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comment by wasoxygen
wasoxygen  ·  1496 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ikea to buy back used furniture in recycling push

Sell your furniture

It looks like a bit of hassle, but the last step is

    Your furniture will go on sale in our Bargain Section at the price we paid you for it.

so it’s not a big profit center or a waste-reduction effort, more goodwill marketing.

I suspect that the items Ikea is willing to resell would have been sold privately or given away, so this won’t have much effect on what ends up in the landfill, but it’s a smart way to get former customers back in the store.