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Ikea is rolling out its third round of price cuts in a year across thousands of products as it eases shoppers’ inflation pain

uk.finance.yahoo.com Exclusive: Ikea is rolling out its third round of price cuts in a year across thousands of products as it eases shoppers’ inflation pain

Shoppers have poured into Ikea stores in droves since its initial price cuts, so the Swedish giant plans to keep the momentum going.

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Wtf is this? They inflated their prices throughout COVID and are now "pulling them back"?

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- Not to completely spring to IKEAs defense here, but I heard they really were affected by production and shipping problems during covid. It's reasonable prices would go up, and at least good that they are going down again.
  
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  Yes at least they bring them back down. Most companies just said fuck it, let’s keep the price jacked! Greedy Capitalism at its second worst. First worst is how they destroy the environment.
  
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  Lumber was especially affected during covid. Prices soared and demand was peak.
  
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- It's a trick. It has to be. Some way, some how...
  
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  The trick is to draw people from buying furniture from the big box store to their store and still more to the growing population that is now price conscious.
  
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Thank you Ingemar. Edit: if you remember the Ingemar from Ikea ads, you may be old.

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- Dudes dead, it's a holding company now
  
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  Still a better company for consumers than most.
  
  I'm saying consumers because it certainly isn't great for the forests.
  
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  RIP Ingemar
  
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  The way they set IKEA up as a tax shelter so his kids wouldn't have to pay and inheritance tax is super cool... Good Job Ingvaar
  
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- You don't have to be rich, just smart.
  
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- https://youtube.com/channel/UCVPGeCncPYENun8q5BoCG1g
  
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Instructions unclear: Now the table is a chair.

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- why doesn't mine look like that?
  
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  And why do I have 5 extra bolts and 7 extra washers?
  
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  Genetics
  
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Let me know when they bring back wood. Not even real wood - I'd do beaver chow - but enough of this cheap-ass disposable paper-and-air single-use crap that can't survive a house move for the same price as its former wood self.

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- Ikea has plenty of "premium" alternatives
  
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- I don't understand how you people move stuff. Are Swedes just better at moving or what?
  
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