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I don't use Ikea furniture because I have to assemble it. It's just, cheap, reasonably good, easy to find and get. The idea of having to buy a non-Ikea desk sca

I don't use Ikea furniture because I have to assemble it. It's just, cheap, reasonably good, easy to find and get. The idea of having to buy a non-Ikea desk scares me because I have no idea where to buy it (I'd have to spend time googling, analyzing and coping with uncertainty), I believe it's going to be expensive (which also implies I'll spend the rest of my life worrying about damaging its surface) and heavy. With Ikea I just go there and get whatever I need (+ an awesome Swedish dinner and best coffee ever).

ky3 6y ago
> I buy Ikea furniture not because I have to assemble it. I buy it because it's cheap, reasonably good, easy to find and get. Ftfy
- qwerty456127 6y ago
  Thank you. Obviously the comma after "just" wasn't meant to be there but replacing "use" with "buy" discarded a portion of the meaning. The article says people overrate value of what they build themselves and are more likely to keep using it for longer. I don't feel convinced this applies to most of the Ikea shopping cases - I believe the factors I've mentioned might play more significant roles. I also doubt many people would prefer to spend time tweaking an app in a hypothetical scenario in which they could actually get it pre-configured in perfect accordance with their needs and tastes.
jjn2009 6y ago
Might be more applicable in this scenario to the act of throwing out your furniture?
- qwerty456127 6y ago
  Perhaps, but not my case anyway - I would never throw away anything which is not actual garbage anyway. Whenever I feel like replacing something I do my best to find somebody who wants it, no matter how long it takes and how little they pay.
l0b0 6y ago
In terms of price and quality there is just a huge gap between IKEA and other furniture sources (at least in the Western countries I've lived in). Basically, it's virtually impossible to find products of similar function at the same price, and even at double the price it's a toss-up whether the quality will be better than IKEA. Sure, if you can afford to spend a fortune on furniture you can obviously find better stuff, but most of us can't. For example, my 15-year-old IKEA leather couch has gone through three moves already, and is basically as good as new. I could afford it in my first job out of college. The Billy bookcases look a bit janky sagging under the weight, but are holding up even without extra support.
- subpixel 6y ago
  “...even at double the price it's a toss-up whether the quality will be better than IKEA.“ IKEA kitchens in particular.

ky3 6y ago

> I buy Ikea furniture not because I have to assemble it. I buy it because it's cheap, reasonably good, easy to find and get. Ftfy

qwerty456127 6y ago
Thank you. Obviously the comma after "just" wasn't meant to be there but replacing "use" with "buy" discarded a portion of the meaning. The article says people overrate value of what they build themselves and are more likely to keep using it for longer. I don't feel convinced this applies to most of the Ikea shopping cases - I believe the factors I've mentioned might play more significant roles. I also doubt many people would prefer to spend time tweaking an app in a hypothetical scenario in which they could actually get it pre-configured in perfect accordance with their needs and tastes.

jjn2009 6y ago

Might be more applicable in this scenario to the act of throwing out your furniture?

qwerty456127 6y ago
Perhaps, but not my case anyway - I would never throw away anything which is not actual garbage anyway. Whenever I feel like replacing something I do my best to find somebody who wants it, no matter how long it takes and how little they pay.

l0b0 6y ago

In terms of price and quality there is just a huge gap between IKEA and other furniture sources (at least in the Western countries I've lived in). Basically, it's virtually impossible to find products of similar function at the same price, and even at double the price it's a toss-up whether the quality will be better than IKEA. Sure, if you can afford to spend a fortune on furniture you can obviously find better stuff, but most of us can't. For example, my 15-year-old IKEA leather couch has gone through three moves already, and is basically as good as new. I could afford it in my first job out of college. The Billy bookcases look a bit janky sagging under the weight, but are holding up even without extra support.

subpixel 6y ago
“...even at double the price it's a toss-up whether the quality will be better than IKEA.“ IKEA kitchens in particular.