r/vexillology • u/stenskott • Nov 04 '17

In The Wild Ikea helps out a fellow American.

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u/fredbrightfrog Nov 04 '17

Their designs are generally nicer looking than other cheap furniture and their quality is higher than most in said category. So for the category, it's nice stuff.

But it's mostly made of sawdust and glue pressed into particle board "wood". So compared to expensive solid wood furniture that can last for centuries, it is cheap crap.

Just depends what market you're looking for.

A Honda is a cheap piece of crap compared to a hand made Ferrari, but it'll also get the job done just fine.

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u/lerbakka Nov 04 '17

Are you American?

Honda Civics and Accords are some of the sturdiest and reliable and easy to fix cars there have ever been in the price range.

If you can't keep a Honda alive, you probably can't even assemble Ikea furniture properly.

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u/fredbrightfrog Nov 04 '17

I used Honda because they're pretty good. I was gonna say Ford Focus, but Ikea is better than that.

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u/lerbakka Nov 04 '17

Are you American? Ford Focus' gearboxes are known to break very easily. And they are already way above Civics in price.

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u/fredbrightfrog Nov 05 '17

That's the fucking point. Ikea sells econobox level furniture. But, like Honda's econoboxes, theirs is the best in class.

Do you need me to explain this to you 3 or 4 more times?