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  1. 4th April 2018, 12:36 PM #1
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    Default Anyone Had Their Ikea Shelves Go boom?

    http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/hom...9a47c2070e212d
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  2. 4th April 2018, 12:48 PM #2
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    Dang. Sounds like a case of a defect with the glass
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    Had mine for 15 years and done two moves. No problems here.
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    Occasionally glass spontaneously breaks. I have no idea why this is newsworthy according news.com.au.
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    I had mine for what must be 8 years. No issues and it survived a difficult move (moron movers). There needs to be a bit of an understanding of what causes it to shatter, specially with people who have owned it for several years (abrupt temperature changes, vibrations, pressure, electrical fields, etc).
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    It's safety glass so a sharp small impact point hit will cause it to break. Also don't over tighten any fasteners like the door hinge screws. We have two, one I've assembled and one still in box, no worries yet. I do suggest to get the light kit too, a single one mounted center top pointing down really lights it great.
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    I have about 8 or 9 detolfs, some of which have survived house moves with no worries.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DELTAprime View Post
    Occasionally glass spontaneously breaks. I have no idea why this is newsworthy according news.com.au.
    What is not newsworthy to news.com.au?

    The amount of headlines/articles that are based around one person's twitter comment being the end of the world as we know it does my head in. They used to actually have news on there.

    And since when did someone buying some cheapo thing from K-Mart and using it for another purpose become news? It's the contents of a f'n craft magazine or newsletter. Not news.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thurmus View Post
    And since when did someone buying some cheapo thing from K-Mart and using it for another purpose become news? It's the contents of a f'n craft magazine or newsletter. Not news.
    There's no mention of anything like that in the article
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    Just look at news.com.au every second day.
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