So we were in Atlanta recently and stopped in the Ikea there and loaded up the pickup. One of the things we bought was some new flatware (spoons, forks, you know). We realized when we got home that we really should have bought another set or two, but no problem. Just go online and order some more. Wrong.

I went on their site and it said the items were in stock so I placed an order... I got an e-mail that said "--The order has no expected delivery date...--"

Then.. 3 days later I get an e-mail with this..
"Thank you for placing your recent IKEA order on our website. Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties with our ordering system, we were unable to process it."
The only solution they gave was a 1-800 number.. after 20 minutes I got through.. get this.. 2 sets of flatware.. $18 for shipping and handling and won't be to my door for _20_ days (and they're _in_stock_.. )

Which brought me to notice that there's kind of a cottage industry on eBay of people who buy things from the Ikea stores and then sell them on eBay for MORE than the items sell for in the store. Even if the items are listed on the Ikea online store. And the stuff sells. Amazing. Here's what I'm talking about

But hey, Ikea has some very cool Flash bits on their site..