Re: Settling in

Thanks for the site, Barb. Bookmarked it.
On Jun 23, 2008, at 11:47 AM, <sundrops@earthlink.net> <sundrops@earthlink.net > wrote:
My slogan on the put-together furniture is, if there is a wrong way to do it, I will find it! My analytical mind just seems to abandon me on these projects some times. May I recommend www.homedecorators.com for quite a good selection of knockdown furniture and decent prices, excellent service. Not quite as cheap as Ikea, but I have ordered probably ten pieces from them over the years. --Barb, Grass Valley CA where it is very very smoky from fires higher up in the Sierra, and in Napa County, nothing nearby thank goodness --
----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <islandjim1@comcast.net > 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Settling in
I guess it wouldn't be so bad if they leveled with you up front: "Shipping time: Nearly forever." But they give you this 5-7 business days nonsense, which turns out to be after they find it in a warehouse someplace and transfer it to a commercial trucking company--a process that seems to take 3 or 4 weeks for some reason. Grrr. Anyway, if I'm ever tempted to buy from them again, I'll drive up to the store in Portland and haul it home myself, but for some reason I don't see that happening. 

On Jun 23, 2008, at 9:22 AM, Jesse Bell wrote:
My old boss ordered a desk from IKEA and they had the same problem...slow delivery, and then after the wait, there were wrong parts in there...and it couldn't be assembled. So they had to wait - again - for the right part to be sent. Total of about 3 months before he got everything he needed to put his 
desk together.



----- Original Message ----
From: james singer
<islandjim1@comcast.net>
To: Garden Chat <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday,
June 22, 2008 5:54:40 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Settling in

Finally beginning to
feel at home here. Spent most of yesterday and
part of today assembling two
chests of drawers from IKEA. They
should've warned me. At the very least,
the box should have said "Not
suitable for assembly by persons over 70 years
of age." It could've
also said "Having three hands highly recommended." I'm
so stiff and
sore I can barely keep my most used body parts in operation.
We won't go into why it took a month for IKEA to deliver the kits--
only to
say they are a very difficult company to communicate with. But
now the
chests are done and I can load the drawers and quit living out
of suitcases,
backpacks, and plastic bags.


Island Jim
Willamette Valley
44.99 N 123.04 W
Elevation 148'
Hardiness Zone 8/9
Heat Zone 5
Sunset Zone 6
Minimum 0 F [-15
C]
Maximum 86 F [30 C]
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Willamette Valley
44.99 N 123.04 W
Elevation 148'
Hardiness Zone 8/9
Heat Zone 5
Sunset Zone 6
Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
Maximum 86 F [30 C]

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Willamette Valley
44.99 N 123.04 W
Elevation 148'
Hardiness Zone 8/9
Heat Zone 5
Sunset Zone 6
Minimum 0 F [-15 C]
Maximum 86 F [30 C]

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