A new coworker extolled IKEA, so, while I was nearby today, I stopped in at the local store, and was favorably impressed by the extent, apparent quality, and prices of their offerings, but some of the things that interested me, including some wood dining tables and chairs, seemed to be priced at incredibly low points. I couldn't find any apparent fault with the floor displays, but wonder whether you are somehow shortchanged at these low prices. Anyone with experience able to offer opinion or comment?
IKEA? Quality, warranties, etc.???
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We bought a wood display case with glass doors a few years ago. It has held up well.
But ever since they put a "No Firearms" sign on the front door, I haven't gone back.
There wasn't much else in the store that impressed me anyway.
But ever since they put a "No Firearms" sign on the front door, I haven't gone back.
There wasn't much else in the store that impressed me anyway.
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The adult puzzle store has been the main source of items in the house during the rebuild. The quality for the price is good. Follow the instructions and you will have a solid functional piece. The styling is more toward the European side. Their return policy is good and hassle free. The customer service is above average. Most of the stuff is packaged to fit in a car. You can almost furnish a complete house with one trip in a SUV. I'm going back.
Check out the in-store cafe while you are there. The food is good and the price is reasonable.
Check out the in-store cafe while you are there. The food is good and the price is reasonable.
ColbyBruce
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Their packaging is superb, their directions flat out suck. The wood items are of a soft pine and the fasteners do not quite bite into the wood hard enough to hold, if you are going to be moving a piece around very often. My daughter chose several IKEA items to furnish her first house after college. Mom and dad bought it, picked it up, drove it 100 miles and assembled it. When she moves, many of the small items are going to have to be re-engineered (through drilling, bolts and nuts and washers, etc.) to make them hold up. I personally would not buy the stuff to furnish a Scotty trailer.
IKEA rocks! It is a great store. We finally got one here in Fl on the East Coast. IKEA fans were lined up a mile long on opening day.
I have been to the big one up in MN.
For the price and quality they are excellent so are their MEATBALLS!
I have been to the big one up in MN.
For the price and quality they are excellent so are their MEATBALLS!
I am very favorably disposed toward IKEA. They are a mostly a college student/young marrieds/household on a budget store, but you get decent quality merchandise at reasonable prices. For the most part their assembly designs make use of through-bolt connectors so that you are rarely directly screwing into wood but rather into a connector inserted from a different surface. Roughhousing kids can break bed slats or split pieces in bed frames, but you know going in that you won't find Stickley-quality oak furniture there. If you have a low-impact household, IKEA furniture should do just fine. If not, be careful what you purchase. Some pieces will be more solid than others.
If you care about such things, IKEA is an excellent employer with a stable and loyal employee base. One of the major entitlement projects I worked on in my last job was getting a 330,000 s.f. IKEA approved and permitted beside the San Diego freeway here in Orange County. (As an aside, one of the reasons I am not as upset as others by California's jump-through-hoops firearms laws is that they are simple and straightforward compared to this state's environmental regulations. The California Environmental Quality Act -- CEQA -- is so complex that planners and attorneys make complete careers out of dealing with it.)
I concur about the in-store restaurants. Good basic food at reasonable prices. The foodstuffs in the market section are pretty good too.
If you care about such things, IKEA is an excellent employer with a stable and loyal employee base. One of the major entitlement projects I worked on in my last job was getting a 330,000 s.f. IKEA approved and permitted beside the San Diego freeway here in Orange County. (As an aside, one of the reasons I am not as upset as others by California's jump-through-hoops firearms laws is that they are simple and straightforward compared to this state's environmental regulations. The California Environmental Quality Act -- CEQA -- is so complex that planners and attorneys make complete careers out of dealing with it.)
I concur about the in-store restaurants. Good basic food at reasonable prices. The foodstuffs in the market section are pretty good too.
cmort666
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One thing that I've noticed is that what's in the online catalog and what's in the store aren't necessarily the same.
I was looking to replace my crappy little bedroom computer desk (purchased 20+ years ago in a drug store) for at least a couple of years.
My cousin in Chicago buys a LOT of stuff at IKEA. When I'm there for Christmas, I drive her to IKEA because she doesn't drive and the IKEA is somewhere around Rosemont in the northern suburbs.
I have two printers and a scanner and it's hard to find a computer desk with room for everything, but that will still fit in the cramped space available in my bedroom.
In the Chicago area store, I found several desks which might have fit the bill. I was out of work at the time (or about to be) so I didn't have the money to buy anything. Later on, looking at their website, I could find no trace of the sorts of desks I saw in the store.
I eventually found what I needed at Staples (and for less than half the regular price).
IKEA has some nice stuff, some of it reasonably priced, some not so much. If your're interested in their stuff, do NOT rely solely on the website, as it seems not to portray the whole picture.
I was looking to replace my crappy little bedroom computer desk (purchased 20+ years ago in a drug store) for at least a couple of years.
My cousin in Chicago buys a LOT of stuff at IKEA. When I'm there for Christmas, I drive her to IKEA because she doesn't drive and the IKEA is somewhere around Rosemont in the northern suburbs.
I have two printers and a scanner and it's hard to find a computer desk with room for everything, but that will still fit in the cramped space available in my bedroom.
In the Chicago area store, I found several desks which might have fit the bill. I was out of work at the time (or about to be) so I didn't have the money to buy anything. Later on, looking at their website, I could find no trace of the sorts of desks I saw in the store.
I eventually found what I needed at Staples (and for less than half the regular price).
IKEA has some nice stuff, some of it reasonably priced, some not so much. If your're interested in their stuff, do NOT rely solely on the website, as it seems not to portray the whole picture.
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Thuer
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Ikea has good quality for a good price. I gonna buy a complete wall of bookcases to store my 300 gunbooks.
Probebley I do buy more to store my guncollection.
I have a spare room to make a gunvault.
Probebley I do buy more to store my guncollection.
I have a spare room to make a gunvault.
I'm a fan. In fact, I just put together a bookcase today. Is it the best quality you can find? NO. But it's a great value for the money, better than the all mfd stuff you usually find at similar prices.
Rule #1 -- follow the directions carefully. They consist solely of diagrams, but as long as you look through them a couple of times before you start you shouldn't have any trouble.
One of the things I really like is that you can check store inventory online before driving across town.
Rule #1 -- follow the directions carefully. They consist solely of diagrams, but as long as you look through them a couple of times before you start you shouldn't have any trouble.
One of the things I really like is that you can check store inventory online before driving across town.
ColbyBruce
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"Rule #1 -- follow the directions carefully. They consist solely of diagrams, but as long as you look through them a couple of times before you start you shouldn't have any trouble."
Heads up here, LOOK at the pictures very carefully. If there is a slight difference in a location of a hole, it will be depicted in the picture, though it may not be obvious at a casual glance.
Heads up here, LOOK at the pictures very carefully. If there is a slight difference in a location of a hole, it will be depicted in the picture, though it may not be obvious at a casual glance.
Everything we bought from them has fallen apart after normal use in a house with kids
DeathGrip
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Lets just say, They just don't make them like they use to. No dove tail.
I went to an IKEA one time. It's around the corner. Not for me but.........
When the Wife goes there she better bring back the Lingon (sp?) Berry Jam. Good stuff.
I went to an IKEA one time. It's around the corner. Not for me but.........
When the Wife goes there she better bring back the Lingon (sp?) Berry Jam. Good stuff.
HAWKEYE10
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Till now I never heard of them. Don
wheelgun1958
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I like the way the display rooms are set up.
Directions? Instructions? Turn in your Man cards!!
(get the wife to assemble it!)
I have no IKEA furniture. My Sister who lives in a million dollar Victorian added a "mud" room and it has all IKEA cabinets and stuff, it looks great. If it was around in my younger days and apartments, I would furnish my whole place with it.
Way better than Wally Mart or Target particle board junk. Is it like real Teak, Scandinavian furniture, heck no.
I agree on the layout of the store and rooms, just a neat kinda store.
Sven
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Strangely, they have REALLY good Swedish meatballs...
Don't forget the lingonberries!!!
longranger
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I have no plans or aspirations to emulate the Europeans in any fashion.To much well made antique furnitiure out there that competes favorably with exspensive well made American furnishings as well as foreign made.To each his own,it is better than Chinese stuff.
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