CUSTOMERS Don't you just love them?

[pichousepreston]

My first customer today was a chap telling me that I should buy all my frames from Ikea as they are so cheap. Half an hour later he came back with a frame in 4 pieces that he had bought from Ikea that had dropped to bits. Could I fix it? Priceless!

[Dave]

I'd have fixed it for him, at £30 an hour.

Dave

[pichousepreston]

I did! Probably cost him more than the frame,

[Timh]

just like dave, I would have charged £30 per hour and taken two hours with a tea break.

you have to love Ikea. no matter how good or bad a framer you are- Ikea makes us all look amazing!!!

[Nigeman]

Just finished replacing glass on second Ikea frame of the day. ("I broke the glass in a frame could you replace it?)

This is steady Saturday business for me. 2nd most popular Ikea job is cutting a mount to fit their photo / poster. Its a framers secret that while ikea make apertures in metric, Photos, posters and almost anything framable is in imperial so a constant stream of work is coming our way. Please dont tell them.

Bless you Ikea, you make my Saturdays more profitable!

[prospero]

That's made my day that has.




I had a peculiar one this morning (notIK*A related. lady with a little framed print with a tidemark on the mount. The back was glued in. In fact it was the glue seeping that had ruined the mount.

[Steve N]

Had one email today asking if my10"x8" online mounts would fit 23x23cm frames

[Dave]

Of course they would, you just need a broken bottle and some sellotape.

Dave