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Yes! > This is also why secondhand goods in general are so cheap, and things like furniture may even have negative net value because they cost more to move tha
by netrus 4y ago
Yes!
> This is also why secondhand goods in general are so cheap, and things like furniture may even have negative net value because they cost more to move than they are worth.
On the German equivalent to Craigs' List - Ebay Kleinanzeigen - IKEA furniture is much easier to sell than other furniture, even though IKEA furniture is cheap and quality is only "good enough". The reason, I think, is that used IKEA furniture comes closest to still being a standardized item. You can easily look up the dimensions online, you may already have or know the exact same item, you know what to enter into the search field [of Ebay Kleinanzeigen]. The overall buying experience might even be better than going to the IKEA store, as the furniture is already assembled and potentially closer to your home.
- cortesoft 4y agoI wonder if ikea furniture also has value for parts. Often times a single piece of the furniture will break, but if the item or color is discontinued you can’t replace it.
- toomuchtodo 4y agoMy local IKEA will take used IKEA furniture back for second hand resale. https://www.ikea.com/es/en/customer-service/services/buy-back-resell/ https://www.ikea.com/es/en/customer-service/services/buy-bac...
- vorpalhex 4y agoIkea furniture is very easy to repair with little more than wood glue. Ikea is also very gracious with giving you replacement or spare hardware for cheap or free.
- totetsu 4y agoA friend and I recently broke an IKEA bed. The beam that supports the slats is made of multiple pieces of wood joined with zigzag finger joints, and that beam is attached to the frame with some thin staples. When the staple slip, the beam just bends apart at these joints. It seems like many people's Ikea beds fail this same way. It would be great if IKEA sold repair kits to patch up their design flaws. As it stands, in this country, hardly anyone wants to use fix anything themselves, or used second hand things. The whole frame just becomes rubbish. With humanity in the situation it is in, needing to reduce the impacts of activities on the world, as a matter of survival, it's crazy to me that our economic processes and social norms are unwaveringly directing so much of our material goods, and energy use into landfills.
- usefulcat 4y agoIf you want people to repair things more often (as opposed to throwing them away), then you need to figure out a way to make those things more expensive. That's the (IMO) biggest reason why people used to repair things more often.
- spoonjim 4y agoI just paid $250 on Craigslist for an item that I purchased new at IKEA for $149 ten years ago. I wanted a matching one and IKEA had since discontinued the color.
- mmmpop 4y agoI did something similar with the discontinued duck mug that Pier 1 used to sell. $30 for a $15 mug but ya know, sometimes you just need the thing.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 4y agoWith IKEA items, you have the added factor of many people having it and wanting a replacement/additional item for a discontinued one.