I have no doubt the Ikea microwave would never sell at Sears or the big box stores. They offer such ugly, traditional crap, it’s almost unbelievable. For example, do you know that they don’t sell a single hollow interior door that doesn’t have fake recessed panels and “trim”. They don’t even have plain doors!
I recently spent some time at Home Depot as I’m selling my loft and was looking to switch out some things like light fixtures, door handles, etc. that I’ve upgraded and want to take with me, and I was literally walking the aisles saying “crap, crap, ugly, ugly…” It actually makes me kinda sad for humanity in general that either people like such garbage or they have no choice as someone someplace decides that is what people should have.
R