Hi there,

Can anyone recommend a manufacturer or retailer of good quality flat packed 
bedroom furniture, other than MFI? I'm so hacked off at trying to pack out 
drawer runners and 'throw' the carcasses to get the drawers to close without 
fouling, that I'm sending the bloody lot back!

From the problems that a number of people I know have had ordering and 
actually receiving all the correct and undamaged parts - I would never buy 
from MFI.  I would certainly never recommend them to any one.

Things that come to mind are:-

They massively overcharge for the quality of goods.
They never deliver on time.
They have never yet sent all of the parts in one shipment.
They take 6 weeks + to replace missing or damaged parts
Their call centre is a joke - if you can get through!


But hey - that's just my opinion.....




"Andy Shearman"  wrote in message 
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> Hi there,
>
> Can anyone recommend a manufacturer or retailer of good quality flat 
> packed bedroom furniture, other than MFI? I'm so hacked off at trying to 
> pack out drawer runners and 'throw' the carcasses to get the drawers to 
> close without fouling, that I'm sending the bloody lot back!
>
>
> 

This will probably be shot down by many people on here, but to be honest I
would use Ikea over "Made For Idiots" every time.

Everything you buby is of good value, the designs are simple and blinking
easy to build as the instructions are easy to follow, and suprisingly the
quality is good. I have now fitted two Ikea kitchens in my house in the last
6 months, one for the main house, and one for a flat we have in the
basement, and both have gone in a dream.

It will be interesting to feel the heat from the flames that this post now
gets!!

Lloyd
"Andy Shearman"  wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> Can anyone recommend a manufacturer or retailer of good quality flat
packed
> bedroom furniture, other than MFI? I'm so hacked off at trying to pack out
> drawer runners and 'throw' the carcasses to get the drawers to close
without
> fouling, that I'm sending the bloody lot back!
>
>
>

"Lloyd and Sarah"  wrote in message
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> This will probably be shot down by many people on here, but to be honest I
> would use Ikea over "Made For Idiots" every time.
>
> Everything you buby is of good value, the designs are simple and blinking
> easy to build as the instructions are easy to follow, and suprisingly the
> quality is good. I have now fitted two Ikea kitchens in my house in the
last
> 6 months, one for the main house, and one for a flat we have in the
> basement, and both have gone in a dream.
>
> It will be interesting to feel the heat from the flames that this post now
> gets!!
>
> Lloyd


I did an Ikea kitchen maybe 8 years back. The quality and price was great
but the service was a struggle. We got only part shipment of some items and
some wrong stuff, and the call centre was hopeless, though I did manage to
get a direct line number out of them which I bet they're not letting out
these days.

I'm prepared to endure it all again in my new house because I think their
service on other items I've since bought is much better.

Andrew Vevers wrote:

> "Lloyd and Sarah"  wrote in message
> news:HCr7e.1301$WP4.569@newsfe6-gui.ntli.net...
> 
>>This will probably be shot down by many people on here, but to be honest I
>>would use Ikea over "Made For Idiots" every time.
>>
>>Everything you buby is of good value, the designs are simple and blinking
>>easy to build as the instructions are easy to follow, and suprisingly the
>>quality is good. I have now fitted two Ikea kitchens in my house in the
> 
> last
> 
>>6 months, one for the main house, and one for a flat we have in the
>>basement, and both have gone in a dream.
>>
>>It will be interesting to feel the heat from the flames that this post now
>>gets!!
>>
>>Lloyd
> 
> 
> I did an Ikea kitchen maybe 8 years back. The quality and price was great
> but the service was a struggle. We got only part shipment of some items and
> some wrong stuff, and the call centre was hopeless, though I did manage to
> get a direct line number out of them which I bet they're not letting out
> these days.
> 
> I'm prepared to endure it all again in my new house because I think their
> service on other items I've since bought is much better.
> 
> 


If the quality of IKEA's office furniture range is anything to go by, 
I'd certainly recommend them. The old jokes about flat pack furniture 
are just no longer true. I am sat at an IKEA desk right now as a matter 
of fact...

A.

I refit our kitchen out with IKEA stuff last year.
Definitely a choice in quality. Sometimes though the outer packaging isn't
enough to protect the contents. Having said that after taking it back for
the third time they gave me a fuel refund.
Stock is sometimes an issue. Accessories are great though.

Regards
"Andy Shearman"  wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> Can anyone recommend a manufacturer or retailer of good quality flat
packed
> bedroom furniture, other than MFI? I'm so hacked off at trying to pack out
> drawer runners and 'throw' the carcasses to get the drawers to close
without
> fouling, that I'm sending the bloody lot back!
>
>
>