~phlufii

So!

My husband and I went IKEA yesterday with by the intention of buying a bed.

Note: The intention of.

So! Went to IKEA, ate some wonderfully cheap and filling food, sought a bed.

I had my eye on this cheap, white, minimalist deal.. but husband decided it was too "flimsy". "The plyboard won't support me", said Mr Luxury.

"It'll hafta!" replied Mrs Frugal.

Anyway, in the end I found a bed not advertised in the catalogue, priced $120 over my budget.. and even I loved it. So, we decided yes, we'd buy it. Stuff it, better this than a bed with wheels that we found part by part along the roadside.

Went downstairs, picked up what we thought were the necessary pieces as advertised on the tag-thingy..

Went to the checkout where the young stoner gave the box (containing bed frame) a funny look and yet scanned it, charging us the price of the bed.

Now, husband had called friend to assist us in getting this home and we waited til our mate turned up. Our friend turned up, cocked his head and said "That it?! - Let's have a look.."

Turned out it f**king WASN'T the whole bed!! It was THE FOOT-END!

Huffing, I stalked back into IKEA, dragging the wheely doohickey with bed pieces on it, taking it into the 'Refund' area; took a number..

Long story short - so far at least - they'd sold the REST of bed, parts 2 & 3 (we had bought part 1,) to SOMEONE ELSE! They'd made this error TWICE!

Okay, okay.. deep breaths... sorted that out, sort of.

Refund came in the form of a bundle of cash - I paid via card, am not comfortable with carrying a mass of cash, but whatever. But.. they only refunded me the bed-frame itself - for which I'm paid in total and only received part thereof.

"Umm.. I don't want slats and a steel rod.. can I have my money back?!"
"Oh.. okay.."

Thankfuly the girl at Refunds was on the ball (by this point) and refunded the rest of the money - VIA CARD!

IKEA.. and to think I once loved you..