• @[email protected]
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    131 month ago

    IKEA started as a furniture shipping company (thus the flat packages and the warehouse aesthetic) and many furniture companies like IKEA still ship to your doorstep or beyond often for a similar or better price compared to what individual transport costs.

      • @[email protected]
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        111 month ago

        yes, the sane way to buy furniture from Ikea is to visit the showroom to look at everything in-person, and then give them your address for delivery of anything very large.

        • Iceblade
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          21 month ago

          Except for the part where they charge extra for delivery. If I’m driving there planning to buy large items I might as well make sure to bring a vehicle that can bring my purchases home with me. Usually that means a trailer - and unlike delivery, renting a trailer at IKEA is free where I live (provided you’ve bought something).

            • Iceblade
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              11 month ago

              Have it at home overnight and then leave it back at IKEA on my way to work the next day.

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        81 month ago

        Bad faith: “Are you really transporting those products back and forth to test?”

        Good Better faith: Seeing and testing furniture doesn’t imply not using shipping.

        Speculation: For many, use value of products seem less important compared to short-term novelty value, i.e. owning over using. Celebrating ownership might require immediate access regardless of location, showing ability to HAUL the products then displays further power.