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by TeMPOraL 2064 days ago
This does look like it could kill the second-hand market, though. A voucher ties you to spending it on more IKEA, and if enough people exchange their used furniture for vouchers instead of selling it themselves, it'll discourage people from looking for the used furniture outside of IKEA - seeing second-hand IKEA furniture on sale you'll be asking yourself whether it's a lemon, because if it wasn't, then presumably the owner would sell it back to IKEA instead.

"Good business sense" seems to rarely correlate with benefits for society these days, so it's wise to be skeptical.
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sumedh 2064 days ago
> then presumably the owner would sell it back to IKEA instead.

Why? If you get a better price in the second hand market and someone will pick it up from your home, why would you sell it back to Ikea.

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mauvehaus 2064 days ago
The hassle of listing stuff on Craigslist or your local equivalent? Especially at the moment, a quick guaranteed transaction at a reputable place sounds a lot more appealing than having some random come over (or flake out), anguish over whether they actually want to buy or not, and maybe try to negotiate price on something you've already listed for $15.
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TeMPOraL 2064 days ago
Exactly. My wife and I are big into reuse, trying to donate, give away or sell all the things someone could use, instead of throwing them away. Experience is varied. Sometimes we do wish the process wouldn't have to involve dealing with actual people. We've been literally told to commit suicide, only because we didn't have time to make more photos of a thing freely given away, over the ones we posted on the group. Also, putting even a ridiculously small price tag on something not only doesn't scare problem people away - it brings out more of them.
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throwaway0a5e 2064 days ago
The kind of people who tend to buy furniture first hand don't tend to like having to interact with the kind of people who tend to buy furniture (let alone cheap furniture) second hand if you catch my drift.

Also convenience.

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ghaff 2064 days ago
With very rare exceptions, I can't be bothered selling used stuff these days. I'd much rather just put something out for someone to take away or take a reduced amount for a no-hassle transaction like selling to Amazon.
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fogihujy 2064 days ago
It looks more like being an attempt at getting a slice of the second-hand market and not to kill it.
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