Ikea sells 500 Euro standing desk in Netherlands, not North America

http://www.ikea.com/nl/nl/catalog/products/90088946/

by j45 • 12 years ago

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deanfranks• 12 years ago

A couple of years ago IKEA NA sold a motorized sit/stand desk. No idea why they stopped carrying it, but I would assume slow sales was the reason.

j454• 12 years ago

I didn't know that, it's too bad :)

rdtsc• 12 years ago

Unrelated question, is IKEA website broken on Chrome for anyone else? If I switch to Firefox it works ok. Chrome doesn't -- the image of the desk overlaps the text on the right.

nirix• 12 years ago

Looks fine for me on OS X running Chrome 35.

chromaton• 12 years ago

Doesn't include the top apparently.

You can search my post history to see how I made a sit/stand desk for less than $200.

Does anyone know how well the legs stay parallel and if this is a problem with the motion components?

ef4• 12 years ago

Here's something equivalent for even less money. I have one, and it works great. I actually used a tabletop from Ikea for the desk surface:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005NJUQVG/ref=wms_ohs_prod...

j454• 12 years ago

Standdesk.io has a motorized desk for the same amount too -- I'm interested in an electric desk.

Still, if Ikea sold standing desks, I wonder if they'd get mainstream quicker.

nexerus2• 12 years ago

Typical americans, welcome to the rest of the world. Try living outside of NA for a month or so and see just how many things aren't available to you, or the insane prices you have to pay.

ubiquitouscroak• 12 years ago

What kinds of things are we missing? And do you mean insane high prices or insane low prices? For most things I was under the impression the U.S. was cheaper.

nexerus2• 12 years ago

Outside the US people have to pay up to 50% more for products from the US. See the recent case in Australia about the prices they pay for software and Apple products.

Then there's the "This website/service is not available in your country.", for example, see Netflix, Hulu, Pandora and so on.

j454• 12 years ago

If you're referring to me, I'm Canadian, and pay the same insane prices to bring things here. I mentioned NA because I could at least conceive picking one up when near the US when visiting Vancouver :)

SNvD7vEJ• 12 years ago

On August 1, 2014, the "GALANT" series will be replaced by a new series called "BEKANT". Maybe this is what is going on?

Here is the short info (in swedish): http://www.ikea.com/se/sv/catalog/categories/departments/wor...

fallinghawks2• 12 years ago

Not sure of the point of the post, but here's the base I bought for 500 dollars and I threw on a beautiful piece of birch finished marine plywood I scored on craigslist for $50. http://www.thehumansolution.com/uplift-900-electric-sit-stan...

j454• 12 years ago

The points were a few:

- Why doesn't Ikea make this available in more places where shipping heavy standing desks is not reasonable (ie., Canada from the US)

- As bulky as the Ikea standing desk looks, I could see it being used in a lot of offices in North America just because it was easily accessible

For me, I discovered the uplift shortly after posting too -- it looks like a great deal and great table. Glad to hear you are liking it too. I'm presently speccing one out!

fallinghawks2• 12 years ago

I'm real pleased with mine. The only advice I'd say is to place the uppydowny switch as far out of the way as you can deal with. The case is a bit flimsy where it screws to the table, and I worry I'll break it off if I knock it with my knee a few more times.

Jimmy99• 12 years ago

I used a cardboard box to create a standing desk. I then changed jobs & needed something portable. After not finding anything My father & I decided to build our own. We are launching on kickstarter soon, if you are interested you can find out more here http://zestdesk.com/

Grue3• 12 years ago

500 euro is insane price for a desk.

maxcan• 12 years ago

its not exactly comparable, but: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001MS7106/ref=oh_aui_detai...

Ikea sells 500 Euro standing desk in Netherlands, not North America

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