Ikea Belfast

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Hi all,

Won't bore you with detail but I'm carrying out some research into IKEA Belfast from a Home Delivery view and was hoping you would be good enough to provide genuine feedback on the following:

Your County
Likelihood of visiting IKEA Belfast and using a home delivery service at the store
A fair price in your opinion for delivery (Please be realistic, honest and bear in mind order size may impact)

Thanks, may see some of you in Belfast in the future ;)
 
South East, very likely to visit, unlikely to use home delivery as I want the satisfaction there and then of getting the stuff and taking it home. Would source alternative transport ie Van for large purchase.
 
I got a truck load of Ikea furniture from Edinburgh in May. Mind you, I am a regular UK traveller, have been to Ikea, would not be interested in expensive brand items and knew what I wanted when ordering online. The prices even when converted to Euro were still staggeringly cheaper than anything I saw and liked in Dublin. And I'm very pleased with the look and quality of the stuff.

Friends have admired the furniture and I suspect would be interested in ordering from Belfast with a delivery package.

I suspect to make it worthwhile a delivery charge would have to be not less than E85-150 ish so people would need to put in a decent order to make it worthwhile for both shop and customer.

mf
 
I think that's a bit steep MF. Look at Argos - they charge 29.50 for delivery outside Dublin and they ship their furniture over from UK. I think anything over 40euro would be expensive especially as the customer has to travel up to Belfast to pick the furniture out in the first place unless there is an online facility? (I live in Co. Roscommon)
 
To clarify for all users I am involved in the official home delivery contractor that has been appointed by the store. The purpose of my posting is to establish the demand for services from normal people i.e. you, the forum users; and also to establish what people believe are reasonable delivery costs for the goods to be transported from Belfast to your homes. My only motive is to ensure a competitive service is offered to the end customer, being you, the forum users.

Thank you.
 
Like previous poster, I recently arranged delivery from Edinburgh.
We certainly will visit the Belfast store when things settle down maybe in the new year. We were over in Cardiff recently for the Police concert and ended up filling a large suitcase of bits and bobs so we are big fans (Aer Arrann not Ryanair so no charges !!) Anyway to be honest, delivery would have to be relative to size and quantity and certainly under €100 because that's what I expect would be the typical van hire cost for a day. As already stated by another poster, I am not going to drive that distance up and order stuff for home delivery (I am in Westmeath) so unless there is a telephone or email ordering service I am not sure about the demands for a long distance delivery service unless for free maybe !!!!
Of course there will be an Ikea in Dublin scheduled to open in August 08 so we'll see what they will be charging !!
 
Another South East shopper here. Definitely would consider travelling to Belfast and interested in home delivery at around 50 euro.
 
definitely will be visiting IKEA in Belfast and purchasing large amount of furniture, it's very good news and makes good commerical sense if they arrange a delivery service throughout Ireland from this store, I would pay approx 50 to 100 euro depending on the amount of stuff ordered, would also pay more if delivery could be made on a weekend, saturday or sunday, to avoid the inconvinence of wasting holidays / taking time off work. I live in the Leinster region.
 
Guys,

Appreciate all the feedback and would appreciate any more that comes this way. I can see your thought pattern regarding pricing and so forth, tbh though a difficulty exists in matching supply to demand within the pricing suggested. Goods will be delivered direct from Belfast and to throw a figure at you, fixed costs for a vehicle to do so would be around 300 euros, excluding fuel. Therefore volumes to areas need to be appropriate to reduce potential cost and could create a lag between purchase and delivery, if you see what i'm saying? A figure springing to mind for delivery costing is similar to what MF suggests of up to 150 euros, and i think MF has an appreciation of the costs involved in provided a home delivery service to your property, avoiding loading and unloading and providing delivery to room of choice.

Cheers!
 
Well as you can see, there will possibly be many shoppers who won't see home delivery from Belfast to be a viable option then. Cheaper and faster to hire a van for the day.
 
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