IKEA can break a marriage...

[cheezyflier]

maybe this guy was on to something....

 

[Ferry_vO]

Hmmm, I think Ikea is one of the few large stores I do not mind visiting; been there plenty of times during my last moves. The food is not bad at all and cheap, plus you get two free cups of coffee (With the also free 'family card')!

Got my sofa, chair (Also a Poang), TV set (Seventeen boxes, total weight over 300 lbs!) coffee table and much more from there. I bought a solid metal lamp, four feet high with a real glass hood for less than $20. Thing weighs a ton! No missing parts, no problems during assembly. The only issue I've had was a broken beam inside my sofa which unfortunately we found out after we lifted the thing up to the third floor... Bloody thing weighs 130 pounds! No problems exchanging it for a new one though.

 

[MaskRider]

Ok, how about an exact translation of "Idioten Kaufen Eben Alles?":d

 

[aeromed202]

I feel for you Rami. As a former Bostonian fully half the reason I like not living there anymore is because of the obnoxious people. The other half is the crowding of same. I've been a lot of places and that region is among the worst for general bad behavior. It always seemed like those mentioned above successfully trod over the ones trying to be decent.
The IKEA here in the Midwest wasn't so bad. The staff were, on the whole, helpful and the few things we got were not too hard to assemble.

 

[Bjoern]

Ok, how about an exact translation of "Idioten Kaufen Eben Alles?":d

Idiots simply buy anything.



I like IKEA. Like any other youngster out there, almost half of all the things in my appartment are from IKEA. Granted, it's not the cheapest place to buy stuff though but always offers a good opportunity for grabbing one of those excellent and cheap Hot Dogs or expensive swedish chocolate on the way out.

Oh, and watching other people, mostly male, suffer under the terrifying shopping-frenzy induced reign of their so-called "better halves" somehow always gives me kind of a chuckle.

Then again, the world really needs more "Männergärten" - like kinder gardens, but just for men. A beer-filled fridge, a TV, a fast-food buffet and an extensive Playboy collection is all a husband needs to forget that his honeybunny just spent the whole salary on completely useless stuff.

 

[b24_witchcraft]

Here's my tale of IKEA woe. My brother and his (now wife) bought an IKEA dresser there for their bedroom and they asked me to help out. So being the nice guy that I am I do just that. After spending a couple of hours assembling the entire dresser and what do you know I find out the last two drawer sides I need to complete the last drawer were identical to each other. As a result I needed to make a return trip to get the correct piece(s) after all of the work I did. To their credit the IKEA staff were nice enough to find the right part for me.

Rami - A bit of advice go to IKEA on the weekdays when it's less busy (you'll find the staff more helpful) there if you can.
FYI - IKEA also posts assembly instructions for their merchandise on their website too - http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/customer_service/assembly_instructions.html

Anyways best of luck.

 

[MCDesigns]

To all,

I hate this store with a passion. My wife wakes me up at 7:30 and tells me we're going shopping at IKEA with a credit card I just paid off. If any of you have had this pleasure, you'll understand where this is going. First off, my wife seems to forget that I know my way around the area, and that I've been driving for a decade and a half and can actually navigate there and back without her telling me how to drive.

I swear that if you listen closely as you pull into their parking garage, you can actually hear husbands, boyfriends and fiances kicking and screaming. Finding a parking place was a nightmare, and then going through their crowded, noisy warehouse carrying a baby bag and my three screaming children in a triple-seat stroller wasn't any better, especially while my wife fills up the shopping cart with more stuff we don't need.

After getting the herd home and unloading the car, I'm now left with a massive headache, baby vomit on my shirt, a six-pack of Molson Canadian, and a roomful of furniture I'm supposed to know how to assemble.

I'll get to it, but first...I gotta fire up CFS2 and kill something...besides that six pack.

Pure marital bliss.

Sounds more like a bad relationship experience more than a bad Ikea experience. You could substitute any other store for Ikea and the experience is likely to be the same here.

 

[Rami]

Well, I got the furniture assembled. Not too bad...it only took me eight hours.

McDesigns,

These days are rare...but they're clustered typically from October to January, when Erica goes into her "shopping" mode. I am actually quite lucky, and 98% of the time we get along just fine!

 

[Chacha]

Well, I got the furniture assembled. Not too bad...it only took me eight hours.

McDesigns,

These days are rare...but they're clustered typically from October to January, when Erica goes into her "shopping" mode. I am actually quite lucky, and 98% of the time we get along just fine!

You are blessed to have Erica and your 3 precious kids....

 

[dhasdell]

Here's a suggestion for CFS2 players - use the mission builder and rename the Japanese flight from Ikeda, Iwai etc to Ikea. I just tried it and it feels good!