IKEA makes you pay for plastic bags
Posted on June 13, 2007
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I was at IKEA today and after I bought my stuff I realized that I didn’t have any bags to carry my stuff out. For those who don’t shop at IKEA, you self bag your things after checkout. I looked around and couldn’t find any. When I asked the cashier for some bags she told me that they are $0.05 each. I was like WTF? How am I suppose to carry this stuff from my car to my house once I get home? While I was there watching, I found that most people paid for the $0.59 bags because they are reusable. But honestly, who’s gonna remember to bring their $0.59 bag back the next time they shop IKEA.
Still in disbelief, I had to go back to the line and take a picture of the sign with my camera phone.
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Save-a-lot is like that, too, but they don’t have the throw away bags. All bags are 10 cents. It’s craziness.
Just one more reason not to shop at Ikea. The first one for me is I don’t have one near me. Things like that make me think I don’t need one either.
IKEA says that it charges to save the environment buy using less plastic bags. But, seriously, does charging $0.05 deter people who need a bag? They could jack up their price by a penny on each item and make so much more. Then they could donate that additional penny to some cause instead.
You’re paying the fee whether it’s broken out for you or not. Apparently, seeing the costs associated with bags makes people notice the financial costs, if not the environmental ones as well.
I’ve seen business give a discount for bringing your own bags. Another strategy for achieving the same results, although I think the cost per bag fee makes people feel more pain.