Does Ikea furniture ever go on sale?

[vic1011]

Or do they do free shipping?

I'm looking at their gulliver crib which is very inexpensive - but I don't want to pay full price if there is any chance of getting it for less. With shipping it comes to about $150, which is 1/2 what I would pay for the other one I'm looking at!

[sjh722]

Things might be on sale in the store from time to time but their shipping is outrageous (which makes no sense since it's all flat packed anyway).

How close are you to an ikea? We're about 1 - 1.5 hours and it's worth it just to go to the store instead of paying shipping.

[munkii]

It really depends on your store. The Cincinnati store, for example, has certain hemnes pieces on sale right now. Ikea has location specific pages which often list what is on sale. Also, sign up for Ikea family; they run various sales every month for members.

[sailorgray]

Every now and then (ok, I saw it once in 2008...lol), they will have a coupon in the paper. I got something like $100 off of my Ektorp Loveseat.

Their stuff does go on sale, but it is not often and it isn't a lot at once. You may be waiting awhile.

[littlemisssunshine]

They had the LACK end table for like 2 bucks off on Black Friday. But other than that I rarely see sales from them.

[vic1011]

Except there is no craigslist market for barely used Ikea furniture where I am...the closest store is about 5 hours away. There's a store 2 hours from my mom - hoping I can talk her into taking the trip then bringing it to me when she comes to visit.

[EloiseWeenie]

Nov 28, 2012 6:35:22 GMT -5 vic1011 said:

Except there is no craigslist market for barely used Ikea furniture where I am...the closest store is about 5 hours away. There's a store 2 hours from my mom - hoping I can talk her into taking the trip then bringing it to me when she comes to visit.

I was going to ask if a relative lived near one.

I'm about 5 hours away from the closest, and my parents live 2.5 hours from one (but that one is in the same city as my brother). They've bought items on their way home from visiting my brother and then brought it down to me. They do this for a lot of other stores too, so they are used to being my personal shippers

[roselis]

Sometimes you can get a good discount with the IKEA Family card. They are having a sale on a few items this weekend.

Hey munkii... I am near the Cincinnati/West Chester store too!

[dec13th]

Nov 28, 2012 6:35:22 GMT -5 vic1011 said:

Except there is no craigslist market for barely used Ikea furniture where I am...the closest store is about 5 hours away. There's a store 2 hours from my mom - hoping I can talk her into taking the trip then bringing it to me when she comes to visit.

oh my goodness - congratulations on the baby! I haven't been on GBCN until TGiving time and there are so many D&R babies coming!!

[vic1011]

Thanks!