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Reviewed Dec. 3, 2018
I cannot believe how hard it is to find a contact number for IKEA Aus that rings, and is correct. Originally found their ** number on the T&Cs. Rang that. Did not ring through whatsoever. Later found a 02 8020 6641 number and have now been on hold for over 30 mins (Still currently on hold). Also sent an email through their website 3-4 business days ago, and they STILL have not contacted me back. Crappy products and even worse customer service.
Reviewed Dec. 2, 2018
Ordered online and was fairly easy. Desk was delivered within the ETA. We opened to assemble and it is damaged. Immediately looked for the packing slip. There is not one. Found phone number to call. I called 9 times getting a recording due to the high number of calls you can use the website to contact us. Finally spoke to a person and was told the Resolution Department was experiencing a high volume of calls. I stated all I want is to obtain a return shipping label. He advised me to call back and hit #2, #1, #1. Well that got me the same recorded message. I said to my husband their products must be bad to have such a high volume of complaints.
I finally decided to complete the contact me form online. What a joke! It asked for the typical order number, name of the item, date of purchase. Had to actually write in the owner's manual number and the page number of the damaged item. Really! Also a case number where is that? Had to call back and ask for that only to find out I do not have one because I have not talked with the Resolution Department. Really! Wow they are having not only customer service issues, but logistic issues as well. Poor organization all around. So I submitted the form. States should be contacted within 24-72 hours. Wow up to three days. Called today to find out that they are shipping me another one when I requested a REFUND. I asked for that to be canceled ASAP! Finally have a case number, spoke with a manager. Yes a manager!
Explained the situation and cannot believe after an hour and 5 minutes I was told to get a shipping label for this to be picked up is going to take 7-10 business days. I asked is this going to be emailed to me? Her reply yes, again wow. We are in a digital age that should expedite returns not prolong them. Her reply the Resolution Department is experiencing a high volume of returns. Wow so my comment to my husband on Wednesday was 100% right on with the IKEA organization.
I then asked for Corporate's address and phone number. She had to put me on hold, yes three minutes to get me that. This was a manager, wow. I then stated I am assuming I need to call during business hours, and are they 8 to 5. Put on hold Again as the Manager did not know. I can see why Amazon, Wal-Mart, Wayfair are doing well, they care more deeply about their customers and are knowledgeable. Do not recommend purchasing anything from IKEA!
Reviewed Nov. 29, 2018
I ordered online a queen size mattress and bed frame through IKEA website. The delivery person came with a very bad attitude. He does not want to carry the mattress to up-stair bedroom. I told him, in that case, to take that back because I cannot take that to up-stairs. In response, the delivery person left the mattress halfway through the main door. It left the door partially open and blocking our entry exit to our home. I tried to reach IKEA by phone. My call was cut-off because the automated voice said "high call volume". I sent email to their corporate office, no response. I am a senior citizen and now stuck with this mattress blocking my hallway (with help, I was able to push the mattress inside). I do not know what to do. Any helpful advice?
Reviewed Nov. 27, 2018
Oh my word! How I wish I had read these reviews before ordering. We spent $1558.00 on two loveseats. The legs are not in the box. The furniture is pretty useless with no legs. I did reach customer service and the rep informed me it would be a minimum of two weeks before another shipment could be delivered. I requested that someone simply take a pack of legs off a store shelf and mail them to me. She said they don't do that, they have to re-order from Sweden. But they made the mistake! They should try to make it right... So I held for 45 minutes for a supervisor. Then I was disconnected.
I have tried to call back for 2 days straight (like 20 times a day) only to get the recording "Our lines are busier than usual. We are unable to take your call". So today? Imagine my surprise when I get an invoice for $20 for the order of a new set of legs... The legs were paid for the first time we ordered the loveseats. UGH! But of course I can't get through to customer service to explain that we should not be billed for the legs. But, the legs won't get delivered until the invoice is paid. NEVER AGAIN IKEA!
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2018
Online. Bought and paid for a bed to pick up. Drove 45 minutes to pick it up. Lady tells me they only have the base, not the mattress. She tells me they were gracious enough to pay for shipment, and the mattress has been shipped to my address. No one asked me whether this was fine. I'm never home, I can't take a day to wait for the thing. I ask when is it due, no one knows.
I take the base. The mattress never comes. Call a month later, "where's the mattress." "Lost," says the outsourced CS boy. "Go to the store and explain. They'll give you a new one." Drive another 45 minutes, the system shows it as "delivered." Refuse to let me take one home while they sort it out. In brief, they sold without stock, they changed the contract, they call me a liar when their new contract does not deliver, and I paid twice for a semi-disposable Chinese-made bed. Would not recommend. Avoid. Buy quality, buy local, or buy used. You are not a client to them: You are as disposable as their $8.99 tin bedstands.
Reviewed Nov. 26, 2018
Found damaged parts after opening boxes to assemble dresser. Called Customer Service, they tell you they can transfer you and have the part shipped but they're experiencing high volumes and it may take a while. You’re then immediately disconnected. The reps know EXACTLY what they’re doing when they feed you this line because it happened 4 times. The email solution is clearly how they want to deal with their customers because they don’t have to deal with any backlash. Apparently you can only bring the piece back to the store for a refund making the whole process a huge pain in the ** and not worth any part of buying IKEA products.
Reviewed Nov. 25, 2018
I was ordered some stuff online in Mid of Sept. 2018, the Ikea never delivered the stuff. I requested to cancel the order. Ikea cancelled it. I paid about $296 at the time of order and now Ikea returned me $42.12. Ikea online service is very bad. Their customer service is always have "High Call volume" and hence they disconnect the phone. There is no other option so you can complain to Ikea. I personally believe that Ikea started doing like AOL. THINK 1000 TIME WHEN YOU BUY ANYTHING ONLINE FROM IKEA. IT'S A BAD COMPANY. If Ikea has objection on my this comment then I suggest Ikea to dig more on case # **.
Reviewed Nov. 24, 2018
Ordered Stuva Grundlig dresser with drawers. Instructions and parts for the dresser came separately from the drawers and call for assembling the dresser first. Fitting in drawer parts afterwards became impossible. Parts are of low quality and screws easily wear out. Customer service keeps disconnecting 'due to high volume of calls.' Such a large company can afford to hire more phone reps. Useless product from a careless company. Will never do business with them again.
Reviewed Nov. 23, 2018
I have ordered my Ikea Kitchen in June 2018 at Ors Vezer Tere store in Budapest, Hungary and my case has been dragging on for months; the assembly took almost 3 months after initial kitchen delivery and I completed it partly myself eventually as Ikea failed to finalise the service; I have been waiting for promised two refunds for approximately 3 months now and Ikea is not answering e-mails despite promising to do so while its customer service is almost impossible to reach with lines not working at all at times or disconnecting you.
Furthermore staff is giving conflicting information when finally reached (i.e. one person would say that transfer of the refund has been made on a specific day; while the other person would say that it hasn't been made at all or on a different date and until now they have failed to provide me with any proof of it despite promising to do so). I am incredibly disappointed with the service provided and lack of resolution to the case until now despite that 5 months have passed since the order took place and hours spent discussing the case (on the phone, in person and via e-mail).
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2018
One of my favorite stores is IKEA, since 2008 I buy RIBBA frames, I always liked them a lot since they had the quality I was looking for, little by little over the last ten years that quality has changed, the interior frame is not completely cover anymore, which is totally understandable since there is a part that is not exposed to the eye. On the other hand the way to hang it has also changed, the wire was much more efficient however I have been able to mend that situation.
Last Saturday, November 3, I went back to buy 4 RIBBA frames, when I opened them, the first thing I notice is that they put a very thin polystyrene film instead of glass and in the back the support that was thick now it is almost as thin as a cardboard. I have no problem changing the products to save materials, WHAT I DO NOT AGREE IS TO CHANGE THOSE MATERIALS AND CONTINUE SELLING THE FRAMES AT THE SAME PRICE, if material costs go down, at least the consumer will be also benefited. It is a total abuse from your side.
Reviewed Nov. 19, 2018
We visited the Conshohocken store on 11/4 and purchased the large storage closets with sliding doors. Our original purchase in October went smooth. The 11/4 visit not so smooth... We had to exchange the doors for a different style and it went downhill from there! We arrived before opening and went straight the specialized cabinet dept to order the style doors we needed. We went and paid for the new style and got them in the system for being picked while I got in line to return the incorrect style. We had a very small order to be picked... 45 MINUTES later we received our product in pick up only to get to the car and the clerk had ordered all the wrong sizes.
My husband went back upstairs to AGAIN purchase the correct size doors while I AGAIN waited in the return line which is usually a MINIMUM of 1/2 hour! When the merchandise finally is picked this time the box to the door frames on both ends had been cut around the parameter and taped with clear packing tape. I told the employee I didn’t want that box because it had been opened and I was 4 1/2 hours away and did not want to have missing parts. He insisted the box comes that way. SHOCKER... GUESS WHAT... MISSING PARTS!!! Like all the other reviews state... No contact number for the store... That’s because they would need several full time people to answer the phone and handle all the complaints!!! So like all the others I have called and not gotten through or waited on hold for 45 MINUTES!
I was told the hardware would be mailed and I would receive it in 2-3 business days! Called again 9 days later and they apologized and I demanded some sort of compensation. They issued a $25 gift card and said I should have parts soon. I am on 2 weeks and still no parts. Another phone call and the employee said it could take 12-14 business days. I told her it had been 2 weeks and was told the parts were coming from Canada or Sweden! So we wait.... DO NOT PURCHASE ANYTHING MAJOR FROM IKEA!!!
Reviewed Nov. 18, 2018
On August 19th, I ordered some furniture from IKEA, which included a bed and a bedside table. I was supposed to receive my items on the 25th - until then, I would sleep on an air mattress on the floor. On the 25th they called to tell me my things would be delivered, but then sent me an email telling me my order was delayed. It said that within 2-3 days I would be contacted to reschedule my delivery. I received an email on the 29th, but I missed this email - however, I called within a day only to be told that I needed to wait for a phone call, because there was no information on my order other than it should have been delivered.
On September 8th, I still hadn't heard anything, so I called again only to be told that my order was delivered. When they realized they were wrong, they told me they would call back within the next few hours and never did. I called again and was transferred to a line that was "busy" and hung up on me. I called again on the 11th, and someone said they rescheduled my order to arrive in two days. I called again on the 14th when my order never showed up, and they told me that there was no record of this interaction I had at all and that it was simply impossible for my order to have been delivered then.
After being on the phone all day, constantly being transferred to a busy line and having to call back and explain that my order was never delivered, they finally called the delivery company and realized that my order was lost and that I would have to place a re-order, and after calling enough times I finally connected to someone who was able to do that for me, remove the delivery fee, and was told I would receive my items in a week.
A week later, my items had not arrived, and I was unable to track my items. I called back and asked to speak to a team leader. Her name was Ashley, and she told me that my order wouldn't arrive until October 3rd. She claimed that the best she could offer me was a $100 gift card (on an $800+ order), took my email and never sent it to me. On October 3rd I called back and was told that the new delivery date was October 13th, because there was another delay - one that I wasn't even emailed about, and that there was a protocol in place that meant my re-order hadn't even been placed yet because the other one had yet to be cancelled, and that the October 13th date was not guaranteed.
I continued to try tracking my re-order with no luck. I was not available to sign for my furniture on October 13th, but no one asked and they tried to deliver anyway, leaving me completely uninformed. I called within a couple hours and was told that the soonest delivery would be on October 15th. I finally received my furniture on October 15th. I had been sleeping on an air mattress for two months. This is the worst customer service experience I have ever had in my life. Do not order from IKEA unless you want to spend 8 hours a week on the phone with them for them not to even understand their own negligence.
Reviewed Nov. 14, 2018
They do not honor their return policy. Good luck getting them to send you a return label. I had to file a complaint with the BBB and even then they didn't follow through. They received the merchandise two weeks ago and still haven't credited my account. I have filed a second complaint.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2018
I ordered a table online and it arrived quickly but it was completely broken in half. Trying to reach a live person at IKEA is unheard of. The 800 number says basically they are too busy and hangs up. You have to try throughout the day to call them various hours and hope that auto response is turned off and a live person finally answers. When that happened I literally waited on hold for about 45 minutes to have them ship another table top out.
After that showed up broken I went through the whole process again, this time waiting longer on hold. Then I was told I had to send back the 2 broken tabletops finally after probably 2 hours of wait time total! And to top it off I had to make sure I sat around all day for the truck to show up to pick up the broken table. So yet again, I was inconvenienced. This type of poor customer service should not be experienced for such a big company. I work for a billion dollar company in customer service and I would never make my customers go through this type of hassle. I don't know how they are still in business if not for the walk in stores.
Reviewed Nov. 13, 2018
My order arrived and a piece was broken. I figured this is annoying but not the biggest deal. They will replace it. For three days now I have been trying to get in touch with customer service. They don't answer their phone. I have called about 10 times and each time the machine routes me and then says "we are experiencing high volume" and then just hangs up. They don't provide an e-mail address to contact them either. This is doing business in bad faith. I can't even believe they behave this way. I just want to sort out my problem but they don't seem to care. Very upsetting. Come on Ikea, you should be better than this.
Reviewed Nov. 6, 2018
Scheduled a return pick up on 25/9/2018. 09/23/2018 Thank you for your order. We will begin processing shortly. 09/23/2018 Order has shipped from the IKEA distribution center. 09/25/2018 Order has been successfully delivered. CALLED THEM ON 05/11/2018 SAID THEY HAD NEVER RECEIVED THE PRODUCT, AND I AM STILL WAITING FOR MY REFUND!!!
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2018
Ordered a bed for my daughter's birthday. Set up delivery for a Sunday so I would be home. They call the day before to give a 4 hour window, I confirm. Then they call the day of to say 5 to 30 minutes away, I confirm... I go outside to wait and no one ever shows up. After an hour I go back inside to an email that says I missed my delivery! I call and after waiting on hold more than a half hour, the CSR tells me that they can't bring it back out today. I'd have to reschedule and she would be so kind as to waive the redelivery fee... What? You didn't deliver it the first time! Then I'm told after being put on hold another 20 to 30 minutes that they call one more time after the 5 to 30 minute away call to verify you're still home and since I missed it (because I was waiting outside) they just don't even stop and call it a "missed delivery".
Where am I going after verifying I'm home when they are 5 to 30 minutes away?!?! Like I confirmed the call and decide to go out shopping or something... Nowhere in my order does it say you MUST answer three different phone calls. One the day before, one 5 to 30 away, and one when they arrive close to address, or it's a failed delivery. Now I have to wait another week AND was told if they don't stop at my house again I will be required to pay for redelivery. Plus, my daughter doesn't get her birthday gift. If you have all of the one star reviews IKEA, why aren't you trying to fix the problem? Never will order anything for delivery again, NEVER!
Reviewed Nov. 4, 2018
My fiance and I bought an entertainment cf center which had looked nice via the display. The instructions seemed easy enough, and they were but they pieces they give you to put it all together are very cheaply made. They gave us these little cheap wooden pegs to piece together the cheap pieces of wood and the sizing of the pegs were way off and not sturdy enough to hold the wood. Most of the pegs broke off in the wood which made it impossible to get any other pegs in place. My fiance had to buy heavy duty construction glue in order to keep the wood in place. I literally had to go over all crevices with glue to ensure it wouldn't collapse. The only remedy I truly saw was to take a hammer to the whole entire thing. NEVER AGAIN will we buy from IKEA.
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2018
Me and my wife purchased a couch from IKEA online two months ago. A month later, after calling because of missing parts, sending wrong parts to our house, we told them, "Either you can send someone out to figure out the parts we are missing and they put it together, or they take it back." Instead of sending someone out they took it back, they told me we would get our refund once the couch has been picked up, well it’s been 3 weeks since they picked up the couch. For the past 3 days I have been calling trying to speak with someone about it, the line gave me a recording saying sorry they are too busy, try back another time, then hangs up on you!!! So today I called back and pressed 2 for sales, they had a rep on the line within 30 seconds. So if you still have money to give them, they will take your call, but if you're calling about a problem with an order or a refund, they will not let you thru to talk to anyone.
The girl that came on the line said we will not get our money back until the couch is back in the store and they see it’s not damaged. So WHOA! What happens if the delivery and pickup service damages the couch on the way back??? And how long does that take?!?! After seeing what horrible customer service they had, my wife wrapped every piece of the couch with trash bags to make sure they didn’t come up with a reason to not give us our money back, but we have still not gotten our money back and the customer service line can’t tell us when we will have our money back, or where the couch even is. $1,500.00 just up in the air? The fact that they hang up on you unless your calling to make a purchase should tell you enough. Our experience with IKEA has been utterly disgusting. Save your money please, and buy from LOVESAC! They gave us an awesome experience.
Reviewed Oct. 29, 2018
I purchased a sofa from online IKEA store with delivery option. The delivery came two weeks later from promised date. The delivery guy was by himself and asked me to help him to carry the furniture. Luckily, I opened the box to check and discovered that the frame was broken so I've not accepted it. Then I called 4 times spending 15-20 min on hold and was told that my refund will be processed within "next 24 hours". After a month of waiting, I have not still received the refund. I'm keeping calling IKEA. Horrible customer service. I'd never expect it from such brand. Will never shop with them again.
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2018
I purchased beds, sofa and clothing wardrobes from the Ikea store in Brooklyn NY and set delivery for the following Saturday. Got a confirmation on Friday prior remove the beds and on Saturday I never received the delivery. When I called customer service after not getting any information they told me they had a problem with one of the boxes and could not deliver the goods. The earliest they could deliver was Tuesday and we had to sleep on the floor. Finally Monday I received a confirmation that the goods would deliver the next day but on Tuesday I called customer service to find out that they lost my order in the warehouse and it would take 48 to 72 hours to find my goods.
I have been given every excuse you could think about as far as it was on the truck coming to me, they lost my order in the warehouse and I am still waiting for a delivery a week later. They are aware that my family has been sleeping on the floor for a week. The customer service and XPO are incompetent at best and they have horrible customer service. You call and they put you on hold, after waiting on the phone for 20 minutes they will say they are too busy. Call back later, they will not give you extensions or direct numbers so every time you call you to have to explain the whole problem all over again. I will never buy from this company again. They have a huge problem with their delivery service and they don't care. They will tell you anything to get you off the phone. If there was a way to give them less than 1 star I would.
Reviewed Oct. 24, 2018
We bought last Saturday (Oct. 20th, 2018) on a trip in Vienna (Austria), at one Ikea shop there, 2 cabinets from the Ivar system. Once arrived in our city back home in Romania, we tried to assemble them. One cabinet worked out, the other not, due to some holes that were wrongly positioned. The "Kontakt” link on the Austrian Ikea´s website leaded us on a closed loop, without any phone number or e-mail address. We called then Ikea Bucharest (Romania´s capital city). They said they cannot replace the defective item since they are a different shop. Please note it is however a regular Ikea shop! They said that, even if it is IKEA´S FAULT, WE should go back to Austria and get replacement there!!!
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2018
We purchased a large kitchen on March 15, 2018 in Richmond, BC. Our problem since then (It is now October 22, 2018) is that we are not able to get the decor strip (trim) which has to be mounted on the top of the cabinet as well as underneath in the correct color. Hence our kitchen is unfinished. The local IKEA supposedly referred the request to the Head office in Toronto. We were never contacted. In desperation I finally sent a certified letter to Marsha Smith, the president of IKEA in Canada. That got some attention and I was contacted with the news that the merchandise was on the way.
Needless to say, nobody took the time to confirm that it was a color match. And so on Sunday morning, we received the 3rd shipment of the wrong color. Congratulations! What IKEA does not seem to understand is the fact that things went wrong at their manufacturing plant. Not only are the trims white instead of off-white, we had the same experience with the side panels. Can someone please tell what to tell IKEA so the facts sink in? Or am I supposed to rip out the whole kitchen just so we can get the decor strips in the right color. Is there someone that actually cares at IKEA?
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2018
How can a store employee set out to humiliate you? Well they do at IKEA. I have never been so disappointed and outraged in my life with the actions of a Store employee when I tried to return an item which had reduced in price: apparently that is not allowed - at least not by the psycho that served me and called the police. Needless to say the Police did not find anything to complain about. But will I buy anything from IKEA again - you gotta be kidding if you think I will.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2018
My first order (2 bookshelves) was "lost" (i.e., they assumed they delivered it to the wrong address on the way to my house since it wasn't on the truck when they arrived for the delivery and it wasn't at the warehouse). So I had sat waiting for them to deliver only to have the truck pull up with nothing. Then I was told on the phone that the reorder would come on the following week, but when I called to check again they told me it was coming the week after that.
At that point every time I checked online the date kept changing. There were books all over my floor in the den because I had gotten rid of the old bookshelves the day before they were supposed to deliver the new ones the first time. The order date changing online went on for weeks and weeks and weeks. And when I tried to find out anything by phone, it would take forever to get through on and then they couldn't tell me anything, or what they told me turned out not to be the case (i.e., the date they insisted was the final date would change again the next time I checked online).
The bookshelves were originally supposed to be delivered in August, I did not get them until the second half of October. It was ridiculous. I will never order from them again and I have never seen such poor customer service. Do NOT order from this company if you need anything within a reasonable amount of time, or if you don't have an incredibly flexible work schedule where you can keep changing appointments because you think you're need to be home for a delivery only to find out two days before your date has changed yet again. They don't allow zero stars, or that is what I would have given.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2018
Absolutely awful customer services. Never experienced anything like it. Got through after around 32 minutes wait. Assistant was unhelpful on the phone and wasn't very kind. She put me on hold. That was 20 minutes ago! I'm now back in the cue with another 30 minutes to wait before I can get through. Shocking!
Reviewed Oct. 18, 2018
I've placed two orders online with Ikea. The first time was in 2016, and I used a debit card to pay for the order that I place on a Friday afternoon. Monday morning I got a call from my bank telling me that my card had been canceled. Seems that someone had made a $283 purchase at a CVS in Atlanta on Saturday morning. When that sale went through, they attempted to make another purchase. Thankfully the things that they were buying were so out of character for my buying habits that it flagged the account. They then went all around Atlanta trying to purchase other merchandise, but by the third time, my card was canceled because at the same time they attempted that purchase, I was using the card in my small NW Georgia hometown.
A couple of weeks ago I placed another order and used a credit card. The card I used had just been renewed and had never been used. And the particular card has a system that creates a unique "virtual card number" for each online company where you use it. So, Ikea has its own virtual (fake) number that no other company has, and if anyone SHOULD steal this number and go on a shopping spree, the card company will then know for sure where the number was stolen from.
Well, sure enough, the very day after I placed the order, someone used the Ikea virtual (fake) number and went on a shopping spree all over the internet. These people try to send money through Western Union, buy Netflix subscriptions and Whitepages before I stopped them. Thankfully I was smart enough to remember the last order I placed to Ikea and looked at my online credit card statement a couple of days later and saw the fraudulent charges. I wrote a long note about all of this to Ikea, but got no response, so I will warn everyone this way. PLEASE, BE SUPER CAREFUL WITH YOUR CREDIT AND DEBIT CARD INFORMATION WHEN SHOPPING AT IKEA!!!
Updated review: Oct. 18, 2018
The delivery showed up, late, but everything was intact. Took a month all in all, and it was frustrating how the delivery team never called to warn that they would be late, or not show up at all. I still think it's inexcusable to make customers wait when you have no intention of attempting a delivery.
Original Review: Oct. 17, 2018
I can't believe how consistent IKEA has been at not doing their job. Look at all these 1-star ratings in the past year. The kind of ludicrous situations that IKEA has created for its customers feel straight out of a bad existentialist novel. Anyone with an idealistic vision of the business world being a meritocracy should look at a service like IKEA and weep. My order was simple - a large mirror and a rug. I could have just gone to the store (an hour away) and picked it up and put it in an Uber, but I thought I would save myself the trip. I'm a dumb-dumb, because I never got my order.
I placed my order at the beginning of September. Five dates were scheduled for delivery, and I stayed home for the full duration of each. I sat at my desk beside the window (which overlooks the street - I live downtown). No delivery was attempted. Every time I asked IKEA what happened, they said my order could not be located in the warehouse. An IKEA representative cancelled the order and placed a new one to see if that would help, but on the new scheduled delivery day, the same thing happened. I have called six times, been on hold for between a half hour and two hours each time, and stayed home for 4 hours per 6 separate days... I have given roughly 30 hours of my past month waiting for IKEA. It would have took less than an hour for a store manager to get in their own car and drive the order to me in person, but no delivery of any kind was even attempted. They marked my delivery as successful anyway, and kept my money.
Let me be clear - every time I called, customer service was compassionate, helpful, and confused as hell. As far as I can tell the issue is not with IKEA staff but with IKEA policy and their delivery system. So many different polite, articulate individuals tried to help me with my order, and were stymied by mysterious errors and limited power. I can't tell if IKEA is failing or if its XPO Logistics or some miscommunication between the two companies, but IKEA delivery remains the most bizarre, incompetent services I have ever used. For a company of this size, there is no excuse. They did give me a 50$ gift card, so I guess that's worth a star.
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2018
HORRIBLE. I ordered a shelf system on 9/1/18 and it was supposed to be delivered on 9/14/18. I called IKEA and the shipping company and they said they weren't sure when the package would arrive due to delays. I called again to check the status and they gave me the same answer of "We aren't sure". After two more weeks of waiting, I called again and they said they lost my package and they would have to re-order it.
The RE-ORDERED package was supposed to be delivered on 10/16/18 and was not. I called AGAIN and they said that my package had not been received by the shipping company yet and they weren't sure the exact time frame of my delivery. I even left work early on the 16th to make sure I'd be home to sign for the package... that obviously never came. I'm still waiting for a call to know when my package will be delivered. I will NEVER order an item from IKEA again. Such a waste of my time. I've spent hours on the phone (mostly on hold) these past weeks without getting any real answers or solutions.
Reviewed Oct. 16, 2018
What #IKEA online don't state in their terms and conditions: 1. They will only delivery to your area of certain unchanging days a week (Mondays, in my case); 2. It may take them more than 2 weeks to confirm your delivery date and send your items to the delivery company; 3. They will not provide you with a confirmed delivery time until less than 24-hours before your delivery (I received 17 hours notice - so good luck booking time off work); 4. Their customer service line will automatically disconnect your call rather than putting you on hold most of the time, due to "high call volumes".
Consider these issues carefully before you decide to buy online - and be sure to read the THOUSANDS of negative reviews and complaints on google. I took my complaints to their corporate office: and while I did receive financial compensation for my difficulties, IKEA clearly have no intention of establishing better customer service or amending this very poor delivery service. They made it clear throughout communications that they do not feel I have anything to complain about - including the miscommunication and misinformation I received from CS representatives, and the rudeness. If you are awaiting a delivery - good luck.
Reviewed Oct. 13, 2018
Burlington, Ontario store... Made an appointment with kitchen planner, paid 120 for two hours. Had delivery... all good. Contractor who is doing reno on house finds out the cabinets this lady had done the plan for doesn't fit... Actually doesn't even make sense at all. Pieces missing... Panels wrong color... Extra pieces didn't need. Cabinets two toned... They had included even the wrong color!! Contractor spends 8-9 hours (with us paying him) to straighten this mess out. Had to return to store get proper cabinets that is required to fix this crazy mess!!! Would defo never ever do a Ikea Kitchen again. Their planning department as no idea what it is doing. Such a ripoff. Totally disappointed!!!
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2018
It is the worst service I have ever had in my entire life. I bought furniture from an Ikea Store with pick up and delivery service for 4000 USD. They brought me with a lot of missing pieces that could not assemble. Then they said they can't fix the issue because it is very complicated. Then I wanted to return everything. They came to my apartment for four times and they realized that truck is full and went back and forth. They consumed my two weeks, I had 4 days time off from my job because of these guys. I will never ever buy anything from Ikea.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2018
The delivery was weeks late, very expensive shipping, damaged in shipping and materially incomplete missing about 80 hardware items. After several rounds of customer service, many more days of delay to replace a damaged component and to finally send the original hardware, several hours of frustration with the mix and match style of instructions that were, in some instances, simply bizarre. This was not a complicated piece of furniture to assembly, they just made very difficult. Poor quality materials, poor value, poor service. This is not a company with which to do business- EVER!
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2018
If there was zero star option I would choose it. Never ever purchase anything online from Ikea that needs delivered. They outsource to local delivery companies and it’s totally chaotic. They tell you they will deliver it between 9 AM and 9 PM and then you should receive a call the night before that day to tell you a smaller window of time. I called to reschedule the day since I couldn’t get off work with enough notice for the original date.
After being on hold for an eternity I was told it was rescheduled for a different day. Thought everything was taken care of. Yet I still got a call the night before the original delivery date saying it would be delivered the next day - a day I wouldn’t be home. So I called and spent another half an hour on hold as they apparently have no employees at this place. And then was told that the request has not gone through to the delivery company, and that I had to be transferred to a department called resolutions.
When I was on hold for about 15 minutes of that I suddenly hear a recording say “we are experiencing higher than usual call volume and can’t take your call right now, sorry try back later.” And it hangs up on me. What a disaster. All I want to do at this point is cancel the stupid order. This isn’t worth it. What terrible customer service. Apparently they’re going to try to deliver it tomorrow and there’s nothing I can do about it because I can’t get ahold of anyone and the idiots can’t figure out how to communicate to their contracted delivery people.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2018
Conshohocken PA store - I went to the bathroom section to order a sink, cabinet and mirror. The service rep has to order it thru the computer. You pay for it then and wait in a line for 20 min. Then have to go over to the pickup area to get it. Waited 25 min. and all the service rep got right was the mirror. It wasn't even the cabinet, it was some storage sys. and she didn't have the sink on the order. Had to go back and I showed another rep. what I wanted. She also told me that I had to purchase the legs for the cabinet, so she put that on the new order with the cabinet and she said the sink.
I was told I would have to pay for it and then wait another 25 min. in the pickup area. I also had to return the wrong items to get them off my credit card. I decide to do the return first. There were 25 people ahead of me so that was an hour just for the return. As I was waiting in the return line I looked at what I just reordered and there was no sink. Needless to say I did not purchase anything and will not be going back.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2018
at the store so they couldn’t pick it up. Manual delivery was scheduled for 10/6. Never showed. Called and complained. Was told it would be delivered 10/9. Went to the store and they said it was rescheduled for Sun morning 10/7. Got an email on 10/7 that it was scheduled for 10/9 again.
Went back into the store to complain and they said it was sitting in the warehouse. I ended up canceling the delivery, borrowing a truck, and picking up the delivery from the store myself. IKEA said they didn’t pick the order at time but it was the 3rd party delivery service that was at fault for not picking it up from them to deliver. Never get anything delivered from them. It is a never ending spiral of not knowing what day it will be delivered or who has it. They only credited back the delivery charge for our trouble and time. Just a frustrating experience!
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2018
During checkout we forgot and they did not ask for our IKEA family number so we could use our coupon. I called to see how we could resolve this issue. A very rude customer service rep told me I would have to return it and purchase it again. I will return it and go somewhere else. Very bad experience at the Merriam, KS location.
Reviewed Oct. 6, 2018
IKEA. Used to love them until I had the unfortunate experience of dealing with them online! Or should I say trying to deal with them online. This has been the most frustrating experience ever! Long story short. Ordered furniture online for a sale in June - when I got to the check out - surprise - said my order couldn’t be completed due to technical errors. So phoned next day and was told no problem. They were too busy and the system couldn’t take it and would honor my sale price. That was the end of the good news.
I had to re-do my order a few times and finally got it sent in but it no longer showed the sale price. Tried calling for a week straight to get help and was on hold for up to 2 hours. All while trying to work of course! When I finally did reach someone I was on the phone for another 2 hours and I finally suggested that perhaps they could provide some customer service by calling me back once they had an answer. Agreed and again I gave them my contact information which they already had on the order. Never got the call. Called again and after much difficulty got my order processed. So on July 13th my credit card was charged $2300 for estimated delivery to the drop off center on July 25th or thereabout.
I had ordered beds for family coming to visit on July 28th so we went to try and pick it up but on the date it said it was ready but they said, "Unless you are called it won’t be there." Panic. July 27 no beds, no call. Called again and after being on hold forever I was told my order had been cancelled! Unbelievable. I was holding the bill with the confirmation number and I had checked my visa - nothing had been cancelled and no money returned. After many hours of phone calls, (explaining to them what I figured happened as they had to redo my order several times to get it right) hours on hold, requesting to speak to or hear from a supervisor and telling my same story over and over and over again. I gave up. I wrote an email to the customer service dept and got an email back saying “please call us as it would be faster!" Are you ** kidding me.
I no longer have the energy or time to deal with this, my company has come and gone, my Visa bill is paid and I have no furniture, no money back and no respect for how they deal with their customers. Customer service is clearly outsourced and if I hear one more person say they understand - I’m going to blow! I have now reported this to Visa but was told it can take 60 to 90 days to resolve. Thank goodness I’m lucky enough not to be on a tight budget. That said I want my damn money back and to be compensated for my time and interest on my loan to IKEA! If you made it to the end of this I’d appreciate any other suggestions so I can resolve this.
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2018
The product was not tested well. Was supposed to be assembled at home, but was impossible to assemble as per the instructions. The supporting wooden things were not locking into place even after two of us struggled for almost an hour.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2018
I have recently bought a couch in store in IKEA Stoughton branch but the inner cushions were missing. They gave us a form to pay for them and said they would add the cushions to our order and ship them together if we pay for them with that form. 1) The cushions did not arrive. 2) We paid with the form but the clerk apparently checked out 2 of them instead of 3 although form clearly specified the quantity as 3. Now customer service is telling me that I have to go to the store again to buy the 3rd cushion because there is no way to pay for it online or on the phone. I don't have a car, and had to rent one for the day to be able to do this. Now I have to rent another car. Even if I want a return, turns out I have to go to the store and pay for pick up. I was very happy with IKEA in Turkey. Clearly IKEA in US does not care at all about the customer experience. I wish I hadn't bought from IKEA. This will be the last time.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2018
Let me start by saying I was warned by my brother that the shipping takes about 2 or 3 weeks. That was fine by me. I placed the order at the end of July. After a month I called the number a bunch of times with a response stating, "Higher call volume than usual. Please try back later." Then I sent 3 e-mails. Finally someone got back to me apologizing what have you. Delivery service only does Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. I scheduled for the following week and get an email with all the information. Thursday rolls around so I call delivery company. Ikea never sent over information.
Wow. Were in October now. This is over two months. I finally have it scheduled for Saturday with a 5-9 window because I do have this thing called a job. I don't understand why they can't leave the stuff like every other courier. I didn't want to spend a lot so I went with them. At least customer service representative on the phone took care of me but Jesus. To sum it up go to their store don't order online or by phone. Their customer service is atrocious and unprofessional.
Reviewed Oct. 3, 2018
I ordered 2 desks from IKEA online and when the package arrived they only sent the legs and didn't even send the tops!!! I was hung up on multiple times trying to call in due to "high call volume" (Have you never heard of a hold line???) I tried to email but the email doesn't work. The online inquiry asks for things that I don't have and don't know how I could get (Like a number on the barcode of my receipt. I ORDERED ONLINE AND DIDN'T GET A BARCODE). I am just blown away that this company who I have purchased from for a while, has such horrible online service.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2018
I ordered some furniture from IKEA on August 4th, and just now I have been noticed by delivery company that my stuffs have been delivered back to IKEA warehouse after countless calls to IKEA and 6 times reschedule. I tried to call them and asked my money back, then the call have been dropped immediately. Honestly, just don't do this business if you - IKEA is not able to provide basic services. I never had this kind of experiences since I started to order merchandise online, and I wouldn't order anything from IKEA if I saw so many complain to IKEA.
Reviewed Oct. 2, 2018
I ordered an Erktop chaise couch on 9/12 and asked for the earliest delivery date of 9/27. I was sent an email on 9/22 (10 days after ordering) that the item was shipped and the delivery company would contact me to schedule. 9/27 has come and gone and I have not received any call or notification on when my delivery will be here. I called IKEA and they said the third party shipping company had our order and it may just take a few extra days for a rural delivery. I do not live in a rural area, I live in the capital of South Carolina, a 1.5 hour drive from the Charlotte IKEA.
As of 10/2, I have still not been called by the delivery company or IKEA. I called IKEA again and they gave me the third party delivery company’s number and said it is out of their hands now. How do you ship something to a consumer and not have any tracking of the process to ensure your product arrives? The shipping company said that they do not have it and there is yet another delivery company that would need to bring it to them. I asked how to contact them and she said I couldn’t. I called IKEA yet AGAIN and they said that they can’t do anything about it. So IKEA can’t tell me about my order and the delivery company can’t tell me about my order. The customer service rep said to call back in 2-3 days if I didn’t hear anything and they will “open a ticket”. How do I get my couch or money back? This is insanity!
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2018
This is the worst place to order anything online. Worst customer service! I will never purchase anything from IKEA ever again! I am still waiting for an item I paid for more than 1 month ago. I really don’t know how they are still in business.
Reviewed Sept. 29, 2018
I am far too frustrated to write anything sensible. So I will tell you that if you buy from this company, you will be extremely upset before you get your item. They often do not answer the phone and the amount of money you spend means nothing to them. No matter how hard you work for it. It truly destroys everything by the time it arrives. I'm still waiting.
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2018
Attempted an online purchase 8/27. Changed a single item before it was picked which broke their entire capability of processing an order. Still waiting on a $1300 refund a month later 9/28 because they processed the order incorrectly...didn't initiate a partial refund because their accounting and phone staff are lobotomized. Get ready to be left on hold for hours, make the same call a dozen times to find out your refund has not been processed. Oh and when they say they pushed this to their manager or put your refund on the RID list to expedite your refund...they're lying...they don't know how to do that.
They use an equally incompetent shipping service that loses track of your items and misses ship dates. I'll leave you with this: buy your Ikea items in store only. NEVER work with their online or phone system for any reason unless you don't mind donating a thousand dollars to a multibillion dollar company run by imbeciles. Good luck, I hope they go belly up and are reduced to selling Swedish meatballs out of a windowless van.
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2018
I love IKEA products, and don't even mind the gargantuan stores. Always chow down on some Swedish meatballs and take some sweet rolls home. I've bought numerous items there, large and small. Assembly has always been precise, never a missing part, and durability has been better than expected even with items I bought for the kids room. So this time decided to buy office shelving and a couple of large wardrobes and have them delivered. In the end, about $6k worth, so not a small purchase by IKEA standards. Ordering process a bit tedious navigating all the options and such but got it done without too much hassle. THAT'S WHERE THE GOOD EXPERIENCE ENDED! So the first thing after I order is notification that it is going to be 20 days before my scheduled delivery.
When I questioned this was informed that it didn't come from the store about 90 minutes from me, but from the warehouse. Of course that warehouse is only about 3-3.5 hours away from me. And yes, everything is in stock there, but we won't be able to deliver for 20 days minimum. So I take that in stride and say okay. Delivery time comes and NOTHING. No updates, no info, nothing. Two weeks later I finally get notification it has left the warehouse and amazingly arrives at the "shipping company" warehouse the same day, seeing that it was only 1.5 hours away. Now I get hold of the shipping company and promptly get told don't know when it will be delivered since they are trying to figure out which company is actually going to bring it to us.
Huh? You're the shipping company so what does that mean. "Oh, we subcontract out the actual deliveries, we'll let you know when we have someone and they can schedule delivery." SMH! Wait a couple days and Hallelujah, I get a call and they'll deliver end of day in two days. So they finally show up and what a ** show. Packages everywhere in the truck, not on a pallet and definitely not protected. This after I requested and was specifically told it would come on a pallet so they could simply roll it to the entrance and we'd be done. Hour and a half later they finally have it all in the building, all 129 of the 135 packages. Notice 6 are missing. Of course, 4 of those 6 are the biggest possible boxes and the primary reason I had it "delivered" in the first place.
Delivery company response - "Sorry, call IKEA, they'll fix it" but I gotta run. Not his fault, but what a joke. Of course now I get to call IKEA again. Four hours later still haven't been able to speak with anyone to even start getting it resolved. At this point just writing as a cathartic exercise to deal with the frustration. If anyone from IKEA ever reads this, you better pray that Amazon doesn't decide to target your business because these kind of shenanigans would never be accepted. And seeing how between a couple review sites the average rating is about a 1.5 from about 5000 complaints it is clearly a problem you need to address and soon.
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2018
I had an entire kitchen delivered in July, including the Karlby countertop for kitchen island. That item stated online (and was verified by the woman taking my phone order) that it is made to be cut to size and comes with 2 strips to place on the raw edge. However mine did not come with that. I spent an entire MONTH calling and not even getting answered, then once I did I supposedly had the item shipped to me. The item never arrived and I never received tracking. This happened 6 times! Every time I called I got a different story.
Finally I was able to speak to the Burbank store directly and was told FedEx hasn’t picked up in a month!?! I was told I’d have the item by Monday at the latest. I got the man's contact info. Of course it never came, and when I called back I got a different man. This man said that the item DOESN’T COME WITH strips! This makes no sense at all and they had even changed the description online. I told him it was already installed in my house and they needed to fix this. He said they would send me strips from the regular countertop, they would be shipped that day. Of course those never came either! I now have 4 different extension and not one will answer or return my calls! It’s been 3 months!!!
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2018
I love the concept of IKEA. I love the design and thought put into the products. But the actual executing at the stores SUCK! First nobody knew anything when had questions about the curtains. They spent more time telling me they never made a particular item even though one such item was on the shelf behind them-I found out later on my own.
Second, they had something like 2 check out lanes that took over 25 minutes to get through to the checkout clerk, who then was abrasive -- absolutely no exaggeration on the time. Third, there are numerous overcharges. Things that were on sale, or listed as a certain price were not properly charged. Fourth - customer service SUCKS. You can't ever really chat with someone through email or "live chat" messaging. They have looped systems that keep you from ever being able to talk to someone and a way overly complicated phone tree menu that doesn't matter because after telling you useless information that you didn't call about, they'll just tell you that they're experiencing a higher than normal volume and say goodbye and disconnect!
You can't even hold for an operator and waste your time there. You can't even "hack" the email options because they'll literally closed loops with no one to vent to or get a problem solved. So now, I have to check with them daily to get my problem solved, they was their responsibility. PLEASE CHECK YOUR RECEIPTS - there's no telling how many people they overcharge daily. Going back is such a chore and customer service online is non-existent. It's an easy way to cheat a few extra dollars from each customer. Swedish meatballs my **.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2018
I had a delivery over 2 weeks ago and I had 28 items missing out of 42. American Logistics delivered to my home here in NV and the two delivery guys were very rude. One of them even dropped/slammed the box on the floor after he asked me where it should be placed and he even put it in the wrong spot! I clearly and politely asked him to put it by a certain wall and he put it on the other side, dropped it and walked away. Then, (in an aggressive tone) he proceeded to tell me to "contact IKEA about the missing items" and that "they can't do anything about it, since they're the delivery company." I was already informed 3 times by the other employee, but this one was very defensive, almost lecturing in a way. I figured, it's totally fine, brush it off and allow myself get this situation resolved.
I call IKEA 9 times to be hung up on, due to the "high volume of calls" being received. So I proceeded to call American Logistics. Long story short, it took about a week of them telling me to call back in 24 hours, every day after their "warehouse search." 1 and 1/2 weeks later: from Jamel (CSA rep. at American Logistics) "I just got a call from the warehouse about 5 minutes ago, saying that you need to be in contact with IKEA to redeliver the items." Everyone just keeps telling me to "get a hold of IKEA for the missing items." I wasn't able to get a hold of them! So I finally was able to get a hold of IKEA today 9/26/18 (2 days after Jamel contacted me). LOL. I'm just laughing now at how ridiculous it is. They finally decided to re-order and redeliver the 28 items and I'll be receiving them on 10/5/18 (hoping there aren't any issues and a chunk of items missing). This will make it exactly a month to get all of my items (if it arrives complete).
TIPS: -Please DO NOT ORDER DELIVERY FROM IKEA if you are planning to have things prepared for a big event. Not even if you think you're planning super early. You won't get it on time or in a swift time frame. Just drive yourself to IKEA and you'll be good to go. -DO NOT expect the delivery company to resolve your issue, they'll just use the excuse that they "are a third party contractor, just paid to deliver the items." -DO NOT expect American Logistics delivery and customer service to be courteous, professional or remotely concerned about your issue. -DO NOT expect IKEA to resolve your issue in a swift and timely manner. -IF anything, USE THIS NUMBER to call, not the (888) 434-4532, not the 1 (888) 888-4532 number. But still, good luck with that. They give you 1 unapologetic option: You'll get it whenever they decide they want to send it.
I've spent thousands of dollars with IKEA within the past 2 years and it's a bit unfortunate, because I really liked that company for many years. Just wanted to share my experience, just so that others are prepared and won't have to go through the same experience I did. Not quite sure if it'll help. I was so courteous and kind to them throughout the entire process and this is how I'm treated in return. They could care less. Thanks for reading my experience with IKEA and American Logistics. Best of luck on your IKEA adventures. Perhaps Amazon might be a better option? Not sure.
Reviewed Sept. 25, 2018
EVERY step of the way has had issues, from ongoing delayed deliveries, missing items, lack of updates from IKEA on delays and missing items, difficulty in reaching customer service to inquire on said delays/items, inability of staff to properly follow through with pick-ups/refunds therefore resulting in delayed pick-ups and refunds, missing parts or parts that were not finished being cut. Like others, I have had to waste hours, days and much energy waiting for deliveries that never showed up, putting aside tasks I could have completed had the schedule been adhered to or updates on a modified schedule at least been provided to me. I am overdue compensation for this trouble. Like others, I'll be justifiably reporting IKEA to the BBB and FTC and publishing bad reviews wherever I can. The first and last time I'll be shopping at IKEA. And I hope IKEA soon gets what it deserves: to be shut down.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2018
I ordered online. Delivery was supposed to be a couple of weeks. After that date passed, I called and they told me that the emailed date means nothing because I'm in a remote area (which I'm not!). They said the delivery company would contact me. Weeks pass and I don't hear. When I call, I can't get through because they are experiencing bigger than average calls. When I can get through, they transfer me to a manager but I get cut off because they are experiencing bigger than average calls and want me to call back!
Nobody takes notes when you call, so each time I have to start again (if I get through). I've emailed, I've Facebook messaged, I've filed the sheet online. I was able to leave one voicemail for a manager but have never had a reply. A month ago I got an email that said, "Congratulations. Your item was delivered" and it have a date 1 month before the email was sent. They are horrible. Try calling them to see if they answer... They won't and you can't leave a message. They are thieves.
Reviewed Sept. 23, 2018
I had a really bad experience with IKEA delivery and assembly service. The delivery team missed delivery of several items of my order. They also failed to show up twice on the scheduled assembly time and the customer service has been terrible with communicating on when it will be done. I don't even know why they offer the assembly service if they cannot fulfill the assembly order. They outsource the assembly service to 3rd parties and have no control over the people and service provided by 3rd parties. I suggest to buy Task Rabbit assembly service instead of IKEA assembly service.
Reviewed Sept. 21, 2018
Shopping at IKEA is always a mental challenge, the only place that I get panic attacks. I can respect a store that wants you to see everything that they have to offer, that is fair; but it is overwhelming. That IKEA has a ton to offer is super cool! The prices are unbeatable. The furniture is very nice and it works, almost everyone in America probably has things from IKEA...but the customer service...the people that work there... They do not care about the customers. The team members are borderline hostile to the customers. Instead of viewing the customers as the reason they have an income, they view the customers as a waste of time. It's almost like they have been told to treat the customers like garbage so that IKEA can make money off of deliveries.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2018
Horrible or almost none of good old American customer service! Maybe because they know, that there no other comparable competition - they just spit on basic service requirements! In Miami store they hire SPANISH ONLY speaking help; and it’s impossible to ask them anything. They don’t even apologize! Associates wondering around in a sleep-like state, ignorant to any request. And it’s in almost every dept. Very negative experience. Will never come back.
Reviewed Sept. 20, 2018
HORRIBLE!!! I ordered two couches online and decided to cancel my order because it was going to take 4 weeks to deliver (they should have mentioned that before I placed my order). I couldn't get through for days until September 3rd, a rep was able to cancel my order and emailed me an attachment that said "canceled". I still have not been refunded over $2,400 on my credit card and have been calling every day for a week. Had to have my credit card put in a dispute with them so I can get my money back. WORST company that I have ever had to dealt with ever.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2018
Like everyone is saying do not I repeat do not purchase anything from this fraudulent company. Their product is about as good as Kmart brand just hella unorganized and **. Nobody to get help from but a bunch of customer service reps, I use to dream of purchasing a kitchen from them, bleep that, stick to American made products and companies this company know they falling under, I don't see them around much longer.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2018
I placed an order for a trundle bed July 26, 2018 with delivery date of 1st of Aug. I was called by the delivery company on the day of delivery that the boxes were damaged and couldn't be delivered. I received an email stating that my order had been delivered. After several days of calling the phone # and never being able to get through, I finally spoke to someone who had no record that my item was not delivered. They said they would credit the delivery charge and resent my bed, oh, and give me a $30 gift card. LONG story short, finally on 9/19/18 my entire order has been delivered, after numerous calls. My credit for the delivery still has not been issued. I will NEVER order with IKEA again. Buyer beware.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2018
NEVER EVER buy from them again!! I don't know how to express my awful experience with my IKEA purchase. Terrible!! They (re)scheduled an order, three times, NEVER shown up. My renovation processed forced to be shut down, and my contractors had nothing to do. Want to call customer service? Forget about it. They put me on hold several times, literally, for more than 2 hours. (Two times they promised me to call me back, never happened!!) In the end, they apologized and offered me a 100 dollars gift card from their store. So insulting. My purchase was more than 10,000 dollars. I'm from Sweden and used to work with IKEA, but here in Canada, just go to Wayfair and Home Depot. They are super supportive, on time, and reliable. At least in my case.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2018
Terrible online company, they have no idea what they are doing. Stores maybe nice but online it's terrible. Always late, delivery people need signature and you don't know when they are coming. Phones not working. Website crap.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2018
DO NOT BUY ANYTHING AT IKEA! If you ever require customer service you will be on hold for an hour plus. I had to call them on 3 different occasions over a 2 month period and each and every call I was placed on hold for over an hour. When I spoke to a customer service person, I told them of the extremely long wait, they said they were aware of the problem. I just called again and got a voice message said due to the extremely high call volume, I would have to call back later and then got disconnected. Obviously management at IKEA cares only on sales volume and has no concern about customer support.
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2018
Ikea in the US is the worst company ever. Never shop there. I spent about $5000 there at three different time. Each delivery has been delayed, when rescheduled items were always missing. I spent each time I call them 1 hour on the phone before to have the chance to speak to a representative who never had solution. The missing items were sold out and I am still not refunded. I ask for a appointment to install the kitchen, never heard back about it. Today, Ikea does not pick up any phone call anymore. I have still a fridge and hotplate missing (about $1000) and no way to speak to anyone as the emails on their website are not working neither. It has been 2 month that I am waiting to have a kitchen. If you want to eat hot someday, never shop your kitchen there (or anything else).
Reviewed Sept. 18, 2018
IKEA provides one phone number for all of their customer service. This covers the entire United States and is run out of one call center, I was told by an associate. Fantastic. I wanted to return a large bookcase I purchased online, but couldn’t get through on the phone, so I had to drive 50 miles to my local store to arrange the return. The delivery company picked up the return (I paid for that) and over a week later, I have not had the refund. No acknowledgment that they received it, nothing. I cannot get through by phone to find out where my refund is. They keep saying the call lines are busy and to call back.
Seriously, I’ve called over 20 times now, at different times of the day on different days of the week and they never answer. Forget trying to leave an email, they never return it. I now have to drive another 50 miles back to the store to resolve this issue. How green is that, IKEA? They pride themselves on sustainability, but because of their terrible phone support, I bet others have to do the same thing. This company has serious logistics problems and I would seriously hesitate before making a large purchase here.
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2018
I ordered a bed frame and mattress through the Ikea website on 9/6 and chose the earliest possible delivery date, 9/14. I got an email saying the order departed on 9/11 and then on 9/14 the order never shows up. I call the delivery service and they say that they couldn’t find the boxes so they left without it and that if they can’t find it by Monday they would call Ikea. I then called Ikea and they said that they would try to find the lost items but they could not provide a time frame. Will never order anything through Ikea again.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2018
I will not even give them a one-star rating. IKEA store 399 in Burbank CA uses a delivery service called T-Force Final Mile. They delivered and installed a wardrobe planner to my house, they damaged my ceiling and stole my husband’s car keys. I have never experienced the level of unprofessionalism until I dealt with T-Force employees. The unfortunate thing is that IKEA continues to do business with them and does not advise their customers that they are using a third party deliver and installation service.
I made the purchase in the store and was not advised by the sales rep that my delivery and installation will be done by another company other than IKEA. I was not provided with the name of the delivery/installation company so that I can do my own research as to who is going to be completing my order. I would not have agreed and paid for T-Force Final Mile to complete the delivery and installation after reading the reviews on their site through Google search.
This company is a very bad reflection on IKEA. T-Force Final Mile employs people that are thieves with no background checks. My husband’s car keys were missing right after they left and his car has been stolen 4 days later parked right in front of our house. I have filed a police report and reported the incident to T-Force’s customer service and IKEA, however no response to date from either company. IKEA is a reputable company why they continue to use T-Force Final Mile for their deliveries and assembly is questionable.
Some of the reviews on the Google search site are from over a month ago, complaints such as orders being undelivered, damaged, even similar reviews that T-Force Final Mile should not be used by IKEA. I hope my review will help other consumers and this will be taken seriously as IKEA and T-Force Final Mile are not doing anything to make sure that the satisfaction and safety of their custom meet and on top of their business operational priority.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2018
I ordered one single item online on 8/18, and was told that it would come on 8/23. 8/23 came by, and no package came. On 8/27, I was told that it was late, but the delivery was now being handled by FedEx, and would come within the next 5-7 business days. 7 business days passed, and still no package. I called customer support to find out more information, but all they could tell me was to talk to the resolutions department. Yet, every time I call, I get a message that they are “experiencing higher than normal” activity, and my call is subsequently dropped.
It’s now 9/13, and I still have absolutely NO idea where my package is. I find it absolutely ridiculous that I am forced to jump through all these hoops to try and fix IKEA’s own problem. I have woken up at 6 AM to call the resolutions department - the call line opens up at 9 AM EST and I live in LA - yet my call STILL gets dropped due to higher than normal activity. Ikea, if every hour is higher than normal activity, then that is normal activity, and you need to be prepared to handle it. My one item is now over 3 weeks late, and I’m still completely in the dark. I’ve emailed customer support too, but have not yet received a response. This is the absolute worst customer support I have ever experienced. Never order online from Ikea.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2018
Ordered some new furniture for a flat I'd just moved in to. The delivery did not turn up on the day we were allocated. Tried to contact IKEA (near enough impossible - the only way is through a live chat in which you have to queue for ages). We eventually got through and were told the delivery had never been processed, despite us being given a delivery date AND time slot (time booked off work for this). They re-arranged the delivery but the soonest they could do was a week later.
We waited the extra week, again having another delivery date and a time slot, and AGAIN no delivery. What's worse is IKEA do not bother to contact you regarding any problems/ issues they are having with delivery so you are left oblivious and waiting for your delivery as arranged. Another hour wasted queuing in the live chat to be given no real explanation to this other than 'delivery problems'. We gave up and canceled our whole order. Absolutely disgusting service and an unnecessary, stressful few weeks during what is meant to be a happy, exciting period of moving into your first flat! I would strongly advise everybody to never order from IKEA.
Reviewed Sept. 13, 2018
I went to IKEA to buy a bed frame & mattress. I asked an employee for help with the bed frame box and they said that they couldn't help me. It was all self serve. I had to pull the box off the shelf, wheel it to the checkout and then load to my car. Unfortunately, it wouldn't fit in my car so I had to stand in another line to schedule delivery. I paid extra for a specific delivery time (8am-12). Day of delivery they showed up at 7:30 pm. I had purchased tickets to a show and plans with friends that I missed because of this delivery issue.
Next day, I try putting the frame together and it was damaged. I call IKEA to get a refund on the extra I paid for on delivery and to find out what to do about the damaged bed. First, they tell me I was out the delivery money because they didn't run the delivery company. Second, I could have a refund but they don't do pick-up so I would either have to bring the bed in myself or use the delivery company. I was livid. I said your product is defective and I have to pay for pick up??? They were rude to me in the store and on the phone even though both issues were on them. I ended up giving the bed away to someone who could fix things. I'm still mad that I had to paid money to see a show and missed it because of the delivery... Even though I paid extra (and not just 10-15 bucks... Closer to $100).
I also had to spend my whole day sitting at home on a Sat when I do all my errands. And, IKEA was so rude... Not one apology for the damaged bed and that I WASTED my whole day waiting when I paid extra not to have to. Dealing with IKEA is absolutely one of the worst experiences I've ever had. They are awful and I tell everyone I can not to go there.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2018
I have NEVER experienced such terrible customer service from a company before. After going to IKEA I was not given all of the boxes by an employee for the dresser that I purchased. I discovered once I got home and opened all my boxes was only given 3 out of the 6 dresser drawers for my dresser. It has been two weeks I still have not gotten the dresser drawers delivered to my home.
I have been transferred to more departments than I can name over the past two weeks. I have collectively been put on hold for over 2 hours over the past two weeks. And NOW they cannot find my dresser draws to be delivered. ALSO you MUST have someone at your house to deliver anything from this company. I will NEVER do business with this company ever again and I advise everyone else to know that the customer service at IKEA is among the worst I have ever dealt with. I am not blaming any specific worker. I am saying the company's customers service overall is absolutely terrible.
Reviewed Sept. 12, 2018
Purchased and received one Hemnes dresser and one chest of drawers. After assembling the units, I opened the boxes to assemble the drawers only to find all the drawer wood contained pine tar (my evaluation) on the surfaces. When I called, they readily agreed to replace the wood. Two weeks, hours on hold and many, many calls later (when I could get thru to a human), I still have no idea when I will receive the replacement wood. According to the dates of similar product complaints on the web, it seems this product defect has been around at IKEA for over a year. Today I call Customer Service and only get a busy signal. How many problems do they have? Poor quality control AND poor service. Why go back?

Reviewed Sept. 11, 2018
Ordered a bed online. Headboard came damaged. When I call the main number to reach customer support I get a message saying they are too busy and I need to call some other time. They do not take your number in order to call you back. I have seen reviews online where people have tried to call for days with no luck. I have a half built bed and have no idea what to do next.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2018
l ordered a wardrobe and some other pieces online. The delivery was incomplete. The delivery guys wouldn't let me write on the docket what was missing so l scribbled "incomplete" alongside my signature and they weren't happy with me. l had already listed on their other copy what was missing so they had given me the second sheet to sign. They told me to phone Ikea and it would be sorted out. l have been on the phone waiting for someone to speak to me for 44 minutes now. No warning of any delays and no indication of how long l will have to wait. To add insult to injury the music l am subjected to is horrible.
And to add insult to injury: l bought the tallest Vikanes wardrobe doors @ £60 each and an alert showed reminding me that l needed hinges too, so l bought those @ £10 each. Looking at the website today l see that if you buy the Vikanes door "with hinges" it is £65. The Vikanes door on its own is £60 and the hinges on their own are £10. Seems l paid £10 more than l need have done. l will NEVER, EVER buy anything from Ikea again unless it is off their shelf and in my car. On-line is a poor service. WILL I EVER GET TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE AT CUSTOMER SERVICES? Your guess is as good as mine.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2018
If I could post this review with zero stars I would. It's inconceivable that it would take 2 weeks of calling, multiple times every day to finally talk to an actual customer service agent to tell them that the mirror I ordered was delivered cracked. It's bad enough that the mirror wasn't delivered during the 1st delivery window although it was included in the tracking info and supposedly on the delivery truck. This happened after I was on hold for 1 hr. & 54 mins to reorder the mirror. FIRST AND LAST TIME I'LL PURCHASE FROM IKEA.
Reviewed Sept. 11, 2018
I bought an Arkelstorp Desk in IKEA Belfast and assembled it yesterday. All the parts were there but the instructions (37 steps) were not clear and we found one of the legs was badly cracked. When I tried to contact IKEA to get a replacement there was no phone number given for the Belfast store and the customer helpline had a waiting time of 45 minutes. So, I emailed them and tried to upload a photo of the leg. A message said the image was too large and so I had to reduce the size and then start the whole process of entering my details again - from scratch. I have wasted over an hour of my time on an issue where IKEA is at fault. I have noticed over the years that the quality of IKEA products has deteriorated, they now use plastic instead of metal and the range of solid wood products has diminished greatly. I will use IKEA only sparingly in future.

Reviewed Sept. 10, 2018
I purchased several furnitures online with IKEA a while ago. I am not going to go into details, but I do like to share that my shopping experience was horrific from A to Z mostly due to the terrible customer service. The furniture themselves (when they finally arrived) was easy to put together due to clear instructions, but the shopping process was bad due to poor communication between the online customer service employees; at one point I thought the furnitures (one three sectional sofa, two shelves, nesting tables, and a couple of lamps) were lost.
I enjoy shopping online and I am used to great customer service, especially from management. When I stated my concern to one of the IKEA supervisors, she responded condescendingly and canceled my order without me requesting it. It was such a mess. Since then I have furnished seven of my new offices, and one new home. I am thinking that I am so lucky I did not go ahead that time ordering all the new furniture for my new offices and home from this awful shopping website, but instead from a much more professional shopping website(s) with excellent customer service. I do not recommend IKEA online shopping.
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2018
They have lost our product and have not refunded our money. This is going on a month now. For 2 weeks we have been trying to get a hold of customer service without any helpful luck. I wish someone would read this and get a hold of us. I have never had any problems with any other company getting the product I ordered or getting my money back.
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2018
I called IKEA with a question about a countertop that I wanted to cut before I decided to order it. Spoke to a kitchen service rep who was beyond helpful and told me I could have it delivered, no problem! Ordered the countertop on August 11, 2018, giving me 16 days to get delivery of in stock before I had to go back to work. Plenty of time, right??? WRONG. I was informed that I had to be present to sign, even though I asked to waive the signature, because they wanted to deliver the item on my 4th day back to work.
After spending over two hours on the phone Tuesday trying to get the delivery date changed, I spoke to someone at IKEA and thought I managed to switch the delivery from Thursday to Friday. Got an email Wednesday stating that delivery was all set... for Thursday!!! What??? Spent another 2 hours calling and getting kicked off the phone with "higher than normal call volume" and eventually ended up driving to the store in South Philadelphia, where I waited in line for almost 45 minutes.
Finally spoke to a wonderful employee who promised to help resolve the situation. Unfortunately, after 2 messages to us and 3 returned phone calls begging for assistance, I am still without my items, but IKEA has had my money since August 11, 2018 and has not called me back. It is September 9, 2018. I am shocked, disgusted and beyond frustrated that an international company runs its business this way.
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2018
Hi I'm Santhosh from Hyderabad, today I'm totally dissatisfied with food provided in IKEA restaurant. I ate veggie balls. It doesn't taste good. It's like eating plain vegetables without masala. My suggestion is provide Indian varieties and arrange one excellent cook from reputed hotel...or recruit candidates from nearby hotel management institutes. And I ate mango cake. It tastes like medicine tonic... Most of the people were just thinking why he have taken this food and not eating...simply leaving. Even beverages also not good.
Reviewed Sept. 9, 2018
Had I known the delivery company IKEA works with and its telephone support network was so sub-par, I would have saved myself the 4 hours I spent waiting for my order today and simply gone to the store. After not receiving any update on my order past my due delivery time, I called IKEA customer service only to be informed that my item had not been collected that morning. If that was the case, it would have been really considerate had someone contacted me to let me know rather than leaving me to wait all day and requiring me to call up to find out where my items were. Sandy, the customer service representative I called then assured me my items would be delivered on Monday evening and I would be able to receive a shipping refund if I stayed on the line.
Of course, as soon as she tried to transfer me the call dropped so I spent a further 50 minutes on hold trying to reach a new representative only to be told it wasn’t IKEA’s responsibility but the shipping company and I would have to reschedule directly with them. I’m absolutely disgusted with the level of customer service I have received from the company and the company IKEA uses to ship your products. As far as I am concerned, I paid IKEA for my order and my shipping, therefore it is IKEA’s responsibility to deliver my order in full at the scheduled time and if not, IKEA should have let me know instead of wasting my day. It’s not long till my baby is due, the furniture I ordered was for the nursery and I’m supposed to be having friends around tomorrow to help me set up everything and have fun getting ready for the arrival of my baby.
I am so upset and disappointed that I have to cancel this due to IKEA’s incompetence. The items I ordered from Target and Walmart on the very same day arrived over a week ago... and the shipping was free. This is absolutely the last time I ever order anything from IKEA online and the experience has left me feeling so let down I honestly don’t think I ever want to give any money to this store again. As a European, myself and my family have always used IKEA furnishings for our homes, and my husband has furnished several rental properties with IKEA products but in the future I think I’ll be relying on more reliable businesses who can actually follow through with a promise once taking my money.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2018
If you are relatively handy I understand the draw of ordering from IKEA, but please please please reconsider, especially in the NYC area. I initially started having trouble with Ikea over trying to order online. It kept giving me an error message. So I went to a store and ordered. Then proceeded to spend 40 min waiting online to pay for a piece of paper.
Fast forward 2 weeks later, the day I am supposed to get my delivery through XPO delivery. I call 3 hrs into my 4 h r window, that they confirmed the day before. The representative at XPO proceeds to tell me that "my truck has no driver". WTF?I mean seriously what does that even mean? Are you not a delivery company?? When asked when I will get it, no information and the rep basically put me back in phone tree hell where the wait time was 30+min.
Update... 2 hrs later... finally got through to Ikea "resolutions" department. Ikea Brooklyn uses XPO deliveries. They are a ** company (excuse the language, but the mildest adjective I could think of after 3 hrs on the phone). They put the Ikea representative on the phone for an hr... Finally "found" my order after telling the Ikea rep that it had not yet been unloaded. But the person at the New Jersey warehouse had to take her dinner break so she would call me regarding rescheduling. Rescheduling will not happen this weekend. It will not happen during the week and it may not happen next weekend. I was worried about how much to tip them when/if they came, now I am wondering if they should pay me.
Please please please reconsider ordering anything from Ikea to be delivered. I am a New Yorker and I live the pedestrian life unless I have to drive, I don't. But sometimes it is not worth the sheer aggravation on spending 4 hrs on your phone on a Saturday afternoon asking where 700+ dollars worth of merchandise has gone to and after all that still not being given a direct answer.
NOTE TO NY IKEA: DO NO USE XPO deliveries. Apparently two of your other New Jersey Stores have stopped using them and apparently your deliveries have been backed up for months. There must be other delivery companies and really it reflects badly on you as the seller having taken my money and being unable to definitely answer as to the location of your own merchandise because your shipper is a hot mess.
Reviewed Sept. 8, 2018
I ordered a sectional online and scheduled a Saturday delivery a few weeks in the future. I had absolutely no problems with my order and delivery. I was really concerned after reading these terrible reviews but XPO in North Carolina was perfect. Their robot called the Friday before, giving a 4hr window. The driver called 30 mins before the actual delivery which was in the window. Some miscellaneous complaints about the website. IKEA is not designed for e-commerce. They are a big box store. The customize your couch tool is cool but it only works in IE. Additionally, once you're done customizing, the site provides you a 10 digit code to add all the components to your cart. When you get to the cart to enter the code, they only allow 9 digits. Complete waste of time. You need to write down all the items and add them individually.
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2018
On August 12, 2018, I ordered a bookcase. It arrived in two boxes, one with half of the bookcase and the other with half of a TV stand. We contacted IKEA, after two days of being put on hold for hours, we finally got through. We were told that IKEA would pick up the TV stand box and deliver the correct half of the bookcase September 7, 2018. We did not receive a notice of the four-hour delivery window today, so we contacted IKEA and was assured by Cortney that the bookcase would be here between five and nine tomorrow. She provided a number to a shipping company and we tried the number provided.
The main office of the shipping company is closed now, but we were able to talk to a very nice man, who informed us that we needed to call IKEA. There is no shipment or pickup scheduled for my address in their system. We tried to call customer service at IKEA, but all we get is a recording, saying they are too busy to take any calls. REALLY? This was my first order from IKEA. It is also my last.
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2018
My fiancé and I have been TRYING TO GET OUR IKEA KIVIK SOFA delivered by XPO LOGISTICS for THREE MONTHS NOW! We have both taken days off work to wait fruitlessly for this Ikea item. We have wasted at least 48 hours cumulatively, making useless calls to busy and/or non working circuits, being put on hold by dozens of Ikea and XPO customer service reps (many of whom were very helpful, but apparently unable or unauthorized to resolve this problem) and waiting at home for supposedly "Confirmed" deliveries.
We've been alternately told by IKEA and XPO that our ORDER WAS INEXPLICABLY CANCELLED, that the sofa in question is unavailable or sold out, that this was actually not correct and that a new Kivik sofa had been reordered, that "Both" of our sofa orders had been processed and routed for delivery, that neither sofa ever made it to the warehouse, that the second sofa we ordered was on a truck, that we would be called XPO driver half hour before delivery (on 9/4/18), that our reordered sofa was not on a truck (on 9/4/18), so we therefore should not have waited at home from 9 am to 7 pm for it, that our sofa might be in the XPO warehouse or not, that our sofa was en route, that this sofa was delayed on the truck, that our sofa is not coming etc, that our sofa could be arriving as late as 9 pm, etc., etc., etc.
Over the past THREE MONTHS, we have been DISCONNECTED MULTIPLE TIMES from various phone calls, had MULTIPLE LONG CONVERSATIONS about this KIVIK sofa and its various supposed eta(s). We have waited for promised callbacks and emails that never happened, have been transferred to various supervisors, coordinators, customer service specialist and customer service reps, who either stated that are unable to help, or simply didn't pick up, and have been given multiple delivery confirmations and suggested times for drop offs that never happened! We also went ahead and threw out our old sofa, to make space for our new Ikea purchase, so we are making all of these calls at the kitchen table, while looking at a big empty space where our sofa should be!
BELOW IS A TIMELINE WITH DETAILS: 06/27/18: Ordered and paid for KIVIK sectional sofa at IKEA New Haven (Store 213). Sales Associate who helped us suggested that we have the sofa shipped, so decided to add payment for delivery. 07/16/18: Made multiple phone attempts and IKEA and XPO logins to confirm delivery ETA for the following day. Non-working circuits, busy signals, long hold times made ikea reps virtually unreachable. Ditto XPO. 07/17/18: Confusing delivery tracking information includes confirmation that the sofa will be delivered PRIOR to the date that it was ordered.
07/17/18: Took the day off work to wait for the sofa 9 AM to 9 PM. Multiple phone calls to IKEA and XPO Reps, in which we were told many contradictory stories, then finally told that the sofa never made it to the warehouse, and that the order had been cancelled by IKEA with no explanation. We were never at any point contacted directly by anyone from IKEA or XPO about this, and had to initiate all contacts and attempts at understanding and resolving the situation. 07/18/18: Non-working circuits, busy signals, long hold times made IKEA reps virtually unreachable. Ditto XPO. 07/19/18: Non-working circuits, busy signals, long hold times made ikea reps virtually unreachable. Ditto XPO.
07/20/18: many hours spent on the phone with both IKEA and XPO. XPO states that the sofa is not at the warehouse. Resolutions rep at IKEA is very helpful, but there is no follow up regarding delivery status. No one has reached out to us at any time with any information about the cancellation. Successful effort to place a reorder via IKEA new haven (213) although we are asked to PAY FOR THIS NEW COUCH IN ADVANCE OF OUR REFUND FOR THE INITIAL CANCELLED ORDER. 07/20/18: IKEA Central Customer Delivery gives estimated delivery as 08/07/18. Slot 9 AM to 9 PM. CUST SERVICE REF **. 07/26/18: IKEA site tracking confirmation and status reads: 06/27/18 Thank you for your order. We will begin processing shortly. 07/12/18 Order has shipped from the IKEA distribution center. 07/25/18 Order has arrived at the local delivery company. 07/26/18 Order has arrived at the local delivery company.
08/07/18: NO SOFA DELIVERY! More time off work, more time spent on phone calls, more runaround, more hours of transfers, holds, busy signals, etc!!! Wasted day and still no IKEA KIVIK sofa! 08/10/18: Booking date given for REDELIVERY - 09/04/18. Followed up by making more phone calls to both IKEA and XPO and emails to confirm that delivery date will be 09/04/18. 08/31/18: Sent email to IKEA to confirm delivery date 09/04/18. 09/03/18: Communication sent by XPO to confirm that delivery was scheduled for 09/04/18. Left Labour Day vacation early in order to return home to wait for the delivery next day from 9 AM to 9 PM. 09/04/18: Still no sofa delivery! More time off work, more time spent on phone calls, more runaround, more hours of transfers, holds, busy signals, etc!!! Wasted day and still no IKEA KIVIK sofa!!!
Took the entire day off work to wait for the delivery. IKEA tracking states the delivery is being processed. Made a mid-day call to XPO Logistics Rep, am nearly an hour on hold to reach a Rep, after explaining the situation, the Rep puts call on HOLD again, in order to speak with XPO Warehouse Manager and/or Driver. After about 30 more minutes on HOLD, I am told that my KIVIK SOFA is on the truck, and the driver has been given my cell phone number in order to contact me half an hour before delivery. I'm also told that the delivery is scheduled for between 12 NOON and 4 PM, the Driver may be delayed as XPO's load is heavy (ummm really just want my SOFA!) and that the truck could arrive in Hudson ZIP 12534 as late as 9 PM.
At about 5 PM, with NO sign of driver, truck or sofa in sight, called XPO again, waited on HOLD, and then spoke to a supervisor (who is helpful and understanding but apparently not located in my area). She attempts to contact the XPO warehouse or delivery coordinator, and puts me on HOLD for 40 minutes (kept screenshots with call duration for these waits). She then comes back on the line to tell me that she was immediately disconnected from the warehouse when the coordinator picked up, which I assume to assume was either due to phone issues or (more likely) an intentional hang up. She also offers to reconnect my call to the warehouse, but is hesitant to stay on the line with me, due to the amount of time the HOLD could take.
After another 40 minute wait, I am told that there was another "disconnected" call, and that the sofa may not actually have been picked up from the warehouse. No contact of any kind from Driver, XPO, and no info avail on IKEA tracking. Have now spent 10 hours waiting for and making phone calls regarding this IKEA KIVIK sofa. Ikea's customer service resolutions center is totally unreachable for most of the day, until I get message asking me to leave a message for a return communication within five days!!! 09/05/18: THERE HAS BEEN ZERO FOLLOW UP FROM XPO AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION OF ANY KIND FROM IKEA!!!
09/06/19: Over two hours on phone with XPO Logistics. Placed on HOLD for up to 20 minutes at a time, transferred to a series of 5 different XPO customer service reps who placed us on hold in order to "communicate with the warehouse", then transferred the call to another rep, each of whom had absolutely no idea what the issue was. More time explaining the situation. Told at one point that the merchandise was actually NOT in the warehouse yesterday, and that it is not XPO's "fault" that the delivery was not made. Final outcome: the earliest delivery they can schedule is September 11th, but there is "no guarantee" that the delivery will take place! Outrageously atrocious customer service experience from two huge companies, IKEA and XPO. If only it were possible to leave ZERO stars...
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2018
Went to local IKEA in Tampa Fl. on 8/4/18. We shopped for bookcase and found one we wanted. Went to pick up and it was out of stock. Store suggested online purchase. We ordered online and were told it would arrive on Sunday 8/12/18. Received auto call confirming delivery and window of 11am-3pm. No call no show. We called and waited on hold for over 90 minutes. We were told they couldn’t find our order but someone would call the next day. This scenario was repeated the next 2 days, no call no show, wait on hold if we were even lucky enough to get connected. At least 10 times we called and their message was that they had too many calls to answer phone..."click", are you kidding.
We drove into the Tampa store and a manager said all she could do was to send their online department a email requesting cancellation of order. She copied me on email. Again no response and impossible to get thru on phone. They also never responded to emails. So the kicker is that they charged my credit card for the item and delivery. Again can’t get thru to complain. Called credit card company to file dispute on 9/5/18 one month later. STILL NO RESPONSE! IKEA is impossible to deal with online!!!
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2018
I purchased this product on 8/22/2018 and assembled it in the next two or three days, only to discover the right hand side of the smaller desk drawers was missing. I immediately called IKEA, probably on 8/25 or perhaps 8/26 and, after an interminable hour+ wait (how does IKEA stay in business?). I finally spoke to a Danielle who seemed to understand the problem and ordered me a replacement part Case IKEA case #**), saying it would be sent FedEx, as I recall. Today is 9/5/2018, but still no replacement part nor acknowledgment of previous inquiries and no shipment info. Is the part still being sent, perhaps from Sweden?? It is frustrating to have neither the missing part nor a report on expected delivery. It is doubly frustrating to be unable to reach IKEA by phone. (Today, "Due to unexpectedly high call volume... we cannot take your call." - totally unacceptable!) Please let me know ASAP the status of my missing part.
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2018
Ordered online some pillow covers and inserts. One of the navy blue pillow covers had discoloration of red throughout the pillow. Cannot get in touch with customer service to see if they could send me a replacement because their phone system says they are experiencing high volume calls. Like the other reviewers that posted (which I did not read, my bad) I am having same issues. I really didn't think ordering pillow covers and inserts would be a problem, but I guess when things are inexpensive, you really do get what you pay for! Terrible customer service! Tried to email, but you have to be a rocket scientist to get that email through!
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2018
IKEA's phone hold times are often over an hour or they cannot even take your call. Each person I talk to tells me something different. They charged me for my items before I received them. I had to reschedule my delivery three times because they couldn't complete the delivery. Turns out they use a separate delivery company. I called the delivery company and they said my items had been lost and it would take at least 48 hours for them to search for them. This is absurd, ridiculous, and I feel as if I am living in the twilight zone. This is the largest purchasing hassle I have ever experienced. This is my first and last time dealing with IKEA. Absolutely unbelievable.
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2018
We ordered 6 furniture items and were told delivery was 8/23 between 9 and 9. We waited all day and at 4pm were told the driver could not be there and would have to reschedule for 5 days later! We had driven 5 hours to be there the night before, we had scheduled Ikea's assembly people to be there the day after. XPO blamed it in on the IKEA truck not getting there on time and gave I had gotten three emails giving me updates all day that the order was delivered to them and that it was on its way to us. XPO said the emails were automated. I explained then they need to change something. You can't have people there all day on a day THEY give us, and email that everything is on time then at the end of the day they say you need to do this again 5 FIVE days later!
I had hung up and called back to get another rep who did her best to better the situation so that the delivery was two days later. But we had to cancel the assembler. This was for a Grad School student and we only had so many days to move in before classes start, we had 7 days to move in. We wasted 3 waiting for furniture to be delivered and we wasted another 3 assembling it ourselves since we could not get someone short notice. IKEA and XPO Logistics really DROPPED THE BALL. Never again. We used Ikea since a friend had said good things. But never again.
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2018
On July 23 I bought a bed, frame, desk and TV console at IKEA to be delivered to my son’s apartment on July 29 between 9 and 6, (date and time picked by IKEA and also circled in RED by store employee). Son was at apartment all day between 9 and 6 and no one came. We called IKEA who said to call XPO Logistics. We called XPO Logistics and the goods had NOT EVEN LEFT the IKEA store. XPO Logistics said that the earliest they could deliver was August 2nd but that I had to schedule it AGAIN. I was then transferred to Customer Service who said that the earliest was August 3rd but that she also needed two other possible dates? After this, I said that I needed to speak with a supervisor and was transferred over to a “Conflict Resolution” employee. We were on hold for over 1-1/2 hours. By this time I had decided that something was wrong and wanted to cancel the whole transaction.
When we finally talked to a “Conflict Resolution” specialist the man agreed to cancel everything and my husband asked him TWICE if the credit would go back on our credit card and he said YES. With that in mind, (thinking that our credit card would be credited), my son and I went BACK to IKEA, bought everything again and hauled it to his apartment. We received a phone call from my son on August 12 stating that he had received a GIFT CARD for the amount owed to us and also a letter stating, “If you would like the funds transferred back to the original form of tender please call IKEA customer relations”. (Why did my son receive a gift card when it was MY credit card that was used?)
I called Customer Service August 13 and left a message with my case number and a brief description. Message said that they would get back to us in two business days. No one called me. I called two days later and left a message. I called again two days later and left a message asking if they could PLEASE credit our credit card, void the gift card and then give me a courtesy call. NO RESPONSE TO ANY OF MY PHONE CALLS.
My husband called Monday and still no response. My husband had to drive an hour to get the gift card from my son, then drive an hour to IKEA, stand in line with all of the paperwork, gift card and credit card and now finally one month later they have credited our credit card. I cannot understand why they did not credit the credit card which PAID for everything (mine) and then gave my son a gift card for the amount? VERY DISGUSTED. Lesson learned. We are NOT DEALING WITH IKEA when my daughter needs furniture. HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
Reviewed Sept. 4, 2018
I ordered a shoe bench and the seat part of the bench is damaged. I called the customer service number to report this defect immediately since they advise to let them know of damage within 48 hours of delivery. Well, the customer service number is bogus. There is a recording saying "due to higher than normal call volume, we cannot take your call. Please visit our website." And then you are disconnected. I went to the website and sent an email regarding the damage. Ikea claims a response within 48-72 hours. Well, it has been 6 days and still no response. Furthermore, I attempted to submit a poor review of the product on their website and Ikea responded via email, telling me that my review cannot be posted because of their privacy rules and was against guidelines. So, buyer beware when you deal with Ikea.
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2018
If I could give ZERO stars I would. I was told that if I purchased an item that it would be delivered next day. Once purchased I was given a date 4 days later which I was not too upset about. What was very upsetting was that I was told that I would get my furniture delivered and assembled on Monday, September 3rd. I was given a window of 10am-2pm. At 1:02 pm I called and they contacted the driver which said he would be at my home by 2 pm. I called again at 3 pm only to be told that the items was sent back to the store due to “mechanical” issues at 1:09 pm. No call, text, email, smoke signal, NOTHING!!! I asked to speak to a Manager and of course no one was available. I was rescheduled for this coming Thursday at an unknown time. Thank you IKEA!!! We will be sleeping on the floor for 3 more days with hopes that the bedroom set will be delivered as promised.
Reviewed Sept. 3, 2018
I recently (8/12) ordered a lot of furniture from IKEA online, including glass Oxberg doors, sectional sofa, dressers, etc. It was a huge order. Actually, their website wasn’t working correctly, and I ended up having to make three separate orders (and pay 3 separate delivery charges), but I got everything ordered and chose September 2 as my delivery date since I was moving the day before. I got the emails saying thanks for my orders, and didn’t hear much after that, but then, I got an email on 8/30 saying my stuff had shipped to the trucking company. I thought, "Okay, no way I’m going to get this in time." So I looked online to read about IKEA's delivery service.
I found thousands of reviews where peoples' stuff never showed up, was damaged etc. I thought, "Oh hell no," so I actually tried to call and cancel my orders so I could just go to the store and buy them, and of course IKEA said no and could not tell me when my stuff might arrive. I panicked, but there was nothing I could do at this point, so I gave up and thought, "Well, if my stuff doesn’t appear I'll eventually dispute it with my credit card." 8/31 I get an email from IKEA saying my orders are ready to be delivered. I am still skeptical. I am given a delivery window of 9A-1P September 2, the day I actually chose during checkout, I think, "Yeah right."
I get a call from XPO Logistics saying they're 5-10 minutes away around 9:30A on September 2, even then, I think, "Half my order is probably missing or broken or not even on the truck at all." Not so! Like Jesus himself came down from heaven and said, "Let this not be a hassle," XPO Logistics delivered ALL THREE ORDERS, eight pieces of furniture, not broken, not missing pieces, on the day I chose during checkout, during the delivery window I was given, and earlier rather than later during that window. It was truly an IKEA miracle. I will still never order online again because it was terrifying, but I will definitely still shop in the store and am very thankful that I somehow had such a great experience!
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2018
Purchased on 8/3/18. We paid and delivered to home delivery station at Palo Alto, IKEA with delivery date set on 8/11/18. We got call a day before for delivery window 11 to 5 on Saturday 8/11/18. Nobody showed up till 5:30 pm so we called IKEA, they said call North American. We called North American so they said, "When they went for pick up your items were not ready for pick up." (We already had wasted total of 2 hrs by now on phone hold to even know what happened.) We called IKEA to know what happened to our pick up. No sorry or anything. They said, "Oh maybe it wasn’t in stock!" We let them know that we have picked it up (all 3 pieces) and delivered to home delivery station at Palo Alto.
On that they said, "Oh ok. Well set any other day for delivery." So we set the following Saturday 8/18/18. Again we get a call from North American to set up delivery. Window 1-5 pm set and again nothing. Same thing called both the places and finally came to know that IKEA had nothing ready for pick up. On calling IKEA (again no sorry or anything to help up) they forwarded my phone to resolutions. I was on hold for 2 hrs and still no ans. With other phone we called again to IKEA and they said same thing, they can’t help us. We must talk to resolutions team. I said no one picks up phone on that they said I can leave message. (no idea where they directed me to place message but I left few messages). No call back from IKEA and now it’s 9/1/18.
We still haven’t heard back or gotten our delivery. That’s so many hrs wasted and disappointment for my boys. They had been waiting for their bed to arrive. I go to store, ask for manager to talk to us (obviously they don’t have time!!!) so no manager and we stand in line for 45 mins for our turn to come. At this point I am ready to sue IKEA for all the hrs wasted, if that is even a thing. Then the home delivery guy is like, "Well let me see what I can do." (WHATTT? You are kidding right? Coz this is the stuff we got it out from shelf, and hand them to you paid for all and you haven’t even done the one thing that you are supposed to.) So I wait again for about 1 hr 30 mins and he said, "I will create your issue letter. Wait 10 mins." It was employee Shawn so I wait 20 mins and still don’t see him. I go talk to Andrew, asking what happened to the other person who was helping me?
On that Andrew said Shawn left for the day and nothing still had been done about my issue??? At this point I am really mad and asked if I can talk to manager and he calls someone but no manager is available to help or talk with us. Now this is all after we have wasted so many hrs and paid for the bed and service to deliver it to our home. Ultimately all he said was, "Ok complaint is created" and he has helped us as much as he can. So Sep 1st and we still don’t have the bed we paid for and wasted ton of time. IKEA please learn how to serve customers. Definitely we won’t be going back to Palo Alto IKEA ever.
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2018
We ordered bedroom furniture on 7/14/2018, with delivery scheduled for 7/31. On that date, IKEA delivered 2 bed frames, 1 dresser, but NOT the 2 mattresses to go on the beds. Delivery company took note of this but said we had to contact IKEA ourselves about it. After 2-3 hours on hold, we reached customer service who said they call us next day to set up new delivery date. Heard nothing for days. Finally went online and found they’d scheduled delivery for August 14, I.e. 2 weeks later. Again, multiple attempts to reach customer service. Finally did, and decided to cancel order and buy mattresses elsewhere. We were told that they’d refund credit card within 7 days (ridiculous enough; credits should be processed within 1-2 days).
Now it’s a month later, and IKEA hasn’t refunded the money. We are out over $1000. We try calling customer service, which hangs up on us after a recorded voice tells us to try another time. IKEA should be investigated for consumer fraud. I believe they do this on purpose, including making it nearly impossible to reach customer service. In fact, their website states that 888-888-IKEA as phone number, but our order form gave a different number and that’s the only number we’ve ever gotten through on.
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2018
We purchased around $9000 in furniture from Ikea for our office. Two of the items purchased were the Bekant sit/stand desks. After about 3 months of minimal usage, the up/down functioning started to stutter. Now, it is completely inoperable. I have attempted to reach customer service 9 times over 3 days. After entering the correct sequence of numerical choices to get to the right department I was greeted with "we are experiencing higher than usual call volumes and cannot take your call" after which they disconnect. Here's a question, HOW THE HECK DO YOU HAVE HIGH CALL VOLUMES WHEN NOBODY CAN EVEN SIT ON HOLD??? Similarly I have tried in vain to email customer service. Ikea SUCKS!!!
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2018
LILLYANA Sheer curtains, 2 pair @$14.99. White, flower, 57x98 " / 145x250 cm. Article Number: 303.865.19. Total $29.98. Not for me - returned product, and they received 7/24, today is 8/31/18 NO refund and will not answer my emails and customer service cannot answer calls - you can't even leave a message.
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2018
I placed an online order for a corner shelving unit. The items were broken up into several deliveries, and after receiving the second I realized I did not yet have the corner pieces. This is the backbone of the order so I went online to try to find out if there was a delivery estimate. That's when I saw the email saying they had CANCELLED the rest of the order because that part was out of stock. Who does this!? A solid customer service program would contact the customer, update the delivery time... something other than delivering part of an order and cancelling the rest.
The story goes on, but if you've been reading the reviews you already know how the rest of it goes. Customer service couldn't take the call (too busy; goodbye). Online email has yet to be answered (sound familiar?). Parts of an IKEA 'system' sitting around my house but not able to be used (useless). And so on. I now realize the reason they promote themselves as IKEA FAMILY is because you will wish they had never visited...
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2018
I purchased the STORJORM Mirror cabinet with 2 doors & light, white. I have no idea how to get the lights to work. I have also called customer service and get disconnected. I even tried leaving a bad review on the site and it tells me I have an error. It seems this company rigs their site for only good reviews.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2018
IKEA's customer service is like the sound of one hand clapping. No disrespect to the average Joe working on the phone, managers are the problem. They are in the middle of a huge shake up and instead of being truthful, they have decided to mislead and deceive everyone. It's total chaos. Bad decisions snowballing into an avalanche. As soon as this post hits the site the snakes will be slithering about trying to deny deny deny. 2 hour hold times? Really? Shameful.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2018
Yesterday I purchased few home decor items at IKEA INDIA HYDERABAD. I requested for delivery service for which they referred their delivery partner. They charged 500 Rs delivery and cash was paid for the same. They denied accepting card payment and no receipt was given. They promised delivery yesterday itself but till today no calls or delivery from them. IKEA is not responding when contacted.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2018
Ikea needs to be put out of business. I had a kitchen planner. He designed it all wrong not what I had requested. When the delivery occurred, lots of wrong stuff was sent, parts were missing, no customer service, phone wait 40-90 min. No answer to my 10 emails. Planner added stuff to my order that I did not requested. It is cluttering my apartment and a hazard to my child, the parts are very heavy and I cannot move them. This has been my worst nightmare, the same with their team and installation service, job is unfinished and they charged more than the contract I signed. I will file a formal complaint.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2018
On June 22, 2018, I ordered a shelving unit online from Ikea. I was told that it would take approximately two weeks to arrive, which it did, on approximately July 4, 2018. Upon inspecting the product, we discovered that the unit was missing all of the nuts and bolts that were crucial to assembling the shelving unit. I attempted to call Ikea customer service several times. Most times I was unable to reach customer service, as the number was supposedly 'not working at this time.' Apparently the phone lines were so overloaded, that a live person was unreachable. Over the course of one week and after spending at least 45 minutes on hold per day, I finally reached a live customer service representative.
The representative agreed to send me the parts that were missing. I asked that they be expedited, but she said that because they were being shipped from overseas, that wasn't possible. Two weeks later, I received the parts. Upon arrival, I hired a professional handyman to put the shelves together for me. Three hours later, he informed me that the sides of the shelves in the box were the wrong ones. Ikea had packed the wrong shelves and it would not be possible to finish the shelving unit that day. That was July 21, 2018, nearly one month after the original purchase. I got on the phone again, and waited, waited, waited, before finally managing to talk to a live person.
The representative told me that I would need to wait yet another two weeks for the missing shelves to arrive. Ikea would now send me an entire new shelf unit and we would be able to take all the parts we needed, and then send the remaining pieces back with the shipper. The shipper would deliver the new shelf and take away all unnecessary pieces at the same delivery/pick-up. By now, I had become incredibly frustrated, but there was nothing I could do but wait. The shipper finally arrived, but they didn't deliver the parts. They were unaware that they were supposed to deliver parts; rather, they had arrived to take the old shelf with them. We declined. That was approximately three weeks ago.
We called Ikea yet again, wasting several more hours on the phone, on hold, and were finally told that Ikea was having difficulties shipping products to New York and New Jersey. After nearly two hours on the phone, Ikea offered me a $50 gift card (Why would I want a gift card from a company that can't deliver its products? Why go through another nightmare delivery scenario? We still have the gift card. We don't want to use it.) and also a refund on our credit card for the delivery charge. I still have yet to see that refund for the delivery. Anyway, on August 21, 2018, I finally managed to talk to the delivery company itself and was told that we would receive our parts on August 30, 2018, between 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm. At noon on August 30, I received a call from the shipping company informing me that package would not be able to be delivered today. As you can imagine, this is a very frustrating situation.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2018
IKEA Centennial, CO store is getting one star for their extremely rude checkout person "Allen" on express checkout line "22" on Aug 29, 2018, at 1.47 pm. I was not planning on writing a review as I like Ikea for its efficient designs, nice display, and meatballs. ;) So I called their customer service number and checked their website for submitting a feedback. Apparently, their customer service number 1 (888) 888-4532 is "busy" and "request" you to check their website (Both their customer service number and website are useless! Online there is no page to submit feedback. Ikea basically DOESN'T CARE about its CUSTOMERS!) My toddler and I was there to check out their new display for remodeling our new house.
I am glad that I learned from this bad experience and would not be making a huge furniture purchase for delivery from Ikea. Check these reviews: https://www.consumeraffairs.com/furniture/ikea.html. Apparently, Ikea cuts on price by HIGHLY paying their Swedish designers; getting CHEAP labor and material for a CHEAPER price from other countries and NOT PAYING anything for CUSTOMER SERVICE!! Awful practice IKEA!!! It seems the checkout people at IKEA knows that no one can complain about their unprofessional, unpleasant, offensive, and rude behavior so THEY DON'T CARE just like the company they WORK for "IKEA" (EEEKIA)!
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2018
We ordered a full kitchen including appliances in July 2018. Everything was supposed to be delivered on August 15. Nothing was delivered and no one called or emailed to communicate that. After calling and being on hold for approximately 1 hour, I was told it would be August 22. Nothing was delivered again and no call or email. I called again and was given the runaround and the blame game started by them telling me it was someone else's fault. I was told it would be delivered on the 29th and today when I called to confirm, no one answers after an hour of hold time and the delivery company is showing delivery for September 5th!!! I will be cancelling the order if anyone would answer the phone! Never order anything to be delivered from this place! If you want it, go to the store and leave with it cause that's the only way you’re going to get it.
Reviewed Aug. 28, 2018
Delivery was weeks late. I ordered $1000's in furniture. Order arrived missing a box. They sent me half a $350 dining table. Absolutely impossible to speak to anybody with the company. Logistics company was located on the other side of the country and their "customer service" was a joke. Filed a claim with BBB, where Ikea responded they would send me a new table. I said it had been a month now, just refund me my money. They said "We have no record of what you are stating reported as the table arrive short pieces." Wow, just wow. A week later, I got a call saying I was getting a delivery from Ikea! What??? They realized they messed up and are trying to send me the last box to prevent a chargeback... What a shady, horrible, dishonest company. I will never order from them again.
Reviewed Aug. 28, 2018
I Was trying to return an assembled chair, the waiting line was 1 hr or more. The associate was very rude & unprofessional, he returned the item for $212, and the full amount was $384, and he started cursing me out with ** words cause I asked him to read the receipt well. He left and went on break leaving us hanging and waiting for the manager. The manager didn’t even apologize for his attitude, and said she has to check with him what happened??? IKEA Paramus and IKEA stores, cheap items comes with cheap customer service! WILL NEVER GO THERE AGAIN!
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2018
I originally ordered $800 worth of furniture online from IKEA and paid extra for it to be delivered directly to my apartment by T-force. I received my order on the promised delivery date BUT half of my bed frame was missing. Turns out the idiots delivered the other half of my bed frame to the WRONG address (whoever they delivered stuff to right before me, as I guess I was the last delivery of the day). I immediately called the T-force delivery company who were extremely rude and told me they could not get in contact with the driver since it was a Friday and I was the last delivery of the day... even though it was only 1 pm. Ridiculous! I then called IKEAs customer service hotline and was on hold for at least 2 and a half hours!!!
While on hold with IKEA, thankfully the person who wrongfully received the other half of my bed frame was kind enough to bring the missing box to me. So yay, I thought all was fine and dandy, but after assembling almost all of the bed frame, I realized the major support beam and wooden bed slates were still missing from the final box... making the bed frame I already spent an hour building completing useless! After wasting hours of my life, the customer service rep finally answered the phone and apologized and agreed to send me a whole new bed frame but said it would take 3 WEEKS MINIMUM to have it delivered to me, even though they MESSED UP, multiple times! I demanded a refund for the bed frame and they refused.
Fast forward a month later, I finally got the missing parts of my bed frame and a remaining half of the extra frame they sent me. Without notice, another two weeks later, a T-force delivery guy shows up to my front door asking for a return to be picked up... WHAT?! Apparently, IKEA sent him to retrieve the other half of the extra bed frame that was sent to me previously... which they NEVER mentioned to me, not over the phone, not over email... NOTHING! I have continued to try to contact them over the last two months to get a refund or some sort of reply with no success. Once IKEA has your money, they don't give a ** about the customer AT ALL... even when you spend nearly $1000 there! NEVER AGAIN, worst customer experience of my life! I would give them zero stars if I could.
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2018
We ordered a Malm king size bed incl. mattress (and Skorva midbeam) online. The delivery date was changed twice (the last time, one day before the agreed delivery date). When we finally managed to be all at the same time at the same place, the mattress was defective and dirty and had to be returned and on top of that the Skorva midbeam was missing.
After me spending above 2h with multiple attempts to report my problem (incl. 2 disconnects while already talking to a customer service), I finally got the feedback that the delivery for the missing/defective goods would be scheduled in a month from now. We decided to cancel the order for the mattress and go to IKEA and buy the mid beam (and a different mattress somewhere else). At this stage we are waiting for the refund of the money but "surprisingly" we are facing here as well delays. The good news is that I managed to get a functional bed build together.
Reviewed Aug. 26, 2018
IKEA has the worst customer service ever, it takes 2 hours for them to answer a call, I cancelled an order and it has been over 3 weeks and they don't post the return. Its impossible to talk to someone. By far the worst experience I have had!!
Reviewed Aug. 25, 2018
I ordered a couch at an IKEA story to be delivered to my home. The couch that was delivered was defective. In order to get an exchange, I had to wait two weeks after three phone calls that had wait times of 40 minutes to 2hrs and 10 minutes. I also filed a complaint and requested manager call back twice which never happened. I called to confirm the night before for new delivery and was on hold for 2 hours but was told it was confirmed. The following day I call to get a three-hour window and again wait on hold for 2hrs and 17minutes to be told the item is not on stock and delivery will have to be rescheduled for a later day.
This is after taking two days off of work already. The worst part is they confirmed the delivery 10 hours prior when they clearly knew it was not in stock. Additionally no refund can be pursued until the couch is returned which I have to do on my next day off of work at this point. Horrible experience, horrible customer service. I will never be purchasing anything from them again.
Reviewed Aug. 25, 2018
I ordered delivery (XPO Logistics Philadelphia) of a sofa and paid to get my old sofa taken away. I had to take a day off work only to receive a call the evening before scheduling the delivery for a different day. So I wait at home for a second day and the delivery men refused to take my sofa away saying that it wasn't on their order. Even after I showed them the paperwork they refused. They were unbelievably rude despite me trying to be as diplomatic as possible. So now I am stuck on hold for hours trying to get through to someone to sort the mess out. I ordered from IKEA more convenience and easy. It was a huge mistake. They need to suspend their delivery service until they sort the mess out or get a new delivery supplier.
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2018
DO NOT USE IKEA'S DELIVERY SERVICE. IKEA and its courier service XPO Logistics will not deliver on time/if at all. They will give you the WORST customer service imaginable. They will keep transferring you to different people. Google XPO Logistics and IKEA; there are literally hundreds of reviews by people stating their packages being lost, being on hold for hours at a time for days to weeks. I have been rescheduled on twice and now they cannot locate my packages and are giving me the runaround.
I scheduled time out of my work schedule and life to be available for their large delivery windows (aka several hours) as well as spending hours on hold being transferred around to incompetent people. I am deeply disappointed in IKEA, such a large company, pinching pennies by employing such a terrible courier company and giving their customers a tortuous experience. I still have no packages or resolution.
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2018
We bought 4 or 5 small items in the Pittsburgh store mid-July, and when we got the shower curtain home and opened it saw that it was just a sheet of plastic -- no holes or any way to attach it to the shower pole. Returned it (cost: $7.25) to the Pittsburgh store via USPS since we live 3 hours away and could not return it in person. I have not heard a word from them in almost a month -- no email about having received it or a credit on my VISA. I've tried, spending literally several hours, calling and emailing IKEA to no avail. The phones are never answered but the one time a got a real, live person she transferred me and I was on hold for SIXTY minutes after which I hung up (NO ONE ANSWERED). I am super, super disappointed with IKEA's complete lack of customer service and will never shop there again.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2018
I ordered a sofa with chaise lounge attached and was told it would be delivered in 2 weeks. When the delivery by XPO was delivered to my house the sofa was missing from the order, I only received the chaise lounge. I was finally able to contact IKEA customer service after digging for a valid phone number, and spoke with someone named Amanda. Amanda had a very could-care-less attitude and told me she couldn't do anything extra to remedy IKEA's mistake and that it would take another two weeks to receive the rest of my order. This company's customer service department is a JOKE! Do yourself a favor, go to a furniture store. DON'T order from IKEA. Hopefully this nightmare will be over in 2 weeks. I will NEVER order from IKEA again!
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2018
I wish I would've read these reviews prior to placing my order for delivery of two chairs from Ikea. I am experiencing the same terrible service. My order was placed on July 19, with an expected delivery date of Aug. 9. The date was then pushed back to Aug. 17. Now more than a week later (Aug. 21), I still have no chairs, delivery cannot give me a new scheduled date, and I've spend more than 2 hours on hold with Ikea customer service trying to get through to them with a new delivery date. They need to suspend ALL delivery service until they can get their act together and provide the service they are advertising! I will never again order anything to be delivered from Ikea and most likely won't shop in their stores either because of their awful customer service.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2018
I have ordered couple furniture and it has been delayed 5 TIMES!!! I spoke to the delivery company (T-Force Final Miles) that is going to make the delivery and they said it will take 5 days when I ordered the furnitures 2 weeks ago. I am mad because the delivery was not made during the promised time and constantly wasted time waiting for the order and talking to them over the phone. DO NOT EVER ORDER DELIVERY WITH IKEA! I would give 0 star if possible...
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2018
The website: everything but user-friendly, since you're able to report any issues regarding the web-shop, that's what I did via an email, but nobody answered back. I didn't even get a confirmation email. Why bother then? I used to really like IKEA's furniture and brand image, but this purchase showed me and my husband the opposite. After reading the reviews, I consider myself lucky for receiving all the items ordered, I was 100% sure I'll need to chase the ghost of IKEA customer service because of missing items or other issues. We got an automated call regarding the delivery date. The transportation company called my husband in time, fortunately, and delivered quickly the goods inside the apartment, on the 2nd floor. They were kind and friendly.
To IKEA: Website: poorly done, I am sure Swedish programmers are capable of doing a better job, they just need to be hired. Please, more follow-up emails to your customers, otherwise you lose their trust; paying thousands of dollars in advance and not getting any reply back about the payment is immensely discouraging; I was super close to withdraw the payment - BUT what do you care, right? Until you have customers, you won't change a single thing about these issues everyone's complaining about... I wasn't able to open up the boxes yet, because they're too heavy, but I am hoping everything is in good condition.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2018
See now that others have had similar experiences. OUTRAGEOUS customer service issues w IKEA. Ordered couch July 24 for delivery Aug 7. Never came. XPO Logistics originally claimed they didn't have all items to deliver; then say they have but I need to arrange new delivery date with IKEA. Then told by IKEA (when I am finally able to get through to a human by pressing “purchase product” option) that they are having issues with XPO and are unable to set a new delivery date. Could be 4 weeks or 8 weeks or longer. So I say - let’s cancel that order and I will buy new one to pick up.
Guess what - in order to get refund I am placed on hold for resolution department. Spent combined 3 hrs on hold trying to get through. No luck. So I’ve paid almost $1000 for a couch I have no idea if or when I will get. I have complained to Amex and they are going to reverse the charges. But this borders on fraud - IKEA is taking new delivery orders in NY knowing they can’t make any deliveries and then make canceling or getting a refund impossible.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2018
On June 12th 2018 I cancelled my order that I ordered online. I wanted them to take my old range away. I read about it online, but they don't have that service available online. Only if you buy the items at the store. So their representative suggested I cancel the order and then go to the store so I could be able to have that service. She said she would process the refund and it would be 7 to 14 business days. A month came and gone. Still no refund. As anyone who's ever tried to call Ikea you either get all circuits busy or they will put you on hold for anywhere from 45 minutes to 3 hours. I ask again about my refund and they told me that whoever received my items did not check them in or check some box or something. Great. Can we now handle the refund... I also asked if we could speed it along since someone on their end made a mistake.
Of course standard answer. 7 to 14 business days. I have never had any refund be more than 3 to 5 days max. Again I waited out the three weeks and you guessed it. Still no refund. I call again on the 20th of July. That phone call was 2 hours and 7 minutes I was on hold. Again I asked about my refund, they put me on hold to check for another 25 minutes. Again I asked when they came back on the line if we could speed up the process. And you know the answer of course! I called again at the beginning of the second week in August. 2 hours and 10 minutes on hold. Once again I asked about my refund they told me it didn't process until July 26 of July and could be ready to go out on the 30th of July and from there would take 7 to 14 business days.
By this time I was pretty upset and decided to check and see if anyone else has had problems with Ikea and refunds and other problems. I read reviews for 2 hours. I don't know who it was but one of the people who left a review was a godsend. They wrote if you used a card which most people do on online purchases, to call your bank. After I called my bank and talk to them and gave them my case number I had from Ikea and some other information within 3 to 5 days I had my refund. Thank you to whoever said about check with your bank. Thanks to all of those who have time to write a review to help us along. So appreciative!
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2018
T-force should be called t-flakes. They have scheduled and confirmed three deliveries and no show on every one. Every call to them was over an hour on hold. No call backs as promised. Confirmation calls are a robot. Our only option is to sit back and see if they will ever show up with our shipment.
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2018
Ordered furniture on 8/1, and as of 8/18, still do not have the furniture. After multiple calls to Ikea and to XPO, the courier company, no resolution. XPO says they are pending the furniture from Ikea, despite XPO calling twice to schedule a delivery. Ikea can’t provide any timelines, nor will they let us just come pick up at the store. I’ve been told an online order is different than an in-store pick-up. And when I asked to simply cancel my online order, was placed on hold for 30 minutes and the call disconnected. This is unacceptable service and it’s very clearly I’m not alone.
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2018
Awful experience with IKEA delivery. Scheduled a delivery for Saturday, received an automated message on Friday saying it would be there from 11-3. So far so good. Nothing came in that window, nothing was delivered, no update email. Finally received a message that it only just arrived at the warehouse after I wasted a day sitting around the house waiting for it to arrive. Then XPO Logistics (IKEA delivery service) said that they had lost the package, and it would take 48-72 hours for them to even locate the package. I am now looking at the package being hopefully delivered on Tuesday at the earliest, when I scheduled it for Saturday because I have school starting on Tuesday. A four day delay with no explanation, impossible to reach customer service and no attempt at customer information at all. IKEA and XPO Logistics are terrible delivery services that are completely incapable of what they are supposed to do.
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2018
Don't believe what the website describes for their "Click and Collect" service. Here's what really happens...You DO click and of courses, pay. Then you set up a pickup time frame, such as "pick up time between 1:30-5:00". However, when you arrive at 1:30, thinking that your merchandise should be ready to "collect," you will be told that it is NOT ready, and they have no idea when it will be ready. It could be a half an hour, 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours... They CANNOT tell you; you are just supposed to sit there and wait. You see, in the view of the Paramus store, they have until the END of your time frame to get your paid merchandise together. And by the way, if you at that point ask for a refund, you will be told that it takes 48 hours to get your money back. Unacceptable.
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2018
I ordered a table and 4 chairs online on 8/3/18 with an estimated delivery of 8/10/18. Received an automated call on 8/10/18 that items would be delivered between 1pm and 5 pm that day (good thing my husband works from home, because that's not much notice for someone to need to be at home in the middle of the day on a workday).
Since we were going to need to put the new table and chairs together, and in their spot in the house, so when I got home from work, I put the old table and chairs in the dumpster so there would be room. We wait ALL DAY, and nothing ever arrived. And now we have no place to eat our meals. Called customer service at 8pm pst who said I needed to call back the next day as the resolution center was already closed and that's who I needed to talk to. Said I could dial 6, then 2,1,2 to get directly to them and not have to wait so long to get a wrong dept. and then have to wait again to get the resolution center (Incorrect, btw, 6 gets you to regular customer service who cannot help).
Called back on 8/11/18, and after several misdirections and over 4 hours on hold, finally spoke to Davon at the resolution center regarding my delivery. He said that according to the notes, there was something wrong with the items at load out, and that's why the items weren't delivered. When I asked why we weren't notified and just left waiting literally ALL DAY, he could not give me an answer. He offered to reschedule the delivery for Sunday 8/12/18, but I had to point out that they don't deliver on Sunday. He then rescheduled the delivery for Monday 8/13/18. Monday rolls around, and we get no call as we should have for the delivery, and nothing shows up. And we still have no place to eat our meals. I get home from working and start trying to get through to someone, and after a couple hours on hold, was told that the resolution center was already closed.
Tried again on Tuesday, same thing. Wednesday 8/15/18 rolls around, and after 2 hours on hold finally get Aaron in the resolution center. He said that Davon messed up, because Monday would've been considered next day delivery, so that's why nothing arrived that day. He offers to set up the delivery for Saturday, 8/18/18, which would be more than a week after they should have been delivered. I asked him if the delivery company actually had my complete order in their possession, and he confirmed they did. He also created a case at my request for a member of management to call me regarding the terrible service we're receiving from IKEA. To this day, no one has called. I'm guessing because no one cares. Saturday, 8/18/18 rolls around, and we do receive an automated call that the table and chairs would be delivered between 1pm and 5 pm. Truck arrives at 11:30 am, and my order is NOT ON THE TRUCK!
Now I was fed up with Ikea and bound and determined not to shop with IKEA anymore a long time before this, but... SERIOUSLY?!? NOT ON THE TRUCK?!? My husband gets an email from IKEA in the meantime confirming that our order had been delivered. Huh?!?! I call the resolution center again, and after more than 2 hours on hold, the lady I spoke with said there was again a problem with the items at load out and that's why they weren't on the truck.
So now I know that no one ever did anything to fix the initial problem that caused the first delivery not to happen. Well, then why did the truck even bother coming to our house? She offered to reschedule the delivery for a 3rd time, to which I said absolutely not. If it can't be delivered Saturday as it was supposed to (and she assured me that there was absolutely no chance of that), then I told her to cancel the order, give me a refund, and I'll take my money elsewhere and buy a different table and chairs. She put me on hold again to cancel the order, and I think she must've gone to lunch as I was on hold for a good 30 minutes. Why does it take so long to cancel an order?
IKEA is a multi-billion dollar company, that is run so ineptly when it comes to online orders, deliveries, and customer service that it is absolutely mind boggling. There is no communication from IKEA regarding any issues, and the hold times are ridiculous when customers call to resolve their own issues. I have spent more than 12 hours ON HOLD this past week trying to get my items delivered. Why is it all on me to do that? Shouldn't IKEA know that there's a problem with the delivery, work to resolve it, and update me? Doesn't that seem like the right thing to do? Apparently not, because I've received no communication from IKEA. No manager has called me to discuss my concerns about IKEA's extreme lack of service, even though I specifically asked for one to and a case was created to that effect. All I've received from IKEA is frustration. I will NEVER shop IKEA again. And my family still has no place to eat our meals.
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2018
I purchased 4 sets of IKEA STUVA from Stoughton MA store. As I was putting them together, 2 of the frames were missing a couple of hardware items. Because I live more than an hour away from Stoughton store, I cannot make another trip to the store before my project deadline and I am under a tight deadline to complete all 4 sets for a bedroom setup, I searched other hardware stores near me for the missing cam lock screws. Unfortunately, these are specialized IKEA versions not available elsewhere.
I spent more than 4 hours so far to contact their customer service with no success. Multiple calls to the main number were not even answered (automatically disconnected) and a few times when the calls were answered, it only played a voice recording that said they are too busy/unavailable and then hung up. Calling the Stoughton store didn't help either; unless you know the 4-digit extension, you cannot get hold of anyone. After trying a few random extensions, I got a hold of a live person, but she directed me to a department that only had a recording directing me to... guess what... the same main number that never answers!!
After an hour of repeated calling, I was able to connect to a person in sales (yes, apparently they have people answering calls for new sales) who forwarded me to a department that only got me yet another voice recording putting me on hold. Should I be thankful that I am now on hold instead of being automatically hung up?? I've been on hold for 2 hours now and who knows when/if any person will ever answer my call.
While waiting, I decided to submit an email request, thinking that might be faster, because it said they will respond 24-48 hours. But after I submitted the request, it says they are "experiencing higher than normal" email volumes and will respond within FIVE business days!! I wish there was an option to give negative stars. IKEA has no "service" at all in their customer service and they do not care about their customers after the customer is foolish enough to buy their products. How else would they explain the rep answering the call for sales in less than 2 minutes but no one answers calls to handle after-service for existing customers?
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2018
Never have I experienced such incompetence from such a huge, trusted, popular company. I actually imagined everyone I was speaking with on the phone (after 45 minutes on hold) having their feet on the desk and chewing gum, no one doing their job. After ONE WEEK of calling my delivery issue still is not resolved. It's as if they are using sticky notes instead of a computer system to organize their deliveries, it's that bad. WAKE UP IKEA. (I will now book PerfectAssembly.com to go to Ikea, pick up my order and assemble it for me $$$)
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2018
It's amazing how many people have the same experience but IKEA doesn't respond at all to improve. Never ever order for delivery - the people you call at the number they give you can't do anything but listen to you, the delivery companies are clueless and rude, the resolution department never picks up the phone. We've spent days and hours at a time on hold, we repeatedly are told we will receive calls but never do, and still, we have no idea when our delivery will arrive.
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2018
IKEA kitchen delivery complaint. Nightmare of the century. In October 2017 I bought kitchen cabinets for almost $4,000. Unfortunately, I also bought Ikea’s delivery service. And did it without checking reviews first. Please do not repeat my mistake. Four (!) nondeliveries. 12 days after first promised date, after many phone calls, with waiting on hold for hours, kitchen cabinets were finally delivered. Here how it went. Short version.
First nondelivery: Nov. 10 2017, email from IKEA, “Order departed from Ikea Distribution Center. Scheduled delivery date, Nov. 12.” Nov. 12, email from IKEA, 3:27 PM, “Order delivered on: 11/12/2017 2:15 PM.” It was not! Email from IKEA, 4:23 PM, “Unfortunately, your order was not delivered as scheduled.” Call to IKEA, 4:24 PM, ”They do not know where our kitchen is.” Email from IKEA, 5:06 PM, “Updated delivery date, Nov. 15th.” Wmail from IKEA, 6:07 PM, “Your order received at local delivery company.”
Second nondelivery: Nov 15, email from IKEA, 8:40 AM, “Order departed at 8:38 AM." It did not came! Call to IKEA ( on hold for 2 hours ), ”They do not knowwhere our kitchen is.” Nov. 16, Call to IKEA (on hold for 1.5 hours), ”They do not know where our kitchen is.” Nov. 17, Call to IKEA (on hold for more than an hour), ”They do not know where our kitchen is.” Nov. 18, Call to IKEA (on hold for 1.5 hours), ”They do not know where our kitchen is.” But got new promised delivery date, Nov.19th, 9 to 13.
Third nondelivery: Nov. 19 morning, email from IKEA, 9:21 AM, “The order is ready for delivery.” It did not came. Instead I got email from IKEA, 10:41 AM, "Delivery date changed to Nov. 24th, 9:00 - 21:00." Fourth nondelivery: Nov. 19 afternoon and evening, Call FROM Ikea, 12:50 PM, that the order WILL be delivered that night, Nov. 19, 5-9 PM, not on November 24th. Call FROM delivery company, 8:36 PM, that the order they will NOT deliver the order that night and the order will be delivered on November 20th, between 5 and 9 PM. Fifth time was a charm. On fifth promise the kitchen was finally delivered. It came on November 20th, after 10:00 PM. My boxes were not properly secured and fell down on other order. Several boxes were damaged. Dear customers of Ikea, please do not tell that you were not warned.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2018
I wish I had seen the reviews on this site before placing an online order with IKEA for a bathroom vanity. If I could give IKEA 0 stars for this review I would. I've had the worst customer service experience of my life! Working for the VA, I know a thing or two about customer service and call centers, so that's saying a lot. The sink we ordered arrived damaged. We have spent numerous hours over the past month trying to get a replacement. You absolutely cannot get through on the customer service line. Last week after spending nearly 3 hours on hold on their customer service line, they finally agreed to ship us a new sink. However, I received no confirmation email for the order, so I tried again to get through over the weekend and was not successful. Kept getting either a busy signal or the message that all lines were busy and call back Tuesday-Thursday.
Then I got an email on Monday saying that order had been shipped and was ready to be delivered. We already had the delivery company phone number, from a previous attempt to find out what happened to our sink, so I called them. They said the order had been canceled and they didn't have our sink. So yesterday on the way home from work, I called IKEA customer service and actually did get through, but got a message that the wait time would be 110 minutes. It was 5:25 PM PST and their customer service department closes at 7 PM PST, so doing the math, most likely I was not going to get through before they closed.
Today maybe I'll try calling the shipping company back again to see if they have our sink. If this is not resolved by the weekend, we'll load the damaged item up in the car and take to the local IKEA to see if they can help us, but I'm pretty sure the answer will be "no, we can't deal with your online order, you need to call customer service." How is this company still in business! At least Veterans can call their congressperson when they receive terrible service, but who can I turn to to help me with this IKEA rip-off?
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2018
IKEA and XPO missed my first scheduled delivery date. XPO claims after IKEA shipped my kitchen cabinets and appliances they arrived at the distribution warehouse days after they should have. Once rescheduled, XPO again did not deliver the products I paid thousands of dollars for. They called me the day before to say that the truck would arrive between 1 and 5 PM the following day. I had my contractors waiting all day for a delivery that never arrived, nor did I get the promised call from XPO letting me know about the status of the delivery. When I finally spoke to an agent after waiting on hold for over an hour, they said the boxes were never loaded onto the truck in the morning because they lost three boxes. But they never called to tell me that the delivery wouldn't be coming. Now, they seem to have lost my order and are conducting a warehouse search that will last up to 72 hours!
How can a search for three boxes that were delivered to them a few days ago take three full days? Any time I call IKEA I wait on hold for up to two hours or I can't get through at all because all of their circuits are busy. They sold me a product and a promise that they couldn't deliver and lied to me. There are thousands of similar complaints about IKEA and XPO online. How are they allowed to continue to operate this way? Where is the consumer protection? They are taking money for services that they subsequently do not provide.
Reviewed Aug. 13, 2018
Purchased an outdoor umbrella in the Brooklyn, NY store on Saturday August 11th, 2018. Paid to have it delivered and paid extra for next day delivery. Delivery was estimated to be August 12th, 2018 between 1pm and 5pm. No delivery! I have called Customer Service to check on status of delivery only to be transferred to the depths of hell, their Order Resolution department. I have literally been on hold since Saturday. Still no resolution. Absolutely the worst Customer Service. Never again!
Reviewed Aug. 12, 2018
I purchased furniture from IKEA on Friday, August 10th to have delivered and assembled to my apartment on Sunday, August 12th. They called 24 hours before to confirm a four-hour timeframe for delivery and then I received a call telling me they were 5-30 minutes away within that time frame. However, 3 hours went by and they never showed and then I received an email telling me that they missed me and that redelivery would be an additional charge. I was home the entire day waiting and there was no delivery ever attempted to be made! In fact, I had other things delivered that day and not one other person had a problem delivering. I emailed them and tried calling the number provided 162 times and it says all circuits are busy. I am disgusted with the blatant lie and the fact that I wasted a Sunday waiting.
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2018
We purchased bathroom items for our renovation requiring us to pick up. We checked in at 12:15 and it is now 2:33 and we still don’t have our merchandise. That is 2:15 minutes and still waiting. Why anyone would waste their time waiting while IKEA has no respect for your time. It's an awful customer experience. NEVER AGAIN.

Reviewed Aug. 11, 2018
I placed an order for the wrong item and realized the mistake immediately. Tried to call IKEA and got the following message: "Call volumes are very high. Please call back Tuesday through Thursday between 9 AM and 5 PM," -- how is this possible? The confirmation email came 5 hours later, therefore I didn't have an order number to write IKEA a note. Also when I sent IKEA a note, I got an automated reply saying that I had to call the Customer Service number. First and last time I buy anything from IKEA. The item was a sofa and it will have to be returned, what a waste!!!
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2018
TLDR: IKEA has awful shipping. IKEA has awful customer service. IKEA has the worst return policy I've ever experience. On July 3rd of 2018 we purchased the Bekant desk from Ikea's online store. We were asked to choose a preferred delivery date and we chose July 18th which I now know was completely useless as the date you choose will have no effect on when the item is delivered. When the requested delivery date came and passed with no phone call from the shipping company I got their contact info and called to find out an ETA on our desk only to find out that they had just received the order that day and that delivery would be in 2 to 4 weeks! Now I understand that with large shipments the day may not always be exact and that is perfectly fine, but a date 2 weeks to a month after is insane!
After hearing this we decided to call IKEA and get a refund and waited on hold for about 1 hour but not being trying to call 6 different times and not getting hung up on due to heavy call volume. After getting through I was told that despite me never receiving the desk they would not start the process to issue a refund until the desk gets back to the store. I obviously protested because whether or not the shipping company IKEA uses gets the desk back to the store has nothing to do with my refund.
When I asked for an estimated time frame I was told that the shipping company legally has up to a month from the time of starting the return to get the item back to the store and then the refund process itself could take up to a week! After trying to find any conceivable way around this I conceded and decided to just let it go and hope that the money got returned sometime that month.
Flash forward 2 weeks later to August 1st we get a call from the shipping company asking us when we would like our desk to be delivered! They apparently had no idea that we were having it returned. Concerned that IKEA hadn't actually started the return I called to sort out the issue. After waiting on hold for half an hour I talked to someone who told me that if I had a case number then the return was set up, but he wasn't able to see any info on my order or tell me the status of my return. He transferred me to someone who could and I waited on hold for 1 hour and 30 minutes until I had to go to work and was never able to speak with anyone.
So that brings us to today, It has been almost a month and a half since ordering this desk and over 3 weeks since requesting a return. I can't get in touch with anyone at IKEA that knows anything so I'm not sure if I even have a return coming. There has been no email updates or anything so hopefully I get my money sometime! In the year 2018 it amazes me that any company could survive running an online business like this. My advice to IKEA would be to shut down online orders until they can at least provided a semi-decent service!
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2018
Literally the worst customer service and company I have ever encountered. I will NEVER order from them again and highly suggest that everyone avoids this company. I placed an order on June 30 which was supposed to be delivered on July 12. I called every day during the week of July 12 to try to change the delivery date to the following week when I was off of work since they only give a large 4 hour delivery window. I was unable to get through to anyone all week due to call volume. Finally on July 10, after being on hold for 100 minutes, I reached a customer service representative who changed my delivery date to July 19 as per my request. Then, on July 11, I received an email saying that my order was delayed as the shipping company did not receive it. However I then received a call on July 18 giving me a delivery window for July 19.
After waiting at home for 4 hours, I got a call from the shipping company that my delivery date would need to be rescheduled because they did not have my item. As of July 23, I still had not heard an update and called Ikea to get a refund. I was told that my refund would be processed in 7-10 business days and given a case number. I called again on August 3 as I still hadn't received my refund and was told that they can't issue it until they touch base with the shipping company and that they would escalate my case. It is currently August 10 and I have currently been on hold for 53 minutes and there is still no sign of my refund. Absolutely HORRIBLE COMPANY who stole $150 from me. I plan to dispute this with my credit card and will escalate this as far as I need to in order to get my money back. DO NOT ORDER FROM THEM EVER!!!
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2018
First of all IKEA, why do you charge delivery when you're making your customers do the leg work for you? YOU SHOULD BE PAYING ME! Do you know how many hours I put into TRYING to get your crap scheduled for delivery? I had to go through Ikea customer service and two different carriers who knew nothing about the whereabouts of my order. One promised to call to schedule for delivery and I NEVER heard anything from them. I received only two emails from Ikea to confirm purchase and receipt of purchase. Nothing else! No phone calls, no emails and no text even though they "promised" to call when there's an update. We are in the 21st century.
Why do you, a multi-million dollar international company, not have tracking? What kind of service is this? I paid for delivery however did not expect delivery to run 4 weeks past the "estimated delivery date". It's been almost two months since I ordered the darn things!!! I just moved to a new state and have been sitting furniture-less for two month!!! I can't even get a hold of a RESOLUTION SPECIALIST to cancel my order because I was on hold for 2 HOURS!!! 2 HOURS!!! Nobody has time for that. I have things to attend to that would actually give me their undivided attention and care unlike IKEA. If any IKEA corporate member sees this, I want compensation for my time doing your work, the refund of my shipment, the compensation for every day late for delivery since the "estimated delivery date" and the dissolution of your delivery services. YOU ARE A SCAM!
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2018
I've been waiting for over 4 weeks for my IKEA purchased kitchen cabinets to be delivered, they call and state a time window yet they never come, as I find out each time the cabinets were never loaded and then they ask me for 3 business days to locate them, then I get a call stating the delivery window and the experience is repeated where no one arrives and cabinets were never loaded to truck. IKEA doesn't respond and says it's XPO's fault, and they have nothing to do, and XPO is just completely incompetent as a company and says false statements, like things are going to be delivered when they haven't even found the cabinets. This is costing me money to have my contractor's guys waiting for the cabinets and my renovation work is stalled because of this. I haven't been able to get back home without a functioning kitchen.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2018
I ordered a dresser from IKEA online. It has been now scheduled twice with delivery windows by XPO Logistics, their delivery service. Both times they never came and sent notes late at night stating they don't have the merchandise and they can't find the merchandise in their warehouse. I've wasted two days waiting for this delivery. I'm fed up with this and tried to contact IKEA customer service, but they don't even answer the phone or you are on hold then disconnected. This is the worst company I've ever experienced, period.
I've now read many of the same types of experiences on various websites and blogs. They just suck and don't care about the customer and are incapable of servicing their customers. All I want to do is cancel the order and get a refund. I've read many accounts of people unable to get refunds. There needs to be a class action suit against this company. I've emailed their corporate office customer service and their president. Have received nothing back.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2018
My porcelain sink was in 13 pieces, I called customer service after not receiving a reply to my email yesterday. I attached photos and asked for a response right away as we are needing a replacement for the contractor. When calling customer service today the recording read that, "Call volumes are very high please call back Tuesday through Thursday between 9 AM and 5 PM," which I did and it proceeded to hang up on me time after time. The porcelain sink didn’t have anything but cardboard surrounding it and was broken into pieces when we opened the package on the doorstep. Very disappointing!
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2018
Am a real customer with real order #**. Worst online shopping experience ever, My delivery was delivered missing 2 items. When I asked the driver said call IKEA, Guess what! No customer service to answer your call! Went to the store, Guess what! They said, "We have nothing to do with your online order!" I am super pissed! And won't spend another nickle at IKEA. Just called the bank to dispute the charge in order to get my money back for the items that wasn't delivered!
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2018
I ordered two tables and chairs for my deck on July 23. The estimated delivery was 8/2/18. XPO called on 8/1 and left message of confirmation delivery and window time for Aug 2. I missed my work and waited all day on 8/2 but they did not delivered. So I called XPO and they said the items are not in their warehouse and the confirmation call was error. They don't know when the items will be available to deliver.
So I called Ikea and a representative I spoke to was so rude and he said XPO have the items but they didn't scan it to their system yet so I suppose to wait but he will give me credit for delivery charge for inconvenience and he put me on hold... For most an hour. No one came back after one hour of holding so I hung up. I called them 2 hours later and now their phone line was down. It's been 2 days! The main phone lines are all down. It says "the wireless customer you are trying to reach is not available." Are you kidding me?! This is my first time order from Ikea and sure it will be the last one. Now I really want to cancel my order and they don't answer the phone! The worst company ever in the world! Someone please tell me how to report this company!
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2018
While the estimated delivery date when we initially made the online order was July 30, we never received our order on that day, or in the next few days. Instead, the delivery date as displayed on the Ikea website kept being pushed back to August 7, and to August 17. When we called the customer support (of course after a long wait), the representative that she had no idea when it could be delivered. She couldn't cancel our order either.
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2018
We ordered a sofa online for delivery and received only the cloth cover. After hours of holding for a representative, we were told that they would send us the missing sofa but we would be at the end of the line 3 weeks later. The date of the second shipment passed and no delivery, they claim they were delayed at warehouse. Supposedly will ship later. They show no concern for the hassle or mistakes made by them. A good business would prioritize rectifying errors, obviously they are not one. If they fail on third attempt, we will challenge the charges with our bank. Also, unlike other businesses, they process charges immediately not upon shipping. Do not waste your time, sanity or money with them.
Updated on 08/10/2018: Last straw. After placing an order worth over $1200 after tax and delivery six weeks ago, we are still without everything we ordered and were charged as IKEA took payment immediately. They failed to ship the most expensive components of the order, the sectional sofa. When calling customer service, they refer to the order showing complete in their system, assuming of course you get somebody since it takes hours on hold and often get disconnected by them, and after explaining the situation, they promise additional attempts to deliver which never happen. Also, their website is moderated so heaven forbid you mention this on a product review, it is rejected for not meeting their guidelines. In accordance with Visa’s policies, we will be reversing the charges and never doing business with them again
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2018
I bought my goods at 3/7/2018 and I select the date 13/7/2018 for delivery. But now is 7/8/2018. My goods still not here. I try to call the IKEA and XPO. They are so bad I need wait like 1 hr, and they will connect the phone. I wanna call the police man! For help me find my right.
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2018
I purchased $800 worth of shelving online and in addition to it arriving late only half of it arrived. I was told they'd call me but that never happened. I tried calling but the number doesn't even connect, just says call can't be completed. I've sent several emails, though those only go through about half the time. Still no response. It shocks me that in 2018 they can run an online business without adequate customer service. Now I have to call the credit card company and dispute the charges. What a pain. My advice is to go to an IKEA store or buy from a reputable online vendor. By intention or incompetence IKEA Online is borderline criminal.
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2018
IKEA basically holds its customers' money hostage with their abysmal customer service. I always loved shopping there for unique and inexpensive items. However, my opinion of their store changed drastically with my recent experience. I purchased a mattress from them in 2017 on recommendation from a friend. I thought "why not? They have a 365 exchange policy." Well this is 2018 and I'm about to have my third mattress delivered AFTER having to spend more money because their product is so poorly made and I can't get a refund.
I exchanged the first mattress in under 60 days because the sides had huge indents from where I got in and out of bed. Unacceptable. So I went to the store and they exchanged it for another of the same. I had the same problem. Of course I do not want the same mattress and they only allow exchanges so it's either a lesser quality mattress or a higher priced one that I have to shell out extra for. I spent three hours in the store because I couldn't get through on the phone. This is the last try. If this mattress is defective, I am going to demand a full refund. No reason they should keep my money because their products are sub par.
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2018
I have ordered a closet at the Brooklyn store on July 25, paid 500 bucks, paid 35 for delivery and it was supposed to be delivered at July 31. Did not received anything yet. Trying to call XPO Logistics, waiting HOURS on hold, trying to call the 2 phone numbers of IKEA 1888 888 4532 & 1 888 434 4532, but BOTH NUMBERS ARE NOT EVEN WORKING. What a shame! After calling 100 times, I catch a line, after 20 minutes I was able to talk to a representative which had the opportunity to be so kind & apologize to me... was so nice. Then I was transferred over to a supervisor or solutions expert how they call it, they just left me hanging on hold, both times over an hour & a half. Now I'm on hold for the 3rd time.
So here are my recommendations regarding this mafia corporation. AVOID IKEA! Pay more, customer service is everything. In case you do need the item that only IKEA has, take it home yourself from the local store! Don't pay for delivery, you will never receive it on time. They don't care for you at all. ALWAYS pay only with a credit card that will give you good conditions on disputing money & so on. You might have to use it! A pity I paid in cash so my money is stuck there.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2018
We ordered 2 bunk beds and a cube storage on July 19 and we still have not received it. Wish I had read the reviews before we ordered online. We thought it would be easier ordering online (supposed to be convenient) and we paid $60 for the delivery fee. We keep getting the runaround with where our stuff is. Our 4 kids are currently sleeping on mattresses because the bunk beds haven't arrived. We were given a delivery day and the day came, nothing showed. We called and spent hours on the phone with IKEA and the delivery company North American Logistics. IKEA said the stuff shipped to NAL, NAL told us to call back in a couple days. So we did, NAL said the product was there, gave me a delivery date, we got the call the day before with the 4 hour delivery window, next day the truck shows up and then after looking for the product, they said it wasn't there. So we spend hours on the phone again with IKEA and NAL.
Someone from NAL tells my partner the order was canceled by IKEA. Then I get to corporate with NAL, get the runaround from 2 reps, ask for a supervisor and get a very loud sigh from the rep who keeps insisting they will just tell me the same thing. Finally get a supervisor (with NAL, my partner is on hold with IKEA) and the supervisor tells me the order is still pre-status which means it's something on IKEA's end and he says he emailed the CA supervisor to call me and he never does.
I called yesterday after waiting almost a week and NAL tells me they haven't received the product (not sure why they told me a week earlier that they had it). So I call IKEA today and I'm currently on hold and the last thing I was told is the order is delayed but no one can give me a reason why. They also can't tell me which IKEA warehouse that the product is coming from. So for anyone wondering why we didn't just get a refund? Well initially, they said the refund would take 7-14 business days. We spent almost $800. So we decided to wait it out.
When we called last week and contemplated the refund, the IKEA rep said she couldn't issue the refund until the product arrived at NAL (because according to IKEA, last week, the product is in transit). These bunk beds must be having a hell of a good time traveling around because they seem to be in transit a lot, but then they also seem to not exist on other days. Lets hope customer resolution (that I'm on hold for right now) can give me some sort of answer. Never ever again will I order online from IKEA. Biggest nightmare I've ever dealt with. Someone from IKEA corporate should really read these reviews and figure something out. It's a little unnerving how many RECENT bad reviews there are and eerily similar to mine.
IKEA Company Information
- Company Name:
- IKEA
- Year Founded:
- 1951
- Country:
- Sweden
- Website:
- www.ikea.com
