Finance a kitchen at Ikea?

Hello first of all, we have finally moved in together after a long time and so far have all the furniture together (yes, it’s not just Ikea, there are also old pieces of furniture). Since we are quite busy with our new jobs but on the other hand money is getting tight, we thought about buying a cheap kitchen from Ikea or financing one. We have decided on the Faktum kitchen with Abstrakt high-gloss fronts. Normally I’m not a fan of loans but since we won’t get time off in the next weeks and months to set up a kitchen and don’t want to live so long with a makeshift kitchen but finally want to move in, we decided on financing. Now I have to ask quite stupidly - can you finance at Ikea - I seem to remember reading something about the Familycard?

Hey,

yes, you can finance at Ikea and even really cheaply, namely for zero! The offer is valid until 31.08.2011. For 12, 24, and 36 months you pay no interest or processing fees or anything like that. The minimum financing value is 1000Euro. The financing actually depends on the [Familykarte]. So you have to apply for this card and then you can directly do the financing. All in all, you should plan a good half hour for everything and bring your ID card, EC card, and ideally your last pay slip. You rarely need it but it would really be annoying if you had to go home again because of such a piece of paper.

NfU

Na.

We had inquired about kitchen furniture a few months ago and then got it at Ikea and had it financed beforehand. Everything went very well and the terms were fair. I can therefore gladly recommend this approach.

I would get everything at Ikea, except for a kitchen! Ok if you are only living temporarily in an apartment, that is fine, but if you live in a house, I would rather get something that really has quality! If you actually work as hard as you describe, then you should be able to save enough money...

I would get everything at Ikea, except for a kitchen!

Please?!?

I don’t understand that. Why no kitchen from IKEA? Preferably one from Quelle? Or from Bulthaup or whatever they’re called?

IKEA offers a 25-year warranty on a kitchen (without electrical appliances) and a 5-year warranty on electrical appliances!

Why is that wrong?

Mhmm, I can only say that I have some parts (I haven’t gotten further yet) of my kitchen from Ikea, of course. But I would definitely never buy electrical appliances from Ikea.

Well, I am a professional (but have nothing to do with Ikea) and what Ikea sells there, ouch...

So I’d rather stick to my brand appliances, which should also be understood as such, but not because they have a "brand name" ("name").

I mean things like Bosch/Siemens/Constructa (BSH), Miele, Liebherr, Neff, etc... (Constructa is very affordable, but a BSH (Bosch Siemens Home Appliances/Robert Bosch GmbH) brand and I would prefer that to any 199 euro washing machine junk, because the 100 euros more are worth it to me, Miele is a bit exaggerated now, I know.)

For example, "BEKO" is also a "brand," but what kind, grin… it runs all the way through the cheap gang in the markets. At Ikea, it’s also like this: the inexperienced customer doesn’t even see what he/she is buying. Only Swedish fantasy names are on them and that’s it. A Sköderöck (made-up) with an Ikea type plate/sticker is not recognizable as a Whirlpool or Electrolux or Gorenje for anyone. You only realize this in case of damage that they’re behind it.

No, never at Ikea. The day before yesterday, I saw the junk machines standing at Ikea again. (No, not Beko, that was just an example, a Turkish one)

Whirlpool and Electrolux and so on (at Ikea), you can forget it. Probably the Slovenians like Gorenje, grin...

Ikea doesn’t make the technology anyway, so why should I buy it there of all places, especially since it’s all cheap junk? (which is not sold "cheaply" there!)

I also always build my PC myself and I definitely don’t go to Atelco to have anything implanted. If I build a house, I also don’t choose the heating system where the carpenter wants to deliver me something. But all of this is, of course, based on customer knowledge. Customers who know nothing are best off buying completely; I can even understand that.

So Ikea kitchens only wood and metal, no electrical components (my opinion as an insider in the home appliance sector)

The 5-year warranty don’t really matter to me. Everything always has its catch anyway. A washing machine where wear parts are not covered by the warranty (motor carbon brushes, bearings, etc.), so a warranty lasting 5 years doesn’t help at all. (Read the fine print) Bicycles also often have a 10-year warranty, but not on wear parts (and those are everything except the frame).