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Extra 50% on the Buy-Back Value for Pre-Loved IKEA Furniture @ IKEA (Free Family Membership Required)

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Extra 50% on the Buy-Back Value for Pre-Loved IKEA Furniture @ IKEA (Free Family Membership Required)
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lars06 on 22/08/2024 - 10:08 ikea.com (2885 clicks)
Last edited 22/08/2024 - 10:30 by 1 other user

Same as previous deals. Used this last time and worked with no issues. Seems to be live on the website from today. Enjoy!

How does buy-back work?

  1. Click through to the buy-back estimate form to tell us a bit about what you'd like to re-sell.

  2. Bring your assembled furniture and price estimate into the Exchanges & Returns section of your local IKEA store, located near the exit.

  3. Co-workers in-store will then finalise your buy-back and give you the refund card.1

Good news, we've recently been able to start accepting Children's IKEA products. When in doubt, trust that anything on the estimation tool online is a valid product. If you don't see your product in this tool, it might not be one we are able to accept just yet.

Offer terms and conditions

  1. An IKEA refund card can be used as full or partial payment on purchases at Australian IKEA stores (including the Swedish Restaurant). An IKEA refund card with a PIN can also be used as full or partial payment on purchases on IKEA.com.au, excluding event tickets. An IKEA refund card with no PIN cannot be used for online payments. Please contact IKEA Customer Support if your card does not have a PIN and it is to be used online. An IKEA refund card has a minimum three year expiry. Full IKEA refund card terms and conditions can be found here. ↩

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  • sw00p on 22/08/2024 - 12:50
    +2

    Can anyone elaborate on their experience with this? Have people had items refused because of scratches, marks etc?

    • PrinceOfWhales on 22/08/2024 - 13:03
      +4

      I sold some items with scratches / small nicks which they allocated to the lowest category (well used), which is defined as having "several scratches".

      The staffs have discretion to reject items if they deem the item is not in a resaleable condition.

      "Unfortunately, we are unable to give very used furniture a second life via our As-is department. IKEA Buyback & Re-sell is just one way to give your furniture a second life. If it is time to retire your furniture, please consider other recycling options or donating it to charity."

    • rxjb on 22/08/2024 - 13:38
      +1

      At Springvale, the assessor is a real di..
      We've sold a few pieces back, one rejected, one accepted but like others, gave it the lowest rating.

    • kayndev on 22/08/2024 - 13:50
      +1

      never make it into top tier, always be lower.

      and it has to be assembled which means for large furniture, you either need a large van or reassemble them when arrived in ikea

    • WookieMonster on 22/08/2024 - 14:22
      +8

      Having sold multiple items through the buy-back process over a few years, the most important thing to keep in mind is that the assessment is very subjective.

      Here are some of my observations (and this is coming from someone who almost always sells back “solid” furniture, e.g. KALLAX, MALM, HEMNES):

      • The same store can have a different buy-back assessor on duty, depending on the day or time you are at the store.

      • I tend to find that most buy-back assessors are quite happy to put through something as “Very Good” (especially if the item only has a few scratches or small dents), and I find that these assessors would also stick to the maximum amount for the condition. For example, if the maximum amount for a shelving unit in “Very Good” condition was $75.20 and the assessor agreed it was in “Very Good” condition, the assessor would offer $75.20.

      • There was one buy-back assessor who would sometimes offer me an amount below the “Well Used” quote amount (and admittedly, it would be on furniture with a few scratches). I had no idea this was possible until it happened to me the first time! I once tried to sell back a filing cabinet at “Well Used” condition for $39, but I was only offered $20.

      • I have only been able to have a couple of items be sold back in “As New” condition. One of them was a table with a bamboo tabletop, and I think it was partly because it would be hard to scratch up that surface.

      • I have sold back furniture with fabric or leather a couple of times (as well as a coffee table with a glass top), and every time the assessor has been very strict and pushed down the condition to “Well Used” (but at least they offered the maximum amount for “Well Used”). The assessor usually told me the reason they pushed it down: for example, the white leather chair had lots of marks on there, the glass top for the coffee table had lots of fine scratches, etc.

      • I have never had an item rejected, but I am also careful with what I take out to IKEA to sell back. For example, I currently have a chest of drawers with so much damage that I would not take it out to IKEA, because it would mostly be rejected (and the thought of going through the hassle of getting a large chest of drawers into my car, only to be rejected is not fun).

  • Windows98 on 22/08/2024 - 12:57

    Pretty good. Better than selling on marketplace.

    Wonder what they do with them

    • U30004 on 22/08/2024 - 13:04

      Get you to buy more new stuff

    • FrugalBoi95 on 22/08/2024 - 13:34

      They resell for a profit and they only give you store credit for it, win-win if you were gonna end up buying more IKEA stuff anyway

      • moguri on 23/08/2024 - 01:24
        +1

        Not always. They bought back my Markus chair at the previous promo for $180 and saw it labelled at $120 for sale. I could’ve bought it back for a free $60 bucks lol

        • p1 ama on 25/08/2024 - 19:57

          And then done a loop around to the trade-in desk to get $180 for it again.

    • Gnilgorf on 22/08/2024 - 14:07

      They place the items in the 'As-is' section in store.

      When I moved house a few years back, sold back a set of dining chairs. Got the Very Good rating (middle), then a little whilst later I found them in the 'As-is area for the exact same price they offered me.

      Guess everyones milage may vary. Wasn't too bad for me given they were ~3 years old at that point. Too bad they didn't have a bonus buy back then.

  • altomic on 22/08/2024 - 12:58
    +1

    Awesome. Hard rubbish collection starts next week.

  • cornflakes on 22/08/2024 - 13:49

    What kind of buy back price can we expect though?

    For example, say I've got a $1000 couch that I bought 2 years ago. It's in as new condition as it was used in the guest bedroom.

    I want to know if it's worth the hassle.

    • soaringphoenix on 22/08/2024 - 14:19
      -1

      I was down there the other day with a very similar couch with also quite similar condition and after a long chat with the assessor and sales manager, they asked me to come over to the computer and review the value appraisal. They took me through a range of similar couches that had been brought in, in varying conditions. Some were pretty scrapped up, others were fairly pristine like my example. We went back over to my couch again, and they lifted the pillows and looked beneath them. At this point I noticed that the appaiser had quite red eyes, but I didn't pay too much attention to this. Anyway, he then came over to me and explained that, considering the age and condition of the couch, he was going to need about tree fiddy. God damn loch ness monster .

      • Matt P on 22/08/2024 - 15:42
        +1

        Was this about the time you noticed he was 8 stories tall and a crustacean from the paleozoic era?

      • NobalaKoba on 22/08/2024 - 16:23
        +1

        Had us in the first half, ngl.

    • beesider on 22/08/2024 - 14:27
      +1

      Their buy back price would be higher than you could get on FB marketplace selling it. So regardless, it's a good offer.

  • Upvote Only on 22/08/2024 - 14:09

    I have sold two of the office chairs before and it went okay with the as new condition. Location Richmond VIC.

  • effgee on 22/08/2024 - 14:20
    +1

    Ikea furniture isnt generally robust enough to be transported assembled. So the system is flawed, I'm not willing to spend an hour in the carpark reassembling just to get downgraded or rejected.

    There is a massive opportunity (not to mention the social responsibility for ikea) to reuse and recycle ikea stuff. Just the system they're running doesnt facilitate it. So the tonnes of ikea stuff going to landfill every day will continue as long as they have a financial incentive for it to continue

  • wtfffff on 22/08/2024 - 15:27
    +1

    What if i retun sth that's new in the box? Just found i bought sth during the sales for 200 and now they r buying back for 675

    • rxjb on 22/08/2024 - 17:49

      Have to assemble it

  • ThatBargainer on 22/08/2024 - 15:30

    Does the estimator on ikea website includes 50% extra?

    • WookieMonster on 22/08/2024 - 15:37

      If you are signed into your IKEA Family account when you generate the quote, it will include the 50% extra value.

      If you are not signed in, the quote will not include the 50% extra value.

      • ThatBargainer on 22/08/2024 - 15:41

        I am not signed in but it gives me 2 prices - ikea member and non-ikea member

        • WookieMonster on 22/08/2024 - 15:54

          Correct.

          When you have the quote emailed to you, the price listed in the quote will depend on whether you were signed into your IKEA Family account at the time of generating the quote on the IKEA website. I just ran two quotes on the same item (one signed in, the other not signed in), and the following happened:

          • When I was signed into the IKEA Family account, the quote used the IKEA member price.

          • When I was not signed into the IKEA Family account, the quote used the non-IKEA member price (which is the regular price).

          The IKEA member price listed on the IKEA website is the extra 50% value.

          I have no idea whether you can get the extra 50% value if you use a quote with a non-IKEA member price, but you then tell the IKEA staff member at the returns area that you have an IKEA Family membership.

          • cornflakes on 22/08/2024 - 21:22

            @WookieMonster: The extra 50% gives me a price that is more that what I paid originally (if they do accept it after looking it over). Question now is how long this voucher is good for?

            • WookieMonster on 22/08/2024 - 21:23

              @cornflakes: Voucher? Do you mean the quote or the IKEA refund card?

              • cornflakes on 22/08/2024 - 21:28

                @WookieMonster: Yeah sorry, voucher/refund card however they issue it to you. I also did my maths wrong and I'm not getting back more than what I paid as I previously said. But even if so it's a good buy back price if they accept it, only $70 less than what I paid.

                Question is how stingy are the workers who 'assess' the condition.

                • WookieMonster on 22/08/2024 - 21:32

                  @cornflakes: The answer is at the bottom of the deal description:

                  An IKEA refund card has a minimum three year expiry.

                  In reality, it is more like ~39 months from the buy-back date, but I wrote "minimum three year expiry" in the deal description for the sake of simplicity!

  • Timeismonet on 22/08/2024 - 16:04
    -1

    Does anyone know how long this 50% extra promotion goes for?

    • ozzbargainer on 22/08/2024 - 16:24
      +1

      expiry is marked in the post, until 23rd Sep

  • VerticallyIntegrated on 22/08/2024 - 20:32
    +1

    I’d like IKEA to buy back the meatballs I had yesterday.

  • Ademos on 23/08/2024 - 09:18

    Hmm. Do they require original purchase receipt?

    • WookieMonster on 23/08/2024 - 09:24

      No.

      The buy-back process only requires the fully-assembled item, as well as the quote number you generate through the IKEA website.

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