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I absolutely hate Ikea & my wife, loves it. Our apartment is what you could call the Ikea bodega, here are some thoughts as I sat in the Brooklyn, NY store eating Swedish Meatballs…sigh…:
- Is taking the free Ikea water-taxi shuttle shoplifting if you don’t buy anything and just leave? I.E. If you live in Red Hook, Brooklyn and you use it as a free commute.
- Is there anyone that has their first date in the dining area of Ikea – Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes, some plastic (display) flowers, a “Billy” bookshelf and if that all goes well, SEX!
- Seems like the only place you are guaranteed to get a zipcar is in Ikea’s parking lot, WTF?
- If Ikea has spent untold sums of money to study traffic patterns that makes sure people see every item and keeps the store flowing and you decide to go the opposite direction, is that what you would consider “sticking it to the Ikea man?”
- If you don’t exactly think Ikea understands New York City apartment layouts and you take it upon yourself to redesign the showroom to reflect the reality of a New York City apartment, is that a true help to Ikea customers or will that get you banned for life?
- I have yet to see an Ikea designed toilet. Everything in Ikea’s restrooms has all of their own products yet no Ikea designed toilets or sinks? I guess they don’t deal in bathroom fixture ceramics. Statistically the bathroom is a place where people spend on average of anywhere from six months (women) to three years (men) over the course of their lifetime so don’t you want to take a shit on a “modern” toilet? Well, let me think ‘bout that one. The way Ikea’s stuff is built and how long it typically lasts, I expect to be on the bowl (weeks after I’ve purchased it) and just crash to the floor unsuspectingly.
Please feel free to comment & add, I could go on and on but I’m more interested in your Ikea Hell Stories – Rob Blatt (shh, he hates Ikea too!).
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The sad thing was that I loved IKEA at some point. They converted me towards hating them with horrible customer service. Maybe it's only the one in Red Hook.
ROB! SINCE WHEN DO YOU HATE IKEA? The horrible customer service thing returning the butcher block counter was pretty horrible, I'll admit, and there WAS the time we were, um, "visiting" on our IKEA bed and it broke right in the middle and nearly killed us (and the dog) but a lot of the stuff is ok and cheaper than we could get elsewhere.
Okay, I gotta admit that I LOVE, love, LOVE IKEA! I do, I do! I've never had a bad experience at their store. I don't go often but when I do it's special event. It's a highway trip for us so we actually make plans when we do go. I'll have to keep all of this in mind when I'm the next IKEA shopping spree.
Happy New Year!
I have no problem with the concept – just the environment, product durability, culture saturation, time consumption, the selected employees (in Brooklyn) and the meatballs….
Many years ago, a friend, now deceased, took me to IKEA in southern California. At first glance on the first visit I was mesmerized. But as a friend says of a shallow mutual acquaintance, "Underneath that cheap thin veneer, there's even cheaper filler.!"
Now, 40 years later, what few things I did buy didn't last. Particle board with thin plastic veneer just doesn't cut it with me. I sometimes do a double take when from the corner of my eye some IKEA design looks interesting, and then I realize it's only a cheap immitation or echo of some really worthwhile styles. If only I could find some solid wood & chrome moderne furniture from the 30s, with solid craftsmanship, or the blond wood skandinavian 50s imports…costly but lasting in beauty & in construction. Why even some of the crazy Memphis stuff from Italy in the 80s.
What does this old fart in San Antonio TX know anyway. You young'uns in the metroplexes have the taste, huh? But I'm on your side, Michael.
Yes, I'd go for the real versions of some of Ikea's stuff any day. Great quote about being cheaper filler. It's not just furniture that quote could apply to…
Okay, I found you on the Chris Brogan blog and had to check you out.
Funny, we got to know one of the co-owners when my husband was on a Chamber of Commerce board with him. I don't think they were ever going for upscale (look at their prices!), rather stylish and affordable, especially for college kids looking to furnish their dorms.
And those Swedish meatballs? Yeah, you gotta be a Swede to love Ikea's Swedish meatballs. Well, even then…
The one thing, growing up in a fanatical Swedish family, where we had lutefisk every Christmas Eve (yes, it really is lye-soaked cod and it turned the silverware black and made everything else on the plate taste just as disgusting as the fish), I never saw my mom happier than when she noticed it on Ikea's menu. Come on now, who else in the world has lutefisk on the menu?
Like I said, you gotta be a Swede to understand.
i started to feel negative about ikea few days ago…when my dining chair crashed(thanks god, i were not sitting on it that moment)….taking in account that i only have 3 dining chairs, i am very disappointed……. also i HATE going to ikea, because they have a lot of cheap stuff(besides furniture) that i dont really need, but i buy it all the time because it looks cool in the store and it is cheap…BUT all this..hm.. garbage rounds up at the cashier, and , as a result i usually have a decent amount of money to pay….ohh, i even have to pay for a shopping bag… and when i bring it all at home, the things look stupid and cheap in about a week…and then i have a flashback of the bill…
p.s.;do they really have customer service dudes walking around & helping customers?O_0
I'm confused by the bathroom stats. Men spend six times as long in the bathroom as women, over the course of their lives? What are they doing in there?
Relaxing on the bowl..planning our next moves (no pun intended – well maybe…).
Thanks for reading