What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[Xeogred]

I wish to experience Ikea someday... I've heard so many varied tales about the place. Closest location to me is in Massachusetts.

My mother went once many years ago and all she brought home was... meatballs.

I seriously should have just looked around here more for what I wanted (computer desk and some drawers).

It took them almost two weeks to file my claim and finally get back to me with an email, so this has been an ongoing case for almost a month now.

[BogusMeatFactory]

I wish to experience Ikea someday... I've heard so many varied tales about the place. Closest location to me is in Massachusetts.

My mother went once many years ago and all she brought home was... meatballs.

Don't. I don't understand why people like Ikea? You pay for overpriced furniture that you are responsible for building yourself. Not only do you have to pick it out, but you have to go find it in their warehouse yourself to check it out. Building is also a pain as you spend a day trying to get everything to line up right (which it won't). After my last foray into Ikea and having to build my TV stand and storage unit, I have learned to stay far away.

I say go into Ikea to people watch all the hipsters who play house like Joseph Gordon Levitt and Zoey Deschanel in that hipster rom-com about dysfunctional people... because they totally do and it is totally weird.

[Blu]

Ikea's not bad at all. Some of their storage solutions are pretty clever and inexpensive. When I lived in the Residence Halls in college, it was great value and quality. Yeah, you do have to assemble it, but if you're pretty sedentary, their stuff holds up for a great while. If you're moving pretty frequently, you shouldn't really buy any furniture with veneer anyways!

[mjmjr25]

I go to Ikea for the free food and child care. If you're spending money you're doing it wrong. Sometimes i'll take a nap too.

[CRTGAMER]

I go to Ikea for the free food and child care. If you're spending money you're doing it wrong. Sometimes i'll take a nap too.

During game store runs, sometimes I take my son out for lunch at Costco across the parking lot.

I like Ikea. I prefer taking home furniture immediately versus waiting for the delivery and will it fit thru the door or hallway. Yes it means assembling that shelf unit, but usually not too difficult. Plus if any of the fasteners get damaged or lost, the store has replacement hardware bins located by returns. The pieces I bought are solid. I even purchased my laminate flooring from the store, the same stuff on the store floor. With the amount of traffic and the store floor holding up, that sold me on the high quality of their products.

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SMILE 1: Customer had a PS2, Xbox and Gamecube game that Gamestop could not take as trade in. I offered five bucks total at which the customer agreed, told him I'll meet outside after done in the store.

SMILE 2: Overheard a Mom trying to figure out what child friendly games to get her six year old son. The employee recommended Kirby and Mario. I mentioned to try out Kirby Epic Yarn. I told her that even though it is a kids game, I as an adult also like the game. The discovering of levels and having Kirby fly as a flying saucer or zipping as a race car adds continual new game play.

TICKED: In the distraction of helping the mom with the games, forgot about the outside store purchase from the other customer. I missed out buying for five bucks a PS2 game, Xbox Aliens Predators and Gamecube Mario Sunshine! Luckily, I already had the PS2 game and Mario, but oooh crap.

SMILE 3: Still, it was nice helping out the parent. She mentioned NEVER playing a video game but has seen her kid play. I suggested she try Kirby Yarn with her son mentioning how easy the game is to figure out, yet always new things to discover.

[darsparx]

I wish to experience Ikea someday... I've heard so many varied tales about the place. Closest location to me is in Massachusetts.

My mother went once many years ago and all she brought home was... meatballs.

Don't. I don't understand why people like Ikea? You pay for overpriced furniture that you are responsible for building yourself. Not only do you have to pick it out, but you have to go find it in their warehouse yourself to check it out. Building is also a pain as you spend a day trying to get everything to line up right (which it won't). After my last foray into Ikea and having to build my TV stand and storage unit, I have learned to stay far away.

I say go into Ikea to people watch all the hipsters who play house like Joseph Gordon Levitt and Zoey Deschanel in that hipster rom-com about dysfunctional people... because they totally do and it is totally weird.

You have apparently never had their swedish meatballs with a little bit of jelly on it, or actually used their desks(mine is nice even though I wish mom would've let me go a little more on price to get one with more storage). Plus we didn't have to find it in the "warehouse" in ours we just gave them the little ticket they had with the item and they went and got it while we ate then came and bought it and took it home. It may have been a pain to assemble(especially since I'm bad at assembling things sometimes), but those things they make are great and last a long time if done right...(even have a pongo chair(can't do that weird sign or remember where it goes) and it's sturdy and great especially with the footrest)

[samsonlonghair]

Everything Ikea I have ever bought was either missing a piece or came with one piece already broken. I learned to stay away and just buy my furniture from the salv army.

[darsparx]

Everything Ikea I have ever bought was either missing a piece or came with one piece already broken. I learned to stay away and just buy my furniture from the salv army.

Sounds like you just have a bad ikea(of course I overtightened the screw on my knob on my desk and messed it up, it's still a decent desk I just wish it had a keyboard tray, and several shelfs so I'd have somewhere to prop up my modern consoles it was cheap what can I say ha ha). Ours seems decent for the two things I have just wish the rest of my room matched it...but ehh eventually it will maybe since the others are leftovers from previous purchases at different stores

- forgot how much school payment hurt it was only a little over 130 I think but I still about had a panic attack since it and my gym membership came out at the same time

[Czernobog]

The only reason I've been inside Ikea is dirt cheap hotdogs. They weren't very good.

[Luke]

So suge knight was shot at chris brown's pre-vma party last morning. The kicker is that chris brown went on twitter and complained about all the violence that goes on in the world.