Thursday, April 12, 2007

New Computer Desk or an adventure in Ikea Hell...

I got a new computer desk yesterday and getting one was harder than I tought...

I had my eyes on a Ikea desk for quite some times and my eBay sales were just the right amount for it. The Ikea website stock availability feature was telling me it was out of stock but hey, who believe the Internet these days ? So I called, just to make sure.

The freaking desk is really out of stock... forever. Ikea has discontinued the only desk I wanted (and I've been checking for for almost a year) ! I went there anyway because I was decided that I would get a desk that night.

Fast forward to the Ikea, Work Area section. My brother in law had found a TV bench in less than 2 minutes so even if I had left without a desk, the trip would have been worth it. After 30 minutes, I finally decided the one I wanted. I needed 3 things : the desk, the shelves and a glass top for the desk. We went to the warehouse area to get the boxes. First, the TV bench : we find the aisle, find the right bin to find an empty space ! Out of stock (even tho the clerk checked on her computer and said they had some). She said we should come back tomorrow and they would have that bin replenished... No thank you, I'm not doing a 45 minutes drive two days in a row.

At least we could find the desk and the shelves. The glass top was nowhere to be found... I didn't even ask the clerk...

Went back home, dropped the boxes, had supper with some friends and came back at around 10:00-10:30. I built the thing by myself in a little less than 2 hours and started putting my stuff back on the desk. At 1:00 I had to stop, take a shower and go to sleep...

I had achieved my 2 goals of the day : get a new computer desk and be able to check my emails on it before going to bed.

Before & after :