Not to mention, they do sell actual nice solid furniture for decent prices. For example, my current dining table from Ikea is solid wood, not veneered particle board, and was less than $200 dollars. I'll gladly take the 5 minutes it took to screw the legs on for a decent piece of furniture at that price.

I also have a few of those adjustable metal shelves from Ikea, which have been sitting on my balcony for two years now, exposed to the elements, with not a single spot of rust on them. Those were about half the price of comparable shelves from a big box store, which rusted out in less than a year.

Sure Ikea sells some cheap crap that disintegrates if you look at it wrong, and that sucks, but if you're just a little more selective about what you buy there, you can get stuff that'll last at a very reasonable price.