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I'm still waiting for Ikea to take the friction out of home delivery. If they could do that, their market would double.

faitswulff 8y ago
They actually do home delivery in Japan for ￥3,000, or roughly $30 USD: https://www.ikea.com/ms/en_JP/customer_service/ikea_services/home_delivery.html https://www.ikea.com/ms/en_JP/customer_service/ikea_services...
- chewyland 8y ago
  I get IKEA deliveries to my Bulgarian village 1-2/month. Have been for years.
  - Scoundreller 8y ago
    To inside the home, or a central drop off point?
- notyouravgdoge 8y ago
  Ikea does delivery here in the United States, but their delivery service has a bad reputation. There are small businesses that have been created around this. I found a business that would purchase, deliver, and assemble items from Ikea. All I had to do was send them a copy of my Ikea shopping list. In my particular case, they purchased items at the Elizabeth, NJ location, which has a 3.3% sales tax [1]. If I didn't use their service, I would have had to shop at Ikea Brooklyn, which has an 8.8% sales tax [2]. [1] http://www.sale-tax.com/ElizabethNJ http://www.sale-tax.com/ElizabethNJ [2] https://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/taxes/business-nys-sales-tax.page https://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/taxes/business-nys-sales-t...
  - dreamcompiler 8y ago
    Yes, Ikea delivery is wonky in the US. Ikea themselves will deliver, but the cost is based on how far you are from the nearest store, and it's not cheap. Some of those third-party delivery services are good, but none of them are cheap. Ikea stores give me nightmares. You can get in, but you can't get out again. What I really want is to be able to order stuff from Ikea online so I don't have to set foot in their store, and have it delivered quickly for a low flat fee. They probably should think about doing some kind of partnership with Amazon to make this happen. (edit: added link) https://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/service-offer/delivery.html?icid=iba|us|skdelivery https://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/service-offer/delivery.html?ic...
- usrusr 8y ago
  Is Ikea actually providing that service or are they merely reselling local logistics companies? When I had a kitchen installed "by Ikea" here in Germany, it was done by contractors who have every bit the impression of being completely unaffiliated.
PhasmaFelis 8y ago
I think IKEA has recently dropped their price for home delivery in the US by a lot. I think it was maximum $50 or less? I don't recall exactly, but I know when I bought IKEA furniture 10 years ago it wound up being more practical to borrow a pickup and drive three hours each way than to ship it, and they seem to have corrected that at least.
Scoundreller 8y ago
France lets you rent one of their trucks for 2,3,4 hours. But I guess that’s less efficient than having one bigger truck go around the neighbourhood.
- dsfyu404ed 8y ago
  You can rent a Uhaul for $20/day + gas. The problem isn't the delivery. It's that a lot of buyers don't want to wrestle a washing machine into and out of a truck. If you don't move stuff that big or bigger on the regular it makes it harder.

They actually do home delivery in Japan for ￥3,000, or roughly $30 USD: https://www.ikea.com/ms/en_JP/customer_service/ikea_services/home_delivery.html https://www.ikea.com/ms/en_JP/customer_service/ikea_services...

chewyland 8y ago
I get IKEA deliveries to my Bulgarian village 1-2/month. Have been for years.
- Scoundreller 8y ago
  To inside the home, or a central drop off point?
notyouravgdoge 8y ago
Ikea does delivery here in the United States, but their delivery service has a bad reputation. There are small businesses that have been created around this. I found a business that would purchase, deliver, and assemble items from Ikea. All I had to do was send them a copy of my Ikea shopping list. In my particular case, they purchased items at the Elizabeth, NJ location, which has a 3.3% sales tax [1]. If I didn't use their service, I would have had to shop at Ikea Brooklyn, which has an 8.8% sales tax [2]. [1] http://www.sale-tax.com/ElizabethNJ http://www.sale-tax.com/ElizabethNJ [2] https://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/taxes/business-nys-sales-tax.page https://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/taxes/business-nys-sales-t...
- dreamcompiler 8y ago
  Yes, Ikea delivery is wonky in the US. Ikea themselves will deliver, but the cost is based on how far you are from the nearest store, and it's not cheap. Some of those third-party delivery services are good, but none of them are cheap. Ikea stores give me nightmares. You can get in, but you can't get out again. What I really want is to be able to order stuff from Ikea online so I don't have to set foot in their store, and have it delivered quickly for a low flat fee. They probably should think about doing some kind of partnership with Amazon to make this happen. (edit: added link) https://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/service-offer/delivery.html?icid=iba|us|skdelivery https://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/service-offer/delivery.html?ic...
usrusr 8y ago
Is Ikea actually providing that service or are they merely reselling local logistics companies? When I had a kitchen installed "by Ikea" here in Germany, it was done by contractors who have every bit the impression of being completely unaffiliated.

PhasmaFelis 8y ago

I think IKEA has recently dropped their price for home delivery in the US by a lot. I think it was maximum $50 or less? I don't recall exactly, but I know when I bought IKEA furniture 10 years ago it wound up being more practical to borrow a pickup and drive three hours each way than to ship it, and they seem to have corrected that at least.

Scoundreller 8y ago

France lets you rent one of their trucks for 2,3,4 hours. But I guess that’s less efficient than having one bigger truck go around the neighbourhood.

dsfyu404ed 8y ago
You can rent a Uhaul for $20/day + gas. The problem isn't the delivery. It's that a lot of buyers don't want to wrestle a washing machine into and out of a truck. If you don't move stuff that big or bigger on the regular it makes it harder.