IKEA will pay you to salvage its old furniture – CBS Boston

STOUGHTON (CNN) — Can’t stand that old bookcase and dining table with the mismatched chairs you once thought were so cool? If you bought them from Ikea, the retailer will pay you to collect them.

The Swedish furniture and home goods chain announced Thursday that it is making its Buy Back & Resell program permanent at its 37 U.S. stores on April 1 after testing the offer last summer.

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The company said the service only applies to Ikea furniture for personal use that is fully assembled and fully functional. Ikea will not accept items that have been modified or altered in any way.

Here is what is included in the list of returnable items: office drawer cabinets, sideboards, bookcases, small tables, multimedia furniture, cabinets, dining tables, desks and chairs and stools without padding.

The program does not extend to non-Ikea products or beds, sofas, mattresses, home furnishings, leather products, fixtures or dressers. All recalled Ikea products are also excluded.

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Ikea said it will inspect each item for condition, age and functionality at participating stores, and if successful, customers will get store credit. The company said all “used” items approved for resale will be available in a designated “as is” section in stores at discounted prices.

The furniture retailer already offers a buy-back service in the UK and Ireland as part of its sustainability policy. Customers can trade in gently used Ikea products in excellent condition and get store credit worth up to 50% of the original sale price. Items in “very good” condition get 40% credit and “well used” items get 30% of the original price.

Ikea has 465 stores worldwide and said the initiative is part of its effort to become a “circular” business by 2030. The goal, he said, is to eventually produce products made 100% with recycled materials, reconditioned, refurbished. or reused.

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