What Not to Buy at Ikea

Really? I have most of the furniture in my room from IKEA and it is good. No problems whatsoever. We also got half the things on that list from IKEA and they were great...

My whole office is Ikea and I love it! It's classy looking and if you treat it well, it will last. It's been taken apart and moved with absolutely no problem. My grandson calls it "one move furniture." I disagree.

I bought a vanity and faucet from Ikea about three years ago and I love them! Before installying the faucet I had to go to the local big-box-hardware store to buy a part to adapt the faucet to my supply line so I took the faucet with me. The hardware emplyee that helped me is also a plumber and he became very curious about my faucet. He really liked the design and was impressed that it had all metal fittings, he assumed it was a high-end designer piece. He was floored when I told him what I paid for it ($35) and where I got it.

I got a sink, solid wood vanity and stylish well made faucet all for $275 and it VERY closely matched a set I saw in a store for $1000.

IKEA offers simple yet efficient household things for reasonable prices. Their space saving ideas have really saved a lot of spaces in small flats/apartments where space is a luxury.There is an assured quality for their products whereas in the case of other outlets you get similar stuff for a better price, but no assurance on quality. I love Ikea products and am a regular loyal customer of theirs for 8 years or more.I still have the things which were earlier bought, in exellent conditions.My investment in IKEA products have never let me down.

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I also disagree with the Imitation wood products. I have an imitation wood bookcase that I purchased in 94', moved 6 times, used daily for my computer desk for many years and still looks really good now with my book collection.

Love, love, love the Swedish meatballs and the chocolate torte in their cafeteria. Super-cheap, too. My kids, who are both in college, love those brightly-colored plastic dishes they serve the kiddie meals in so much that they both bought sets for themselves. Cute, and great for cereal, sandwiches and snacks.

Ikea rocks! I have everything from candles and baskets to dishes and an entertainment unit. The items are easy to assemble, heavy duty and they actually do last! I think this article was written by someone who's backing a competitor!

I think every body have choise where to buy. If you desaid to buy from Iki is your choise.
furniture and other home praduct is easy to tall the quilety.
I think isnot store missleding we go after low price, not the quilty.

Billy bookcases are a fantastic option.

Oh yeah, I fogot about their bath towels. Do not purchase these cheapo's. Nice texture and great price but within a month of using and washing the hems unraveled on all 4 towels. What a waste of money!

I agree about the laminate wood products. We purchased a single bed frame that actually is quite heavy and sturdy but it has rolling drawers that slide underneath. Within 2 weeks the laminate started splintering on one of the corners. Pretty shoddy considering what we paid and how quickly it started to fall apart.

Very inconsiderate of Yahoo to post a bias article of one's opinion of something we have many choices to choose from. Its actually disgusting but they probably knew that considering they kept the authors' name. POS

that's totally misleading brainwashing drivel. probably ninety nine percent of people in the world have no "mattress pad", of the luxury sort to which this article is referring! absurd! it's totally unnecessary if the mattress is already comfortable. in fact, it is solely for comfort and no other reason, no matter what retailers and the mattress gods want us to believe. a thin washable mattress cover/pad is a good idea, to protect against dust mites, etc., but that's another story. other "complete sets" don't come with those, either.

a "foundation" (the box spring) is another wasted item. we haven't had one for years. if you have a slatted or solid bed base, it's only function is to make the bed higher to "more comfortably get in" (i find a lower bed more comfortable to enter, myself, and that is typical for most europeans, too). if you have an open frame bed you do need one for stability and support, but i do not have that type. i made the change when i found out at IKEA that i easily could. my entire bedroom set is from IKEA, come to think of it, several years used, and i'm still loving it.

just a brief glance at the rest of the article shows the totally speciousness of their claims. who are they to say what is "stylish" flatware? my main concern is the food safely making it to my mouth, but either way, i'll make my own decisions about my forks and knives, thank you very much, ye capitalist high-end retailer warlords of the internet. yeah, and i also don't let my mama dress me.

i've been using the same (lowest formaldehyde emissions in the world) German-standard-adhering particle board dresser for ten years, with no visible wear and tear whatsoever, and i feel pretty smug over the TNS standard (The Natural Step. org / en / usa / ikea) i know that they apply to all their products. what other large american retailer does that? they also consider the waste of resources in their operations and packaging, eliminating huge wasted air gaps (and increased fuel usage in shipping) due to their flat packing.

um, ummm...and please stop dumbing down america, you Shine retards! if the other 25-odd countries IKEA operates in can follow the universal assembly directions, so the heck can we neanderthals (i say that despite the fact that i am too lazy and rude to properly capitalize this post, but do you see any mispellings?? lol).

i'd like to slap this article. i am so sick of the media trying to make us feel like boring and helpless consumers who have to spend lots of money to seem smart and stylish. no wonder the meltdown. i can't help but wonder if this article was paid for by a "proper" department store commission in charge of sales generation, or perhaps by The Adjustment Bureau, who just thinks our increasing frugality in the face of a worsening economy is not following the destiny line they mapped out for us in their income projection books.

LONG LIVE IKEA! Thanks for providing a nursing room and even free wipes and diapers for my baby 14 years ago when I used to come with her, just to hang out in an amazing place and eat your (yummier back then, it's true) cafe food and dream of all the beautiful rooms I would someday create. I was newly married then, and young. Maybe my wallet has outgrown some of my old tastes, but my heart hasn't outgrown IKEA. I'm on my way there right now, for a good quality mattress for my daughter and the guest room, that's right! You rock, whatever the clueless say.

I never shopped at IKEA (NO I don't live under a rock, lol!), There's not an IKEA close enough (I'm not willing to make a 50 mile round trip unless I'm visiting relatives...and they better be the ones I like!). If we ever get one, I'll be sure to check it out.

I am glad Yahoo can make shopping decisions for me! They know best, don't they!

anyone who can't assemble something from ikea should go back to kindergarten, i have used the ikea knives for six years now, they still cut very well, if you like kitsch plates than yes don't buy them at ikea...

I am guessing that the Ikea Detolf cabinets have laminate tops & bottoms, but for the money, they are the BEST curio cabinets I have found. I have 6 of them & will be buying one more for my hobby room. I have had them for several years & they look like new. Of course, I do take very good care of my furniture so that might make the difference.
I also have a set of dining room chairs that were $20.00 each & they have held up very well.

I really don't like Ikea because my wife has spent way too much money there on cheap junk!! However, I have to disagree with #1. We bought a king size mattress there a few years ago and my wife and I loved it. It has now moved into our guest room and we have never had a complaint from anyone that's slept on it...........in fact the opposite. When my daughters have sleepovers the biggest deal is getting to sleep on the mattress which has been nicknamed by all thier friends as "The Cloud"!!!!

2. "peal away at the edges" like a bell..
How about "peel" as in "Learn to peel a grape - and check spelling"