Well, we made our first ( and last) purchases at Ikea. Having to furnish an apartment and knowing that we will only be here short term, we decided to use Ikea for some of the simpler items (TV stand, bedside tables, chest of drawers). We were gobsmacked when we visited the massive Ikea store. The selection was great and the prices even more so. The problem is though (and we should have known, "you only ever get what you pay for"}.
Assembling the items in the condominium several things were soon apparent:
- The instructions were obtuse, confusing and generally lacking
- The screws, nails and assembly items were small and next to useless
- The quality of the 'timber' is crap.
I'm glad that the Old Girl spent proper money on the lounge suite, bed, and bed-settee at a regular furniture place.
6 comments:
Welcome back Nanook.
Thanks Richard.
I'm still having computer problems though, I can't write posts in the normal 'compose' mode and have to ise the html one. It's very frustrating and difficult to upload images.
I had that problem a little while back.
How did you fix it?
Robert: The Spanish instructions are obviously good.
Nanook: I don't know how I fixed it but I always seem to have bugs when operating my blog. I might try my Bass Fixer tool.
The diagrams made no sense
The wood is particle board of a weight and strength of matchboxes
The screws and bolts are made of 'shit' metal
Maybe your Spanish lady could visit and make the bloody things for us
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