Ikea Unboxing: The New Couch

[torakiyoshi]

I like Ikea. I go there at least once a month. The food is tasty, and the deals are great. Especially, Ikea prices are ridiculously cheap in China! It's just a shame that I had to wait until I moved to China to finally go to an Ikea

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[thewayne]

THANK YOU for posting this! My couch is at EOL: it's 20 years old, a fold-out sleeper, and it's pretty much collapsing from the inside. Here, that couch is about $600, and delivery from Tempe is about $60, though there's a store in Centennial, CO that we can check possibly check it out when we go up for the wedding next month. I would also get the dark grey as our dogs will get it looking dirty in no time at all.

Questions: how tall are you, and how well do you fit lying down on it with your head on the arm rest? I have a feeling $650ish will be A LOT cheaper than a couch locally, assuming it's comfortable enough.

[torakiyoshi]

You are very welcome! But be forewarned... Chinese IKEA prices are significantly lower than American IKEA prices. To the point where nobody corrected me when I said they probably just took the dollar sign off and replaced it with a yuan sign.

As for the couch, I am six foot tall, and if I rest the deepest point of my skull on the backrest, my feet are still a few inches from the other side. If I bend my toes I can reach it, but I prefer to relax, not stretch. :D

Delivery here is also Y60, and another Y60 if you don't take the item off your shelf yourself. Of course, a three-seater couch is NOT on a shelf you can take it down from, so there's no charge for that extra service. But yes, having spent the entire weekend on the couch, I can verify that it is very comfy! (They do have fold-out sleepers and futons as well, but since I have two beds and there's only me, I didn't even bother looking at those.

[thewayne]

If it's comfortable enough, I think the $650 will be an acceptable price. Just have to find a time to evaluate comfort level. The dark color will be a must. And if it's comfortable enough for you as a six-footer, it'll accommodate the two of us and three largeish dogs (three dogs totaling 160 lbs.)

[torakiyoshi]

This would be a bit more useful than text... a thousand words more, as they say.