Any apartment migrant with few planning skills has probably realized that it’s cheaper to throw a FJÄLLBO coffee table dumped on the curb instead of transporting it around town. He then enthusiastically convinces himself that a bed bug immune soul will pick up the Ikea sidewalk, which is called denial. Now, Ikea wants to frustrate this excuse by providing its furniture repurchase program – an admirable incentive to reduce waste, but fatally flawed by the fact that you’ll have to take it to the store, knowing that crisp furniture with deformed MDF board doesn’t I don’t travel.
Which one then go back to looking for what you should have done before the move date, which was to post a photo on Facebook Marketplace for the buyer who would have come to the house and done the job for him.
In any case, Ikea buys used furniture again. The program is an extension of the releases that have already been introduced elsewhere, including the UK, Australia and Canada.
In a press release, Ikea has done just that announced that the limited-time pilot program will premiere in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, from Aug. 30 to Sept. 19. Eligible items are also extremely limited; a long list of exclusions includes outdoor furniture, chests of drawers, rugs, glassware, children’s products, mattresses and upholstered chairs. Guests must also be willing to transport fully assembled furniture. Also, Ikea only offers credit in the store. Ikea told Gizmodo that it does not offer transportation or cover U-Haul costs.
If customers get here, they will have to complete an online form describing the condition, Ikea offers a quote and the customer takes it to the store carefully, where an Ikea worker tests the durability of the furniture. If it arrives at the store unbroken and passes inspection, it is sold in the second-hand section of the store without cosmetic repairs. If not, Ikea offers to recycle it.
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This is part of Ikea’s initiative for go circular, reducing waste by extending the useful life of disposable furniture and construction products from renewable and recycled materials. In the future, Ikea has said, it hopes to turn furniture into “material banks” that are easier to disassemble, daring to dream of intertwined joints or, at the very least, a more durable peg joint.