ID this photo of an Ikea part, please?
October 11, 2007 12:28 PM Subscribe
How to identify and replace an Ikea part? Ah! But I have a photo of its twin!
Before I was working at my current office, a bunch of Ikea furniture was purchased (although it should probably be something like a hövmäl of furniture, not a bunch). Since then, a small piece of a filing cabinet was lost in a move.
The piece that was lost was used to hang file folders from. There were two in our file cabinet, so a photo of the remaining one is posted here.
I'm not sure if it was from catalog or retail, or how I would identify this part. The Ikea folks say that this item is not replaceable - based on the photo, but no part number. Help me, Mefi! Is there any way to look up the part number for this? Or, is this a common enough thingy that other stores might carry a usable file-hanger-thingy? What do you even call these things? I'm running out of space in my half-a-file-cabinet here!
Before I was working at my current office, a bunch of Ikea furniture was purchased (although it should probably be something like a hövmäl of furniture, not a bunch). Since then, a small piece of a filing cabinet was lost in a move.
The piece that was lost was used to hang file folders from. There were two in our file cabinet, so a photo of the remaining one is posted here.
I'm not sure if it was from catalog or retail, or how I would identify this part. The Ikea folks say that this item is not replaceable - based on the photo, but no part number. Help me, Mefi! Is there any way to look up the part number for this? Or, is this a common enough thingy that other stores might carry a usable file-hanger-thingy? What do you even call these things? I'm running out of space in my half-a-file-cabinet here!
Are you able to find your file cabinet in the catalog or on the web site?
posted by winston at 1:29 PM on October 11, 2007
posted by winston at 1:29 PM on October 11, 2007
Even if it's a discontinued item, the staff at Ikea are more likely to be able to identify a picture of the cabinet than a picture of the part.
posted by winston at 1:29 PM on October 11, 2007
posted by winston at 1:29 PM on October 11, 2007
The Ikea folks say that this item is not replaceable - based on the photo, but no part number
Was that on the phone, or in person? Definitely bring the piece into the store if possible. They don't go out of their way to promote it, but the returns department is also a comprehensive parts department. Any part you'd ever need a spare of, they've got a drawer of 'em back there. More than once I've gone to them with just a piece of something, and they've been able to figure out exactly what was needed. No charge for the doohicky in question, either. I assume that's because someone very sensibly decided that it's cheaper to hand out fistfuls of 2 cent washers and 5 cent hex wrenches than it is to process a single furniture return.
Bring down whatever clues you've got. They'll figure it out.
posted by nakedcodemonkey at 5:25 PM on October 12, 2007
Was that on the phone, or in person? Definitely bring the piece into the store if possible. They don't go out of their way to promote it, but the returns department is also a comprehensive parts department. Any part you'd ever need a spare of, they've got a drawer of 'em back there. More than once I've gone to them with just a piece of something, and they've been able to figure out exactly what was needed. No charge for the doohicky in question, either. I assume that's because someone very sensibly decided that it's cheaper to hand out fistfuls of 2 cent washers and 5 cent hex wrenches than it is to process a single furniture return.
Bring down whatever clues you've got. They'll figure it out.
posted by nakedcodemonkey at 5:25 PM on October 12, 2007
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