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Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad has died

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Re: Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad has died

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Post by osrec »

mherrmann wrote: post #7
erikrothoff wrote: post #4

I read the news in an IKEA sofa wrapped in an IKEA blanket resting my head on an IKEA cushion watching TV on an IKEA bench. He truly built a startup that changed the world.

Same here. Such a shame about his (apparently) dark past.

If you're referring to his fascist involvement, he later described it as one of the biggest mistakes of his life.

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Post by jacquesm »

mozumder wrote: post #5

Did he leave instructions on assembling his funeral? <3 <3 Ikea is life

> Fortunately it really isn't. It is ok, mostly single use stuff that seems to be cheap but that is actually quite expensive if you take into account the material costs and the production quality. Even so, their sticker price and economies of scale put almost everybody competing with them out of business.

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Post by Emouri »

jacquesm wrote: post #10
5_minutes wrote: post #3

Nice trivia: he actually started with delivering self-made furniture on his bike in his local town.

I'll bet that was the highest quality stuff Ikea ever produced. I was in a store for recycled stuff a week ago or so looking for a typewriter and some old comic books for my kids and it struck me that none of the furniture they was made by Ikea. That translates into there being a direct path to the landfill from Ikea.

I've still got an Ikea table my in-laws bought in the early 70s, it'll last another 30 years no problem. Some of it wasn't so bad.

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Post by vq »

marban wrote: post #8

And thanks for the Köttbullar. "It's difficult to do business with someone on an empty stomach."

IKEA is actually a köttbullar and lingonsylts (lingonberry jam) distribution system so that us Smålänningar can get our fix almost anywhere in the world.

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Post by sitkack »

jacquesm wrote: post #10
5_minutes wrote: post #3

Nice trivia: he actually started with delivering self-made furniture on his bike in his local town.

I'll bet that was the highest quality stuff Ikea ever produced. I was in a store for recycled stuff a week ago or so looking for a typewriter and some old comic books for my kids and it struck me that none of the furniture they was made by Ikea. That translates into there being a direct path to the landfill from Ikea.

Ikea has optimized the price and durability of an item to maximize utility for both the end user and the corp. People like getting new stuff for cheap and dont value resale or reuse. Ikea is an excellent machine for turning Borneo rain forest into landfill at the lowest price.

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Post by tjoff »

jacquesm wrote: post #10
5_minutes wrote: post #3

Nice trivia: he actually started with delivering self-made furniture on his bike in his local town.

I'll bet that was the highest quality stuff Ikea ever produced. I was in a store for recycled stuff a week ago or so looking for a typewriter and some old comic books for my kids and it struck me that none of the furniture they was made by Ikea. That translates into there being a direct path to the landfill from Ikea.

You obviously have never bought anything second hand. Ikea items are extremely popular and easy to sell used.

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Post by paganel »

jacquesm wrote: post #12
mozumder wrote: post #5

Did he leave instructions on assembling his funeral? <3 <3 Ikea is life

> Fortunately it really isn't. It is ok, mostly single use stuff that seems to be cheap but that is actually quite expensive if you take into account the material costs and the production quality. Even so, their sticker price and economies of scale put almost everybody competing with them out of business.

It’s ok looking furniture at decent prices if you’re just a little bit careful when picking stuff from them. They’re the perfect company for very mobile clients, such as myself, as I’ve been moving houses at an average at one every 2-3 years for the past 15 years, it would have been even more economically bad for me had I invested in furniture meant to last 30 to 50 years (compared to Ikea’s 5-to-10 years) but for which I would have had to pay at least 2 or 3 times more.

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Post by varjag »

jacquesm wrote: post #12
mozumder wrote: post #5

Did he leave instructions on assembling his funeral? <3 <3 Ikea is life

> Fortunately it really isn't. It is ok, mostly single use stuff that seems to be cheap but that is actually quite expensive if you take into account the material costs and the production quality. Even so, their sticker price and economies of scale put almost everybody competing with them out of business.

Could you point out specifically where they are cutting corners? Their materials are cheap, but not particularly short-lived. The woodwork quality is second to none: never experienced jams, excess play or position mismatches on IKEA pieces.

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Post by kalleboo »

jacquesm wrote: post #10
5_minutes wrote: post #3

Nice trivia: he actually started with delivering self-made furniture on his bike in his local town.

I'll bet that was the highest quality stuff Ikea ever produced. I was in a store for recycled stuff a week ago or so looking for a typewriter and some old comic books for my kids and it struck me that none of the furniture they was made by Ikea. That translates into there being a direct path to the landfill from Ikea.

I've sold a bunch of IKEA furniture second-hand the couple times I've moved and it all got offers within minutes of putting up the ad.

Although I'm sure the low prices encourage people to just throw it away rather than bother trying to sell it.

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