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Printablekewlschool said: My money back.
I'm sorry to rain on your guys parade, but I like style with quality.  We've had a few crappy things over time, but we also have things that have lasted us many many years. We got this unit when we first got together so it's almost 13 years old now. (actually some parts might be older, I think Ron already had part of it when we met and we added to it) It's been through 5 moves and assembled in numerous ways over the years. Still standing strong.  | |
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johnart said: 
You don't have to follow the entire route. You can cut across departments.  At least in US stores you can.   Really? Well, I haven't been to any IKEA stores in The Netherlands for donkeys years but at the time it was a mind fuck | |
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MacDaddy said: johnart said:
You don't have to follow the entire route. You can cut across departments. At least in US stores you can. Really? Well, I haven't been to any IKEA stores in The Netherlands for donkeys years but at the time it was a mind fuck I can see how you can feel you have to do the whole route tho. I'm sure it's designed that way. Even though I know this, I still do the whole route every time. 
Come to think of it, the only reason I know you can cut across is cuz I've been known to piss Ron off by forgetting to pick up something WAY back at the beginning.  | |
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johnart said: kewlschool said: My money back.
I'm sorry to rain on your guys parade, but I like style with quality. We've had a few crappy things over time, but we also have things that have lasted us many many years. We got this unit when we first got together so it's almost 13 years old now. (actually some parts might be older, I think Ron already had part of it when we met and we added to it) It's been through 5 moves and assembled in numerous ways over the years. Still standing strong. That's great, but how come all (most) IKEA stuff on Craigs is falling apart? Can we say particle board 99.9% of everything I say is strictly for my own entertainment | |
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kewlschool said: johnart said: We've had a few crappy things over time, but we also have things that have lasted us many many years. We got this unit when we first got together so it's almost 13 years old now. (actually some parts might be older, I think Ron already had part of it when we met and we added to it) It's been through 5 moves and assembled in numerous ways over the years. Still standing strong. That's great, but how come all (most) IKEA stuff on Craigs is falling apart? Can we say particle board Some, yes. But we can also say Shitty Owners. | |
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kewlschool said: ufoclub said: There are some hot people that walk around IKEA...
brownnoser! [Edited 2/10/10 14:02pm] ha, I meant here in Houston... when you go into the store... My art book: http://www.lulu.com/spotl...ecomicskid
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johnart said: MacDaddy said: I fucking hate IKEA, despise it with a passion.
Made a solemn promise to myself to never set foot in that store again. Those manuals to assemble whatever piece of crap you bought never make sense, they either give you the wrong screws, bolts etc, or the ones from another piece of furniture which doesn't even come close to what you've just bought. Once assembled, never ever take it apart again because it will all go tits up. It secretly changes shape once you do that and if you try to re-assemble it again, it doesn't fit anymore. What I hate the most; the fact that you have to follow that entire route throughout the store to get to the tills. You can't take a shortcut. And then there's the Swedish meat balls.. 
You don't have to follow the entire route. You can cut across departments. At least in US stores you can. ours has a shortcut in each department if you do the 3 main ones, you end up in the check-out area within 5 minutes | |
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johnart said: kewlschool said: That's great, but how come all (most) IKEA stuff on Craigs is falling apart? Can we say particle board Some, yes. But we can also say Shitty Owners. my parents had a coffee table they bought in IKEA in Switzerland in 1976 and I had it until 2 years ago, it was veneer and I patched up the chips in it with a black sharpie now and then. It survived a move to another continent, then 7 other moves and still looked just fine and was strong. If you buy the solid timber items, like NORDEN and BERTIL, you have furniture built for life  | |
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johnart said: kewlschool said: That's great, but how come all (most) IKEA stuff on Craigs is falling apart? Can we say particle board Some, yes. But we can also say Shitty Owners. I remember someone on the org bashing IKEA when I bought my first couch from them, saying all their stuff was shoddy and a friend had a couch that didn't last a year. I still wonder what the heck they were doing to that couch cause now I'm at 2 moves and going on 6 years later and it's still in excellent condition. As is all of my IKEA stuff - even the really cheap stuff. |
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johnart said: MacDaddy said: I fucking hate IKEA, despise it with a passion.
Made a solemn promise to myself to never set foot in that store again. Those manuals to assemble whatever piece of crap you bought never make sense, they either give you the wrong screws, bolts etc, or the ones from another piece of furniture which doesn't even come close to what you've just bought. Once assembled, never ever take it apart again because it will all go tits up. It secretly changes shape once you do that and if you try to re-assemble it again, it doesn't fit anymore. What I hate the most; the fact that you have to follow that entire route throughout the store to get to the tills. You can't take a shortcut. And then there's the Swedish meat balls..
You don't have to follow the entire route. You can cut across departments. At least in US stores you can.
Yeah...I think that MacDaddy has a defective Ikea in his neck of the woods. By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory! | |
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MacDaddy said: I fucking hate IKEA, despise it with a passion.
Made a solemn promise to myself to never set foot in that store again. Those manuals to assemble whatever piece of crap you bought never make sense, they either give you the wrong screws, bolts etc, or the ones from another piece of furniture which doesn't even come close to what you've just bought. Once assembled, never ever take it apart again because it will all go tits up. It secretly changes shape once you do that and if you try to re-assemble it again, it doesn't fit anymore. What I hate the most; the fact that you have to follow that entire route throughout the store to get to the tills. You can't take a shortcut. And then there's the Swedish meat balls..  To make a thief, make an owner; to create crime, create laws. | |
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PurpleJedi said: johnart said:
You don't have to follow the entire route. You can cut across departments. At least in US stores you can.
Yeah...I think that MacDaddy has a defective Ikea in his neck of the woods. or he suffers IKEA anxiety and panics and can't get out! | |
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ZombieKitten said: PurpleJedi said:
Yeah...I think that MacDaddy has a defective Ikea in his neck of the woods. or he suffers IKEA anxiety and panics and can't get out! i was being nice on my first post. i HATE going into IKEA its all junk. i would buy some of the stuff for like a party where i wouldnt care if it fell apart by the end of the shin-dig. and you might as well forget checking out at the one here, you will have wasted an entire day attempting to do this. their area rugs on the other hand, well they don't make them and are the same price and quality as any others elsewhere of the same price and quality. sorry
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I was just there a few days ago. Top of my list is a wall mounted folding leaf table or a kitchen cart with cutting board on top. And wall mounted CD racks. | |
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Cuddles said: ZombieKitten said: or he suffers IKEA anxiety and panics and can't get out! i was being nice on my first post. i HATE going into IKEA its all junk. i would buy some of the stuff for like a party where i wouldnt care if it fell apart by the end of the shin-dig. and you might as well forget checking out at the one here, you will have wasted an entire day attempting to do this. their area rugs on the other hand, well they don't make them and are the same price and quality as any others elsewhere of the same price and quality. sorry
you were being nice just to spare my feelings?
but then you just couldn't keep it in any longer 
I live in a country where there is basically no taste
Ikea has simple things I can afford and is my life-line when I feel home-sick. | |
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I wouldn't be mad if somehow I ended up with...
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Cuddles said: ZombieKitten said: or he suffers IKEA anxiety and panics and can't get out! i was being nice on my first post. i HATE going into IKEA its all junk. i would buy some of the stuff for like a party where i wouldnt care if it fell apart by the end of the shin-dig. and you might as well forget checking out at the one here, you will have wasted an entire day attempting to do this. their area rugs on the other hand, well they don't make them and are the same price and quality as any others elsewhere of the same price and quality. sorry
I completely get love for well crafted, vintage or new furnishings. If I had the money or the patience and time to hunt for them and then refinish pieces I would. Matter of fact, I'd really like to replace our china cabinet with something Danish. 
Come to think of it, it's not that we can't afford the $1700-2000 at our local dealer for a china cabinet, it's more of a priority thing, I guess, and feeling we can justify it at the moment. But junk or not, a lot of us have had perfectly good luck with Ikea's stuff.
What kind of shin-dig are you throwing that the furnishings might not make it?  [Edited 2/10/10 22:23pm] | |
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ZombieKitten said: Cuddles said: i was being nice on my first post. i HATE going into IKEA its all junk. i would buy some of the stuff for like a party where i wouldnt care if it fell apart by the end of the shin-dig. and you might as well forget checking out at the one here, you will have wasted an entire day attempting to do this. their area rugs on the other hand, well they don't make them and are the same price and quality as any others elsewhere of the same price and quality. sorry
you were being nice just to spare my feelings?
but then you just couldn't keep it in any longer
I live in a country where there is basically no taste
Ikea has simple things I can afford and is my life-line when I feel home-sick. That makes you sound apologetic. 
Liking Ikea has nothing to do with a lack of taste. | |
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PurpleJedi said: johnart said:
You don't have to follow the entire route. You can cut across departments. At least in US stores you can.
Yeah...I think that MacDaddy has a defective Ikea in his neck of the woods. He can take his defective IKEA back to the Customer Service desk at the Head Office. As long as it's within 90 days and he's kept his receipt. | |
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You think IKEA would be a good place to meet women? | |
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novabrkr said: You think IKEA would be a good place to meet women?
It's a good place to meet gay men, which by default makes it so. I'd say look for the chicks accompanied by a homo, but apparently butchness must be checked at the door so it might not be as simple as that. All the straight dudes there seem metrosexual. Good luck, we believe in you.  [Edited 2/11/10 8:02am] | |
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evenstar3 said:
Nice 
I am looking for a new bed for the guest room when I redo it ... | |
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Cuddles said: its all junk. i would buy some of the stuff for like a party where i wouldnt care if it fell apart by the end of the shin-dig. and you might as well forget checking out at the one here, you will have wasted an entire day attempting to do this. their area rugs on the other hand, well they don't make them and are the same price and quality as any others elsewhere of the same price and quality. sorry
Well DAMN what kind of parties do YOU throw? ...and what exactly goes on at these "shin-digs"? ...and how do we get an invitation?????  By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory! | |
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I want this desk.
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A Swedish sex worker. All you others say Hell Yea!!  | |
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johnart said: ZombieKitten said: you were being nice just to spare my feelings?
but then you just couldn't keep it in any longer
I live in a country where there is basically no taste
Ikea has simple things I can afford and is my life-line when I feel home-sick. That makes you sound apologetic.
Liking Ikea has nothing to do with a lack of taste. oh no that's not at ALL what I meant!!
I meant IKEA is a shining beacon to me of simplicity and NICE that you just can't find anywhere else. I mean there is a lack of choice unless filthy rich! http://www.sydneys.com.au/ an example of an alternative | |
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ZombieKitten said: johnart said: That makes you sound apologetic.
Liking Ikea has nothing to do with a lack of taste. oh no that's not at ALL what I meant!!
I meant IKEA is a shining beacon to me of simplicity and NICE that you just can't find anywhere else. I mean there is a lack of choice unless filthy rich! http://www.sydneys.com.au/ an example of an alternative Sydney's seems to y'all like what Unclaimed Freight is to us.
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novabrkr said: You think IKEA would be a good place to meet women?
2freaky4church1 said: A Swedish sex worker.
  ACRYLIC
I do nothing professionally. I only do things for fun. johnart: Acrylic's old bras is where tits of all sizes go to frolic after they die. Tit Heaven. | |
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Acrylic said: novabrkr said: You think IKEA would be a good place to meet women?
2freaky4church1 said: A Swedish sex worker.
I didn't see that table at IKEA!? Now that's fine swedish wood work 99.9% of everything I say is strictly for my own entertainment | |
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