IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from being developed

Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by michaelgrafl on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @05:29AM (#25926493)

Because Ikea is the only affordable furniture chain that makes good looking furniture.

By that I mean that Ikea furniture doesn't chase current trends the way all the other big chains do (I'm in Austria). So buying furniture from Ikea means that you can use it for a long time without your home looking from a certain area.

Also, going to Ikea with kids is a great experience. It's almost like going to a theme park, and alternatively you can drop them off at the Småland.

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Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by bombcar on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @05:37AM (#25926530)

Honestly the (nearly) unchanging availability is the main selling point - you can buy something today and buy something in a few years that will match (though what you bought today may have broken if you had to move).

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Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by namibj on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @05:53AM (#25926646)

I have had good experience moving ikea furniture, by disassembling and then re-assembling it.

Some of them, multiple times.

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Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by vinay427 on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @07:29AM (#25927397)

> without your home looking from a certain area.

Did you mean "era" given that you mentioned time? "Area" also sort of makes sense which is why I wanted to clarify.

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