Flat pack self assembly furniture is cheap and nasty
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Flat pack furniture
Self assembly packs are supposedly designed so that they can be put together with relative ease and with minimal tools, yet the instructions are frequently incomprehensible with poorly translated English.
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Cheap self assembly flat pack furniture and when I say cheap, I mean poor quality materials and design, not how much the pack actually cost you to buy in the shop! These things are actually quite loathsome in my opinion.
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| 06-1-2008 | You can't buy what you are looking for nowadays. Furniture is no longer sold as a domestic utility, but as a fashion accessory.
This makes furniture sold for about 10 times what it actaully cost to make and import. The junk is now sold in boutiques, instead of warehouses.
So as poor peopl...more | Plane Harry |
| 29-10-2007 | Cheap flat pack furniture is a false economy. You're better of spending your money on decent stuff or picking it up cheaper second hand. I wouldn't bother with eBay as it's mostly rubbish you will find there, get round the old second hand shops and some of the big charity shops that do ...more | cheap flat pack rubbish |
| 22-10-2007 | I bought a side unit and television cabinet from a leading store recently. Together they cost £800.00. Imagine my surprise when they arrived in flat pack. The store did not indicate they were flat pack. In fact, the salesman slated cheap flat pack as part of his sales pitch saying it is better ...more | Freddie |
| 09-10-2007 | I agree with everything in this gripe, including the positive side of flat pack furniture - sometimes you really do need something quick and cheap to put up. For example, you're staying in accommodation for a short time, you knock something together that will do the job for that time, and you&#...more | Duddo |
| 09-10-2007 | Suppliers/maufacturers of electrical goods are obliged to conform to The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006.
The aim of the WEEE Regulations is to make producers responsible for financing the collection, treatment, and recovery of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE),...more | Beefmonkey |
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