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- From: jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu (Jerry Sy)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: quality of IKEA stuff (was Re: IKEA MAIL ORDER: YES!!!)
- Date: 13 Nov 1992 05:32:43 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Reply-To: jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu (Jerry Sy)
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- In a previous article, kan@bugs-bunny.rtp.dg.com (Victor Kan) says:
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- >>>>>> On Wed, 11 Nov 1992 20:25:49 GMT, kester@mte.ncsu.edu (Dan Kester) said:
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- >Dan> I've bought much furniture from IKEA, and been very pleased. Of
- >Dan> course much of it is of so-so quality, but to get top quality
- >Dan> furniture, you'll generally have to pay much more. What you get
- >Dan> at IKEA is excellent value, good to excellent design, and a large
- >Dan> selection. You can get cheaper furniture at Kmart/walmart, but it
- >Dan> tends to be UGLY and much shoddier than IKEA's.
- >
- not! a lamp I bought at ikea, I found at Phar-Mor, and is exactly the
- same thing but cost less.
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- although I did not say in my original post that 100% of what they sell is
- crap (only about 75% is), I can bet you that I can buy top quality
- furnitures at half the price at a Hornes's or Kaufman's warehouse sale,
- which are held about 3 times a year.
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