IKEA Family is a membership program, like grocery store memberships. The only real feature of the program was their 5% discount. But now, they are getting rid of it to focus on “New Lower Price offers”. I’m not holding my breath that their prices are going to come down anytime soon.

IKEA Family is worthless now. They do offer “select delivery options” with no explanation on what this means.

Source

You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments
160 points
*

Is this actually “shrinkflation?”

The phrase literally comes from product manufacturers who shrink the volume of their product and sell it for the same price.

This is basically a crappier loyalty program.

permalink
report
reply
36 points
*

I think colloquially people have begun expanding use of the word to include anything where features or product are removed but the price stays the same.

Maybe there’s a better word for that, but I understand the parallel.

permalink
report
parent
reply
12 points

Isn’t this loyalty program free like many others?

permalink
report
parent
reply
18 points

You don’t pay cash for it, but it takes up your time and IKEA gets your data and is allowed to send you spam. So kinda free, but also not.

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

So the price stays the same

permalink
report
parent
reply
32 points

Lack tables are now 20% smaller

permalink
report
parent
reply
35 points

They were full sized tables but then Bobby dropped them

permalink
report
parent
reply
19 points

Dammit lil bobby tables, not again

permalink
report
parent
reply
6 points

How am I going to fit my rackmount servers into it now?

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

This is the loss right here… those tables were perfect and apparently they no longer are. Sad day

permalink
report
parent
reply
6 points

Your Billy is 20% smaller.

permalink
report
parent
reply
11 points

Now it’s called Bill.

permalink
report
parent
reply
5 points

So the tables are really lacking?

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

You’re joking, but they did change the design of the Lack tables about a decade ago to make more of the legs hollow. They were popular as diy home server racks, but the hollow legs make it more difficult to mount more than one or two units of space.

permalink
report
parent
reply
7 points

This program was to encourage you to be loyal by offering you discounts. Now that you’re loyal, fuck you.

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points

I think this is just normal inflation, since it’s cost. I guess you could also argue it’s skimpflation.

permalink
report
parent
reply

Mildly Infuriating

!mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

Create post

Home to all things “Mildly Infuriating” Not infuriating, not enraging. Mildly Infuriating. All posts should reflect that.

I want my day mildly ruined, not completely ruined. Please remember to refrain from reposting old content. If you post a post from reddit it is good practice to include a link and credit the OP. I’m not about stealing content!

It’s just good to get something in this website for casual viewing whilst refreshing original content is added overtime.


Rules:

1. Be Respectful

Refrain from using harmful language pertaining to a protected characteristic: e.g. race, gender, sexuality, disability or religion.

Refrain from being argumentative when responding or commenting to posts/replies. Personal attacks are not welcome here.


2. No Illegal Content

Content that violates the law. Any post/comment found to be in breach of common law will be removed and given to the authorities if required.

That means: -No promoting violence/threats against any individuals

-No CSA content or Revenge Porn

-No sharing private/personal information (Doxxing)


3. No Spam

Posting the same post, no matter the intent is against the rules.

-If you have posted content, please refrain from re-posting said content within this community.

-Do not spam posts with intent to harass, annoy, bully, advertise, scam or harm this community.

-No posting Scams/Advertisements/Phishing Links/IP Grabbers

-No Bots, Bots will be banned from the community.


4. No Porn/Explicit

Content


-Do not post explicit content. Lemmy.World is not the instance for NSFW content.

-Do not post Gore or Shock Content.


5. No Enciting Harassment,

Brigading, Doxxing or Witch Hunts


-Do not Brigade other Communities

-No calls to action against other communities/users within Lemmy or outside of Lemmy.

-No Witch Hunts against users/communities.

-No content that harasses members within or outside of the community.


6. NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.

-Content that is NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.

-Content that might be distressing should be kept behind NSFW tags.


7. Content should match the theme of this community.

-Content should be Mildly infuriating.

-At this time we permit content that is infuriating until an infuriating community is made available.


8. Reposting of Reddit content is permitted, try to credit the OC.

-Please consider crediting the OC when reposting content. A name of the user or a link to the original post is sufficient.


Also check out:

Partnered Communities:

1.Lemmy Review

2.Lemmy Be Wholesome

3.Lemmy Shitpost

4.No Stupid Questions

5.You Should Know

6.Credible Defense


Reach out to LillianVS for inclusion on the sidebar.

All communities included on the sidebar are to be made in compliance with the instance rules.

Community stats

  • 6.8K

    Monthly active users

  • 939

    Posts

  • 60K

    Comments