Re:IKEA to buy back used furniture in recycling push
by reader_mode on Monday October 19, 2020 @08:21AM
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I went to IKEA when I was building a kitchen - solid wood counter top was an option but wasn't cheaper than hiring local custom kitchen company for similar materials and I had them design a metal frame arround the kitchen island in the dimensions that couldn't be done with IKEA. My point being IKEA isn't much cheaper when you account for materials and you usually get better flexibility elsewhere.
IKEA is like McDonald's of furniture, there's a place for it, but like the McDonald's fancy burger options if you're going for that you'll have significantly better options for a bit more money
Re:IKEA to buy back used furniture in recycling push
by throwawasdf on Monday October 19, 2020 @08:26AM
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> wasn't cheaper than hiring local custom kitchen company for similar materials
Only if you value your time at 0. If you value your time at more than that, the time it takes to get a contractor and back and forth with him to agree on a design etc makes it more expensive, since with Ikea you pretty much opt into a generic solution of one-size-fits-all.
I agree it's not for everyone; though I wouldn't say it's the McDonalds of furniture – this would IMO be Poco (https://www.poco.de/); also I'm saying that as someone who doesn't eat McDonalds :-D
Re:IKEA to buy back used furniture in recycling push
by reader_mode on Monday October 19, 2020 @10:38AM
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IKEA is McDonald's in terms of global presence and consistency and catering towards budget spectrum
My kitchen table is from Ikea, it's solid wood. My Poang chair from Ikea came with a 10 year guarantee and I expect it to last longer than that. This idea that everything that comes out of Ikea is barely going to make it home is nonsense.
Of course if you buy a side table for £6 then you can't expect it to last long. That isn't representative of the whole though.