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restocking
IKEA Charges $60 Restocking Fee On Defective Bookcase
If IKEA has a 30% restocking fee on defective items that you tried in vain to assemble (twice) only to decide that you just didn't want the stupid thing anymore, we couldn't find any evidence of it on their website. Nevertheless, reader Drew says buying and returning (rather than exchanging) a defective bookcase cost him $60 and a sore back. More »
complaints
Why Does It Take IKEA Four Months To Replace A Defective Couch Cover?
Joyce has been waiting since December for IKEA to send her a replacement couch cover. IKEA admitted that the cover had a known defect, but since they were out replacements at the time, they promised to call Joyce a month later when new covers arrived. Joyce gave her information and asked for a reference number, but was told that one wouldn't be necessary. Wouldn't that have been nice? More »
In the UK, you can now buy an IKEA house. No, you do not build it with an Allen wrench. [BoKlok]
stunts
There Is A Guy Living In The Paramus, New Jersey IKEA
Remember that one guy who decided to visit all the Starbucks in NYC in 24 hours? Yeah, we'd forgotten about it, too. He's convinced IKEA to let him live in their Paramus, NJ store for a week while his apartment gets fumigated. More »
good to know
IKEA Will Recycle Your CFLs For Free
If you have an IKEA store near you, give them your old CFLs and they'll recycle them for free. CFLs contain small amounts of mercury and should not be thrown away or recycled with glass bottles. More »
readers
IKEA's Swedish Math
Know how it's usually cheaper to buy in bulk? After markdowns at the West Sacramento IKEA, you'll save $4.92 if you buy the poster and frame separately.
Swedish Math [One-Sided War]
excellent deals
IKEA would like you to know that it's your last chance to save on the HEJ tealight holder.
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IKEA: It's Your Last Chance To Save Nothing
IKEA would like you to know that it's your last chance to save on the HEJ tealight holder.
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complaints
Man Fights IKEA Customer Service Over Defective LILLBERG Couch, Loses
A week after we moved and put the new covers on, our IKEA LILLBERG sofa broke. Right in half. The main support beam gave out right at the dovetail joint, and even split a board in the process. We were devastated, but figured that we'd be able to wrangle something out of it. Standard customer service would replace the couch, right?More »
furniture
Reach IKEA Executive Customer Service
For some consumers, it seems IKEA wants them to also build their own customer service. But hex wrenches can't effect a warranty repair. If calling the general customer service number doesn't help you out, these methods may help you lob your issue into their laps.
Connect to IKEA US Customer Relations Manager Office and also pull up a company directory that goes off of the first three letters of the last name: 610-834-0180
Email addresses for US top management. The four letter system may work for other employees, or firstname.lastname@memo.ikea.com. Try both.
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leaks
Turns out that for security purposes, the shiny brass at IKEA use email addresses that stray from the format we posted yesterday. If you've got an IKEA complaint that needs to go the top, use the addresses inside while the getting is good.
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Secret Email Addresses For IKEA US Top Management
Turns out that for security purposes, the shiny brass at IKEA use email addresses that stray from the format we posted yesterday. If you've got an IKEA complaint that needs to go the top, use the addresses inside while the getting is good.
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take it to the top
IKEA Corporate Email Address Format
If you want to complain about your umlauts not fitting into your fjords on your new BEST J GRA, here's the corporate email address format for IKEA:
firstname.lastname@memo.ikea.com
RELATED: Executive E-Mail Carpet Bomb Scores Direct Hit On IKEA
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success stories
Executive E-Mail Carpet Bomb Scores Direct Hit On IKEA
IKEA waived the shipping costs on two Hemnes bedside tables after reader Inderjit loaded the dreaded Executive E-Mail Carpet Bomb with the names of 16 IKEA executives. Inderjit's repeated attempts to purchase the tables at IKEA stores over the past two months were unsuccessful, but within thirty minutes of launching the EECB, he received responses from three IKEA execs who promised to ship the tables free of charge. Read Inderjit's complaint letter, after the jump. More »
weird shopping
IKEA Opens Hostel For Shoppers Who Just Can't Bear To Leave
If you plan on shopping at the Oslo IKEA any time soon, don't worry about how you'll get home. You can sleep there, according to the Guardian. More »
ask the consumerists
IKEA's Customer Service Is Awful, What Should I Ask For As Compensation?
Here's a question that never gets any easier to answer. When a company's customer service drives you into a blinding rage or otherwise severely inconveniences you but doesn't actually cost you any money... what, if anything, should you expect as compensation? More »
blogs
IKEA Furniture Hacks
Here are some of favorite ways to convert cheap Swedish furniture into other kinds of cheap furniture, via the IKEA hacker blog.
• AKURUM kitchen wall cabinets into a sideboard.
• Electroluminescent wire as stairway light.
• Sliding wardrobe doors into a small apartment room divider.
• BJ RNUM shelves as minimalist cat furniture.
• SNACK boxes into power cord/battery charger hider.
• SMYCKA dried plants into a garden gate.
• RAMBERG bedside table and a spare board into a coffee table.
explainers
We've always wondered where IKEA gets its crazy product names, like the Kramfors sofa and BEST
J
GRA TV unit with casters. It turns out IKEA actually has funky a system based on names of stuff from its native lands, says ahundredmonkeys.com.
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Where Does IKEA Get Its Funny Names?
We've always wondered where IKEA gets its crazy product names, like the Kramfors sofa and BEST
J
GRA TV unit with casters. It turns out IKEA actually has funky a system based on names of stuff from its native lands, says ahundredmonkeys.com.
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