Friday, May 09, 2008

Billy iZ finally Indexed

Sometime in the late 90ies, I suggested to Grrringo that we should start a "Billy Index" (just like a BigMac Index) but it sort of never got anywhere. So I was sort of happy when I opened up Wall Street Journal and found this. Maybe not really an index, but at least a nice price comparison. However, there is one major flaw. The price in IKEA's native Sweden is not there. What gives? This is after all one of the more venerable pieces of furniture, possibly even the piece that has been sold the longest worldwide in in the largest quantities. Who does not own, or have owned, a Billy?