I hate to admit it, but eveything in our place is IKEA. Won't be for very long, though. There's been wild 'decontenting'. On the whole, the older stuff holds up better. Their modular business stuff is also quite solid. Our bedroom set and first office set fell apart, tho.

I'm tempted to say it's still better than what you find in most discount places, but the stuff coming out of China in those places has gotten better.

We recently bought a few more bookcases to go with our 10-year old set, and they were cost-engineered, to say the least. Not a single extra square centimeter of laminate, crappier hardware, etc.

Goes to prove (agagin) you don't get to be the richest man alive by selling the best product in the market!

On the original point, though, I don't think the make of the car in the lobby display will suffer the slings and arrows of the furniture's longevity any more than the quality of the meatballs in the cafeteria. You go to IKEA to spend less money, lug it home, and assemble it yourself...that's the deal and you know it when you walk in the door. But doesn't Volvo have that spot now?

--fsik
95 900SET
99 9-5 SE
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• Saab and IKEA?, John in Bismarck, Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:58:56
  • Re: Saab and IKEA?, Spiros Trianta, Wed, 14 Jul 2004 19:31:16
  • Saab and IKEA go way back, Marcus, Wed, 14 Jul 2004 10:09:39
  • BTW, IKEA is one of the SOC sponsors ;) nm, dip, Wed, 14 Jul 2004 09:13:14
  • Re: Saab and IKEA?, C H Tay, Wed, 14 Jul 2004 06:45:20
  • Years ago they had Volvo wagons in the entry..., Pete Saab 9-5, Wed, 14 Jul 2004 06:11:46
  • Another briliant Sweede...., egsAero, Wed, 14 Jul 2004 04:01:09
  • you're in luck, burlyb, Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:29:31
  • I like going to IKEA in my SAAB while ..., Michel_Mtl, Tue, 13 Jul 2004 20:14:06
  • Re: Saab and IKEA?, SaabKen in Vancouver, Tue, 13 Jul 2004 16:38:25
    • 3 in the GTA :P nm, Trev, Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:07:55
  • Re: I love IKEA (+), Mattias.se, Tue, 13 Jul 2004 12:04:37
    • Re: I love IKEA (+), KOR, Tue, 13 Jul 2004 12:40:09
  • I hate IKEA (+), Vlad, Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:11:56
  • Ikea rep isn't entirely positive..., McTeague, Tue, 13 Jul 2004 10:38:48
    • Re: Ikea rep isn't entirely positive..., fsik, Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:42:01 <-- Viewing This Message
    • lot of fiddling before your product works correctly, Trev, Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:00:17
      • Not always..., Mattias.se, Tue, 13 Jul 2004 13:04:45
        • I'm kidding .. I love Ikea -- 3 Stores in the area, Trev, Tue, 13 Jul 2004 15:41:17
          • 3 !!!!, Mattias.se, Wed, 14 Jul 2004 05:07:15
            • and a 4th withing a 30-minute drive ;), dip, Wed, 14 Jul 2004 07:52:16
              • doh I forgot about that new one in Vaughn, Trev, Wed, 14 Jul 2004 08:21:49
        • it's usually good but sometimes.....>>, prodigal son, Tue, 13 Jul 2004 13:08:35
    • Conrans, PhillySaaber, Tue, 13 Jul 2004 10:47:08
  • Re: Saab and IKEA?, PhillySaaber, Tue, 13 Jul 2004 10:33:44
    • Re: Saab and IKEA?, JimF, Tue, 13 Jul 2004 13:08:02
      • Hmm...., PhillySaaber, Tue, 13 Jul 2004 13:50:28
    • IKEA Story on History Channel, dcjayhawk, Tue, 13 Jul 2004 10:48:52

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