THAIPHUKET Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Kitchen furniture from IKEA are unbeatable . Need shelf & cupboards , nothing big or complicated to be put together. Experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooterboy Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 IKEA (still) don't ship furniture - it's strictly a "pick-it-up-yourself" place - even in this day and age of online sales...... Someone could probably make a small fortune collecting orders and transporting items to people around Thailand....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stigvinck Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Ikea does ship to Chiang Mai and other places. But you have to go to the store and pick everything yourself. After paying you can walk to the shipping department and they will pack and ship for you. Not overly expensive either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar2 Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Ikea does ship to Chiang Mai and other places. But you have to go to the store and pick everything yourself. After paying you can walk to the shipping department and they will pack and ship for you. Not overly expensive either. they wanted 2600 Baht to ship us 2 mattresses, some pillows, etc. we went out to the street and found a guy who took the stuff to a trucking company for us for 500 Baht, then about 270 Baht to get to C.M. by slow trucking - about 2 weeks. so saved about 1800-1900 Bath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mascarabertha Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Ikea does ship to Chiang Mai and other places. But you have to go to the store and pick everything yourself. After paying you can walk to the shipping department and they will pack and ship for you. Not overly expensive either. Once more reaching out to stig proves to be a useful reach, albeit a bit of a stretch. Anybody looking to decorate a dormitory room for one or two semesters only can benefit from this knowledge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THAIPHUKET Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 You mean outside IKEA you find such service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurita Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 (edited) I let ikea deliver to my condo in bangkok and outsource delivery company to do the rest to samui 2500-3000 all inclusives , reach 2-3 days Edited September 20, 2015 by kurita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PostmanPat Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 I was just in IKEA BKK ( Mega Bang Na) and can confirm that there is a very good and efficient service in place to deliver to Chiang Mai and other places of course. If you want to collect it, then outsource delivery to save a few baht, then good luck with that. If you use IKEA to deliver the product remains their responsibilty upto delivery. If you use " a bloke with a van" then as soon as it leaves IKEA premises its your responsibility so loss or damage is yours to pay for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THAIPHUKET Posted September 20, 2015 Author Share Posted September 20, 2015 (edited) POSTMANPat that is jolly good news that you´re delivering! Edited September 20, 2015 by THAIPHUKET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mascarabertha Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 IKEA (still) don't ship furniture - it's strictly a "pick-it-up-yourself" place - even in this day and age of online sales...... Someone could probably make a small fortune collecting orders and transporting items to people around Thailand....... Why did you say that there isn't a delivery mechanism in place when clearly there is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C5VETTE Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 If they haven't changed anything lately then you still have to pick up the items yourself and pay for it. After paying there is a transport counter to the right if you want it transported. This is handled by another company who have some deal with IKEA. You still can't order online and have it delivered. You have to go to the store. Agree it would be a good business idea to provide this service. I had delivered some items to Rayong and had to pay for a whole pickup. Think it was about 7000 Baht but it was a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MESmith Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Time they opened a store in Chiang Mai. Surely the demand or the potential is here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooterboy Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 IKEA (still) don't ship furniture - it's strictly a "pick-it-up-yourself" place - even in this day and age of online sales...... Someone could probably make a small fortune collecting orders and transporting items to people around Thailand....... Why did you say that there isn't a delivery mechanism in place when clearly there is Why? Because IKEA don't ship - another company at IKEA does the work (see post 11). And you still have to go to the place and pick out your stuff and then roll it all to where they accept shipments. That's why! ..........all presuming things haven't changed in the last year or two, of course........ and yes, agree with MEsmith - it's time they opened a store in CM. I'd wanted to buy more than 100K baht of furniture. Would've been great to buy it all at IKEA. Instead, the more local stores got the orders, coz there ain't no IKEA in the north -- and you can't order anything from them ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PostmanPat Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 In answer to Scooterboy, I have a good friend in CM who has condos and houses to rent, and he goes to BKK, fills the equivalent of a truck with furniture, soft furnishings, all the stuff IKEA sell, and it gets delivered by IKEA to CM in about 2 or 3 days for around 2000 baht. I would say thats excellent service myself !! Compared to the total efficiency of IKEA, have you tried dealing with the ridiculously laborious and useless INDEX? Even dealing with their CM outlet it takes 45 minutes to order anything and sometimes three weeks to deliver it if its not "in stock"....and apart from the stack it high cheap stuff most of what you see in there in fact is not in stock !! No comparison to the total efficiency of IKEA. Their meatball lunches are good too !!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooterboy Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Good for him - that's a great way to get the stuff you want! Unfortunately, I don't have the time to go all the way to BKK, just to pick out some furniture (and hoping it's in stock, of course!) and arranging for it to be transported to the other end of the country - thanks, but no thanks. Haven't dealt with Index or the other big furniture chain (forget the name, just now) - went once to Index in Pattaya and got followed about all over the store - not a moment's peace to look at anything, undisturbed - awful place (for me, at least). Never bought anything and never went there again..Got most of my recent stuff from Homepro (excellent service) and Global (good service), as well as a truck-load from a small store outside Chiang Mai (wife's choice). Yes, I agree - IKEA's meatball lunches are excellent, I had a few of those back in Scandinavia - now that brings back a few memories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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