Professional Assemblers and Installers

[Ricardo900]

Assembling IKEA furniture is not that hard if you just sit down and read the directions, but the problem will be how long will it take to put it together. If you are going to charge by the hour, I think you should have some pretty good experience or practice assembling these types of items. I think its a good idea, because sometimes people just don't want to be bothered.

[Skippy1]

Just like in the UK and Europe the young and trendy will buy buy the truck load and assemble themselves only the old will need much help and it will be available for a price......just like the rest of the world

Skippy1

[Hillbilly]

There are "trade" schools in the DR. INFOTEP is perhaps the best funded. The armed forces has schools that train welders, lathe operators, electricians and such...

the idea of setting up an IKEA assembly operation is probably very solid....as long as the final cost is still way below what you would pay to have it made in the first place.

This is going to be an interesting experiment, the way I see it.
1) The really rich won't touch it
2) The new rich won't either
3) The struggling middle class might
4) The poorer of the middle class and the richer of the poor might take to it as a way to imitate what they perceive as being "upwardly mobile" ....

Like I said, it's going to be interesting....

HB

[bienamor]

Originally Posted by Hillbilly

There are "trade" schools in the DR. INFOTEP is perhaps the best funded. The armed forces has schools that train welders, lathe operators, electricians and such...

the idea of setting up an IKEA assembly operation is probably very solid....as long as the final cost is still way below what you would pay to have it made in the first place.

This is going to be an interesting experiment, the way I see it.
1) The really rich won't touch it
2) The new rich won't either
3) The struggling middle class might
4) The poorer of the middle class and the richer of the poor might take to it as a way to imitate what they perceive as being "upwardly mobile" ....

Like I said, it's going to be interesting....

HB

Think of all the new customers that will be buying screwdrivers, and hammers. maybe even drills and bits, as things don't always line up right.

[Squat]

Fascinating thread, especially because of the clarity of perception displayed by JD Saucer, Hillbilly and Skippy1 !!!

I am amazed to read comments that I wouldn't have thought to post but completely express my feelings of a "long-term gringo" down here !