Granted, I didn’t have to stand in a horrendous line at checkout the way I did back when Ikea first came to Canada. Like every model citizen of the twenty-first century, I ordered online.
And was presented with the option of delivery or instore pickup
Please, that’s a question? I’m sixty-four years old and at 4’10” I’m about the size of your average Smurf. My days of hauling boxes off a warehouse shelf and trundling them around Ikea are long gone.
Assembly? Yes, please.
Just as I was congratulating myself on a job well done, a notice popped up on my screen.
We apologize, but we do not provide assembly for your item.
You don’t provide assembly for a bookcase—with shelves, lots of shelves???
Okay, not good, but I own a Phillips screwdriver and a hammer. How hard can it be?
Not hard at all.
Frustrating, yes, especially when you get the damn thing together only to realize you’ve put one of the shelves in upside down. Frustrating, but not difficult.
Even more frustrating?
In Canadian Tire today…
I found a much nicer bookcase—ON SALE 🙂
My only experience with assembly was putting together an entertainment center for my TV and DVDs. Not all that difficult, but the “wood” I found in the box was something like laminated composite board. It wasn’t from IKEA but a similar store.
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Yeah, these things only look like wood from a distance:)
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“I’m about the size of your average Smurf.” LOL!!! I’m not a whole lot taller, so at least I like blue.
Last year we had a lot of furniture to put together for our daughter’s new apartment at college. It all took way longer than it should have.
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Yep, you’re thinking 20 minutes and it’s more like an hour and a half. Like football, takes forever 🙂
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I don’t mind self assembly – it’s the 2 spare screws left over at the end I find worrying…
JP
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I know, that always worries me a bit 🙂
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Hi, Aimer – This sounds like something that would happen to me! When you are in Beijing visiting the Great Wall and the Forbidden City, you definitely need to drop into the Ikea store there. It will completely blow your mind! https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1300942/ikea-last-cracks-china-market-success-has-meant-adapting-local-ways
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Wow! Whole different approach to shopping 🙂 Think I’ll stay away from IKEA when I get to Beijing:)
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Oh Lord!!! 🤣I can relate to every bit of that story! How funny. I bet most everyone who reads this can. Sigh. 😅
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It is always a balm to commiserate lol
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Sharing the aggravation 🙂
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