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All I really get from this is that the author doesn't like cheap furniture. Which is fine... she can buy her furniture somewhere else, or build it herself.
by donw 17y ago
All I really get from this is that the author doesn't like cheap furniture. Which is fine... she can buy her furniture somewhere else, or build it herself.
- tjogin 17y agoYeah, I was kind of puzzled too. Cheap furniture is of lower quality than expensive furniture is... you don't say? I don't really get what the problem is. It's not an all or nothing deal — you can buy some items from Ikea and the rest of your stuff from somewhere else.
- cwan 17y agoMegan McArdle is saying there's nothing wrong with buying Ikea (or any discount) furniture despite what Ellen Ruppel Shell argues in her new book "Cheap" (https://www.amazon.com/dp/159420215X https://www.amazon.com/dp/159420215X) Shell argues that buying Ikea (and our "discount" society as a whole) is immoral and costly.