IKEA
IKEA Pros and Cons, Advantages and disadvantages in overview. Pros and Cons List
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affordable for students, for the first apartment
Furniture does not last as long as those from the carpenter
Transport service
bad Transport service
mostly beautiful design of the furniture
Holes for screws often not big enough
cheap
Cheap products
Rare solid wood furniture.
Not particularly sustainable (I think in terms of corporate structure, manufacturing and packaging).
...Versatile and variable
No antiques on offer.
rarely breaks
Tropical woods are illegally mined in Asia and Russia and used for the furniture
is easy to assemble and good assembly instructions
furniture is scratched during assembly
suitable for children
Beautiful furniture designs, but often wood scratched and unsightly
...nice staff
Temporary workers are used in the normal personnel planning despite temporary workers wage