IKEA Saga Continues
GRRRRRRRRRRR
So you remember the IKEA saga that I posted about a few days ago? The story left off with us in possession of a bed frame but no wooden slats to put the mattress on, and a shelving unit without shelves - and a promise from IKEA that the remaining items would arrive this week.
Well it's Friday, kids, and no IKEA order!
So I called them up today (at 0.14 euros per minute, the fuckers), and guess what? They have no record of the order that was supposed to come in this week. Nothing. No idea what I'm talking about.
And, to top it all off, the shelves for the shelving unit? They don't make 'em anymore.
They're going to look into my case and call me back. They promise!
I'm about to lose my shit. I just want my furniture.
UPDATE: IKEA called back. It turns out that the customer service person and I had a bit of miscommunication - he thought I wanted 17 shelving units! Which I guess they no longer make. The shelves themselves still are available. Why he thought this, I don't know - he knew the shelves were to go with the shelving posts that already arrived.
(I'd never thought about it before, but I guess in English shelf can mean either a shelving unit or a shelf itself, right? Shelf. Shelf. Shelf. This word has lost all meaning to me now. lf? What other words have lf in them? Other than elf. And stupid stuff like hellfire.)
Anyway, they still had no record of our order, of course, so I placed a new one, which should arrive 1-2 weeks from now.
Maybe our clothes will be off the floor by December, but I'm not betting on it.
posted by p @ 3:56 PM
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I'm a huge fan of lk, like talk and folk. I noticed Nick Gurski (I feel rude mentioning people's name so publically, but anyway) would pronounce the l in folk (maybe this was a joke of his, but I've thought that in other cases and been wrong :) ), and Italians try to pronounce them all, understandably.
Maybe it's time for a new furniture store. Apparently they sell good cider, though.
Ikea is somewhat evil...sure you get stylish furniture for a very low price, but then you're stuck putting it together.....every flat box of soon to be 3D furniture should come with a helpful and handy Swede to put it together for you....then they could make you meatballs....
aw, i actually really like putting the furniture together myself -- gives me a sense of accomplishment (you gotta take it where you can get it). but wouldn't it be great if the swedish helper/cooker was... the swedish chef? borga borga borga! i say ikea's sales would go through the roof.
Hey P,
How about Pilfer & Billfold?
Sorry to hear about the hassle you have had. So much for efficiency in Germany, the Thai's could teach the Germans here and that says a lot!
-Sudi
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