Comments on: Ikea – Creativity’s Armpit.

By: mjcarrasquillo

mjcarrasquillo — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:46:21 +0000

Relaxing on the bowl..planning our next moves (no pun intended – well maybe…).

Thanks for reading

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:25:14 +0000

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?

By: olga

olga — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:40:24 +0000

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

By: Judy Dunn

Judy Dunn — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:52:20 +0000

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.

By: Aurelio Montemayor

Aurelio Montemayor — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:15:31 +0000

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.

By: mjcarrasquillo

mjcarrasquillo — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:06:52 +0000

I have no problem with the concept – just the environment, product durability, culture saturation, time consumption, the selected employees (in Brooklyn) and the meatballs….

By: mjcarrasquillo

mjcarrasquillo — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:03:45 +0000

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…

By: Xavierism

Xavierism — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:42:49 +0000

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!

By: Amber

Amber — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:55:25 +0000

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.

By: Rob Blatt

Rob Blatt — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 06:23:12 +0000

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.