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I don't like IKEA at all. 1. I don't like things that break. Perhaps the price/performance ratio is not too bad but overall, the quality is lacking. Some have

by pingec 12y ago

I don't like IKEA at all. 1. I don't like things that break. Perhaps the price/performance ratio is not too bad but overall, the quality is lacking. Some have said their IKEA furniture has lasted for decades, well this is nothing special, really. Where I live it is normal to have furniture made of wood that is a hundred years old and it will be around for many more generations, if they decide to keep it. It always amazes me how many people are brainwashed with planned obsolescence. 2. Even if the quality was fine, I don't like the design. Whenever I go to IKEA I feel some form of a culture shock. Everything looks so cold... so Scandinavian. I live in the Mediterranean and the furniture we are used to looks way different than what IKEA sell.

PhasmaFelis 12y ago
> * Where I live it is normal to have furniture made of wood that is a hundred years old and it will be around for many more generations, if they decide to keep it.* That's great if you're well-off or one of your ancestors was. If you're trying to furnish an apartment on a tight budget, you are not going to get 100-year-old handcrafted hardwood no matter where you shop. You're basically saying "cheap furniture sucks because it's not as good as expensive furniture," which is obviously true but not really a useful observation.
- pingec 12y ago
  What I meant to say was that the furniture itself is a hundred years old. All furniture was expensive back then but it was amortised long time ago. My point is that IMHO some products are not worth having at all. One time I bought a cheap desk at IKEA, a plain board with stainless steel legs. It soon started bothering me that placing a big pile of books on it would make it bend and I was then afraid to climb on top of it to clean the window, I was not sure it could support my weight. A few months later I had some guests who placed some heavy climbing equipment on it and managed to damage it, now the desk has a 5cm hole in the middle. In retrospect, to me such desk is wasted money even if priced at 5$. I ended up going to a local store and buying a proper desk for 4 times the price. It looks really nice and is very strong and it can be repaired if it ever gets damaged. Now, I could have spent the same money for a better quality desk in IKEA but in this price range there are other stores that can match the quality and even offer better looks (this is subjective - I'm not a fan of IKEA style). Also I still have 5 CFL bulbs from IKEA which I will never use. They were cheap but I did not expect they could be this bad.

by pingec 12y ago

PhasmaFelis 12y ago

> * Where I live it is normal to have furniture made of wood that is a hundred years old and it will be around for many more generations, if they decide to keep it.* That's great if you're well-off or one of your ancestors was. If you're trying to furnish an apartment on a tight budget, you are not going to get 100-year-old handcrafted hardwood no matter where you shop. You're basically saying "cheap furniture sucks because it's not as good as expensive furniture," which is obviously true but not really a useful observation.

pingec 12y ago
What I meant to say was that the furniture itself is a hundred years old. All furniture was expensive back then but it was amortised long time ago. My point is that IMHO some products are not worth having at all. One time I bought a cheap desk at IKEA, a plain board with stainless steel legs. It soon started bothering me that placing a big pile of books on it would make it bend and I was then afraid to climb on top of it to clean the window, I was not sure it could support my weight. A few months later I had some guests who placed some heavy climbing equipment on it and managed to damage it, now the desk has a 5cm hole in the middle. In retrospect, to me such desk is wasted money even if priced at 5$. I ended up going to a local store and buying a proper desk for 4 times the price. It looks really nice and is very strong and it can be repaired if it ever gets damaged. Now, I could have spent the same money for a better quality desk in IKEA but in this price range there are other stores that can match the quality and even offer better looks (this is subjective - I'm not a fan of IKEA style). Also I still have 5 CFL bulbs from IKEA which I will never use. They were cheap but I did not expect they could be this bad.