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> IKEA has always fallen apart when you try to move it, none of these changes alter that. This keeps getting repeated.. but when I was studying, I bought used
by audunw 4y ago
> IKEA has always fallen apart when you try to move it, none of these changes alter that.
This keeps getting repeated.. but when I was studying, I bought used IKEA furniture, moved it around several times to different apartments, and then sold it again when I moved from that city.
I've also renovated my house recently which involved disassembling and reassembling some IKEA furniture. They're still fine.
It depends on the type of furniture of course. Yes, there are some specific ones that are harder to disassemble and move without breaking them. But not all.
> I want it to be cheap and disposable.
Isn't it possible to sell them on something like craigslist? I've bought and sold used IKEA furniture before, but I guess it depends on country/culture how willing people are to buy them.
> which is for the current apartment only because it fits it specifically.
I think this is an excellent point. We live in a home I intend to stay in for a long time. It's a bit on the small side, but we try to make the most of it by optimizing the furniture for that specific home. I've even customized IKEA furniture, cutting them to the right width etc. This lets us avoid moving to a new, larger home. That would certainly cost a lot and would be very resource intensive.
I can imagine the next owner would want to keep at least some of the furniture for at least the first few years too, depending on their life situation.
- wodenokoto 4y agoIt really depends on the series. Pax can be assembled and disassembled multiple time. Billy not so much.
- crazygringo 4y ago> but when I was studying, I bought used IKEA furniture, moved it around several times to different apartments, and then sold it again when I moved from that city. I think this is kind of like how some people complain that Apple USB cables are pieces of crap that are always fraying and breaking after 6 months, while other people use them for years with zero issue. It really depends on how you use it, how you assemble it, how you disassemble it, is it constantly swaying/weakening a little or is it securely mounted to a wall, do you constantly slam the cubby door or drawer shut or are you gentle? I think the assumption should be that it won't last a move, but that you can get lucky through a combination of chance and care.
- JambalayaJim 4y agoThe fact that IKEA furniture is self-assembled is a big factor here. Lots of room for human error that has nothing to do with the design or materials.
- ninkendo 4y agoYep, in my experience I’ve had the biggest problems when I overtighten their bolts. You really need to be careful not to tighten past the point where it starts chewing up the wood. But under tightening can have issues too if it makes the structure wobbly, which will also chew up the wood.
- ok_dad 4y agoI'm not that careful with my stuff, but I have some 15-year old Ikea desks that my wife and I have moved from the West Coast USA to the East Coast USA, then to an island in the Pacific, then back to the West Coast, then back to the island again. They are as solid as ever, and I don't foresee ever replacing them, honestly. I have no idea how people are so careless with their things, I have too many old cables so I have a problem where I never have the newest spec cable due to never having to buy new ones!
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- CydeWeys 4y agoThere is a vaaaast difference in quality across the Ikea range. I too had a bulletproof Ikea desk that lasted me over a decade and was still in excellent structural condition when I got rid of it. It was a single large slab of wood (not particle board) with steel legs that screwed into a steel frame with large steel screws. It cost $200 at the time but what with inflation and everything else would probably cost over $300 now. I just looked it up and it was the Galant desk with T-frame legs, sadly discontinued in 2014.
- nl 4y ago
- nradov 4y agoSelling furniture on Craigslist is a nightmare in most places and hardly worth doing unless you're really desperate for cash. Buyers will nickel-and-dime you, ask for free delivery, flake on scheduled meetings, show up without enough cash, maybe even try to rob you.
- oblio 4y agoI've sold hundreds of euros worth of furniture on Facebook Marketplace. 1. Buyers will nickel-and-dime you - just ignore them. 2. Ask for free delivery - sucks to be them. 3. Flake on scheduled meetings - schedule them when you're working from home or during weekends, make it clear that if they're late the deal is off. 4. Show up without enough cash - sucks to be them. 5. Maybe even try to rob you - small furniture - don't meet in your home. Bigger items - have other people at home when they come.
- ozim 4y agoIt is still my time and attention that is far more valuable for me than whatever I would get back for reselling Billy bookshelves and the likes. It works for you, you have headspace and you are mentally well composed to deal with that crap. I’m not, so much rather dump furniture on the curb/trash of course after checking with family and friends in case they would need or want to take it for free. If they take it and sell it off good for them.
- Aeolun 4y agoIt’s not that I don’t understand the impulse, but I generally make the effort to pass stuff on to others simply so I don’t have to dump it. That’s extra effort for me, but it makes me feel a lot better.
- wintogreen74 4y agoMy wife sells a lot of stuff used and has good luck dealing with the flakey-nickel-dimers (the same people are typically both) by giving them a price concession of $N if they show up in M hours, where N is typically 5-10 and M is 1-3
- jcrawfordor 4y agoI think there's a lot of variation within Ikea products, and it tends to be reflected pretty clearly on the price. In a lot of Ikea's furniture lines they now offer a pretty significant range of price points and there is a corresponding range of quality and durability, with the lower end being trash and the upper end pretty impressive for flatpack.
- jghn 4y agoThis is what's happening. There are definite tiers of quality with IKEA.
- epolanski 4y ago+1 never had anything break.
- agentgumshoe 4y agoWhen I've moved in the past, the thing the moving companies won't assemble for you at the other end is "any IKEA furniture." That tells you enough about the rate of success overall
- JAlexoid 4y agoIn the last 10 years I moved 9 times. Only 3 times of which were local moves and 2 were transatlantic. The movers would disassemble and reassemble whatever I paid them to move. Your movers are weird.
- crazygringo 4y agoNo, it's pretty common. Because movers are responsible for replacing your items if they damage them. They won't dissassemble/reassemble IKEA furniture because it's too likely to fail and then they'd be on the hook for replacement cost, through no fault of their own. Literally the first Google result for "will movers reassemble ikea furniture" states: > "Though individual policies vary, most movers will not disassemble and reassemble IKEA furniture, and some even require their customers to sign waivers against damage." Even if you sign a waiver, they still won't do it because of customer dissatisfaction -- bad reviews with "they ruined my furniture and wouldn't replace it" etc.
- ryandrake 4y agoWhy would one pay someone to assemble an IKEA furniture anyway? These things are so simple to assemble and rarely require more than a screwdriver and allen wrench. A six year old could put together pretty much anything in their catalog.
- JAlexoid 4y agoOur furniture is almost exclusively IKEA. While it's not the cheap stuff and movers never actually had to disassemble anything more than the bed frame, I have never seen "we don't move IKEA furniture" or any kinds of furniture related wavers.
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- nl 4y ago> I bought used IKEA furniture, moved it around several times to different apartments, and then sold it again when I moved from that city IKEA furniture can mean lots of different things. The Billy bookcase specifically (which this article is primarily about) is not super great at surviving moves. Infact I had to reinforce mine just to hold lots of hard-cover books. I'm ok with that because the price was so low it still was cheaper that getting stronger bookcases, and because they look good.
- nickersonm 4y ago> This keeps getting repeated.. but when I was studying, I bought used IKEA furniture, moved it around several times to different apartments, and then sold it again when I moved from that city. > I've also renovated my house recently which involved disassembling and reassembling some IKEA furniture. They're still fine. Indeed, I still have all of my original IKEA furniture after 7+ moves - none have "fallen apart". They just require partial disassembly to move. My IKEA desk and Billy bookcases are >20 years old and in great condition. I'm not quite sure how people manage to be so destructive when moving.
- yencabulator 4y agoYes, I have moved with IKEA furniture. I would like to point out though that their older stuff was sturdier, and the newer stuff is essentially cardboard.
- maherbeg 4y agoI had a billy book case and poang chair for almost 30 years. I moved it from my childhood homes to my apartments across multiple states.