Brooklyn-based budget blog Brokelyn breaks down the many different ways to get your stuff home from IKEA Red Hook — online delivery, gypsy cab, IKEA shuttle, Craigslist help, Uhaul, store delivery, car service, rental car, bus, Zipcar and subway. Talk about a service piece!
With cost analysis and humor, it's worth checking out for New York City residents who frequent the Swedish Giant.
The best line in the Brokelyn piece by Tim Donnelly: "And we picked a standard item to test across all platforms: the Kullen, a three-door beast of a wardrobe that comes in two boxes and clocks in at $149 dollars and 228 pounds, which we choose as a fair representative of a difficult-to-transport item (and maybe hoping for some accidental search traffic for New Moon fans)."
See the pros, cons and costs at Brokelyn | What’s the cheapest (and easiest) way to get your stuff home from Ikea?
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Comments (4)
this story is hilariously written... i loved it.
I wish someone would do this kind of cost analysis for Manhattan.
Oh, yeah. I just went through calculating a pricing scenario that turned out to be pretty ridiculous: for the stuff I need delivered to my new apartment from about six different places which are all less than two miles from my house (Ikea, Home Depot, All Racks, Lowe's, Pintchik, Janovic, etc.) it turned out it would be cheaper to ship my car out from California, do everything myself and throw in some cash for a friend's help.
If your items are ready to go, renting a uhaul van can cost you as little as $30 and you can rent the van right there at IKEA. That was damn cheap if you ask me, and well worth it.
@SFNYgirl get a strapping friend, and a day rental. All those places are very close to each other (where's All Racks?) Either way, one day of work would save a lot of dough.