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If you go to IKEA in LA, do they deliver? What about Home Depot? In my experience, most of the time they don't, but I think in Europe it's different.

by notJim 6y ago

ghaff 6y ago
Almost certainly yes. You may well need to pay for it but you can get most things delivered from, certainly, major chains. https://www.ikea.com/us/en/customer-service/services/delivery/ https://www.ikea.com/us/en/customer-service/services/deliver... https://www.homedepot.com/c/About_Your_Online_Order https://www.homedepot.com/c/About_Your_Online_Order
spanhandler 6y ago
I live in the Midwest, in a heavily car-dependent city, and even here Home Depot and Lowes deliver. There's a fee but unless you're doing it like every week it's gonna be cheaper than owning a truck (this tends to be true of a lot of, though not quite all of, the tasks my fellow suburbanites cite as the reasons they own a truck). Most or all major furniture stores deliver here. I see delivery trucks from a very large one about 35 minutes away all the time, maybe as much as once a week. Not sure about IKEA, as they're super-weird about that kind of thing (see also: online ordering & shipping). They might, though.
JonathonW 6y ago
Ikea and Home Depot both offer home delivery for large items, nationwide (in most cases). Pricing varies (Ikea does a flat rate $50 or $60 regardless of how much you order, IIRC; Home Depot shipping charges depend on exactly what you're ordering), but it's generally available. In fact, I've never bought a large appliance and walked out from the store with it. Even if my local store does have the item in stock (sometimes they do; sometimes they don't; the big box stores don't generally keep a large stock of major appliances in-store), it's way more convenient to get the store to do the delivery and install for me-- especially since that's frequently included in the cost for major appliances (or a relatively small extra charge).

If you go to IKEA in LA, do they deliver? What about Home Depot? In my experience, most of the time they don't, but I think in Europe it's different.

by notJim 6y ago

If you go to IKEA in LA, do they deliver? What about Home Depot? In my experience, most of the time they don't, but I think in Europe it's different.

ghaff 6y ago

Almost certainly yes. You may well need to pay for it but you can get most things delivered from, certainly, major chains. https://www.ikea.com/us/en/customer-service/services/delivery/ https://www.ikea.com/us/en/customer-service/services/deliver... https://www.homedepot.com/c/About_Your_Online_Order https://www.homedepot.com/c/About_Your_Online_Order

spanhandler 6y ago

I live in the Midwest, in a heavily car-dependent city, and even here Home Depot and Lowes deliver. There's a fee but unless you're doing it like every week it's gonna be cheaper than owning a truck (this tends to be true of a lot of, though not quite all of, the tasks my fellow suburbanites cite as the reasons they own a truck). Most or all major furniture stores deliver here. I see delivery trucks from a very large one about 35 minutes away all the time, maybe as much as once a week. Not sure about IKEA, as they're super-weird about that kind of thing (see also: online ordering & shipping). They might, though.

JonathonW 6y ago

Ikea and Home Depot both offer home delivery for large items, nationwide (in most cases). Pricing varies (Ikea does a flat rate $50 or $60 regardless of how much you order, IIRC; Home Depot shipping charges depend on exactly what you're ordering), but it's generally available. In fact, I've never bought a large appliance and walked out from the store with it. Even if my local store does have the item in stock (sometimes they do; sometimes they don't; the big box stores don't generally keep a large stock of major appliances in-store), it's way more convenient to get the store to do the delivery and install for me-- especially since that's frequently included in the cost for major appliances (or a relatively small extra charge).