 g's of furniture

damn man. Yeah. He's being a stingy bastard, then.


but all I wanted originally was a free piece of cake. This works, too. :cool:

[monkey]

isnt this perfect timing?

[TAL]

I want some free cake too!

[beastieangel01]

good shit.


me personally I would see if I could exchange the voucher for cash as I cant really see getting $6k worth of Ikea furniture. $1000 sure, but I would want the other 5 grand for other shit.

I'm thinking that will be my plan. Especially to pay off my medical debt. I figure all I need is a nicer mattress, so I'll take back the one I bought. Then a few shelves, and some organizers for my closer. That's it. Maybe linens or something who knows.

But yeah. The rest, I want to pay off my medical debt.

[The Notorious LOL]

I dont think they'll let you return your mattress. Some law about that. Its in a stores mind, similar to returning underwear. Craigslist it.


but yeah, a thou at Ikea could get you a lot of really nice shit.

[beastieangel01]

definitely good timing Pauli since I just moved!

also yeah, craigslist it is!

[The Notorious LOL]

also, find out if its a one time thing...and if they wont let you exchange it for cash...also use craigslist and explain you won a contest blah blah need cash etc etc poor college student etc etc lots of debt etc etc looking for people who intend to buy a lot at ikea, come with me so I can spend my winnings and you can give me cash for it.

[Dorothy Wood]

HOLY CRAP I WANT TO WIN THAT!

Ikea has such a variety of things these days. there's a table set I really really really want. it looks better in the catalog, but it's pretty cool. (http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?topcategoryId=15564&catalogId=10103&storeId=12&productId=75724&langId=-1&categoryId=15801&chosenPartNumber=70092553)

[abcdefz]

What a great streak you have started!



wtf. I need to buy a lotto ticket. This is kind of scary though. With all this luck, watch, next week I'll get hit by a car or something ;/


Try 4 8 15 16 23 42. (y)

[kate]

HOLY CRAP I WANT TO WIN THAT!

Ikea has such a variety of things these days. there's a table set I really really really want. it looks better in the catalog, but it's pretty cool. (http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?topcategoryId=15564&catalogId=10103&storeId=12&productId=75724&langId=-1&categoryId=15801&chosenPartNumber=70092553)

we thought about buying that because we have a leetle apartment to fit lotsa shit in. it's not very comfortable though, eating on a corner. but we have the couch for eating on, so i guess it would serve its purpose of looking cool!

[Dorothy Wood]

yeah, I don't eat at our kitchen table. it's my roommate's, it's 1950's style and cool-looking. but we always eat in front of the t.v.

[Dr Deaf]

fuckin eh!

$6k at ikea is a pretty sweet prize. if you have a hard time redeeming or hustlin like moa suggested at the very least -- you can buy all your birthday and xmas gifts for people until the money runs out.

sweet deal, congrats.

orlando is getting florida's first ikea in late 07 i think.

[abcdefz]

This morning I get a call informing me I won the Ikea raffle:$6000 shopping spree @ Ikea, yo!




...can your shopping spree be gift certificates?

If so, I'd probably buy about $5k in $50 gift certificates and sell them seventy-five cents on the dollar via Craigslist. E-bay=eighty cents on the dollar to pay for listings and stuff.

[Dr Deaf]

or you could just buy $.50 hotdogs with them.

[abcdefz]

truedatdoubletrue

[monkey]

ikea food is surprisingly delicious

[Dr Deaf]

truedatdoubletrue


ish. these days they're probably all about the gift cards. that means each purchase is simply subtracted off the total and a new balance remains until its exhaustion.

you and moas craigslist idea sounds do-able. that or just hang out around ikea and offer people 10-20% off their purchase. i'm sure the ikea people would frown about that. its probably against their TOS too.

bah. nothing for nothing these days, ba01, you should just send it over to me. its just going to cause you grief.

[The Notorious LOL]

yeah obviously you would have to take a bit of a "loss" because what does joe six pack profit from having some strange girl buy his stuff? it just complicates things. However, you figure six thousand, you spend one thousand and sell/redeem the remaining value for 75% of the value, thats $3750 approx that you didnt have yesterday.

[beastieangel01]

yeah obviously you would have to take a bit of a "loss" because what does joe six pack profit from having some strange girl buy his stuff? it just complicates things. However, you figure six thousand, you spend one thousand and sell/redeem the remaining value for 75% of the value, thats $3750 approx that you didnt have yesterday.

yeah that's what I was thinking. I figured I wouldn't get the full 6k when I sell them off, which is fine.

Turns out it all is in $500 dollar gift cards. So I have a lot of them. What's fair, do you think? save $100 bucks, pay me $400 for this $500 card?

I don't know.

[monkey]

say 450, then if people start haggling, go down to 400. :cool:

[b-grrrlie]

Congrats!

I've been dreaming of getting about 10.000 SEK voucher for IKEA cause I so totally need to re-do my bedroom. I need a bigger bed (it's way too small for two large persons... :( ) and all of the furniture has shaky legs, the lamp and bookselves are dumbster finds and I need more storage space as well... I went there (to the worlds' first IKEA store) on Tuesday and got some starry fairylights to put up on my ceiling in the bedroom. It didn't quite make the effect I wanted (need to get some black/dark navy cloth where the stars can shine through), but close.

[The Notorious LOL]

I would ebay them with a reserve of $400 and a three day auction and see how they do.

[b-grrrlie]

Yeah but eBay takes huge charges...

[The Notorious LOL]

yeah a dollar an auction. Holy shit.


otherwise try Craigslist and see whats offered. Craigslist people are all "yeah Im interested! lemme call!" and then never call though. If I wanted money quick for it, I would ebay em.

[b-grrrlie]

plus a percentage of the final sale...

[Dr Deaf]

hmm does ikea have a commerce site yet or no?

edit: it appears they do

[beastieangel01]

yeah a dollar an auction. Holy shit.


otherwise try Craigslist and see whats offered. Craigslist people are all "yeah Im interested! lemme call!" and then never call though. If I wanted money quick for it, I would ebay em.

because there's a ton of them to add up to 6000, I think I'll try one card on each and see what happens. :)

[The Notorious LOL]

smart thinkin. I will send you a bill for my advice.

[venusvenus123]

congrats miss C. that's crazy!!!

:) :) (y)

[marsdaddy]

Congrats! $6K is a lot of yen!

My favorite part of your story is the yin and yang.

[cosmo105]

FUCK! IKEA RULES! GIVE ME THAT SHIT! I'M GOING THERE TONIGHT!

[befsquire]

that's awesome, congrats! i wish i could win that!

don't forget to save a few hundred dollars for taxes. unless you normally get a big return and this extra 6k doesn't bump you into a new tax bracket.

[cosmo105]

HOLY CRAP I WANT TO WIN THAT!

Ikea has such a variety of things these days. there's a table set I really really really want. it looks better in the catalog, but it's pretty cool. (http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?topcategoryId=15564&catalogId=10103&storeId=12&productId=75724&langId=-1&categoryId=15801&chosenPartNumber=70092553)
ooh. that's pretty rad. we have an ikea table, but no chairs :o we always just eat in front of the tv. and i don't like that. the table's really cool, and can fold into a traingle so it fits in the corner...hrm. we might just have to get that one though.

[Lyman Zerga]

yeah, I don't eat at our kitchen table. it's my roommate's, it's 1950's style and cool-looking. but we always eat in front of the t.v.


i want everything in my future apartment to look 50s stylish
american 50s stylish of course
not austrian everything bomed and owned stylish

oh yeah congrats, lucky girl!

[QueenAdrock]

I have this one, (http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?topcategoryId=15564&catalogId=10103&storeId=12&productId=63021&langId=-1&categoryId=15801&chosenPartNumber=80086575) which was on sale for $99 when I got it. Cheapest mini-dining room set ever.