5/22/2025

Couriers Please Australia (Couriers)

I had an order sent in two parcels by a major retailer, which was dispatched and delivered via Couriers Please. I buy online because I work FT and don't have a car. I expect any parcel to be left at my door. Is that too much to ask for? I get that some drivers might not be used to the area, they might get confused with the numbers, or they might be running like mad due to the pressure of the metrics they have. We all make mistakes. The problem is how you respond to your mistakes. 
 
I received notification of one of the parcels being delivered at my place at the end of the day. When I got home, the parcel was not there. I checked the units in my alley (5), the alley before mine (5) and the alley after mine (5).  No parcel at anyone's door. I could not call Customer Service because they don't have a phone number and their CS chat was not operational at the time I got home in the evening or at the time I left for work the next day.  As recommended by their website, I put a ticket through the chatbot mentioning that I had checked the surrounding area and that the parcel had been left elsewhere. Two days later they answered my ticket stating, matter of fact, "Our tracking system shows your parcel XXX was delivered to the correct address." They attach a photo of the door, and that's not my door. None in my alley or the ones I checked. What sort of customer service is this? Where or how are these people trained? What do they think that the photo is that of my door? Why do they think that I haven't checked my surrounding area when in fact mentioned this in the ticket? They left the parcel at the wrong address, 100%, and this was none of the units I visited on the day. A  good decent neighbour brought the parcel to my door the following arvo. CS' response is just bad. They can easily check that item one was left at a door (they have the photo) and item 2 of the order was left at another door (they have the photo); the second door is mine the first one is different ant not mine. It really annoyed me that they think that I cannot identify my door and that my door is that of the photo. Even Google Maps has my alley clearly identified. Perhaps the company should hire more drivers, put less pressure on the delivery guys and invest some good money on customer service, because, as it stands, it's quite poor. And their tracking system, obviously, failed in the worst possible epic way.

5/20/2025

SKÅDIS Round Hook (19 mm)

I had read so many negative reviews about these hooks that I hesitated to buy them. The main complaint from customers was that they're really difficult to insert and that they can damage the pegboard. Well, after getting them, I found them to have a child-like sort of insertion system. I wonder why schools don't teach puzzles and basic mechanical stuff to children so that they can become functional adults. Breaking the board with these is so difficult, like you have to have your wires all messed-up and the strength of a bear to insert them in the wrong way. They come with a little handy leaflet that explains how to insert them. But the design is so intuitive that you don't really need instructions... unless you do. 
 
These are my favourite hooks for the Skadis pegboards to be honest. Easy to insert, easy to reposition, and they hold plenty of different things and they occupy just one hold on the board, not two or three as other hooks do. They are strong, too, I love them to store my washi tape rolls, but I can hang so many things from them, like scissors, laces, anything and everything.


DESIGNER Johanna Jelinek

5/19/2025

UPPFYLLD Lemon Squeezer (bright yellow/bright green, 15 cm)

This lemon squeezer is really a great fun design as well as the whole Uppfylld line. It adds a pop of colour in the kitchen. Most importantly, his is a great squeezer that I can use directly on all the drinking glasses I own. I love the gridded inverted lid at the bottom because it collects the disgusting pipes securely. This lid can be removed, cleaned and put back easily.

The main downsides are, firstly, that I can get tired of so much colour; in all honestly, I'd love having this made of stainless steel. Secondly, this is a large squeezer that requires a bit of storage space as it's larger than the average squeezer.
Dishwasher safe.
 
DESIGNERS K. Gouriou & W. Chong
 

TJOG Storage box with lid (dark grey, 25x36x15 cm)

I have all my home office storage sorted out with KIKI K storage boxes, which are made of sturdy hard carboard covered in linen. Unfortunately, they don't make them any more. It's impossible for me not to compare the quality and craftsmanship of these with this TJOG box. This Ikea storage box looks beautiful, classic and elegant. It comes flat but it's really easy to assemble. However, the cardboard is not sturdy or stiff enough to me. I couldn't find the maximum storage weight allowed on the product web page. I have put a bit of weight on the two I have, but the heaver is on the bottom. The other one I filled mostly with paper that doesn't weight much. 

DESIGNER Ikea of Sweden

SKÅDIS Container with Lid (White)

These containers are designed specifically for Ikea Skadis pegboard system. They look beautiful, are made of good quality plastic, so much so that the translucent container looks like glass. These are a bit tricky to use because their hanging and opening system is not the best. Unlike the other hanging container, which is perfect, this one's hanging hooks aren't on the container but on the lid. Besides, you have to get used to sliding the container into the lid, not the other way around. It doesn't make sense to me because, this way, it's ease to drop the bottom and its contents or, otherwise, as I do, you need to be super conscious of how you open and close the container. Personally, I would not use it with condiments or spices.
 
DESIGNER Eva Lilja Löwenhielm
 

5/16/2025

SNÖSKYFFEL Shoehorn (Bright Red, 18 cm)

This shoehorn just looks stylish and designer-like. It looks like a beautiful decorative item but it's a very practical tool that I use most days to help me put in my tighter shoes. This is a large shoehorn made of a metallic sturdy material. The product came fully covered on no-peel Ikea labelling, something I found utterly annoying. It left plenty of residual sticky paper on the shoehorn so I had to use oil to partially remove these sticky bits, and then I had to scrub it strongly. I got it all clean with no scratch on deterioration of the coating. Great quality.

DESIGNER Henrik Preutz

 

5/14/2025

Seymour's Stainless Steel Pegs (20 Pack)

I've had these pegs for a couple of months now with other brands similar metallic pegs.  I got tired of plastic pegs that break too easily and was looking for something environmentally friendly and durable. Being stainless steel it's important because they are meant to be more durable and rust-free. I never leave my pegs outside (whether plastic or not) unless I'm hanging my laundry and then put them bag indoors. If it starts to rain I put my clothes horse indoors. That being the case, my pegs are looking as they were when first came out of the box. I find disappointing the many reviews about the pegs becoming rusty because, because if that happens, they are just steel not 'stainless' steel. So, I will be careful not to leave my laundry outdoors even if there is the slight amount of rain falling.