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I have noticed a trend at Walmart. Items are now being designed to optimize shipping weight and bulk, not usability and design. Walmart is very cost conscious and I think Ikea is too. This is why the "minimalist" look is being pushed by these mega corporate retailers. Not that its a problem, but we should be aware of it. Old fashioned wood construction takes up a lot more room in shipping containers and on the shelves. You'll see Walmart "clearance" items of considerable bulk in favor of a lesser item of smaller stature. I saw it happen in the fitness section with a bunch of different items.
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taylor Wrote:I bought a Sanfrid table with intentions of using it as a desk in the living room but I returned it, way too wobbly. SANFRID/SJUNNE Table - IKEA
Wow! I don't blame you for taking it back! For almost $200, the table shouldn't wobble for 100 years! I have an IKEA desk built from two wooden trestles and a top and it cost me a total of maybe $70. Granted, that was in 1993, but it hasn't wobbled since. It had better not! That's where my computer and printer live!
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03-16-2014, 12:59 PM
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ryoder Wrote:You'll see Walmart "clearance" items of considerable bulk in favor of a lesser item of smaller stature. I saw it happen in the fitness section with a bunch of different items.
Maybe it's partly because some customers have complained they couldn't
lift the old stock.
From what I read, Ryoder,
you have great strength and can lift
anything!
And it seems Walmart employees don't like lifting stuff, either. I bought a workbench there for my son's birthday a couple of weeks ago. Flat-packed, it weighed maybe 90-100 pounds and I was having a bit of a time shifting it onto a hand-truck I'd brought to the store. (I gave my last car away umpty years ago and I live only about a mile and a half from the store. Hand-truck was the easiest way to get it home.)
I think all the sales "associates" or whatever fled to the other end of the store when they saw me pull the box off the pile. Not one in sight. A customer offered to help me, though... Walmart
merchandise is often several grades better than its
service 
...but not always.
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