IKEA BYOF Event March 9th - Free Breakfast and Blue Bag

Bring Your Own Furniture?

5 off 25 in the food market seems nice, I'd stock up on salmon or something

Quote from Parachute07 : Bring Your Own Furniture?

haha now that would have been funny

lol byof. LOVE Ikea. Thanks for posting!

Quote from Parachute07 : Bring Your Own Furniture?

LOL!!!

bring your own food?

I would never buy anything edible at ikea, and now i'll think twice before buying furniture. Bought a small 2-tier bench for $20. Could not get the screws all the way in. They made the holes smaller than the diameter of the screws. Didn't want to struggle to remove them. Its not my problem. Took the assembled bench back like i always bring assembled small items if there's a defect. Chairs, shelves, etc. Now CS wants to give me store credit because the item is out of the box and assembled. I looked at the posted return policy but there's nothing stating furniture needs to be never assembled. How could i have known without assembling? I offered to disassemble the shelf and put it back in the box, if they provided a larger hex wrench but CS said it would still be considered out of the box and assembled prior to return. I've never had this before. Always got full refund with very few or no questions asked. CS made a phone call and explained everything to someone and then agreed to issue a refund. Lesson learned. If for whatever reason you're not happy with IKEA furniture do not take it out of the box and assemble it or else you'll get store credit if you return it. Just keep it in the box indefinitely. Hope 90 days still applies. I'll be contacting IKEA headquarters to confirm this. IKEA doesn't sell perfect furniture. I often have to mod something or request additional hardware to be shipped from Sweden.

Quote from guest2011 : LOL!!! bring your own food? I would never buy anything edible at ikea, and now i'll think twice before buying furniture. Bought a small 2-tier bench for $20. Could not get the screws all the way in. They made the holes smaller than the diameter of the screws. Didn't want to struggle to remove them. Its not my problem. Took the assembled bench back like i always bring assembled small items if there's a defect. Chairs, shelves, etc. Now CS wants to give me store credit because the item is out of the box and assembled. I looked at the posted return policy but there's nothing stating furniture needs to be never assembled. How could i have known without assembling? I offered to disassemble the shelf and put it back in the box, if they provided a larger hex wrench but CS said it would still be considered out of the box and assembled prior to return. I've never had this before. Always got full refund with very few or no questions asked. CS made a phone call and explained everything to someone and then agreed to issue a refund. Lesson learned. If for whatever reason you're not happy with IKEA furniture do not take it out of the box and assemble it or else you'll get store credit if you return it. Just keep it in the box indefinitely. Hope 90 days still applies. I'll be contacting IKEA headquarters to confirm this. IKEA doesn't sell perfect furniture. I often have to mod something or request additional hardware to be shipped from Sweden.

Pre-drilled holes for any screws are always smaller than the screw itself... else you want things to fall apart right from the getgo.
Food is not bad, they are able to keep costs so low because they are a "non profit" *coughs*

what coupon is it talking about? can anyone clarify? Do I just go there with a friend?

Quote from Ciroth : Pre-drilled holes for any screws are always smaller than the screw itself... else you want things to fall apart right from the getgo. Food is not bad, they are able to keep costs so low because they are a "non profit" *coughs*

That's why i didn't want to drill to expand. I had to use full force and still could barely get the screws a little more than half way. If i forced the screws the wood would crack for sure. The return process wasn't what i typically go through. Its not about tight holes. lol Its about IKEA CS.

PS - hope i never have to taste IKEA food.

Quote from guest2011 : PS - hope i never have to taste IKEA food.

I was surprised at how good some of the stuff was at their quarterly smorgasbords (the crawfish, dill cucumber salad, and cheeses in particular). The standard cafeteria fare seems to get worse every time I eat there, however, but I still get the free Ikea Family coffee every time.

Quote from printerati : I was surprised at how good some of the stuff was at their quarterly smorgasbords (the crawfish, dill cucumber salad, and cheeses in particular). The standard cafeteria fare seems to get worse every time I eat there, however, but I still get the free Ikea Family coffee every time.

did you try 'horse med potatis' dish? lol

http://news.yahoo.com/horse-meat-...nance.html

Quote from guest2011 : did you try 'horse med potatis' dish? lol http://news.yahoo.com/horse-meat-...nance.html

Neigh, I did not.

Quote from guest2011 : That's why i didn't want to drill to expand. I had to use full force and still could barely get the screws a little more than half way. If i forced the screws the wood would crack for sure. The return process wasn't what i typically go through. Its not about tight holes. lol Its about IKEA CS. PS - hope i never have to taste IKEA food.

Dude... it's ALWAYS about tight holes.

Quote from regal : Dude... it's ALWAYS about tight holes.

Call me weird, but I go to Ikea just to eat. The food is pretty good even after the horse meat story.