Sorry to hear about your bad experiences with ikea , but just to give you some insight how ikea works, I do subby work for them in the uk all the stuff is shipped in by sea container from Sweden its assembled there then flat packed and put into large wooden crates then forked into containers for shipping , hence the 6 week delay , these shops are just assemblers and they really don't know much about the products at all ...... you really are much better off buying locally they will probably know much more about the product they are selling, and give you more of a bespoke service.