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Not a good trend, IKEA is like the Toyota of furniture. It's inexpensive but functional. With these changes they will be no different than cheap trash furnitu
by datacruncher01 3y ago
Not a good trend, IKEA is like the Toyota of furniture. It's inexpensive but functional. With these changes they will be no different than cheap trash furniture. So why pay any premium for Ikea when I can just Amazon the cheapest equivalent furniture knowing both will equally break sooner than later?
- dsfyu404ed 3y agoToyota has NEVER been inexpensive. They've never been conspicuously or indulgently expensive but they've never been the cheapest option in a given class. And that has been a key part of their success in the North American market. The parallel to the furniture market isn't so cut and clear but Ikea does not generally compete with the big box stores on the lowest end FWIW. Fine tuning quality, feature and price points for their products to attract or repel various customer demographics is something big brands spend a lot of effort on.
- JAlexoid 3y agoWhen it comes to US market, IKEA is only beat by the custom kitchens from the big box stores. Even midrange IKEA is better than Ashley or similar common furniture stores... not to mention that it's drastically cheaper.
- ramesh31 3y ago>Toyota has NEVER been inexpensive. They are over the long run. It's a lot like Apple hardware. Slightly more expensive at first, but massively better resale value and durability, resulting in a much lower total cost of ownership. This is basically just the "cheap boots" paradox though, so people instead buy Hyundai/Kia based on the sticker price.
- dsfyu404ed 3y ago[flagged]
- aidenn0 3y agoThe Sienna is often the cheapest minivan available in the US. The Transit Connect Wagon is currently available for cheaper in some regions, but was never really marketed as a family vehicle, and is being discontinued this year, in its 10th year of nearly zero updates.
- wildzzz 3y agoThe only thing that seems to separate Ikea from similarly priced stuff on Amazon is the fact that I've never had misaligned parts from Ikea. Their QA is top notch despite some of their cheap stuff being very flimsy. I buy from Ikea knowing that I probably won't need to return it or have to talk to some Chinese furniture factory about getting spare parts because some are missing or are so poor quality, they broke during install. Ikea is certainly cheap for some things so you should use wood glue if you want them to last, these are definitely not hierloom pieces.
- lutorm 3y agoI love IKEA but I'd have to disagree with their QA being top notch. I can't keep track of how many times I've had to go back because some piece in the flat pack was damaged.
- tennisflyi 3y agoIs QA part of shipping? I'm sure they're pristine off the line?
- JohnFen 3y ago> IKEA is like the Toyota of furniture. Except that Toyota vehicles can take a lot of neglect and keep on going.
- throwaway192102 3y agoI've never had a piece of IKEA furniture that couldn't do its basic job even after 10+ years and removing clearly important structural bits, I'm honestly not sure what more I could do to reach the point where anything better is worth it
- seventhtiger 3y agoExcept that Toyota is the king of reliability and IKEA furniture is not even worth moving. Better to trash it and buy new.
- oblio 3y agoHonestly, how do you move furniture? Do you want it over to 2 guys with a chainsaw? Ikea furniture can definitely be moved.
- JAlexoid 3y agoCheapest furniture on Amazon manages to be considerably worse, than cheapest IKEA products.