On Wed, 12 Sep 2018 18:15:05 -0700 (PDT), "Peter T. Daniels"
Post by Peter T. DanielsPost by Tony CooperOn Wed, 12 Sep 2018 10:11:06 -0700 (PDT), "Peter T. Daniels"
TC wrote: Perhaps slicing off 3/16" of an inch is not acceptable to
PTD, but poster frames in the 24" x 36" size are available in his
area.
PTD flamed back aggressively: "How dumb can you be?"
He is easily incensed, but - evidently not so incensed as to add ALL
CAPS.
PTD sputtered on: "The topic is not: Are standard-size poster frames
available? The topic is: IKEA loses much of the US poster frame market
because they do not accommodate the most, or one of the most, popular
sizes of posters in the US."
I *am* dumb! I failed to notice that the topic is "Where are poster
frames available where the seeker can also have lunch?
You sure are. It isn't.
Post by Tony CooperPTD burbled: "The reason for going to IKEA is lunch. If things happen
to be shopped for while one is there, so much the better."
Well, then, maybe the topic was "Where can I go for lunch that is a
place that sells the size of poster frame that I need?" I feel like
such a meatball for not thinking of this.
It isn't.
And the term is "meathead."
Not at IKEA. It's "meatball".
Post by Peter T. DanielsPost by Tony CooperI have given this serious thought, though, and tried to research the
situation. I can't find any indication that IKEA's bottom line is
greatly affected by the loss of revenue from failure to be able to
provide housing for a 24" x 36" poster without the onerous task of
trimming a poster of 3/16th of an inch.
In fact, I can't find reliable indication that the "US poster frame
market" is significantly large enough to precipitate a crisis in
IKEA's product line-up choices. Granted, movie posters (which are
very popular) are that 24" x 36" size, but they are usually trainable
by 3/16" of an inch with a razor knife.
So you still haven't gone to see what I was talking about.
Furthermore, some people don't have access to a 36" paper-cutter or other
device with which 3/16" "of an inch" can be successfully trimmed.
Uhh...a yardstick and a razor knife? Mark the distance at several
points, hold the yardstick down between the marked points, and pull
the razor knife along it. Or use a ruler and mark points, draw a
line, use scissors. Chew along the line if you don't know how to use
scissors.
Post by Peter T. DanielsPost by Tony CooperWe have to make choices in life. One choice is to buy the frame where
lunch is available (or eat lunch where frames are available) and then
endure the snipping chore, or have lunch and then go to a store where
US poster-sized frames are available and get a Chinese-made instead of
Swedish-made poster.
The only lunch available at (the nearest) Walmart is McDonalds.
The poster is Canada-made. Can't you read _anything_?
What? You said the poster is the standard American size of 24" x 36".
Are Canadian inches different from US inches?
Post by Peter T. DanielsMeanwhile, thanks a whole lot for sending me to one of the lousiest web
sites I've ever seen -- Michaels. It refuses to reveal the price of the
particular size of frame in any of the styles it claims to have it in --
it just shows the range of prices for all the different sizes.
Nonsense. I checked one frame with several prices and clicked that
bock. The Trendsetter in 24" x 36" is $29.99. Use a coupon and it's
$17.99 plus tax. To double-check, I went to the Styleline (multiple
prices) box and it's $19.99 before coupon for 24" x 36". Just click
the box to see the prices by size.
Post by Peter T. DanielsAnd, too pile insult on insult, what did I find in my spam folder this
evening but an email from Michaels asking me to buy more poster frames.
At no point did I tell it my name or email or address (there doesn't even
seem to be a Locations page where a ZIP code could be entered), yet I will
now doubtless be bombarded with ads from them forever.
So, clear your "Cookies" and you won't be bombarded.*
Actually, I could tell you how to search and not get cookies, but you
are so fucking obnoxious when anyone offers a helpful suggestion that
I'm not going to.
And, there is a store locator click that finds by ZIP code. I don't
know your ZIP code, but IKEA's in Elizabeth in is 07201 and that's 5.2
miles from the Bayonne Michael's. If you can't find the locator link
on the page, that's down to your ineptitude.
Or, get some 9 year-old to show you how to work a computer on the
internet. You really are helpless.
*I would tell you that you can find out how to delete cookies by
Googling "delete cookies", but that means I would have to tell you to
Google Google to find out how to use Google.
--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida