If your baby is born 14th of November 2013 you get a free cot from Ikea or a $99 gift voucher if they are out of stock. Only valid in WA & SA but if you can bag a cheap flight and hide the pregnancy from the airline staff there is no reason people from the other states couldn't have there baby in WA or SA to take advantage of this offer.
+1!
This promo has singlehandedly raised my opinion of ikea
hahaha
Plus you get the baby bonus, win-win situation!!
Baby + cot + kachingggg for free lol
and a lifetime of child upkeep costs, better pray there be baby formula sales posted on ozb
Breast milk is free:)
Haha - you're obviously a guy. :)
i've heard there's some cheap baby formula in china? maybe buy online : )
(p.s do not actually consider this.. google why)
Do you get 2 cots for twins ?
Read jv. Limit of one cot per baby.
Per baby, not egg.
the only place identical twins count as one baby is in china
lol :))
First time I've ever laughed at one of your comments jv. Congratulations.
Jeez, you're not just tight with your money, but laughs aswell?
To be fair, he isn't usually all that funny.
then would it be 4 cots for a pair of twins?
More importantly:
What's the reference to OzBargain in the ads on the left hand column?
I hope someone sent OzBargain a valentine!
There have been. cant remember where i saw it today…
And hasn't visited for years…
That's fantastic :) Who said Ozbs weren't a romantic mob
Gotta work harder tonight for the free baby cot.
Are they allowing for daylight saving?
Reddit?
imgur? Must be.
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NOT A BARGAIN, mods please delete.
apparently some people couldn't appreciate the humour
yeah i dont know why that got downvoted
If you're referring to this That's for 2.7 children. So, 1 child would be less than $400,000, ignoring the chance of twins and shared costs etc.
tl;dr, stop being a party pooper…
The internet is srs business, it's called a joke! lighten up.
Also, highly unlikely that figure is accurate anymore anyway…. The study was conducted in 2006, and hasn't taken into account the increased costs of living in 2013.
You can also tell your kids later the reason why you had them…."well, we saw this offer at IKEA and decided to have you… which also explains why your middle name is Ozbargain".
It costs $1.065 million to raise 2.7 kids from birth to 24?
Average pay in Australia is ~$55,000 a year… Allowing for 3% inflation you would earn $1,376,920 over 24 years.
So a single income family would have to live on ~$312,000 for 24 years including rent/mortgage, utilities, home furnishings and so on.
$250 a week to pay for everything other than your child from $1050 pay, this doesn't include paying tax……
Who the fudge writes these things and expects people to take them seriously.
I would say that realistically my daughter (3) costs me less than $50 a week for food, nourishment, toys and entertainment. That's not being a tightass it's being honest and not saying that I live on -$300 a week because I have a child.
Sensationalist journalism… they probably adjust the early figures for inflation and add the interest you would have earned on that money or something along those lines so they can get a catchy headline.
TO be fair I was replying to your uneditted comment that sounded a lot more serious than that one… I think that study is just bound to be highly inacurate no matter when it was conducted.
On average, families don't live on a single income.
So, the average family earns a good bit more than that, and buy their kids all manner of expensive toys, to try and make up for the fact that they don't have any time to spend developing a meaningful relationship with their own offspring because they're always at work earning enough money to buy expensive toys to try and make up for etc. etc..
A single-income family will probably live more frugally, and probably won't be able to spend the same kind of money on their kids… but might not need to spend as much (re the compensation presents as above, as well as childcare costs, after school costs, babysitters, take-away meals because no parents are home to prepare food etc.).
Also factor in the welfare payments and tax benefits, which are in addition to your actual income. Higher again for low-income families.
I'm just glad I don't live in a capital city, so I can afford to put a roof over my family's heads without my partner having to work.
Don't forget to factor in saving 50cents on unused contraception. Or even more if you count 9 months' worth!
Ah, I lol'd.
Kids are awesome.
save money then buy furby
alkaline is only choice of juice.
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gogogo!!!
Saw this on Reddit! had no idea this was WA
If you conceived today and had the baby that day, it would be one week early. Full term is 40 weeks, so you should have got busy a week ago in order to maximise your chance for a free cot LOL.
Actually I think this is incorrect, but guys if you delve deeper nopunintended in search of greater accuracy on this matter, I think you'll end up in territory you don't want to be in. Leave it to the ladies, let it be.
It's on average 38 weeks after conception, so you still have a week to get busy!
Consider adding a reminder!
Hmm even if I am successful I might print out a heap of these and go visit all the maternity wards and hand these out in 9 months.
most families are already prepared by then
True, but they could alway resell it. :)
$99 voucher if they run out of stock too
A woman is pregnant for more than 9 months actually, so unless you have the baby earlier, have a c-section early due to complications, or have started before today, then your baby will be born exactly 9 months from today, which would be 14th of Nov… :)
i was born on 14th nov… o m g
Disturbingly so was Prince Charles.
And my mum! (seriously)
How is Charles as a mother?
Where do babies come from?
Ready to assemble from Ikea?
You send a letter to the stork… but they don't have the internets, so you need to use snail mail, and it can take up to 9 months for them to receive your request, so better get writing today…
Anyone what to go halves? If you know what I mean……
Financially too?
I'll chip in as a third?
….wait, that doesn't work.
well, it might, depends on if you want to double your chances (or halve them) … the other 2 thirds will be the challenge
i'll do the crime, you do the time
Ladies… what do you say, should we give it a go :-)
My wife is gonna be flat on her back making this deal work.
Ladies of WA,
If you can't turn down a bargain, I'm more than willing to offer you the cot in exchange for not paying child support.
Thank you.
Book yourself in for a C-Section on that day, so you can 100% ensure yourself that you will be eligible for the bargain!
Unless the baby comes early?
I'm still disappointed that my kid missed an awesome birthday of 07/07/07 by being early.. :P
Like 00/00/07?
Mid-November 2013 shall go down in Australian history as the "IKEA Baby Boom"
Guys.. we gotta rise to the occasion!
This deal is perfect for those who did not take advantage of this deal
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/92914
Ikea is unbelievableļ¼
Costello - someone stole your idea!
they should have made it a condition that you name your kid IKEA*
*all in caps, too :D
How do we start of this bargain.. need some instructions first..
First you need to form a babby…
assemble*
I got a heap of videos that demonstrate this.
Anyone interested to invest now and split the gift card or the cot nine months later?
lol, epic voucher
its a f**king great voucher
Poor babies, yet to born but already on the race for freebies. (O)
breeding the next generation of Professionals B-)
"Delivery not included"
…pun intended?
I'm glad someone else noticed that too!
What is the source of the Advt? Is the Original Voucher Required or is a Printout / Photocopy acceptable?
isn't this a competition?
No it's a game of skill :-)
I would think it's more like gambling
or am I doing it wrong?
I suppose a degree in obstetrics, midwifery and gynecology counts as one of the relevant skills in making your baby pop up in time for the redemption date….
great, so now NOV 2013 babies will be known as the ikea generation.
This exactly why being on the pill or implanon is a bad idea - might miss out on a bargain such as this.
or being foreveralone. :P
Get copulating people!!
Sure ..anything for a bargain!!