View Full Version : Dammit! Now I DO Like IKEA.
Bailey Guns
11-19-2018, 19:54
I thought IKEA just had trendy, put-it-together-yourself furniture. I had no idea that IKEA was a big advocate for needy animals. They even let stray pooches stay in a store during winter months. Any company who does that can't be ALL bad.
https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/ikea-praised-for-letting-stray-dogs-sleep-inside-store-during-winter-months
Great-Kazoo
11-19-2018, 19:58
That you're way of telling people you're moving back to CO?
CobaltSkink
11-19-2018, 20:19
(assuming he is living in Moscow, ID)
The Seattle Ikea is about a 5 hour drive, the Portland Ikea is about 6 hours.
He can come for the furniture, but stay for the riots, I mean, social justice demonstrations.
They'd likely treat the animals better than you if they knew you were enthusiastic about certain inalienable rights.
Whatever, Jake Jabs rescues hella tigers and shit.
Bailey Guns
11-19-2018, 20:49
That you're way of telling people you're moving back to CO?
I don't like anything that much.
But I like dogs. And a company that lets strays come in and hangout during cold weather...let's just say they found my soft spot.
I won't ever buy anything from them. But I won't hate them so much.
ChickNorris
11-19-2018, 21:03
I like that you're reasonable enough to revisit your position with each new fact & even make a proclamation to own it.
I'm indifferent as I've never been to IKEA.
Heard the meatballs don't suck from more than one person. Not enough for me to try in store or order take away. Nope.
Sounds like someone needs a new custom title.
ChickNorris
11-19-2018, 23:15
Lmao
Cheap and last long.
I don't care what others say. Unless someone is going to chip in the cash for my furnishing.
68Charger
11-20-2018, 00:12
I've worked with network engineers from Sweden... some have gone on to work for NasdaqOMX over there..
And they said IKEA was like the WALMART of Sweden.
I'm jus sayin'
The almond tree has blossomed. I say again, the almond tree has blossomed.
Even Ikea is not a budget store for me.
I should start shopping for furnitures at Thrift stores.
ChickNorris
11-20-2018, 01:29
That's a no no. Especially for large soft goods. Just don't.
ChickNorris
11-20-2018, 01:44
Ding ding
& other creepy crawlies.
Bailey Guns
11-20-2018, 07:18
I should know better than to open my sensitive soul to you fuckers...
[Coffee]
buffalobo
11-20-2018, 07:36
IKEA is da debil.
StagLefty
11-20-2018, 08:22
I should know better than to open my sensitive soul to you fuckers...
[Coffee]
I still have the lens cover for my Eotech that I bought from you, I for one support your sensitive side [Beer]
Much of IKEA's furniture is absolute shit. But their storage units are awesome- we are in the long process of getting their adjustable bookshelves for our library, and their Kallax units work great for LPs. Their kitchenware is pretty damn good, too. I have three of their pots that look brand-new, and they're well over 15 years old.
I think their meatballs taste like cafeteria food. Yuck.
I went in there once; it was the fourth level of hell. I was never so happy to get out of a building; that place was horrifically bad. I can't believe anyone would want to waste their time walking through that maze.
Bailey Guns
11-20-2018, 18:42
...I for one support your sensitive side [Beer]
Thank you for being there for me.
Whatever, Jake Jabs rescues hella tigers and shit.
ROFL
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/6d/6e/a2/6d6ea2b62b52e302ae86ef7cb9ea1c7c.jpg
Fentonite
11-20-2018, 21:22
I’ve never had anything against IKEA, or actually any thoughts about them whatsoever, good or bad. Now, the only thing that I do know about them is pretty damn cool.
I went in there once; it was the fourth level of hell. I was never so happy to get out of a building; that place was horrifically bad. I can't believe anyone would want to waste their time walking through that maze.
You must have an astonishingly low threshold for things you don't like.
I've been there once. It was just like every other furniture store in existence and anyone who has ever complained about not being able to find their way out was just exaggerating for emphasis or lying.
http://youtu.be/UrsZ9oqgtPY
Bailey Guns
11-21-2018, 07:22
You must have an astonishingly low threshold for things you don't like.
So, you're saying maybe I shouldn't consult with the divorce lawyer after Mrs BG told me to go to Costco the day before Thanksgiving?
68Charger
11-21-2018, 09:09
You must have an astonishingly low threshold for things you don't like.
I've been there once. It was just like every other furniture store in existence and anyone who has ever complained about not being able to find their way out was just exaggerating for emphasis or lying.
yeah, no... maybe if you compared it to every Mega-yuge Metro furniture store.... but come to small town, USA and you'll get a very different experience.
I haven't been in an IKEA in over a decade- because they don't give me a good reason to drive that far. I also don't like big cities.
You must have an astonishingly low threshold for things you don't like. There is some truth to that especially when it comes to cities, large crowds of people, and wasting my time. I'm a rural person, so my "threshold for things I don't like" is crossed every time I drive into the metro area. Thankfully, I'm only seven years from retirement and buying my ranch in Wyoming.
I've been there once. It was just like every other furniture store in existence and anyone who has ever complained about not being able to find their way out was just exaggerating for emphasis or lying.
I guess I haven't been in a lot of furniture stores; but I went over to American Furniture Warehouse to get the bed I needed, and it was easy. I never said I wasn't able find my way out; but I did embellish the annoyance of walking through that place, which is a pain in the ass and certainly not worth my time. I prefer a warehouse with signs on the ceiling so I can go straight to what I want and bypass all the shit that I don't care about.
I better make it clear that I didn't mean to imply that YOU said it was difficult to make it out. That was everyone else. My response to you also included everyone else who complains about that place. I didn't see what the big deal was myself. I must be pretty laid back, considering I ended up there by accident in the first place.
I need to upgrade my kids bed and IKEA is least expensive as of now.
Next shop to go is american furniture warehouse and tjmaxx/home goofs.
So, you're saying maybe I shouldn't consult with the divorce lawyer after Mrs BG told me to go to Costco the day before Thanksgiving?
I hope you told her no and reminded her who wears the pants in your relationship before you sent her off to the kitchen to make you a sandwich.
I hope you told her no and reminded her who wears the pants in your relationship before you sent her off to the kitchen to make you a sandwich.That would be like playing Russian Roulette with a 1911.
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JohnnyEgo
11-22-2018, 12:33
Ikea is great if you want inexpensive furniture made out of compressed sawdust that will self destruct in five years, or when the first drop of water touches it. They do have some decent real-wood furniture if you look hard enough, but it is priced accordingly. Then they have plenty of stuff that sort of looks like quality furniture, until you notice every 12" or so of any given board is actually a finger-jointed glue up. And yet my wife loves that place, probably because she can get the furniture she wants now, instead of waiting seven months for me to finally get around to building, sanding, and finishing it. I do give them credit for inspiring me to take up woodworking again after the $99 dresser I bought in college exploded a year later.
Ikea is great if you want inexpensive furniture made out of compressed sawdust that will self destruct in five years, or when the first drop of water touches it. They do have some decent real-wood furniture if you look hard enough, but it is priced accordingly. Then they have plenty of stuff that sort of looks like quality furniture, until you notice every 12" or so of any given board is actually a finger-jointed glue up. And yet my wife loves that place, probably because she can get the furniture she wants now, instead of waiting seven months for me to finally get around to building, sanding, and finishing it. I do give them credit for inspiring me to take up woodworking again after the $99 dresser I bought in college exploded a year later.
I used to have a bunch of their stuff back when it was still glued up pine. But you got to give it to them that they engineer the $hit out of their products. I ended cutting up one of their wall unit vertical walls and found facesheets covering load bearing particle board stringers and the non load bearing holes were filled with a fiber honeycomb for strength. I wondered how their panels were so light. But guess how some of the panels on satellites are made? Same way but different materials. Top grade for engineering the crud out of their products.
Glued together sawdust is how EVERY piece of inexpensive furniture I've ever owned has been constructed, and I've never owned anything from IKEA. I wonder why they get such a bad wrap for it.
I once had a computer desk made out of cardboard. I mean, it was a cardboard box that I used while sitting on the floor, but still.
ChickNorris
11-22-2018, 13:29
I think their meatballs taste like cafeteria food. Yuck.
The reviewers are suspect & that was my suspicion too. Why I hadn't.
Good to know Thanks!
ChickNorris
11-22-2018, 13:30
My cat thoroughly enjoys his cardboard furniture.
My cat thoroughly enjoys his cardboard furniture.
Is he also cheap?
ChickNorris
11-22-2018, 14:24
Is he also cheap?
The price tag isn't.
OtterbatHellcat
11-22-2018, 14:31
Is he also cheap?
HASBRO
IKEA black Friday. [hahhah-no]
JohnnyEgo
11-22-2018, 23:42
Glued together sawdust is how EVERY piece of inexpensive furniture I've ever owned has been constructed, and I've never owned anything from IKEA. I wonder why they get such a bad wrap for it.
Nothing they sell is any better or worse than the cheap compressed sawdust furniture sold at Walmart or Big Lots. It's just more concentrated, and better marketed. My wife, who would never want to accidentally find herself in the furniture aisle at Walmart, will drag me through the entire frigging warehouse to marvel at every pile of butt-jointed particle board with a 27 syllable Scandanavian name attached to it like it's a mid-century modern masterpiece. So that is my gripe with it.
Melamine coated particle board has it's place, and that place is in cheap utility cabinets. I don't object to composite materials, and if I bought high grade cabinets, I would have no problem with (real wood) veneer over an MDF substrate for the carcasses. But I wouldn't expect any sort of longevity out of a piece of particle board furniture, whether imported from Sweden or China. I'm typing this response right now on a Steelcase Tanker's Desk that is 13 years older than I am, and will probably be around for another 56 years after. My wife sews at a desk I made for her out of red oak and pine a decade ago. Whereas in our basement lurks the 'mission style' computer desk my wife just insisted we purchase for our son to do his homework on three years ago. The edge banding adhesive has failed and is peeling off, the veneer has worn through on the desk top, and the keyboard drawer simply disintegrated a year or so back. So I suppose what I am really bitter about is how effectively they have marketed their cheap crap to my loved ones.
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1 Timothy 2:5
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M?belminister.
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