Ikea now delivering nationwide

16-11-2017 3:12pm #1

Delivery charges vary eg it is a ridiculous €84 for an armchair. But I did a test run with a stool too and delivery was €7.50 so that's cheaper than petrol & tolls.

Add to basket to check if items can be delivered.

http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/

slave1 · 16-11-2017 3:15pm

Thought that was always the case, just prohibitively expensive and you had to arrange in-store

cherryghost · 16-11-2017 3:27pm

No more in-store arrangements, woo!

loyatemu · 16-11-2017 3:47pm

about bloody time - it was a farce that they had a full website with all their products on it, you could add those products to a list but you couldn't order them without going to the physical store...

seefin · 16-11-2017 3:47pm

Excellent news!

coley · 16-11-2017 4:19pm

Any idea what allows items to qualify for delivery?

Some products in your Shopping Bag are not available to buy online. Please review your bag before continuing the checkout.

I get this and most of my items are removed

grogi · 16-11-2017 4:22pm

123654789 wrote: »

Delivery charges vary eg it is a ridiculous €84 for an armchair. But I did a test run with a stool too and delivery was €7.50 so that's cheaper than petrol & tolls.

Add to basket to check if items can be delivered.

http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/

If only they did not require a space in the Eircode

Berty · 16-11-2017 5:01pm

It's about time. It made no sense having to drive all the way to Ikea to get an item. I guess the fact you're in the store you'll be snagged and buy some of the downstairs nonsense.

I checked on a mirror I need and yep it's €7.50 delivered which is good considering it's travelling 200kms. Changed the Quantity to 10 mirrors and it was still €7.50 as a check just in case.

david65 · 16-11-2017 5:10pm

many, many, thanks OP. You have just saved me a long journey!

Sappy404 · 16-11-2017 5:16pm

Just checked. Of the 7 items I have in my basket for my next trip, only 1 is eligible for delivery. Looks like they don't want to deliver the slightly larger, awkward stuff like large frames and storage boxes.

16-11-2017 5:20pm

Brilliant for those of us who don't drive...also dangerous! I assume they don't deliver stuff from their food hall? :P

Zico ! · 16-11-2017 5:32pm

84 euro delivery to cork feck that

seamus · 16-11-2017 5:34pm

Zico ! wrote: »

84 euro delivery to cork feck that

How much would the petrol from Cork to Ballymun cost you? Never mind the wear & tear on your vehicle and the time spent travelling?

If you're buying from IKEA anyway, €84 delivery across half of the country seems like a bargain tbh.

Skippy along · 16-11-2017 5:41pm

Ordered just now 7.50 delivered to cork
http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/products/childrens-ikea-products/children-3-7/childrens-storage-furniture/trofast-storage-combination-white-multicolour-spr-49857543/

marvin80 · 16-11-2017 5:47pm

Zico ! wrote: »

84 euro delivery to cork feck that

If you got a few people in on the order ye could split the delivery charges (assuming they don't increase as more items are added).

tiredblondie · 16-11-2017 6:01pm

42euro to delivery a sideboard from ikea to dublin 10....i'd most likely drive out myself to be fair, just wanted to see what it would cost for delivery!

waterfaerie · 16-11-2017 6:02pm

I was so excited to see this but then I logged in to try and order the items I've been saving in my list for my next trip to Dublin and I'm so disappointed.

I had 13 items in my basket and only 5 were eligible for delivery. Then when I put in my eircode, one of those 5 also became ineligible. So only 4 items out of 13 can be delivered to me. That's a bit useless really.

I suppose I'll have to venture up to Dublin after all.

waterfaerie · 16-11-2017 6:10pm

coley wrote: »

Any idea what allows items to qualify for delivery?

I get this and most of my items are removed

Same. There doesn't seem to be any logic to it, either. I had mostly toys and some medium sized bits and pieces. One soft toy can be delivered to me but not the other one?

A kitchen sink was my biggest item. It's eligible for delivery, but not to Galway?

loyatemu · 16-11-2017 6:14pm

Skippy along wrote: »

Ordered just now 7.50 delivered to cork
http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/products/childrens-ikea-products/children-3-7/childrens-storage-furniture/trofast-storage-combination-white-multicolour-spr-49857543/

I wonder why that's so cheap - €44 seems to the base delivery price for Dublin area (same as for their "pick and collect" service)

Skippy along · 16-11-2017 6:22pm

loyatemu wrote: »

I wonder why that's so cheap - €44 seems to the base delivery price for Dublin area (same as for their "pick and collect" service)

Yeah it does seem very cheap alright..

goat2 · 16-11-2017 6:34pm

is there one basic nationwide charge, is it the amount you spend the more we spend the less we are charged for delivery, or is it size or weight of goods, but it is good news to know they deliver around the country

vicwatson · 16-11-2017 6:35pm

loyatemu wrote: »

about bloody time - it was a farce that they had a full website with all their products on it, you could add those products to a list but you couldn't order them without going to the physical store...

And they were in breach of their planning permission for the last 8 YEARS by not offering the delivery service

waterfaerie · 16-11-2017 8:07pm

I just tried lots of random eircodes to check if they deliver there.

They seem to have two types of delivery charges. It seems that orders of very small items costs 7.50 nationwide. I don't know if they're sending these by post but it seems to be things that would fit in the post.

Then if there's anything larger it seems to be priced by zone, no matter how much you order. For example, whether you order one cupboard or a whole kitchen, it's 84 euro to Cork.

They seem to only want to deliver the very small things in the 7.50 delivery bracket to Galway.

I added some large items and they are willing to deliver them all over the country, including places like remote parts of Kerry and Tory Island, but not to Galway. I'm hoping that's just some sort of error that they will fix. It seems bizarre to exclude Galway.

Then it also seems like there are lots of random items of all sizes that they won't deliver anywhere. Why some items and not others, I don't know.

as.eirinn · 16-11-2017 8:20pm

waterfaerie wrote: »

I was so excited to see this but then I logged in to try and order the items I've been saving in my list for my next trip to Dublin and I'm so disappointed.

I had 13 items in my basket and only 5 were eligible for delivery. Then when I put in my eircode, one of those 5 also became ineligible. So only 4 items out of 13 can be delivered to me. That's a bit useless really.

I suppose I'll have to venture up to Dublin after all.

...not at all, doesnt 'man with a van ' do this cheaper?, haven't checked recently though.

Ursus Horribilis · 16-11-2017 8:23pm

Did they not always offer this? I was thinking of buying a few things from them a few months ago but when I saw the prices I changed my mind pretty sharpish.

homingbird · 16-11-2017 8:59pm

Use this crowd for large items they ship all the cheap coal from the north all around ireland for pocket money.
http://tpn.ie/

marklazarcovic · 16-11-2017 9:05pm

isnt there lads who do ikea trips on a weekly basis for other people,one in galway is very successful at it

loyatemu · 16-11-2017 10:56pm

goat2 wrote: »

is there one basic nationwide charge, is it the amount you spend the more we spend the less we are charged for delivery, or is it size or weight of goods, but it is good news to know they deliver around the country

it's the same as their "pick & delivery" charges which are detailed here:

Pricing

You can have all your products picked and delivered for:

Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare, Meath €44

Louth, Monaghan, Cavan, Longford, Westmeath, Offaly, Laois, Kilkenny, Carlow, Wexford €64

Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo, Roscommon, Galway, Clare, Tipperary, Limerick, Kerry, Cork, Waterford €84

it's not cheap but certainly from here (Wicklow) you'd spend €10 on tolls and fuel going to the store, and probably another €30 on crap you don't need in the shop

_Whimsical_ · 17-11-2017 12:07am

waterfaerie wrote: »

I just tried lots of random eircodes to check if they deliver there.

They seem to have two types of delivery charges. It seems that orders of very small items costs 7.50 nationwide. I don't know if they're sending these by post but it seems to be things that would fit in the post.

Then if there's anything larger it seems to be priced by zone, no matter how much you order. For example, whether you order one cupboard or a whole kitchen, it's 84 euro to Cork.

They seem to only want to deliver the very small things in the 7.50 delivery bracket to Galway.

I added some large items and they are willing to deliver them all over the country, including places like remote parts of Kerry and Tory Island, but not to Galway. I'm hoping that's just some sort of error that they will fix. It seems bizarre to exclude Galway.

Then it also seems like there are lots of random items of all sizes that they won't deliver anywhere. Why some items and not others, I don't know.

Yes! I couldn't find anything I wanted that would deliver to Galway. Pretty sickened if they're delivering to Tory Island but not here.

wingnut · 17-11-2017 1:47am

I'd have a feeling they are dealing with 'man with van' type couriers who do runs. So they might have a guy who goes to Munster doing Cork and Limerick but not to Galway.

As others have suggested it would work well if an extended family few neighbours were getting a load.

waterfaerie · 17-11-2017 8:12am

wingnut wrote: »

I'd have a feeling they are dealing with 'man with van' type couriers who do runs. So they might have a guy who goes to Munster doing Cork and Limerick but not to Galway.

As others have suggested it would work well if an extended family few neighbours were getting a load.

That would be insane. Do you think they have a deal with some guy doing regular runs to Tory Island but they can't find anyone willing to go to Galway?

It really seems like an error to me. I'm going to get on to them.

Kalyke · 17-11-2017 8:20am

Teething problems I would say.

jlm29 · 17-11-2017 8:30am

Surely an error! I’d also be very surprised if a big company like Ikea was making deals with a load of random men with vans. I feel a bit sorry for the men with vans! Though the one I’ve used once or twice posted on Facebook this am that they would price match or beat Ikea delivery prices.

Mountainsandh · 17-11-2017 8:51am

jlm29 wrote: »

Surely an error! I’d also be very surprised if a big company like Ikea was making deals with a load of random men with vans. I feel a bit sorry for the men with vans! Though the one I’ve used once or twice posted on Facebook this am that they would price match or beat Ikea delivery prices.

The guy I used for Waterford really "delivered"

It's 70 euros for delivery and you can fill the van. I got 3 big pieces of furniture + a dozen smaller things delivered AND assembled for 200 euros last time. Think I'll stick with this guy.

Edit : assembly is important for me

ArtyC · 17-11-2017 8:57am

there's a guy doing deliveries from ikea to Galway for a while . Check out flat pack hero Galway on Facebook . I had it bookmarked as buying our own next year and he gets good reviews

cormie · 17-11-2017 8:58am

I've been offering an IKEA shop and deliver service through www.VanTasks.ie before the Dublin store even opened so this is definitely going to reduce demand for that service unless someone wants something urgent/same day or they don't offer the home delivery for the items wanted.

A UK company called Breezemount managed their UK deliveries and I believe they have been contracted to manage the Irish deliveries since the store opened too.

I know another company based in the West doing the same shop and deliver service for years from Dublin, fully insured and experienced with this, neither of us have been approached about outsourcing. Bear in mind, most "man with a van" types are operating illegitimately without the proper insurance etc so I doubt there's any set up with individuals like this. Breezemount have always delivered nationwide for them.

Their delivery charges for some items seem to be following their regular pick and deliver fee for sure. I'm not sure if their scheduling for deliveries is still the same, but the attached image shows the pricing at least. The picking service is then €15 on top and is obviously necessary in the case of online ordering and not being in store to do the picking yourself.

I'm not sure where the discrepancy between their regular charging and the new €7.50 charge comes into play and what determines an item to qualify for either. I did a sample quote of 7 mattress toppers worth almost €700 to Cork and delivery was still €7.50. Mattress toppers aren't exactly small and compact and they weren't cheap either so I don't think it's a size of price thing.

It may be teething problems. The site only updated with the new system Wednesday night.

Berty · 17-11-2017 9:24am

Maybe their schedule of charges is based on weight of items. Annything over 20kgs maybe becomes a two man delivery. Just surmising.

casio4 · 17-11-2017 9:43am

loyatemu wrote: »

it's the same as their "pick & delivery" charges which are detailed here:

Pricing

You can have all your products picked and delivered for:

Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare, Meath €44

Louth, Monaghan, Cavan, Longford, Westmeath, Offaly, Laois, Kilkenny, Carlow, Wexford €64

Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo, Roscommon, Galway, Clare, Tipperary, Limerick, Kerry, Cork, Waterford €84

it's not cheap but certainly from here (Wicklow) you'd spend €10 on tolls and fuel going to the store, and probably another €30 on crap you don't need in the shop

if you're coming up from Wicklow or Wexford might be cheaper to order and collect from the Carrickmines store I think it's 25 euro to collect an item

loyatemu · 17-11-2017 10:44am

casio4 wrote: »

if you're coming up from Wicklow or Wexford might be cheaper to order and collect from the Carrickmines store I think it's 25 euro to collect an item

the problem with the Carrickmines store is you have go to the damn store to order, then go back the next day to collect. Maybe they'll add a "deliver to Carrickmines" option to the website, but it's not there yet. I guess it's all a question of how much you value your time.

rob316 · 17-11-2017 1:18pm

I was doing a new kitchen and other bits to the house recently, I drove up from Cork to Ikea and spent the day in the showroom and getting the final tweeks on our kitchen plan done. I got the whole lot delivered to my door in Cork for €69, it would have equated to 6 pallets of stuff, absolute bargain.

Had a look at the site there and I picked 1 chair, €7.50 delivery, then I picked 50 and it was still €7.50, very good price.

bk · 17-11-2017 2:39pm

waterfaerie wrote: »

I added some large items and they are willing to deliver them all over the country, including places like remote parts of Kerry and Tory Island, but not to Galway. I'm hoping that's just some sort of error that they will fix. It seems bizarre to exclude Galway.

Not bizarre at all, you terrible Galwegians aren't allowed to have our lovely Ikea furniture

loyatemu wrote: »

the problem with the Carrickmines store is you have go to the damn store to order, then go back the next day to collect. Maybe they'll add a "deliver to Carrickmines" option to the website, but it's not there yet. I guess it's all a question of how much you value your time.

That is mad :eek: What a stupid setup.

I love Ikea and they get a lot right, but I have to say their IT side sucks. Website, apps, etc. are all buggy and rubbish. Which might explain the Galway thing too.

grogi · 17-11-2017 2:40pm

bk wrote: »

I love Ikea and they get a lot right, but I have to say their IT side sucks. Website, apps, etc. are all buggy and rubbish. Which might explain the Galway thing too.

I must agree with that. Which is an extreme pity, as it used to be one of the best out there...

LaVidaEsAsi · 17-11-2017 5:27pm

waterfaerie wrote: »

I was so excited to see this but then I logged in to try and order the items I've been saving in my list for my next trip to Dublin and I'm so disappointed.

I had 13 items in my basket and only 5 were eligible for delivery. Then when I put in my eircode, one of those 5 also became ineligible. So only 4 items out of 13 can be delivered to me. That's a bit useless really.

I suppose I'll have to venture up to Dublin after all.

At least the site recognised your Eircode.

I've had my eye on a chair in IKEA for a while now, but I don't drive and hadn't quite gotten around to convincing a relative/friend to venture out to IKEA with me. I was pleased to hear of this new delivery service and went onto the site to check how much delivery would be. The site will just not recognise my Eircode even though I know it is correct, and when I clicked on the link they had provided to go check it again on the Eircode website - the Eircode site confirmed that yes, it is correct. Does this mean that they just don't deliver to my area? I don't know, another section of their site shows that they deliver to Dublin in general, no area excluded. I agree with other posters who've mentioned that their IT side of things isn't the best. Their website seems to leave a lot to be desired. It just puts me off Ikea altogether...

waterfaerie · 17-11-2017 5:33pm

LaVidaEsAsi wrote: »

At least the site recognised your Eircode.

I've had my eye on a chair in IKEA for a while now, but I don't drive and hadn't quite gotten around to convincing a relative/friend to venture out to IKEA with me. I was pleased to hear of this new delivery service and went onto the site to check how much delivery would be. The site will just not recognise my Eircode even though I know it is correct, and when I clicked on the link they had provided to go check it again on the Eircode website - the Eircode site confirmed that yes, it is correct. Does this mean that they just don't deliver to my area? I don't know, another section of their site shows that they deliver to Dublin in general, no area excluded. I agree with other posters who've mentioned that their IT side of things isn't the best. Their website seems to leave a lot to be desired. It just puts me off Ikea altogether...

They seem to want the space in the eircode. I never even noticed that there was a space in the eircode before because I've never had to use the space on any other website. I think it's after the first three characters.

LaVidaEsAsi · 19-11-2017 12:46am

waterfaerie wrote: »

They seem to want the space in the eircode. I never even noticed that there was a space in the eircode before because I've never had to use the space on any other website. I think it's after the first three characters.

Thanks for this! Yeh, I've never noticed the space myself either. I've had to enter my Eircode on other sites before, but the space wasn't required.

I just checked and the delivery charge is a third of the price of the chair I was considering (delivery within Dublin). Not sure I'm sold on that personally. It might be worth my while If I was buying more items, as the delivery charge would be the same regardless. That isn't the case though. I had a look at some other items out of interest as well; e.g. a nice sofa, which it turns out is not available for delivery (many of their seemingly better quality ones don't appear to be) so I can see what was said earlier in the thread about items in the basket not being available for delivery. Having looked at the beds, I wouldn't be keen on the delivery charge for them either given that I got a bed frame and very good quality mattress from Bargaintown about 2 years ago that should last me years, with free delivery and optional home assembly for about EUR20 if I remember correctly. It's safe to say my interest has dwindled a fair bit...

Skippy along · 21-11-2017 10:06am

Skippy along wrote: »

Yeah it does seem very cheap alright..

Text from Ikea this morning

" We are unfortunately unable to despatch your parcel delivery as scheduled, we will update you further by text. Apologies for any inconvenience."

Hmmm

Mountainsandh · 23-11-2017 4:04pm

I was looking at a chair too, and as of today delivery still comes up as 7.50 for Waterford.

Has anyone received any of the 7.50 deliveries yet ?
Not sure if it's worth my while chancing it, the alternative is driving up there this week-end so it'd be good to know if these deliveries were in fact honored or not.

waterfaerie · 23-11-2017 4:59pm

In case anyone else is wondering, they fixed the Galway issue. I knew it had to be a mistake.

It's not much good to me anyway, though, since most of my basket can't be delivered anywhere.

I wonder if eventually more of their stock will be eligible for delivery?

25-11-2017 7:09pm

I saw on the news they will open a Cork store. Carrigtohill. Probably take years though.

Cantona's Collars · 25-11-2017 8:39pm

123654789 wrote: »

I saw on the news they will open a Cork store. Carrigtohill. Probably take years though.

Somebody from the other end of Ireland will lodge an objection and hold the whole thing up for years.

uck51js9zml2yt · 25-11-2017 10:09pm

123654789 wrote: »

I saw on the news they will open a Cork store. Carrigtohill. Probably take years though.

No doubt someone from Connemara will object to its development!

Ikea now delivering nationwide

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