Ikea

So it is true, Ikea is Swedish for Out of Stock.  We schlepped down the way to Ikea, to get a wardrobe that was advertised as being on sale for 2 days only...while stocks last.  Hrhm Hrmm...ah, it was revealed to us that the "stock" consisted of 3, count them 1, 2, 3 wardrobes.  There is ONE Ikea store serving the whole of Queensland...we arrived at the store at 9am, and by the time we had made our way to the warehouse section (in two minutes flat), all THREE of the wardrobes had been sold.

They have put us on the waiting list for further stock when it arrives. Lucky we are on the top of this list...I hate to think how many they will be getting in to top up their stock levels.

This was the wardrobe in question.  Of course one can't venture out to Ikea without coming home with something.  So I got four square-ey / round-ey plates - because our great big white restaurant plates WON'T FIT IN THE FUCKING DISHWASHER (and I didn't get a dishwasher just so I could continue handwashing dishes), a new ironing board - because our other one weighs a ton, and is 30 years old, and a new shower curtain - because our current one is mouldy and smelly because TAYLER won't leave it pulled across the shower when he's finished, instead it's all scrunched up and quietly moulders and mildews quietly to itself until I get in there and fiercely slash it across the length of the bath.

Grrrr, now I'm moaning about the shower curtain.  Does my pettiness know no end?

posted by: blytheswideshut at May 10, 2005 22:39 | link | comments (1) |

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#1  14 May 2005 - 07:59

 

ikea really is the pits. i once bought a cupboard from them, and it came in, like, three different lots, and none of the lots matched each other. the door was a foot too short, the shelves were the wrong colour...

i think ikea needs to get investigated by the mythbusters: myth - that they are a furniture store that can supply stuff to customers.

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