October 31, 2003

Ikea Serendipity

This was going to be a post about how good Ikea meatballs are. And how lucky I am that someone pointed out a coupon for free meatballs from Ikea for the month of October. I was afraid the coupon was too good to be true so, idiot that I am, I didn't bother going to check it out until yesterday. Ikea meatballs are still tasty, and the coupon does work. Quick, today's the last day and the cafeteria closes at 8PM!

But something so great happened yesterday, that it warrants a great big "Lucky chance!" (or "raki chansu").

I happened to stop by the scraps section to check things out even though last time it was full of overpriced crap. Stumbled onto a pile of good stuff that wasn't tagged, yet. Two tabletops and five 2'x2' real wood boards in excellent shape. I was stoked. I've been wanting to build a new desk and a new coffee table, and seeing real wood in Ikea warehouse of particle board nearly brought a tear to my eye. We asked a guy how much the pieces were and he said $9 each for the table tops and $3 each for the little boards. $9 sounded fair for the table tops, but $3 sounded a little steep for such a small piece.

I debated. In the time it took for me to decide, the guy that gave us the quote went to do something else and I asked a different guy to put prices on the stuff. I was going to take it all and I was expecting to pay $33. The guy priced the little boards at $1 each and the tabletops at $10 each. Overall savings of $7. Word. The first guy came back and saw the prices, but all he did was joke around with the other guy about the different quotes and he didn't raise a stink.

Going into the checkout line, I'm feeling pretty good about the $7 I just saved so I don't mind when a lady with a kid cuts in front of me. I look around and there's another line that is open so I go there. The lady's ringing the stuff up and points to the tabletops saying, "these are $10 each, right?" I confirm, notice a $2 show on the cash register display and decide to check out the receipt later. In fact, she must have rung up the pieces as $1 instead of $10 by accident. That makes $25 savings and $7 spent on two tabletops and five 2'x2' boards (the guy said they're hardwood).

Let's summarize the lucky coincidences:

  • went to Ikea because of impending expiration of meatball coupon
  • checked out scrap section even though it was crap last time
  • found good, untagged pieces
  • indecision led to the pieces being priced by a nicer guy who lowered the price on one kind from $3 to $1, and raised the other from $9 to $10 (wait, that's lucky? read on...)
  • had a lady cut in front of me and ended up in this particular lady's line
  • lady rang up $1 instead of $10 (see? if it had stayed $9, she prolly wouldn't have mis-typed)

Will post pics of the finished stuff when I'm done. Coffee table should be done pretty soon.

Posted by kstroke at October 31, 2003 03:35 PM
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