That is all.
When Ikea says you need two people to assemble a PAX wardrobe, it's for a reason.
Oh how I feel and know the pain of this post... I've learned that the hard way as well...
Yeah, the second person is needed to re-count all those wooden dowel things, try and find something suitable around the apartment for the one that's missing, give up, swear, then drive all the way back to Ikea to ask for another one.
I cannot think for the life of me why this Thread is in Complaints Corner. Ikea's advice is good. 22 Yards has discovered the wisdom of this point and agrees with them. Lethe and adrianlondon agree too. Everyone is happy.
It's a complaint about his lack of masculinity. I managed to build a two-person-needed wardrobe on my own. But that's because I'm stong and capable. Or have no friends. I forget which.
Must be, I've built several of those things alone too... they aren't at all hard to do nor put up.
22 is a wuss.
I'm complaining because, although I should be making the most of my phenomenally expensive Swiss medical insurance following my foray into advanced cabinetry, I'm not.
And on a related note, the attached instruction, which I took to mean "flip the grey plastic thingy on the top left corner of the door up, counter-clockwise" actually means "do what the picture says, exactly what the picture says, and nothing more ... except, do it on the other corner, too, even though we haven't said to do that. You see, that's how we Swedes get our kicks, visualising people like you wasting an hour trying to hang this door without the other grey plastic thingy being flipped over. Oh, and really, you should have someone helping you, if only so they can laugh at your feeble efforts at advanced cabinetry".
@Longbyt lol you made a point there
Well my main complain is about Ikea in general, that's why I replied immediately, as I've spent past two week ends assembling various stuff my GF bought there...
But well this is another story
JLP, remember the barsteward from Basel? I offered to help him construct his PAX but he decided I shouldn't help, so I didn't. Ten minutes later I heard an almighty crash from the bedroom - the side of the wardrobe had broken in two. Needless to say, wardrobe number two was built as per instructions...
It's even worse, Ikea has now taken to packing one extra of some of the little doovalackies (but not all) -- so you get to the end, find one piece left over and panic that it's vital and the entire wardrobe will topple onto the bed at 2:00 am. (Because, after all, who really does secure their furniture to the wall in the Ikea-mandated fashion?)
One to hold the screwdriver and the other to turn the wardrobe?
That's probably how Ikea guarantes its profits -- low margin, but double the sales volume due to most customers having to buy two of everything ...
Absolutely. I am still laughing about the typical "their manuals are crap" discussion. When I studied technical writing, we used their manuals as "best pracitices" for consumer manuals that do not need any language at all (and are therefore cheap for a global company). Just look at the picture... They are incredibly good - but no man would possibly read a manual to build up something as banal as a wardrobe. If it is upside-down in the end, the paper is the best scapegoat... right Mr. OP?
Lol, yep!!! Kittser, do you remember Tool Time Boy? He actually didn't need any help with all that flat-pack stuff... .
I'm sure I can make some inappropriate joke about you not being flat here. Spent too much time at uni today, my corny/kinky joke function is disabled.
Oh, I followed the instructions to the letter, or picture, anyway. And yes, they are excellent: extremely, pedantically detailed. Which is why I didn't flick the other grey plastic thingy over.
You'll be pleased to know that I did complete the wardrobe, all on my own, and exactly to spec, in perfect condition (only two dents in my parquet floor), and all in less than two weeks.
assembling IKEA furniture is done (for about 100fr) by the same nice guys who deliver them. They will flip over all gray plastic thingies too.
Getting the 2.4 m long flat pack boxes to my apartment was a whole nother story ... no, I didn't use the delivery service (bizarrely, they charge delivery at 10% of the value of the goods -- what, do they price furniture by the kilo?)
Which Ikea did you go to?
We went to Ikea Dietlikon a couple weeks ago, bought loads of stuff, and a pleasant waiter-turned-taxi driver with a van took us and our furniture-to-be for a flat rate of 135CHF (about normal for a taxi ride of that length.) It would have been different if we'd had to arrange delivery at a later date, or delivery + installation, but if all you want is your flat packs driven over to your house immediately, I can recommend it.
Don't know if the other Ikea shops offer something similar...
Must not make joke about Adrian - building a closet - and friends