Pointless Ikea vent

PhillyGal34

I should've known better than to go on a holiday but I wanted something to start a project this weekend.  

They had some towels on sale for $.99... 2 per household. We didn't even go upstairs because we didn't want them and knew where the item we needed was downstairs.  Thought we would avoid the craziness. Nope. The women in our line had 100 towels (no joke the cashier told me when we checked out) in their cart and had their kids cycling back and forth buying them in multiple transactions.  We didn't know what was going on until the line didn't move for over a half hour and I investigated.  Dh called someone over and asked for a manager (usually it is me that bittches so he must have been super annoyed) . He came and announced two per household not person and the people in front of us (who "only" had 36 towels) threw a fit.  Then people swarmed their cart to take the towels like it was water in the desert.  People amaze me.  

 

No point to this really.  

letranger

Were the towels that great? This is so odd. 

PhillyGal34

letranger:

Were the towels that great? This is so odd. 

No!!! They didn't look soft at all! Which was part of why I thought it was insane! It was like Black Friday without rules

eSynergy

LOL they were probably about $1.50 regularly.

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Crazy.  That is like the day they had $1 flip flops at Old Navy last weekend.  I went over to my Old Navy that day just go to shopping (I didn't know about $1 flip flops).  At 11:00am on a Saturday, there were about 50 people waiting outside to get in the store because they were already at capacity...to buy flip flops that are normally $2.50.  Needless to say we didn't stay.  

SJU1982

eSynergy:

LOL they were probably about $1.50 regularly.

Exactly!  I don't understand people some time.  Don't they understand that their time is valuable?  

PhillyGal34

SJU1982:

eSynergy:

LOL they were probably about $1.50 regularly.

Exactly!  I don't understand people some time.  Don't they understand that their time is valuable?  

 

I agree about old navy. That happened to us once and we kept driving.

 

Maybe their time isn't valuable!! I'm all for a good sale but within reason!! 

kross605

I know Im focusing on the wrong part of the story here, but my first thought is....What does one do with 100 towels in their home? Sew sleeping bags out of them, host neighborhood Olympics at your backyard pool, fashion cloth diapers for an abnormally large bab,.... why would you ever need that many? Thats supremely odd.

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kross605:

I know Im focusing on the wrong part of the story here, but my first thought is....What does one do with 100 towels in their home? Sew sleeping bags out of them, host neighborhood Olympics at your backyard pool, fashion cloth diapers for an abnormally large bab,.... why would you ever need that many? Thats supremely odd.

I thought about that too.  My first thought was...resale?  Somewhere?  You know, the bath towel black market.   

kross605

LandD052006:

kross605:

I know Im focusing on the wrong part of the story here, but my first thought is....What does one do with 100 towels in their home? Sew sleeping bags out of them, host neighborhood Olympics at your backyard pool, fashion cloth diapers for an abnormally large bab,.... why would you ever need that many? Thats supremely odd.

I thought about that too.  My first thought was...resale?  Somewhere?  You know, the bath towel black market.   

I wonder if Ikea's return policy is lax enough that you could bring back all those towels, without a receipt, and get store credit for a much higher amount than what you paid? Im still intrigued.

PhillyGal34

kross605:

LandD052006:

kross605:

I know Im focusing on the wrong part of the story here, but my first thought is....What does one do with 100 towels in their home? Sew sleeping bags out of them, host neighborhood Olympics at your backyard pool, fashion cloth diapers for an abnormally large bab,.... why would you ever need that many? Thats supremely odd.

I thought about that too.  My first thought was...resale?  Somewhere?  You know, the bath towel black market.   

I wonder if Ikea's return policy is lax enough that you could bring back all those towels, without a receipt, and get store credit for a much higher amount than what you paid? Im still intrigued.

 

I have a feeling they would be christmas gifts for all their nearest and dearest or maybe they don't do laundry and just toss them out? 

 

I didn't even think of that, good point!