I just don't get it. How often do you buy something and it ends up being as crappily made as if you had just asked your toddler to make it? I am so damn sick of products that are just crap, pure and simple. the companies making it in asia know they are crap, the companies that import it and sell it here know it's crap. but they do it, and it SELLS! they make a bajillion dollars selling this horrible horrible crap.
here is what started this:
i needed some shelves for the home office i share with my wife. 4 for books, 1 to go above my kegerator for some glasses. simple enough. wife wants to get them off of container store. ok. i buy metro shelving from them, the deliver in NYC, not bad place. and really, how can you mess up a shelf? 1 piece wood, a few brackets, some screws and anchors. man, i wish i was right.
they come today. i start putting them up. measure it all out, mark out holes, drill pilot holes, start putting up anchors and brackets. i can tell by now that these are some flimsy brackets and anchors, but i forge ahead. i have all the anchors in, brackets up, screws in. pick up the first shelf, put it on the first set of brackets, and see the whole damn thing just tilt forward.
at a good 25 degree angle. THESE SHELVES CANNOT EVEN HOLD UP THEIR OWN WEIGHT?! THE PACKAGING SAYS 33 POUNDS PER SHELF. THEY DON'T SAY "NOTICE: SHELVES FOR DECORATION ONLY. THEY CANNOT HOLD ****, NOT EVEN THEMSELVES"
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!
i need a drink
here is what started this:
i needed some shelves for the home office i share with my wife. 4 for books, 1 to go above my kegerator for some glasses. simple enough. wife wants to get them off of container store. ok. i buy metro shelving from them, the deliver in NYC, not bad place. and really, how can you mess up a shelf? 1 piece wood, a few brackets, some screws and anchors. man, i wish i was right.
they come today. i start putting them up. measure it all out, mark out holes, drill pilot holes, start putting up anchors and brackets. i can tell by now that these are some flimsy brackets and anchors, but i forge ahead. i have all the anchors in, brackets up, screws in. pick up the first shelf, put it on the first set of brackets, and see the whole damn thing just tilt forward.
at a good 25 degree angle. THESE SHELVES CANNOT EVEN HOLD UP THEIR OWN WEIGHT?! THE PACKAGING SAYS 33 POUNDS PER SHELF. THEY DON'T SAY "NOTICE: SHELVES FOR DECORATION ONLY. THEY CANNOT HOLD ****, NOT EVEN THEMSELVES"
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!
i need a drink