IKEA Delivery
Ordered two dressers, racks, plates and other items from Ikea. The items were supposed to be delivered and a date selection and time was advertised on the site. I paid and after further inspection, I realized that the small print states only for select items; none of my select items were part of that. Then on Saturday I get an email from Ikea and a message from the delivery company called Horoz saying the items have been received to their 'depot'. I am a teacher and I work remotely, so I called Horoz and no one replied. They tried to deliver on monday while I was teaching and I could not accept it, as it required I inspect items for damage and if any items are accepted, a refund cannot be made for damage, only at the time of delivery, which was when I was working and teaching ( I can't stop teaching a class that I am legally bound to teach and I live alone). I asked them to come back on Wednesday, cleared my schedule and the delivery company is not coming on Wednesday. I called Ikea and they said that customers cannot choose the delivery date. I read the contract's fine print and it states that if the items are not delivered because you are not able to accept their delivery on whatever date they decide to deliver and whatever time they decide to deliver, then they are left at the address and any damage or theft is the buyer's responsibility. Furthermore to the aforementioned, the buyer cannot return the items during the delivery process if they have been taken by the delivery company and if a customer requires a return, no money will be refunded to the customer. I called IKEA's customer service number in English and left messages their web forum from the IKEA website, in English and in Turkish, but only had one call with a Turkish speaking person who informed me, from my limited Turkish, that IKEA customers cannot choose a delivery time or date. So a customer would do well to remember that you have to be home for an entire week, not working, waiting around for a delivery from IKEA, who knows when. At a time of the covid pandemic, when most people are working from home, I had expected better from IKEA but I was sourly disappointed. I wish I could give less than half a star for a review, because one star is too much.
6 October 2021
Unprompted review