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Re:IKEA to buy back used furniture in recycling push by mft_ on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:48AM (#24824420)
Counter-anecdote: I had a wardrobe which lasted seven years and two house moves (i.e. three houses) very well, before being sold on to a new home a few months ago, in pretty decent condition.

Probably depends what you buy. If you buy the cheap-as-chips stuff, you get wha you pay for.

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Re:IKEA to buy back used furniture in recycling push by bryanrasmussen on Monday October 19, 2020 @04:50AM (#24824432)
that's not a counter anecdote - they said the old stuff would last, the new not.
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Re:IKEA to buy back used furniture in recycling push by audunw on Monday October 19, 2020 @05:00AM (#24824497)
Is there any evidence that the new stuff is worse? Because as far as I can tell, the wardrobes at IKEA today is the exact same models as the ones I bought 7 years ago. Billy bookshelves looks to be the same as the one I bought 15 years ago.
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Re:IKEA to buy back used furniture in recycling push by ant6n on Monday October 19, 2020 @09:07AM (#24825958)
Billy definitely got worse over the last 30 years. We’ve got some from the nineties that are much more wood-like than what they sell today, still going strong.
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Re:IKEA to buy back used furniture in recycling push by freeone3000 on Monday October 19, 2020 @06:09AM (#24824869)
They look the same, but the actual construction grade on the new Billys is awful. I bought a bookcase two years ago and the wood veneer has already chipped off, revealing the cardboard inside. Even the more expensive stuff isn't immune - I purchased a Malm at the same time and the drawers already have the bottoms gone and the metal frame parts have already bent.
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Re:IKEA to buy back used furniture in recycling push by the_mitsuhiko on Monday October 19, 2020 @05:03AM (#24824529)
> that's not a counter anecdote - they said the old stuff would last, the new not.

I would like to see some evidence on this. I read this all the time and it does not reflect my experiences.

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Re:IKEA to buy back used furniture in recycling push by mft_ on Monday October 19, 2020 @07:34AM (#24825341)
Interesting... wasn't aware that 7 years was 'old' in Ikea terms!
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