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Kitchen table report: It is kinda sucky

Posted by oblique (aka kkuphal) Jan 14 '11, 07:16

So you remember my quest for a new kitchen set. Had to be 48" long which was a challenge. Found that nice looking set on Amazon for under $200. Great! It was delivered in a reasonable time but holy crap is it cheap-ass. The chairs feel like kindling (although they do hold my weight well enough) and the whole thing is *just enough* smaller height than our previous table to seem miniature by comparison. I guess you get what you pay for with $200 furniture but it's almost comical how flimsy it feels (even though it seems sturdy enough in use).

Top it all off though, I probably have 4-5 individual "parts" that are broken, cracked or otherwise misaligned that each chair I assembled has an issue of some kind and there was a crack in the top of the table that is minor but noticeable. I'm currently in conversation with the table mfg to perhaps get replacement parts but I can't even imagine trying to return an assembled set to Amazon. How would I even get it back in the box?

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I didn't believe this post was going to be, literally, about your kitchen table. -- nm - Mop Jan 14, 07:42 1
- It certainly won't be about sex on the kitchen table. I think maybe it will break if I look at it wrong :) -- nm - oblique Jan 14, 07:44
The media punditry's use of this phrase cause me to beloieve this was going to be about your family's finances -- nm - con_carne Jan 14, 07:41
perhaps they won't require it to be shipped back. you could offer to send a pic of it busted up even. -- nm - zork Jan 14, 07:35
I Know Errors Aren't - Danedukenuuk Jan 14, 07:25
Which table was it? I bought one for $99 and it's OK. It's mostly metal, though. -- nm - Amy Jan 14, 07:20 4
- This -- (link) - oblique Jan 14, 07:21 3
  - Well, the problem is it's made out of fudge...here's mine. I found it super cheap from some furniture site. -- (link) - Amy Jan 14, 07:26 2
    - yours is 4 inches higher. that would make a huge difference. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 07:29 1
      - I should have measure the height. It never really occured to me how much a difference that would make. I'm tempted to get those little adjustable - oblique Jan 14, 07:32
yikes! I did wonmder about the quality at that price for five pieces. -- nm - loosilu on BB Jan 14, 07:18
Even though it's $200, I'd just junk it and call it a failed experiment. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 14, 07:18 9
- No way...if the pieces are jacked up, it can be returned. No reason to throw away $200 if you could potentially get it back. -- nm - Jim Jan 14, 07:19 4
  - What I mean is, that's how much I hate shipping. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 14, 07:20 3
    - It came in a giant box with staples, etc holding it together. I can't imagine how we would ever send it back -- nm - oblique Jan 14, 07:21 1
      - Yeah, that stuff seems like an unsolvable puzzle. At the very least, unshippable. :) -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jan 14, 07:23
    - Ahhhh....got it. -- nm - Jim Jan 14, 07:20
- yep, throw it on craigslist for $50 and buy again. you use a kitchen table too much to hate it. -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 07:19 3
  - Screw that, make the manufacturer send you replacement parts for the broken pieces and then put in on CL for $100. :) -- nm - Jim Jan 14, 07:38 1
    - *officer* thinking! -- nm - Andie Jan 14, 07:39
  - this -- nm - Epiphany Jan 14, 07:33

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