In the UK, you can now buy an IKEA house. No, you do not build it with an Allen wrench. [BoKlok]
There Is A Guy Living In The Paramus, New Jersey IKEA
By January 9, 2008
Remember that one guy who decided to visit all the Starbucks in NYC in 24 hours? Yeah, we’d forgotten about it, too. He’s convinced IKEA to let him live in their Paramus, NJ store for a week while his apartment gets fumigated.
IKEA Will Recycle Your CFLs For Free
By November 1, 2007
If you have an IKEA store near you, give them your old CFLs and they’ll recycle them for free. CFLs contain small amounts of mercury and should not be thrown away or recycled with glass bottles.
IKEA's Swedish Math
By October 25, 2007
Know how it’s usually cheaper to buy in bulk? After markdowns at the West Sacramento IKEA, you’ll save $4.92 if you buy the poster and frame separately.
IKEA: It's Your Last Chance To Save Nothing
By October 1, 2007
IKEA would like you to know that it’s your last chance to save on the HEJ tealight holder.
Man Fights IKEA Customer Service Over Defective LILLBERG Couch, Loses
By September 8, 2007
A week after we moved and put the new covers on, our IKEA LILLBERG sofa broke. Right in half. The main support beam gave out right at the dovetail joint, and even split a board in the process. We were devastated, but figured that we’d be able to wrangle something out of it. Standard customer service would replace the couch, right?
Reach IKEA Executive Customer Service
By September 5, 2007
For some consumers, it seems IKEA wants them to also build their own customer service. But hex wrenches can’t effect a warranty repair. If calling the general customer service number doesn’t help you out, these methods may help you lob your issue into their laps.
Secret Email Addresses For IKEA US Top Management
By August 23, 2007
Turns out that for security purposes, the shiny brass at IKEA use email addresses that stray from the format we posted yesterday. If you’ve got an IKEA complaint that needs to go the top, use the addresses inside while the getting is good.
IKEA Corporate Email Address Format
By August 22, 2007
GRA, here’s the corporate email address format for IKEA:
Executive E-Mail Carpet Bomb Scores Direct Hit On IKEA
By August 10, 2007
IKEA waived the shipping costs on two Hemnes bedside tables after reader Inderjit loaded the dreaded Executive E-Mail Carpet Bomb with the names of 16 IKEA executives. Inderjit’s repeated attempts to purchase the tables at IKEA stores over the past two months were unsuccessful, but within thirty minutes of launching the EECB, he received responses from three IKEA execs who promised to ship the tables free of charge. Read Inderjit’s complaint letter, after the jump.
IKEA Opens Hostel For Shoppers Who Just Can't Bear To Leave
By July 30, 2007
If you plan on shopping at the Oslo IKEA any time soon, don’t worry about how you’ll get home. You can sleep there, according to the Guardian.
IKEA's Customer Service Is Awful, What Should I Ask For As Compensation?
By July 28, 2007
Here’s a question that never gets any easier to answer. When a company’s customer service drives you into a blinding rage or otherwise severely inconveniences you but doesn’t actually cost you any money… what, if anything, should you expect as compensation?
IKEA Furniture Hacks
By July 16, 2007
Here are some of favorite ways to convert cheap Swedish furniture into other kinds of cheap furniture, via the IKEA hacker blog.
Where Does IKEA Get Its Funny Names?
By July 10, 2007
GRA TV unit with casters. It turns out IKEA actually has funky a system based on names of stuff from its native lands, says ahundredmonkeys.com.
How To Make Cheap Laptop Desks
By July 6, 2007
Laptop desks can cost a stupid amount of money, but luckily for you they can be constructed with IKEA stuff, sandpaper, and a saw.
8 IKEA Shopping Tips From A Former Employee
By July 6, 2007
A former IKEA worker tells us how some tips for making your jaunt through furniture Legoland more enjoyable and efficient.
IKEA's Delivery System Still Broken
By April 16, 2007
I had originally asked the IKEA in Paramus, N.J., to deliver my kitchen cabinets on a Saturday. I later found out that my Manhattan co-op building prohibited large deliveries on the weekend, so when the truck arrived on the designated day, the crew couldn’t unload their cargo. IKEA billed me for the delivery. Totally fair–I goofed.
Make Beautiful Things Out Of Cheap Unfinished Furniture
By April 10, 2007
Ikea is a good source for dirt-cheap ugly unfinished furniture—but who says it has to stay ugly? Ikea Hacker has a few hacks from Angelique, one of their readers. She adds creative finishes to basic IKEA children’s furniture and picture frames. Her techniques look easy enough for a novice to replicate, and sort of fun, too. We love the ferns. We love cheap furniture. —MEGHANN MARCO
