Originally Posted by
Jay Radke
IKEA is the equivalent of Walmart in my book.
About 10 years ago the Mrs and I bought a chair and matching bookcase from there and wanted the matching foot rest. They were out, complained that they didnt have enough warehouse space. So we had to keep coming back to see if they had any, wasnt tragic as we lived in the same suburb of Chicago that IKEA was in, just the other side of town.
About 8 years ago the Mrs and I decided we would get some 4 bookcases, large desk and large rolling printer/file unit. We had moved to our new house from the condo we had before but this was more of ways away. They had also just expanded their warehouse so we figured it would be eaiser this time. Well go figure one of the pieces we wanted they didnt have in stock. So we said can you estimate or call us when it comes in...the answer well we dont know and we cant call you. You will just have to keep checking in. Well I take the train every day to work 1+ hr each way, I wasnt to going to keep driving another 45 mins round trip just to see if it had arrived. So instead we ordered all the stuff and had it shipped. Good thing as all the boxes would have been quite heavy for my little Escort at the time (that thing could haul stuff though).
Well it all comes. Open the stuff up and take the corner bookcase unit upstairs first to assemble and install. Afterall, corner needs to go in first. So I start to assemble the unit. Guess what...low and behold there is no back. Thats right they forgot to include the back piece. At this moments the words start pouring out of my mouth and the Mrs runs upstairs figuring I had injured myself. See no blood she asks what the problem is. I explain adding that I will never step foot in the that piece of crap store again. We finally do get the back around a week later. I then finish the others.
Needless to say I havent been back since. The Mrs keeps asking and I just look at her and say what did I say before? Just last week when we got home and I got the mail. There wasnt much there but the IKEA catalog. I said well we got got crap for mail today and I hand her the mail. Then I say I mean we literally got crap today. She just laughed when she saw the catalog.
What I do remember, though is that they sell pieces of the cabinets as well. Probably left over from damaged boxes.