Just...don't buy furniture from us, okay?

[PepperElf]

IKEA actually puts decent warranties on a lot of their stuff.

One of their more recognisable chairs, for example, gets a 25-year guarantee. Not bad for something effectively made of plywood and held together by a couple of bolts which are tightened by the customer.

Yeah, i was actually surprised to see how nice their stuff can be.
sis was given a table that she told me was ikea. not only is it beautiful and durable... the glass in the center goes *perfectly* with the paint trim on their dining room walls. couldn't find a better fitting table if you tried.


and hey... i know it sucks that the manager is spineless but... it's best to let him or her do that, vs getting in trouble for doing it yourself.

[EricKei]

Remember, those only work on the weak minded. You know, like spineless managers....

Ohhh, Okay. It's a Jedi mindless trick, then?

[Captain Trips]

what was she trying to use Jedi mind tricks?!?!

Remember, those only work on the weak minded. You know, like spineless managers....

[BeenThereDoneThat]

I hate the ones who call in and tell me what I WILL do. I'm supposed to be the one telling them what I WILL do. If I CAN do what they want, fine, it's no skin off my nose and no money out of my wallet. But, for example, I WILL NOT give you the name and number of the vendor for your item that broke (even if I knew who they were) nor WILL I call them myself and demand that they send a replacement item to you overnight. You may have a valid issue - though I have a hard time believing it's the end of the world - but we have policies and procedures just like everybody else. Get in line, jerk!

[Elspeth]

Apparently, it worked.

Why do the SCs get force powers?!?!?!? *stamps foot* I would use them for mostly good. Just lightly force chock the odd agent that is being stupid and maybe a coworker.

But that is it everything else would be light and good. *crosses heart*

[Stryker One]

This isn't the crap you're looking for.

what was she trying to use Jedi mind tricks?!?!

Apparently, it worked.

[Elspeth]

what was she trying to use Jedi mind tricks?!?!

[Chromatix]

IKEA actually puts decent warranties on a lot of their stuff.

One of their more recognisable chairs, for example, gets a 25-year guarantee. Not bad for something effectively made of plywood and held together by a couple of bolts which are tightened by the customer.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

I didn't deal with this one (yay for filling in for the receiving clerk and thus getting to spend the day in her office :-D), but I sure heard about it.

Woman comes in, hunts down somebody on the floor, tells her she bought an armoire from one of our bedroom furniture collections. She says it took her husband, who's an engineer and engineers are never wrong , needed two hours to put it together and it still didn't go together right. Or something.

So, exhibiting more dick than a Ron Jeremy movie, she tells the floor person "You will get me another one." Floor person says we can't, because we happen to be out of stock on that particular armoire. The SC's demands escalate: "You will sell me the display." Floor person says she can't because we don't sell furniture displays until they go on clearance and the display is the last one left. Not only that, but we don't technically own the display--the manufacturer does, but they let us sell the displays when they go on clearance.

SC commands "You WILL get me a manager." Which floor person does, and unfortunately spinelessness carries the day, because I saw the display armoire up by the checkouts on a flatbed.

The SC's attitude notwithstanding, she may have had a point about the armoire being a piece of junk. So why does she want another one? Our furniture is JUNK. It's about the most profitable department on my side of the store, which should tell you something. It's all particleboard with veneers attached, or really cheap fabrics and stuffings, and it goes through lots of wear and tear passing through many different sets of hands on its way from the factory to the distribution center to the store. And even if the wood parts are okay, the workers at these factories often drill the holes wrong or forget to load all the necessary hardware into the box.

Honestly, I would go with something from IKEA before buying furniture from my store. Their furniture looks more sturdily built, and the price is comparable. Only problem is the closest one is three hours away from me.