The title says it all...
The 5 hour round trip to Leeds IKEA was for nothing.
The 8-drawer Hemnes chest in white was "out of stock" today. How funny... because when I spoke to the CS guy last night he said there were 14 on-hand and only 2 would be put out at the start of business today, but if none were on the shelves by the time we got there, they would get us one from inventory to pick up - no problem.
Well we get there, head straight for the Hemnes pick-up aisle (well more or less - almost bought a lamp but the matching bulb was, you've guessed it, "out of stock") and there is one solitary flat pack package.
Things were looking kind of promising, I thought... wow - a box! :oO
But where was the other one? Well there was a box hiding behind it, but it was another "1" box of the 2-box unit.
So some customer had bought two "2" boxes earlier that day. How that can happen without it being picked up at the till I am not sure...
But there I was thinking all I had to do was track down a member of staff to get one from stock for us.
My optimism plummeted when he stood typing long number chains into his keyboard and the screen flashed red. Not good.
Oh yes, indeed... they had sold 6 units of the Hemnes chest that day and there were no more...
Hang on a minute, I thought, there were supposedly another 8 hanging around somewhere in the store. There were supposedly 14 on hand I said...
But no. We were told that was it, more on the shelves tomorrow but not today?!?!?!
Was not best pleased, said we'd made the long trip after checking stock earlier and checking with CS that we'd definitely be able to get one today. It's not like it was even that late in the day - before midday!
The Hemnes mirror was also not to be found.
And to my dismay, there were no extra white Billy shelves in stock for my bookcases.
{thud}
All we bought was another Hemnes bedside table (since I have room for that). Tada:
I can't take off any more time to trek to IKEA stores on the off-chance they have an item of "in stock" furniture actually in stock. Although I see Gateshead now state the chest will be in stock tomorrow, and who knows Saturday.
I would go up after work tomorrow, but it's really pushing it and I don't think I can get it all in Oliver (the Swift), not to mention I may get violent if it's out of stock by the time I get there! LOL Is there such a thing as flat-pack rage?? :oS
Oliver is in for his service on Friday (not with the dealership I may add, Stoneacre are not in my good books after trying to charge £100 more than the other Suzuki dealership in our area for the 2-year service - they don't even wash the car after a service and my experience with them hasn't been stellar, so that was the last straw really) and then the weekend looms. I may have to stake out IKEA Gateshead over night and be at the doors 9.30 Saturday morning to try and get this chest of drawers... Holy Moly! It's all quite pathetic and desperate really! But it will be worth it, right?
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