Patty, i thought that as well but it is not true.

I wanted to buy something from Ikea last month and i called, they said sorry even if you have the item code, you have to come to dubai and buy it.

After like a week, i had the chance to go to dubai for something, and i said, ok i will go and buy and then ask them to ship it to doha. unfortunately, all the items i was interested to buy were out of stock.

But anyways, the shippment cost is nothing serious, i guess around 500 riyals for something huge, around 200-300 for a chair or something.