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Extra 50% on The Buy-Back Value for Pre-Loved IKEA Furniture @ IKEA (Free Family Membership Required)

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Extra 50% on The Buy-Back Value for Pre-Loved IKEA Furniture @ IKEA (Free Family Membership Required)
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Heybargain on 13/11/2023 - 17:07 ikea.com (5070 clicks)
Last edited 14/11/2023 - 16:59 by 1 other user

Sell us your pre-loved IKEA furniture
We're all feeling the pinch of living at the moment, so there's no better time to get cleverer with our resources. Let's clean up and refresh your home ready for the new year. Sell your pre-loved furniture back to us and we’ll make sure it gets a second chance at life. In exchange, you get an IKEA refund card, ready to use on something you need now.

Better yet, IKEA Family members earn 50% on the Buy-back value from 13 November – 22 December.

T&Cs

Comments from the previous promo in August 2023

How IKEA Buy-back works

  1. Determine what you want to resell. Only unmodified, completely assembled second hand IKEA furniture is accepted for buyback. Refer to the lists of eligible/ineligible products below. For ineligible items, consider reuse, donation, selling via online marketplaces or recycling.
  2. Use the buy-back estimator tool. Find what IKEA furniture you’re interested in selling and tell us its condition. You’ll get an estimate of what IKEA will pay to buy back your furniture.
  3. Make sure your furniture is clean and assembled, ready for its new home. Bring it and your estimate to the Exchange and Returns section of your nearest IKEA store.
  4. Pat yourself on the back. You’re helping us prolong product life, promote second hand furniture and waste less. Thanks for contributing to making IKEA more circular and to becoming people and planet positive!
  5. Your IKEA Refund card can be used in any Australian IKEA store, or on IKEA.com.au. Your refund card is valid for 3 years from the date of issue.

We are looking for…

  • Unmodified, completely assembled, clean IKEA products
  • Chest of drawers
  • Office chairs and desks
  • Bedside tables
  • Display cabinets
  • Sideboards
  • Bookcases and shelf units
  • Sofas and armchairs
  • Office storage
  • TV benches
  • Cabinets
  • Dining tables and chairs

And more

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  • HD9990 on 13/11/2023 - 17:49

    Nice

    • ireadtermsofuse on 13/11/2023 - 17:56
      +2

      Ice

      • Nuclearvodka on 13/11/2023 - 17:59
        +5

        Baby

        • runamuck on 13/11/2023 - 19:21
          +4

          Alright stop. Collaborate and listen.

          • iLLUME on 13/11/2023 - 21:03
            +2

            @runamuck: Nice is back with my brand new pre-loved invention

  • BLB1984 on 13/11/2023 - 18:04
    +17

    So you're telling me I can buy preassembled Ikea furniture? That to me is more the deal than trading in existing stuff. haha

    • ginormousgiraffe on 13/11/2023 - 18:07

      All you have to accept are the scratches and the stripped screws.

      • Merlict on 13/11/2023 - 18:25
        +3

        I mean you can look over it before you buy. Most of it seems fine condition when I've looked, just low odds of having what you need.

  • papagoose on 13/11/2023 - 18:49
    +1

    It’s a mixed bag, sometimes you’ll get someone happy to pay close to the top level condition, sometimes you’ll get someone that lowballs it as in worse condition even if it’s fine. You just have to take it or leave it, but lugging around partly or fully assembled furniture isn’t the easiest unless you have the right vehicle, so having taken it there you might well just want to accept it. So I dunno - just don’t count on getting the full quoted value even if it’s in good condition

    • nathand on 14/11/2023 - 07:01
      +1

      My experience was the low balling guy. If that is what they are going to do it’s a scam in my opinion because they give you the price estimate online then you lug in your furniture and they just low ball knowing you won’t take it back most likely. But they sell the program as their giving back or less waste but they lowball and all you get is IKEA credit.

      Two other tips

      Make sure it’s fully intact, like if a cabinet is missing a back plate or something they won’t take it.

      Give the items a thorough clean, it’s in the fine print of the program, one of my items had a little bit of dust that I missed and it was a big issue for the lowball guy.

      Good luck.

      • eeeee on 14/11/2023 - 07:44
        +2

        Which store does the low ball guy work?

        • Bii on 21/12/2023 - 17:09

          The low ball store.

  • auMouth on 13/11/2023 - 18:50
    +7

    So you have to transport and carry the pre-assembled furniture back to and into an Ikea store? Sounds like it would be easier to sell gumtree/ebay and get someone to come and pick it

    • silverrat23 on 13/11/2023 - 20:20

      It's quite a situational deal, but with the increased trade-in value you don't have to deal with tirekickers on FB/Gumtree.

      • 00 on 13/11/2023 - 22:18
        +2

        tyre tire

        • Borg on 13/11/2023 - 22:33
          -2

          Tire is American spelling so nothing wrong with being a tirekicker.

    • PhoenixIsRight on 13/11/2023 - 22:12

      In my case I’d spend more money trying to bring it in.

    • nathand on 14/11/2023 - 07:02
      +1

      You only get IKEA credit though.

    • xiaoli on 14/11/2023 - 09:42

      You only get back Ikea credit if you sell back to Ikea.

      Not cash.

    • AustriaBargain on 22/12/2023 - 11:26

      No, you call the Ikea concierge and a stretch limo will come to your house and strap your ratty old drawers to the roof.

  • Kammi on 13/11/2023 - 18:57

    How can the buy back be more than rrp lol

  • Rick James18 on 13/11/2023 - 19:24

    Why don't people just sell the furniture on classifieds and avoid the middleman

    • Merlict on 13/11/2023 - 19:36
      +11

      Because dealing with dumbasses and time wasters on Gumtree etc sucks.

    • lookingforadeal7 on 13/11/2023 - 19:40
      +10

      It'll sit up for a week for some guy to go "30 cash today mate" on the item you've listed for $500

    • DoUKnowTheMuffinMan on 13/11/2023 - 20:00
      +1

      and Ikea is offering 90% of what I paid for the furniture 7 years ago.
      Dont think ill get that on gumtree….

  • poor_me on 13/11/2023 - 20:14
    +2

    Friend sold some old furniture to Ikea then saw it relisted at the same price Ikea paid for them. Funnily enough his son had a change of heart and bought one of the items back.

    Don't know how this would work. Ikea wouldn't make a loss surely…

    • Viper8 on 13/11/2023 - 21:02
      +5

      No, because they don't pay cash, they pay in ikea gift cards, which probably costs them half of the face value (assuming 100% profit markup beyond cost price). So reselling the item to someone else for same price in cash means 100% ROI.

    • iforgotmysocks on 13/11/2023 - 20:32
      +8

      You can though.

      You can give them de seat, de bookcases, de bedside tables…

      • dlovep on 13/11/2023 - 20:46

        Overall de-ceased items… XD

  • burningrage on 13/11/2023 - 20:30

    It works better on things like office chairs.

  • stumo on 13/11/2023 - 20:42
    +1

    Wait a second .. they are offering me $570 for my Ektorp 3 seater I bought on here 5 years ago for $399?
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/402879

    • dlovep on 13/11/2023 - 20:47

      Go for it, make a cut before they find out…

    • starKz on 13/11/2023 - 20:56
      +1

      They did this a few years back. Took back my perfect condition 5 + year old drawers and credited me full price. (didn't have the extra 50% on top back then). They gave be money back in form of giftcards.

    • dvshin on 13/11/2023 - 23:57

      How could you bring the sofa to the store? Please let me know your know-how.

      • stumo on 14/11/2023 - 09:14

        I have a LWB Sprinter van.

        • Bii on 21/12/2023 - 17:14

          What if you meet a low ball guy…

  • sasangeleus on 13/11/2023 - 21:08
    +1

    May have to take this up. I have two grey billy bookcases that I have had on FB marketplace for 3 weeks now for $0 and still no takers.

  • Nillionaire on 13/11/2023 - 21:17

    Aside from IKEA, is there anywhere else I can get affordable, modern minimalist, white furniture?

    • interstellar on 13/11/2023 - 23:18

      Mocka and Fantastic Furniture is what I can think of. But Ikea has more variety and their 365 day return policy is hard to beat!!

      • no not me on 14/11/2023 - 08:35

        IKEA probably has the best quality in its price bracket and the best assembly manuals too. Fantastic Furniture is okay, but worse than IKEA, IMO. Can’t comment on Mocka, but we’ve also bought from Temple & Webster, which was the worst of the lot.

  • nadan on 13/11/2023 - 22:01

    Cool, so have a computer desk and chair that has been sitting somewhere collecting dust and can take that back and get something for them.

  • 1080Pete on 13/11/2023 - 23:34
    +3

    Just took my lounge there, paid $2049 a couple years ago, got like $1978 back, and no wasting time dealing with fb people.

    Also I picked “As new” as the condition and they didn’t question it (which I thought they would’ve).

    • DoUKnowTheMuffinMan on 26/11/2023 - 20:56

      Which Ikea did you take it to?

      • 1080Pete on 26/11/2023 - 21:10

        Rhodes NSW, I’ve since taken a dining table back there which I paid $200 for (from their buy-back section) and they gave me $224 credit, they don’t seem to check the stuff too much.

        • DoUKnowTheMuffinMan on 26/11/2023 - 22:40

          Are able to use the store credit instantly?

          • 1080Pete on 26/11/2023 - 23:42

            @DoUKnowTheMuffinMan: Yeah they give you a refund card, virtually a gift card, with whatever the amount is, has been super quick and easy both times for me.

  • star-ggg on 14/11/2023 - 09:00

    Is there a way to convert the refund card to cash, even if it's a steep discount?

  • supergolf10 on 14/11/2023 - 09:08
    +1

    I did this with something i got from marketplace, so it doesn't need to be an original purchase

  • Section2 on 14/11/2023 - 11:02
    +1

    Went in yesterday and sold a dresser table that I got from AS-IS from 2017 for $65 back to them for $107. So great.

    • Elision on 15/11/2023 - 18:29

      Lucky, As-Is stuff is excluded, likely they didn't realise or it wasn't obvious!

  • superforever on 14/11/2023 - 18:14

    Got a very old sofa bed doesn't seem still on their list.

  • furyou on 14/11/2023 - 23:30

    If I have a Besta Shelf unit with doors, but different doors to what they show, then it's no go?

  • gfjh567gh3 on 16/11/2023 - 08:19

    Sounds interdasting, thanks op

    Question - can I sell back in "as new" quality when I literally have never received an item delivered from Ikea without blemishes (likely due to handling, not manufacture)

  • Tea-Aholic on 17/11/2023 - 07:00
    +2

    Wanted to share my experience with this program.

    Went to sell both of my excellent condition VEDBO armchairs. I went to the Springvale, VIC store.

    I had selected as-new condition on the website, but was prepared to accept “Very good” condition instead.

    When I arrived at the store, the girl behind the counter was very nice but then got her colleague in the back to do the assessment. The man said mine was in bad condition and had extremely worn arm rests and returned out the back. The girl told me he considered the item “well used”.

    I asked for another evaluation and it was rejected. I had no choice but to sell it as I already took a lot of time to lug it.

    Here is a photo of my product for reference. I feel it’s unfair but I’ll let the community be the judge:

    https://ibb.co/8swJbx0

    • iLLUME on 17/11/2023 - 08:38
      +5

      The arm bits do look a bit yellow man, too much tea! Deffers not as new and very good condition would be pushing it!

  • kellymarie83 on 23/11/2023 - 08:55

    Use your buy back gift vouchers this weekend for an extra 15% off ;)

  • KrugerOz on 20/12/2023 - 12:13

    Can we use their store voucher to buy something and then make a return for cash or back to our credit card?

    • Borg on 20/12/2023 - 15:02
      +1

      Nope. If paid for by voucher, one gets a voucher back.
      If worried about expiry (a couple of years), one can buy something using the about to expire voucher and the immediately return it. One is then given a fresh voucher.

  • Peteroz on 21/12/2023 - 12:04

    Do we need to show them the original recipt?

    • Borg on 21/12/2023 - 14:05

      No proof of purchase is required.

  • Ozbargainlyf on 22/12/2023 - 07:24

    Don’t bother with the Adelaide one. Customer service agent was fine, it was the lady that came out and did the valuations that gave the most condescending “$5” per chair valuation. Hauled them away back into the car. Sold on marketplace for $25 each the week after. What they show you on the website is bait and switch.

  • Dtezy on 22/12/2023 - 11:13

    Had opposite experience at Tempe, the guys upgraded me to as new , I put lower because it had scratches. Only thing is the customer service line does take a while expect to wait 30 mins. I went on weekday.

  • epicttiimm on 22/12/2023 - 11:52
    +2

    My experience:

    Springvale VIC - don't bother, saw a few people doing the same thing and getting denied by an over-zealous lowball guy for minor scratches. I put 'excellent condition' for my ALEX drawers and they didn't even want to take them for the 'well used' condition.

    Richmond VIC - drove here after getting shutdown by Springvale IKEA. They gave me 'as-new' and upgraded me…….should've gone here in the first place instead of wasting my time at Springvale.

    Tempe NSW - great experience too, took a chair in and they accepted it as 'excellent condition' which is what I thought it was in the first place.

    As usual YMMV but my experience seems to echo other ppl's experience here.

    • R-Man on 22/12/2023 - 19:03

      My guy's done the east coast IKEA audit! Thanks for sharing

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