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The IKEA experience

The dust has settled a little by now and I have a little more time on my hands. So, I thought it's only fair to write a quick entry in my blog. Moving into the new apartment went quite well... Well, apart from the IKEA guys forgetting one of the components of my bed. That led to two rather unfortunate things. A night on the mattress, which honestly is not that bad, but it's not great either. And also a trip to IKEA in Vaughan, which takes approx. 2.5 h by public transport.
Maybe I should give a little background on that. I went to my godfather over the weekend, for which I had to rent a car. That meant I had a car for my Ikea shopping. So quite logically, I chose the IKEA that was closest to me on my route from my godfather to my new apartment. All went perfectly well - or so it seemed. I didn't hit too much traffic and arrived in IKEA early. I went shopping for smaller items first and tossed them into the trunk of my rental car. Then I went in for a second rount and got the larger pieces, like bed, desk, ... Those I had delivered on the same day (59$ for up to 25 items - what a deal). I finished this up quickly and returned the rental car on-time after stopping over at the new apartment and empting the car's trunk.
So, by the evening I had finally started to build the bed. Only to notice that one half of the slatted frame (not sure if that's the correct word for it - it's the wooden planks the mattress sits on) was missing. IKEA was already closed at that stage, so I called them second thing (the first is another story, about Rogers aka Vodafone) in the morning. Even after explaining everything, giving my reference number and stating excatly what was missing, I had to personally go to the shop and show my receipt. In fairness everything thereafter was a breeze, the missing part was delivered for free the same day and I didn't have to argue at all. However, I had to travel 2.5 h in searing heat (over 30 degrees celcius) to show my face, and then go all the way back again. Fun.
Anyway, the better part of the flat is sorted now and tomorrow I'm expecting my landlady (a very nice and helpful person) and her husband for a visit.

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  1. AnonymousMay 31, 2010 at 10:47 PM

    Funny:
    - we had exactly the same problem with our Ikea bed purchase. Except our slats where the wrong size.... 2 times!
    - I have the same lamp that you have.
    - Even the handle on your window is the same as on the new windows of our house.
    Robert

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  2. Jan-F. SchorrJune 3, 2010 at 10:18 AM

    Hey Robert,

    Yeah, Ikea purchases are always good for a surprise. At least now I'm registered with 'Autoshare.com', so that next time I will have a car to drive there.

    It's a good(!) lamp. :)

    Your attention to detail is impressive ;)
    Jan

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