Is anyone going to Ikea any time soon?

[daisylou79]

Hello. This is a really random request. My ten month old daughter was given a teddy bear from Ikea for Christmas. She has formed a real attachment to it and it's helping her to go to sleep at night - quite surprising as she's resisted all previous snuggy toys.

I'm thinking it would be safe to buy a couple of spares - they are only ?1 each so I can afford to do this! But we don't have a car and it would be a nightmare to get to Ikea with the pram on public transport. No one else we know seems to be going there any time soon.

So I wondered - if any kind ED Forum-ers happen to be going there anyway in the next couple of weeks, would you mind picking up two of the teddies for me, please? I would of course pay you back for them and reward your kindness wiht a bottle of vino or a bottle of something else if you don't drink!

Please PM me if you think you might be able to help.

Thanks so much for reading.

[hellosailor]

if you look on ebay and search for 'ikea teddy bear' you will probably find people selling the same bear, new, with a mark up of a couple of quid.

My daughter became very attached to an ikea soft toy that cost ?1 in ikea, and because we couldn't get to ikea for a while and I wanted back ups just in case, I paid about ?3 for it new on ebay. Bit sad that people seem to buy up ikea toys to sell on for a couple of quid extra on ebay but quite useful it turns out! good luck! I just had a quick look for you and there are a few different ikea bears on there, new, at the moment.

[daisylou79]

Thanks for the tip, Hellosailor - much appreciated.

We are now sorted for bears as someone very kindly picked three up for us! I was bowled over by all the kind offers we got - this forum really is fantastic. Thanks to every one who got in touch.