IKEA

I absolutely LOVE Ikea. Unfortunately we have none in our area, but when I get a chance to visit one, I HAVE to go! I love the little room setups which give you great ideas on how to decorate your own space. Yea, the quality could be better, but let's be honest. You get what you pay for. Some pieces I have had for years, and they are still standing - so that should mean something! Ha! Love the contemporary look as well. When I was little, I loved going there, because my mom would drop me off at the play area (Ikea in Germany) - and now I do the same with my kid...

I want to simply return an item (with a receipt and unopened) but there is a huge wait, so thought I'd write this. I've also just collected items from the online collection. This area was empty and the staff are just waiting for customers to collect, I asked if they could process my return but they said no. It makes me think that a company who is so efficient in there production must be purposefully making the returns process difficult...

I've been trying to get in touch with ikea for days because I made a purchase two months ago and never received it. Today I managed to talk to an attendant, he made me wait 57 minutes and I could clearly hear him playing video games during the service.
He didn't answer anymore even after I had passed the order number and I still don't have my problems solved. They could at least cancel the order instead of making me wait almost an hour for someone to play video games.

My purchase was a reading desk. They delivered a high quality piece of furniture which is well worth the money spent. Assembly was easy, and I have installed my working from home items already. It was a good referral by a friend and I think the world should know that IKEA is serving customers well.

I've ordered twice now from Ikea. Because it's so far from me online ordering is easier.

1st order. Items arrived damaged. Both sets of drawers. They were cheap. Not worth sending back.

2nd order. I paid for pick up in the store. A friend picked them up for me without checking the boxes. One box had forklift damage on the side. Actually poked a hole right through one of the drawers. Resulted in a second trip to Ikea.

Shipment fees in Edmonton are ridiculous as are installation fees. You pay $100 for a cabinet but then $200 for delivery on a specific date and installation. Products are not worth this.

It's only worth if you go in person with a couple of people to help you pick up items and install yourself.

Ikea's online ordering process creates problems. In my case, I ordered a bookcase. I had to complete sale before I could learn when the delivery date was. When their delivery date didn't work for me, I followed links to reschedule. For some reason, no matter how quickly I type and click, the Rescheduler keeps saying Session Timed Out. How can it time out after 12-13 seconds? The web process is dysfunctional and creates problems which you then have to spend time trying to solve.

The table legs have rusted in six months. IKEA refused to change it under warranty. It turns out that the warranty does not apply to this table. https://www.ikea.com/ae/en/p/torsby-table-chrome-plated-high-gloss-white-s*******/

IKEA.com is a joke. I've been waiting 3 weeks so far, for a duvet and sheet set. The status has never changed from received order. I contact customer no-service, completely useless.they actually lie to you and say it will be there tomorrow. Never again.

I received two (non furniture) items that we're damaged (worst packaging I have ever seen). I live nowhere near an Ikea, so tried to deal with the matter by phone. Get a phone menu, offering options 1 to 3. Three is what I need, but system won't accept it. Try option 2 (order tracking) and am told I will be transferred to the right department. I get automated message about high call volume and they "cannot answer right now." Click. So I try the email contact form online. Options under "about my order" are "business customer" or "order cancellation." Nothing else. Another dead end. What the heck is a customer supposed to do? Phoned again and tried option 1 (new orders) and the agent is now trying to get through to the right department. I am listening to screeching "music" and repeating recorded messages. My life is passing before my eyes. Never ordering from Ikea again.

Ikea and their shipping company lost my order. I am unable to determine who lost the order because reaching a human being is impossible despite waiting on hold for over 2 hours only to be told that a warehouse search for my order was being conducted and not hearing from them again. They will take your money, not deliver your order and good luck getting it refunded. I can't comment about the quality of the product since it never arrived but if it's anything like the customer service it would get a one star too.

Unfortunately will not be purchasing from IKEA anymore. I used to love their products due to their reasonable quality/price point. They did not ship all items on last order- paid $99 for delivery and did not even receive full delivery! Called them and they said they would send the missing pieces out- was told now that it won't arrive for another month- original order was placed in April! They think its fine to just keep a bunch of huge boxes waiting (because items cannot be built without the missing pieces). Was not offered any type of apology for their lack of attention-- Beware, Ikea does not care about their customers.

Bought a sofa in the store (with long waits), got home, started putting it together and realized that almost ALL of the hardware was missing. I emailed them, then called the very next day (also a long wait) and let them know. It's been 2 weeks since my purchase and I still have received no hardware. I got an email today (first response to the one I sent 2 weeks ago) stating that the hardware was being shipped and it'd be 10 business days for receipt. In other words, it'll be a month before I can actually use the sofa. I've gotten no explanation, no discount, nothing to mitigate this inconvenience. Horrible service!

My love affair with Ikea is over. I started buying their furniture as a college student. That quality was fine, but the service was excellent! Now, they've worked on their products but allowed their service to plummet. They take no responsibility, don't allow you to speak directly with people who are empowered to resolve problems and hire a delivery company with an F Better Business Bureau rating. When things go south, they say they "understand" your frustration but do nothing to make things better. Zero accountability means my almost 30 year love affair is over.

My first time using delivery service from Ikea and was surprisingly satisfied on efficiency and constant updates while waiting. I was told by staff that they will just leave it by the door but found out there are 2 types of service. They brought it right to where I want them to be. Comparing to all other delivery services fr diff companies, I would highly suggest to use ikea delivery service especially if you dont have the proper vehicle required. I was so hesitant to use their delivery due to wrong info given by a store staff. I hope that they will continue to have the same satisfying service or better. Kudos and thank you.

Placed an order for urgent delivery. Package is split into 2 delivery days, not ideal but okay. Second delivery date comes and the order doesn't arrive. The Ikea website just says it's "getting ready". Ring next day and get loads of apologies and reorganisation for delivery. Delivery day comes and goes and again no delivery. Apparently there was a problem with the vehicle, hmmmm, but that doesn't explain why I didn't receive the day before notification that usually comes. Did they mean their vehicle broke down the day before or they are psychics who didn't send the notification message the day before because they already knew the vehicle would have a problem? Impressive.
Ring again, get loads of empty apologies again. So now my order is apparently going to be delivered 10 days after it was placed - for urgent delivery.
As for compensation, after taking 3 working days off as holiday, 2 botched deliveries, and hours spent on the phone I had the choice between receiving £10 back that I paid for urgent delivery OR £30 Ikea gift voucher. I pointed out that I should be refunded the £10 anyway as I had not received urgent delivery, which was agreed, but then I would not be offered any further compensation for my ordeal and my time wasted by ikea.
Come on Ikea, If you are already offering me a £30 voucher do you really despise your customers that much that you can't refund them £10 extra they paid for urgent delivery - that they didn't get? Doesn't seem like very fair customer service to me.