Ikea shoppers warning!

[huesmann]

Problem with most IKEA stuff is that it's made of particle board, and those things don't generally survive moving well once you've assembled them.

 

[farstar]

when I think of IKEA I think of that opening sequence in Fight Club. Makes me smile. I love Ikea, I have a ton of their furniture. The lower priced stuff made of partical board I call 1 use furniture. If you put it together and then try moving it to a different home it will break. The more expensive stuff is reusable.

The cheap stuff may be one use but it is cheap and good for that one use.

 

[IEC]

This is why my dad makes his own furniture...

 

[Doggiedog]

Ikea hosed me bad once.

I bought a $2000 worth of kitchen cabinets that one of their sales people configured for me using the dimensions I gave her.

After I picked up the special order and my contractors assembled everything, they realized it was completely wrong.

Ikea refused to take it back because it was already assembled and a special order. I ended up eating $2K because of their damn mistake.

 

[bigpow]

crap-kea stuff is exclusively for students (with gaudy cheesy flower-power taste)

I'd check Walmart & Target, if I was that desperate -> no hassle return