How should you pay when you ask someone to pick up IKEA items for you?

fantasyvn

Can you help me with this question?

A local joiner agrees to collect items at IKEA store for me. He will carry the items to my home and begin the assembly process.

But I don't know how or how much I should pay him in advance. Can I pay the full amount to IKEA online and then give him the reference number to collect the units at the store? Is it safe?

Any idea is welcome.

Thank you.

McKneff

He will probably charge you an hourly rate for picking up the items, this presumably will be included in the invoice for the job he is doing for you.

Why would you need to pay him in advance. It will be part of the job.

Work out how long it would take him and then see how much Ikea would charge for delivery and then choose which one would be cheapest.

You need to check with him.

fantasyvn

How about the price of the items themselves? Does Ikea allow you to pay online first and collect them later? (Sorry, but I haven't bought anything from Ikea for some time).

ormus

afaik ikea has a central depot from which all online sales are delivered. not from each store.
best method is to either go with the chippy or take your own car. buy the items and load them into the chippys van.
or use the local delivery service. all/most stores have man & van working there. you pay them direct.

ic

I assume you're getting a kitchen fitted, in which case order it online/instore for delivery ahead of your joiner coming to fit it. When buying a large number of parts its highly likely something won't be instock. Order online and although its not guaranteed you won't get it all in one order - its far more likely. When I fitted a kitchen, the only thing that was delayed was the oven, which came a month later.

Also use Ikea's shopping list feature on the website - add everything to your shopping list you need (not shopping basket), then view the shopping list. It'll provide you a picking list for your local store including the warehouse location, ordered by weight and will confirm the amount of stock they have.

You will need to do some faffing though - say you want a cupboard with a door say, you'll need to find the individual codes for the frame, door, handles, legs and add them individually (click the link for package details and it will provide you with these). Do this and it'll avoid you having to ask staff for help in finding them.

grimsalve

My local IKEA have a delivery company instore, I think they charge around £30 for anything within a 10 mile radius (or possibly more?). ie. item is paid for instore, you pay the delivery company in advance, Ikea give the item to the delivery company on the agreed day. I used this service last year when I bought a sofa - couldn't fault them.

sunshinetours

I agree probably cheaper to do the shop yourself and get home delivered normally for £30 / £35 assuming you are within 15 miles or so

If you are asking joiner to purchase items for you I would say paying him for the goods would be reasonable as he won't have a credit account with Ikea unlike a normal trade supplier

fantasyvn

Thank you everyone. Yes, I forgot that I just picked up an IKEA Family card last weekend. So I will use it to buy cheaper.

ic

The Ikea Family card is great if you want something like some luminous slippers from the "family shop", otherwise I've had very little benefit from it. They reward you for the number of visits, not the amount you spend.