the one in Aubonne has a much bigger exposition area

Prices are identical across Switzerland.

Same prices. the one in aubonne is a bit bigger. But the one in Geneva is also big, and has all the most popular items. So unless you're looking for something very specific, there's a good chance you'll find it also in the GVA store. 

DO NOT BUY IKEA-IT IS JUNK!!AND I DO MEAN JUNK!
My husband and I purchased our first home six months ago. We found it only fitting to purchase new furniture for it as well. We bought two malm bes (one for us and one for my son), malm dresser, bjursta table, borje dining chairs, lack side tables, and klippan leather loveseat,. Unfortunately, a new Ikea store opened up in our area.. I fell in love with the furniture?. It was nice at first,. However, now six months later it is all falling apart!!!! My bed falls through the slats almost every night, the wood from the malm bedframes and has big hunks out of it". My malm dresser is falling apart and I can't hardly put clothes in it, by bjursta dining table is warped and I even use a table protector! My dining chairs are even breaking". Our new house is nice, but we can't put our clothes away and we can't have dinner at our table!! The only thing that is holding up is our Ikea/Whirlpool appliances;. Well, and our poang chairs so far|. SO just a forewarning, DO NOT SHOP IKEA....that is unless you want to have to buy the same things over again in a few months!! I only wish that I would have found this website before purchasing the furniture because they won't do anything about it at all!!!!! So much for a guarantee....now I'm out thousands of dollars and need new furniture AGAIN!!! 

IKEA BED SMELLS
It was (and is) emitting some kind of awful paint or glue smell that not only makes me sick every night but makes my entire room stink. Ikea's "return" policy ought to be renamed because they make it nearly impossible for you to actually return anything! Now I'm out $450 and stuck with a toxic bed! Thanks, Ikea!

DISAPPOINTED WITH IKEA

I bought the new BIRKELAND QUEEN BED FRAME in IKEA and I HATE IT,. I AM DISAPPOINTED with this purchase I get purple spots on my legs almost everyday thanks to the corner legs frame.. Ikea queen size bed is bigger than regular queen size bed?. The quality is very poor,. It was a waste of time and money?. PLEASE DO NOT BUY FURNITURES IN IKEA, DO NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID;. Ikea has extremely poor customer service!. It is quite simply deplorable!. Ikea buys their products from the cheapest suppliers on the PLANET, and whatever country will give them the cheapest price that is where they buy it from.

" So frustrated! After having bought a console table from Ikea in Croyden 2 and half weeks ago, we got home to find that there was a crucial piece of wood missing in the pack, so have been unable to finish building the table.Have called Customer Service on numerous occasions and each time I get a different reply as to why they haven't delivered this crucial piece yet. "Yes it's on it's way". "No, there's been a backlog". I'm fed up and don't know where to go next to sort this out!!! Ikea can kiss my patronage goodbye!"

Stay Away from the ikea.
When my children ask me for advice someday, it will be this: Buy handcrafted furniture and have it delivered. You’ll pay more, but you’ll only buy it once, and you’ll love it forever, mainly because you never wanted to punch it. I will have other advice for my kids, but none of it will be as important.

So someone working in the handcrafted furniture industry hates IKEA.

In other news, water is wet.

Testimonial....to crack the code. FYI,...IMHO

You can get better and less expensive furniture -- including items made from real wood -- from local secondhand stores than from Ikea -- and often times find new and gently used Ikea products there as well.

Ikea can be useful for some items. It's good to have a choice though and not to have to travel to Aubonne...

It's interesting that MALM is specifically mentioned.  I have some MALM stuff in my bedroom and I try to break it on a regular basis.

I can understand that IKEA stuff falls apart if you make a mistake when you're assembling, or if you don't tighten the screws properly. But we've had lots of IKEA stuff for ages and had no problems.

As Ed says proper assembly is important....If is squeeks or wobbles ,then tighten the screws.

V happy with all the Ikea stuff I got.

The mattress I got there is very comfortable ( I got the expensive thick double layered one)... its worth spending more for a decent matress IMHO.

I'm not feeling the disproportionate IKEA hate from Jen. It's (probably) the easiest self-assembly furniture ever and not so expensive and evil that it practically ruins yours and your family's life.

Honestly, I'd never furnish my entire house with IKEA stuff - I really wouldn't like it to look like the IKEA catalogue - but it does the job.

Anyhoo, for the OP Yonathan; If you live in Geneva, it's much easier to go to IKEA Vernier. If you feel that IKEA is expensive and evil (like Jen :P), then you can always pop into the Interio next door and you can truly expeience crap furniture at high prices.

ICYDGI

Yes, Ikea makes very low quality furniture.  Low budget, low quality
furniture with a terrible return policy.  Don't get sucked into the
Ikea brands.  I purchased a foam mattress there which they refused to
even *exchange*, claiming their policy is such that an "opened"
mattress is not returnable.  I have never heard of a place that will
not return a product because you have opened it.  Why would you buy
it?  To take it home and look at it while it's boxed up?  I lost FR 200
at this store and have written there management, who basically wrote
me off.  Take your purchase elsewhere!IKEA is a terrible mattress
store. Most of their mattresses are just junky, as they are purchased
and created in places like India and China. If you want a Chinese or
Indian mattress “designed” by Ikea, by all means, purchase it. they
have a draconian return policy — they will not accept back opened
mattresses! I got stuck with a FR 200 foam pad mattress after it did not
fit my bed frame (which I bought from ikea itself)! They have this
lame-brained love-it-or-exchange it plan, which, if you read the fine
print, is only one exchange within 90 days. That’s not love it or
exchange it! That’s take a chance or we’ll give you one more spin! A
real return policy would include the possibility of refunding the
mattress. They have no such policy. Believe me, if you buy a mattress
there, you better get ready to be stuck with it. They just have cheap,
padding-stuffed crap. Avoid them for anything you can’t return,
including their furniture, since it won’t be accepted back once you
assemble it.

Be careful of their junk.They are widely known to be of terrible
quality and most of their furniture requires you to assemble it, of
course, saving them money and taking your money in terms of time. Ikea is notorious for draconian return policies which do not allow you to even return the product unless it is in perfect condition and boxed in its original
packaging.  Now, I can tell you that it is somewhat easy to ASSEMBLE
their furniture, but to disassemble it and perfectly repackage it is
crazy, and no one would be able to do it correctly.  Even if they did,
they would still see that packages (plastic) have been broken open and
holes wider than the factory guidehole drill.  I have seen them turn
away person after person while waiting for myself to be personally
turned away with a FR 200 purchase!  I can't do anything with it, and
writing to management didn't help whatsoever.

Avoid this store for anything you must assemble or, especially, their
mattresses - like the one I got stuck with.

Products

Kitchen and Dining Room

I have to admit, I didn't like the Ikea Kitchens, saw them as too
temporary and perhaps even to contemporary for my tastes, though I
could see their point. They are offering kitchens with a ten year
guarantee, and these seem to attract younger buyers who perhaps are
beginning the process of home owning. One of my french friends said
that she liked the conception of Ikea because for the first time here
in Swiss, she felt she was being offered an alternative to the
traditional. She was realistic about quality and price, and said that
at Ikea prices,she could afford to change things on a regular basis.
Personally, I looked at the quality of the kitchen units and wasn't
impressed. I was impressed with the fact that their design service
offers people the chance to design their kitchen online, and to print
their requirements, thus saving valuable time whilst shopping. The
Dining furniture was basic at best, and I really do believe there are
better alternatives on the market, though do see that many of the
offers would be great for families with kids, who can be destructive.
I was impressed for example with the stools offered at about a fiver
each, and thought that for a playroom environment, or even picnic
environment on a terrace that they offered a cheap alternative for
people with kids.
Credit cards for the store are offered, though I did notice that the
interest rates are exceedingly high and would not consider credit.

Lounges and Bedrooms.

The Lounge furniture in general was poor quality, although there were
exceptions. I think anyone wanting to spend money in a store like this
really needs to do comparisons with other shops, write a list of what
they are interested in and then examine the things that they have
shortlisted. We did this, and found that the quality of sofas varied
from mediocre to reasonable. Some were badly designed and had little
support, though in fairness not everyone wants support. It's a
personal preference that suits my age. One of the things that they do
rather well is to have standard designs of sofas in a classical style,
which can be ordered in different colours, and the in store
demonstration of how these can fit into a room was first rate.
Although the range for youngsters was enormous, for me the range of
classic styles was limited to two sofas. Ancillary furniture for
lounges was bitty to say the least, offering anything from a plastic
coffee table which looked very retro, to pictures, cushions and throws
and little fineries to enhance the look of a room. The pictures were
reasonable quality though I thought overpriced, but to cater for those
with a smaller budget, these are reproduced in postcard form.Storage
cabinets for the lounge were weird. It was like taking a step back in
time to the sixties with huge wall units, basket storage (which I
detest) and television stands which didn't look strong enough to trust
with an expensive television. Out of a range of hundreds, I only liked
one.
Bedrooms were different. I didn't like the styles of wardrobes, the
quality of the beds, but found myself fascinated by the range of
bedcovers and cushions. The colours are bright and attract the eye,
although here one needs to be very aware of sizes, since the sizes of
double bed quilts etc., were strange to say the least and would have
been too long and not wide enough for most double beds. Similarly with
bed linen, the duvet covers were either too big or too small. They
look better in the catalogue than they do in real life, and you are
offered blinds, cardboard storage boxes, dressing tables etc., though
again, the quality disappointed me. Wardrobes were unimaginative, and
although they produce instant storage, think more effort could have
been put into the design. They felt old fashioned and dull.There are
other departments within the store such as a designer area for
childrens rooms, although from what I saw, what they were offering
wasn't that imaginative or realistic. The soft toys that they sell are
a very limited range as well.
Staff and help.
The staff seemed pretty on the ball and helpful and friendly, although
asking for a catalogue proved difficult. These are hidden behind
information desks, and you are only allowed one copy. As for help in
store with ideas, I thought the staff tried really hard and worked
under pressure, since the store was buzzing with activity.
Cashing out was difficult, since the queues were enormous, although
this gave me a chance to peek around the warehouse part of the store
which leads to the cash-out and where they keep the bargains. The
range of sales items was enormous, from plants to candles, candle
holders to lighting, although the lighting area in the main store is
very limited, though had one or two very imaginative and impressive
light styles.

GLA     WBR 

@ Jen TL:DR

My flat is full of IKEA stuff as well. Never had a problem with them. I like them bacause they are nice and cheap as well. They make the flat look modern.

My dog attacks them every day when chasing the cats and they are still standing. That must mean something. As Sharon said IKEA Vernier is much easier to get to. The bus stops directly in front

OK im off to find an IKEA haters forum and copy paste these reviews :)

Jen, clearly, the shop is not a fit for your evolved tastes, despite your experienced handymanship. The question is; are other people return shoppers? Stay tuned for the twists and turns in this story.

- and, in some other countries, return policy is: indefinite, unused, with a receipt.

Also, if you purchase IKEA furniture and use your (free) IKEA family card at the point of purchase, your products are insured for certain types of damage.

This covers damage in transit - taking your purchases home - and damage during assembly. If either happens, you are entitled to an exchange, free of charge. There's probably some more coverage, but meh.

In the grand scheme of things, a 90-day returns policy is quite adequate. 

FYI; The IKEA family card isn't a payment card, just some kind of loyalty scheme.

Every bird likes its own nest....

BBGL...

IKEA = Switzerlands answer to Hampton Court Maze

btw what's wrong with furniture that's made in india / china ? ikea isn't trying to sell us on the fact that some little old family in the nordics makes their mammoth inventory from gumdrops, lollypops and nice smiling trees that don't mind getting chopped down.