Ikea transport home

[taony]

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!

[smutcakes]

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.

[taony]

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.

[Triglav]

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.

[Curt1591]

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.

[greginthai]

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?

[Soi Sauce]

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.

[machans88]

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

[taony]

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.

[machans88]

thanks

[FritsSikkink]

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?

[taony]

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.

[Joy957]

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

http:www.facebook.com/IKEAiExpress

[muffy]

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

[Langsuan Man]

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