Talk:Ready-to-assemble furniture

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[edit] Main Brands in the USA

I have removed Main brands in the U.S. as it is a potential spam magnet and it is U.S.-centric (POV), perhaps some one in the future may want to recreate a similar type of list that is not just U.S.-focused. --blue520 13:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

• I have restored the main brands in the USA. I think it is TOTALLY CORRECT to add main brands in any article. There are articles about the biggest companies in the US and in other countries and it is totally acceptable. Furthermore, the argument of SPAM MAGNET is like stopping the sale of knives in the world because somebody could kill somebody else with a knive. I say we remove the spam when there is spam, not remove something else because we think it will attract spam. Finally, regarding the issue of being US Centric, I say...ADD main brands in other countries as well.--AAAAA 15:13, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

I believe that Hygena in the UK were selling flat pack furniture to a mass market long before IKEA. Here is an extract from Kitchens Past and Present compiled by Terence Conran in 1976.

Quick Assembly – Q A

Q A kitchens, designed by their Technical and Research Director George Robinson, were given an enthusiastic welcome when they were launched in July 1969. As the free spending sixties drew to a close, there was less and less money about for luxury goods. More and more people were taking an interest in Do-It-Yourself to cut unnecessary expenditure, and more and more people wanted the advantages of a fitted, luxury kitchen; but there had been no range of good quality self assembly kitchen furniture until Hygena’s Q A kitchen was launched. There were ranges of assemble-it-yourself kitchen units already available; but they were made specifically for the use of builders and contractors, and therefore presumed skills and specialised tools that were not available to the average Do-It-Yourselfer.

At one third of the cost of a factory assembled kitchen, Q A units mean an ‘instant’ kitchen. Units are packed in flat cartons so that dealers are able to hold substantial stocks, and customers can go shopping for their kitchens and take them home there and then in the boot of the car.

Q A units are genuinely easy to assemble – a child can do it – and to prove the point, a nine year old girl, Janet Kennedy, came to London for the Q A launch, where she assembled a 21in base unit in four minutes flat.

[edit] Commercial links

I have removed two commercial links to the discussion page because I question the value they add.

• Although IKEA is mentioned in the article, a simple link to the business's homepage may not be useful. * IKEA
• The 2nd link provides information on hiring an assembler - not the focus of the article. Flat Pack Assembly —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jackollie (talk • contribs) 21:24, 16 December 2007 (UTC)