99% of it is cheap looking fake brass and wood with all sorts of stupid bevels. Why can't they offer decent quality, modern looking stuff like IKEA instead of the fake country garbage they sell now?
2006-07-28 15:21:38 · 11 answers · asked by George B 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
look where its made
its made in china where there is no EPA children are dying of hunger and from the toxic waste that is being dumped in there villages that are next to the cheap factories that make cheap crap for Poor Americans who don't have jobs anymore.
WE ARE A CHINESE COLONY> we send them raw material they make finished products sell it back to us. Just like when we were an English colony.
2006-07-28 18:46:11 · answer #1 · answered by Rich 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oops - 'ugly' + 'cheap' = 'bad taste' * 'profit margin'.
A bargain is only a bargain when you dont realize you are getting ripped off...
and IKEA's stuff isn't that good unless you buy the top priced items. Dont get me started on the missing parts in low range IKEA kits. Those bags of hardware are weighed to ensure they are 'full' so good luck on what you may or may not find included.
Home Depot - Ok for some things. Lowe's - I dont deal with them. Rona/Revy is pretty good overall.
2006-07-28 22:46:07 · answer #2 · answered by BrettO 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i worked at the home depot for 3 years and Lowe's for 2years and 6 months. i have learned a great deal from both. they both have buyers that try to guess what the consumer will want. when they get a product which is monitored by the computer from start to finish that determines the future of that product .i understand exactly what you mean because i worked construction long before i went retail where you do not have a life. bottom line, bottom line,if you want to build something go to home depot and you had better know what you want because nobodys going to help you. if you are decorating, the go to Lowe's and if you want quality then they can order it for you, but its gonna cost you. my last job was Lowe's but no more because all they want now is people to unload trucks, stock, down stock, let the customer wait on their self and check them selfs out. sad but now i am back on my tools.wished i Had more time to ex plane, because i know exactly what you are saking.
2006-07-28 22:45:51 · answer #3 · answered by m.w.meredith@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because a lot of people like the items that remind them "of simplier times and places" .. that "Fake country" as you called it and can't afford or like the look of modern at IKEA..
North americans are more traditional in tastes than say Europe and that's why Lowes and Home Deposit sell for
2006-07-28 22:39:35 · answer #4 · answered by gearbox 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out some of Home Depot's other companies:
http://10crescentlane.com/prex85/EXUS/EN_US/pg_index.jsp
http://www.pacestradingcompany.com/home.jsp
or Home Depot Direct:
http://homedepotcatalog.shoplocal.com/homedepotcatalog/Default.aspx?action=browsepageflash&storeid=2398652&fsid=127986211998633570&promotioncode=HD-060705-JULY
2006-07-29 00:35:51 · answer #5 · answered by Elaine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because that is what the general public that shop at those stores are looking for! They have to deal in what sells!! Little do they know that if they carried it, it would sell!
2006-07-28 22:29:46 · answer #6 · answered by suequek 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every store has it's customers. Why you bother to go to those stores if you don't like the products they sell.
2006-07-28 22:34:30 · answer #7 · answered by Handyman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IKEA sells crap too. What are you talking about?
2006-07-28 23:42:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the other does not sell well enough.
2006-07-29 06:38:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are the poor peoples IKEA
updated details on my quest.
ps neither is true
2006-07-28 22:25:47 · answer #10 · answered by Johnny 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋