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grandpatim wrote:What in the world is an Ikea?

The "traditional" Scandinavian furniture sold in this country is made of teak or rosewood, uses real leather or wool fabric, and exhibits a generally high level of workmanship. It's well made, stylish (well, some is a bit "far out") and generally high quality, with brands like Ekornes and Torring.

But like people everywhere, not all Scandinavians buy - or can afford - top-notch furnishings. Cheap stuff will find a market everywhere.

Enter Ikea, the K-Mart of Scandinavian furniture, which is where those people have been shopping . . . coming soon to an area near you.

You can't take the shopping cart out to the lot, and they charge for bags?

Are they trying to alienate customers?

They'd quit this nonsense if, when told they had to PAY for the bag, people would simply tell the cashier "In that case, I don't want any of this stuff any more."

And leave the basket - the FULL basket - for the cashier to deal with.