Ikea Conned Out Of Tens Of Millions Of Dollars In Russia

IKEA, the ninth circle of hell, has been conned out of 1.5 billion kronor ($189 million) in Russia. So says company founder Ingvar Kamprad:

“We were completely fooled when it came to electricity and gas deliveries. Something that is going to cost us more than 1.5 billion kronor. I know that this will become a legal matter.”

Maybe the gas came flat-packed and Ikea had to pick it up itself after walking around a maze of objects to finally arrive in a storage depot where the Ikeans – a strange race of pedants and pencil operatives – would hand it to you and then direct you towards the mile-long convoy at the cashier?

Kamprad also revealed that during a recent board meeting he had put forth the idea of establishing an Ikea location in Iran, but this was set aside due to opposition by other board members.

Hey, Iran has suffered enough…

Anorak

Posted: 20th, June 2009 | In: Money Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink