I have little sympathy for Bud; we’ve bought enough over the years, and I’ve always found the instructions clear. Anyone who genuinely struggles with them is probably from the “real men don’t read instructions; how hard can it be?” school, and probably shouldn’t be buying them. Or tying their own shoes, either, come to that…
Well, some of us are just more challenged than others – I canNOT get the hang of doing these types of things, and prefer to leave it to the experts. Those experts are ANYONE but myself!
I’ve never found those instructions hard to follow, either. I did have trouble using the Allen wrench – I had it upside down – but that was my own ditziness. (I put the long end into the hole and was trying to turn it with the short end.)
The furniture I’ve made from scratch is of my own design and the instructions/blueprints are only in my head, therefore, no one can say I did anything wrong.
I just recently had to replace something in my computer and came up against a non-standard screw-head. I eventually managed to work around the problem, but I decided to buy a tool kit with a great many different socket-head types. Then, only a couple of weeks after I got it, I had to use it on a non-standard screw-head on my car…
I have bought some with missing parts, tools. Some had parts or tools of incorrect size. Among other issues included: incorrect diagrams, very badly misnamed parts or nonexistent parts, written by someone from another country not familiar with the language, etc.
Nachikethass over 6 years ago
Refer my comment from yesterday!
fredd13 over 6 years ago
I have little sympathy for Bud; we’ve bought enough over the years, and I’ve always found the instructions clear. Anyone who genuinely struggles with them is probably from the “real men don’t read instructions; how hard can it be?” school, and probably shouldn’t be buying them. Or tying their own shoes, either, come to that…
jaxxxon58 over 6 years ago
Well, some of us are just more challenged than others – I canNOT get the hang of doing these types of things, and prefer to leave it to the experts. Those experts are ANYONE but myself!
1MadHat Premium Member over 6 years ago
I suppose it’s what you use as a hammer and how you use the allen wrench….. 8^)
Dani Rice over 6 years ago
I’ve never found those instructions hard to follow, either. I did have trouble using the Allen wrench – I had it upside down – but that was my own ditziness. (I put the long end into the hole and was trying to turn it with the short end.)
david_42 over 6 years ago
Never did understand how someone could mess up IKEA furniture. You don’t even need to read, just look at the pictures.
Plods with ...™ over 6 years ago
I have extra allen wrenches (supplied) if anyone needs them.
joeatwork212 over 6 years ago
The furniture I’ve made from scratch is of my own design and the instructions/blueprints are only in my head, therefore, no one can say I did anything wrong.
kunddog over 6 years ago
if I do an inventory first it familiarize me with the construction and I can put things in order
ChessPirate over 6 years ago
I just recently had to replace something in my computer and came up against a non-standard screw-head. I eventually managed to work around the problem, but I decided to buy a tool kit with a great many different socket-head types. Then, only a couple of weeks after I got it, I had to use it on a non-standard screw-head on my car…
heathcliff2 over 6 years ago
I have bought some with missing parts, tools. Some had parts or tools of incorrect size. Among other issues included: incorrect diagrams, very badly misnamed parts or nonexistent parts, written by someone from another country not familiar with the language, etc.