The problem with Ikea

June 24, 2006
Filed under: DIY, en 

Bathroom shelf
Originally uploaded by viralbus.

I just put up a shelf in my bathroom. It looks nice, and it feels very stable and solid, but there was one tiny problem. One end of the shelf was wider than the other end, and it didn’t fit into the bracket. I solved it by shaving off a bit of the shelf (just 1mm did the trick), but you’re not supposed to do that! I don’t have an issue with Ikea outsourcing shelf production to Romania, but they need to be strict with their internal quality control – this is just plain sloppiness!

Comments

5 Responses to “The problem with Ikea”

  1. Sebastian on June 24th, 2006 21:48

    I know they used to forget some of the screws and made a strange information on how to make the things, but wrong size I haven’t seen before.

    Oh I commented on an English blog post before Phyl!,-)

  2. Thomas on June 24th, 2006 22:26

    Are you having a competition? ;-) And I’ve experienced it before, but the last time it was so far off that it couldn’t be fixed. :-(

  3. Phyl on June 25th, 2006 10:44

    But it isn’t just cheap stuff – you know Derek, Thomas – he always buys ridiculously expensive stuff. He bought a hand-carved oak wardrobe from some designer place in Great Western Road last year and the doors were so far off they didn’t meet in the middle! So my motto is – if it’s gonna be a disaster anyway, you’re better paying £100 than £100, no? ;-)

  4. Thomas on June 25th, 2006 10:51

    Missing zero in the last figure, I think. :-)

  5. Phyl on June 25th, 2006 11:13

    yeah £1000

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