I like IKEA stuff, but really....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4252421.stm

"Several people were hurt in the crush as thousands flocked to the
midnight opening of Ikea's newest store. "

Between 4000 and 6000 people at midnight, FFS!

I think the world is now officially beyond satire.
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I'm looking forward to reading the comments that will get sent in.
I'm intrigued as to whether the sort of person that queues for hours to
get into a new IKEA store at midnight is the sort of person that reads
the BBC News web site.

heh.

 

Champ fumbled, fiddled and fingered:

or should that read

"I think the world is now officially American" ?

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Naah, according to Radio 4 this morning, one person was stabbed. In
merkia, you'd've had several hundred shootings.

Tiff

 

Champ says...

"When Shamurai go bad"

 

even on the limited "preview" day last Saturday it appeared packed (no,
I wasn't going in, I was at the Tesco next door).

It's a bit of a ****, because the road it's on (Meridian Way) used to
be a handy short cut from Enfield to Tottenham - now it's going to be
chock full of Ikea traffic.

Describing it as "Edmonton" is interesting and a bit of a stretch,
though I suppose it sounds better than "Middle of an Industrial Estate
in Lea Valley".

 

Sure, we believe you.

What I don't get is, there's another Ikea about 6 miles further along the
North Circular - it's not like it's some amazing new "thing".

Top marks for the people who went along to the opening "tooled up", though.
I've often wondered about visiting the one in Neasden with a Glock or three

 

I'm shocked that you'd think I'd shop somewhere as shitty as Ikea. I've
just bought a new sofa from M&S, mind you.

The one on the North Circular is a **** to get to from the East,
though.

three

heh.

 

Some of their stuff really is shitty, as in MFI quality or lower. I made the
mistake of expecting a certain design quality throughout their range but I
won't again.

 

What he said.

Just glad I didn't bother staying up..
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some of there stuff is OK - plates, glasses etc. Some of the rattan
furniture looks OK, though I wouldn't buy it. But some of the actual
furniture units are very poorly made, and built down to a price - hell,
I've seen things on sale there where the staff couldn't even get them
built sturdily enough for them not to creak when you touched them.

not really, no.

 

That's not my experience. Having just bought some more flatpack stuff
from them, it all went together well, and is dead solid now it's in
place.

Also, the bookcases and wardrobes I bought nearly four years ago
survived moving house with zero problems.

It's demonstrably cheap, as indicated by the price tag. It's mostly
MDF with a veneer on top. But, I like the way it looks, it's quality
is easily good enough for me, and I can afford it.

Well you got me anyway
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All well and good- for you. I bought stuff for the bedroom, 2 cupboards and
these drawers:

http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stor...uctId=16085&langId=-20&parentCats=10120*10458

Within a few months the runners in all drawers were fucked and irreparable
due to their design. And there's only so much bodging you can do yourself
with MDF. No intention of returning them, the cab alone would be at least
half the price if not more.

 

The runners seem to be the weak area then as I had something similar with a
different set of drawers.
The drawers fell out of the runners - so it was more like a giant stack.

I did get some added value from bashing it to bits mind you before it went
off to the dump.

 

That's pretty much the part that defines price/quality in most
furniture. Kitchens are a classic example. The carcasses are all
exactly the same. As you move up through the range into silly money
it's usually only the quality of the metalwork that changes.

 

porl wrote:
[of IKEA stuff]

Oh dear - I've just bought two of those (well, the slimmer ones anyway
at ukp29) and they seem OK so far.

The larger chest of drawers I've got is still going well and that's
nearly
10 years old.

 

I have a slimmer one as well but the deeper ones just can't handle any
weight, as in the weight you might end up with if you filled the drawers
with clothes- what a concept! The runners are the same construction on the
deeper model so you might be alright.

 

<fx:small voice>
I've just purchased an entire kitchen (minus appliances) from them.

In fact as I type these very words my flat is in a state of deeply
disorganized chaos. Tiling, electrics, woodwork, painting, plumbing,
the effin' lot.

Quality of the kitchen stuff seems OK to me. The draw runners
all seem quite robust. The units built up nice and square and the finish
is consistent. Only problem I've had is the lack of an allowance for
a service space behind the base and shelf units. But a bit of 'creative'
woodwork and recessing some of the electrics and plumbing into the
plaster has solved that, no probs.

Just don't ever go anywhere near an Ikea at the weekends. **** me,
I nearly went postal myself. I can quite understand how it happened
at the Edmonton store.

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I didn't say everything they sold was crap - as porl says, it's
inconsistent quality across the range which is the real problem.

I tend not to buy lots of furniture at a time, and pick up bits and
pieces from all over the place that I think go with my house. Plus, I
like stuff that' made out of real, solid, thick wood, which they don't
sell in Ikea.

Sure, the hand-made oak chest of drawers I bought last year from an
independant furniture dealer probably cost[1] more than one the same
size that you'd get in Ikea, but it's going to last hundreds of years
(I realise /you/ have no interest in gathering heirlooms).

The only flat pack self-assembly piece of furniture I've bought in
recent years was my bed, which had it /not/ been flat pack, would not
have been possible to get it into my bedroom.

MDF stuff is right out. Except the kitchen, which was a very cheap MFI
job that we put in to replace the utterly horrible kitchen that was
there when we moved in. The MFI one's been in 18 months or so now,
probably only keep it another year or so.

heh.

[1] it was 550 quid.

 

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