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Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by headsupftw on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @01:46PM (#25932143)
Wait a sec. When the products are sold by IKEA, they are cheap but they are "products that people actually need". But when they are from China, they are "cheap crap from china"?
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Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by tpmx on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @02:00PM (#25932305)
Wooden IKEA products (which is what this thread is about) tend to be produced close to the forests, so northern/central/eastern Europe.
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Re:IKEA buys 11,000 acres of U.S. forest to keep it from bei... by skratlo on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @02:24PM (#25932642)
Actually, you are kinda right here
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