[WesternCulture]

“I don’t think you are giving IKEA a fair shake.”

- My experience is that some people who fail to assemble IKEA furniture simply take it out on the company instead of admitting to be incapable of following a simple, straightforward instruction.

Greetings from another Gothenburg freeper!

[palmer]

I have successfully assembled all IKEA furniture I have ever touched (for family members). There were no missing parts, but it was all pot metal (fasteners) and particle board. Knowing it came from China makes me suspicious of what they put in the particle board.

[1rudeboy]

The table I purchased at IKEA was made in the Czech Republic. Real wood, easy to assemble, no missing or ill-fitting parts.

I could've gotten a similar table at another "Scandanavian design" store for about $400 more. Why? I think the many of the people who dislike IKEA dislike it because they realize they got ripped-off elsewhere.