Ikea's overpriced junk could go away and I doubt anyone would miss it save trendy hipsters that won't be able to buy new compressed cardboard crap every week.
I heard all the hype and then someone paid me to put together a unit called Skrodum or some dumb name. I was disgusted by the cheapness of it. I told the guy that it was going to fall apart with any light use. Whatever he paid me.
I've been given a couple of things from there over the years, one was a down comforter which was actually nice and well made (still have it) and a cart thing of some sort. I gave it away because I doubt it would have lasted a year.
I suspect the only thing about the comforter was it cost 2x what you would have paid at someplace like Sprawl*Mart, but came from the same cheap Chinese factory.
Anything made before 2007 is usually pretty good. Everything after is when they went cheapest source possible. They swallowed the sustainability pill and have overdosed on it. I don't know who has more shit with Made in China stamped on it, Ikea or Walmart.
Imagine having to pay someone to put Ikea furniture together...
That being said, the Billy bookcases are functional and and our malm dressers are still holding up fine 8+ years and two moves later... I really don't understand the Ikea hate
We have an Ikea dresser that made it through 4 moves and 10 years. It was mine and my wife's when we first got married then went down to both of our kids. It's still in 1 piece and we're just now getting rid of it because my youngest finally got something bigger. Some of their stuff is junk for sure but I've found that most of it is actually pretty decent. Most shit today is MDF anyway or you need to take out a loan to get something from a place like Ashley because it's so god damn expensive.
Yeah you can count on old people who dont want to be bothered by assembling anything lol. Maybe better quality 8 years ago? Definitely not sturdy from what i saw. Probably not bad depending on your situation but i wouldn't buy the model i saw.
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