Hi everyone,

Does anyone know if there are vans/tuk tuks that hang out outside Ikea and can take a couple items into central BKK? Hopefully its less than B650 and I can get my stuff right away.

Thanks!

If you are in BKK you could go there in a taxi and back for less than 650 baht.

Also they have a delivery service.

The Ikea bus goes to the bts station, but god knows how you would contact/liaise with the driver on anything.

I am sure there are vans and tuk tuks around who would be very happy to assist you, but Christ knows how you would make contact with them.

Thanks, but I wouldn't be able to get the piece I need into a taxi. I'll try to scope out any tuk tuks/vans on my way in and if not, have to pay the 650 and wait two days for delivery.

Ikea here doesn't have the branded taxi+delivery service, unfortunately. The taxi/bus stop is right in front of the exit from the store (the one past checkout/hotdog place), there's usually a guy with a radio there ready to call a cab. I haven't seen any vans pick up stuff there, just the regular taxis, but this might be the place to start asking.

Delivery service doesn't accept glass, plates and the like.

Most stores, if you spend a couple thousand, will deliver, for free. I guess this is just one more reason to add to the list of reasons to pass on Ikea.

I was actually going to post this same question in a few weeks when I'm moving to Bangkok. If there aren't any larger vehicles waiting for customers in the area, could anyone recommend a taxi service that has some vans or SUV?

Some bangkok taxis are like small vans/estate cars. Find one of those and problem solved.

Also, many people will rent you their pick-up with themselves as driver and an extra pair of hands. I used one to move flat and it cost me 500 baht for a morning.

Talk to Thai friends to find one.

whats the best way to get to the ikea store,i will be near the asoke station,can you take a train?

take the train to Udom Suk and downstairs by the 7-11 is the bus stop for the shuttle bus to Mega Bangna and ikea.

thanks

Thanks, but I wouldn't be able to get the piece I need into a taxi. I'll try to scope out any tuk tuks/vans on my way in and if not, have to pay the 650 and wait two days for delivery.

So how do you get it in a tuk tuk?

I don't think it would have fit in a tuktuk, it was a bookcase 120cm long. It was a long thin box and quite heavy somehow. I was planning to look around for a van or pickup when I got there but somehow it took about an hour and a half to get out there from Victory Monument by BTS and bus, so I was so happy to get off that bus, I just bolted inside. The bus stops at Ikea, but I am not sure if it keeps going when you get to Mega, or it only stops at Ikea on the way out. Anyway, in my two times there I just got off with the crowds at the first stop and went inside the mall to eat first.

In the end I just used the Ikea service. It was fine too. The guy told me there was a five day delay, but when I got home I looked at the receipt and it said delivery in two days. In came in two days and I was happy.

This link might help as they do Pick up and delivery service for IKEA furniture to all over Thailand.

http:www.facebook.com/IKEAiExpress

The local Soi motor taxis can arrange anything , they know people with pick ups etc .

Why not use the IKEA delivery service ?

http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_TH/service-offer/delivery/index.html

look carefully for the English neighborhood names on the delivery map