A SHOPPER was left stunned when she was demanded to pay a £590 delivery fee after ordering a £40 desk from Ikea.
The woman wanted the item sent to her home in Armidale, Australia.
The customer’s closest store was based in Logan, Brisbane, more than 450km away from her home.
But she was shocked at the “insane” shipping cost from the Swedish retailer.
Taking to Reddit, the baffled customer said she had been hit with high shipping costs in the past due to her regional location, but nothing close to 13 times the price of what she was purchasing.
She explained that making the trip to the Brisbane Ikea herself would cost just as much as the delivery fee so she ended up buying an “uglier” desk for a more suitable price at a local store.
The Reddit post left other users in shock too as they flooded the woman’s comment section with their thoughts.
One wrote: “The crimes you pay for living in Armidale.
“Seriously though that’s insane, it’d be cheaper to book a mini-holiday to go pick it up than get it delivered”.
Another said: “Cheaper to fly to Sydney or something and buy it. Maybe it’s time for an Ikea holiday?”
A third commented: “Pretty standard for Ikea. They honestly don’t want you buying online, they want you in their stores because they want you to buy more than just the items you’re getting online”.
But not all users took the shoppers side in the situation.
One said: “You live in the middle of nowhere, this can’t be the first time you’ve experienced higher shipping costs”.
“It’s the first time I’ve experienced shipping costs this high. Last time I looked at something on Ikea shipping was £400 ($500) for a full size set of drawers,” the woman responded.
She added that her new plan was to “hit the dump shop and get something ugly but useable”.
Ikea’s truck delivery services is advertised as “starting from £40” and will increase based on the customer’s order size and location.
The retailer’s website says the service is only offered in selected metro areas.
This comes after one Deliveroo customer was left furious after a restaurant tried to charge her £130 to have her £20 order delivered.
The woman quickly lost her appetite after spotting the Thai takeaway had upped the £3 “small order charge” to six and a half times the price of her meal-for-two.
A dad also lashed out at a “rip off” restaurant after his daughter was allegedly charged nearly £300 for a single meal.
He claimed his daughter ordered a lobster pasta – but was staggered when he received the bill.
And a couple told of their outrage after a restaurant added a bizarre hidden charge on their bill.
They were left stunned when they were slapped with a hefty fee at the eatery in Sydney, Australia, for a “ridiculous, obscene reason”.