ᐅ IKEA does not need my money.

Today, around 3:30 PM, I wanted to borrow a small wooden cart at IKEA Leipzig to carry my granddaughter and some shopping. I found out that they only lend it out upon presentation of a personal ID.

However, since I didn’t have my ID with me but was carrying plenty of cash, I offered to leave a deposit of 50 or even 100 euros as security.

NO, NO, NO!
The employee from management, who was not exactly unfriendly, refused this, explaining that they do not want to handle cash in that area. So, no cart for me!

I was planning to set up a room for my granddaughter and even showed him a bundle of cash, asking if he would accept it and let me have a cart. He politely but firmly said no.

Now, dear IKEA team, I packed my daughter, my granddaughter, and a thick bundle of money, drove 80 kilometers (50 miles) for nothing, and I am extremely angry because you refused to take my money!

And you know what? You will never get another cent from me! Apparently, you don’t need my business!

Best regards

Hi,

I don’t share your concern. What’s the problem with using a regular shopping cart? You don’t need an ID or cash for that. Bringing the manager over just to wave banknotes in front of his face over something like this? Where do we even live???

Obviously, you can’t please everyone.

Nayla

PS: By the way, the wagons are meant exclusively for transporting small children, not for shopping.

Where on earth are we living???

In a world ruled by money!
The question here is: Who benefits from this?
It’s solely about collecting qualified address data.

Background:
A customer with a valid address and date of birth who also uses a hand cart is like gold for targeted advertising.

If I, as a customer, am forced to choose to use an offer (in this case, a wooden cart) only by giving up my personal data, that does not align with my values.

However, worldwide, most consumers completely lack critical thinking and willpower when it comes to their shopping habits. They reveal their behavior through loyalty and membership cards of all kinds, even using card payments for amounts as low as 2 Euros (about 2 USD), and personal data is stored on servers around the world and in the cloud. This makes it easy for industry to track, collect, and ultimately sell this information precisely.

If you, dear Nayla, accept the behavior of the industry or a Swedish furniture retailer without resistance, that is your choice. Mine is not.

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This is solely about collecting qualified address data.

Background:
A customer with a valid address and date of birth who also uses a handcart is gold for targeted advertising...

Just take it easy and check what data protection laws actually say first...

The so-called “horror” scenario described here is not covered by the mentioned law and would have corresponding consequences if such data were used improperly. Besides, no major company—and especially not a small one—can afford any negative press or public opinion regarding this matter.

This topic has actually been off-limits for all companies since the mid-2000s when one stolen data and address CD after another surfaced.

But sure, as a headline for a “We’ll tell you our opinion” type of newspaper, it’s not bad.

The idea that data is being deliberately collected is nonsense because it is simply prohibited.
There is a good reason why cash is not used in certain areas. If you use your brain (if you have one), you can figure it out yourself.
IKEA won't see you again?
OK. I'm happy to be spared from every pointless complainer.

Collecting data deliberately is nonsense because it is simply prohibited.
There is a good reason why cash is not handled in certain areas. If you use your brain (if you have one), you will figure it out yourself.
IKEA never wants to see you again?
OK. I’m glad to be spared from every pointless complainer.

Unfortunately, there is no cure for naivety yet...
I actually earn a living from brainless people like you present yourself here, and I’m glad you exist 😀
Have a nice life in your rosy world!
And by the way: you can always change your point of view because nobody can forbid you from becoming wiser!

Quotes:
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“I swear that I wrote my doctoral thesis myself.”
“Pensions are safe.”
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The truth that survives is merely the lie that is easiest to believe.
Henry Louis Mencken (1880–1956), American writer