Buying IKEA online isn't really an option

IKEA offers online shop. called IKEA Direct, in their web site. Not all the products are available for online shopping, but most of them are.

So why do we want an local IKEA store? Why aren't we buying IKEA stuff from their website?

Because the shipping charge is OUTRAGEOUS!!! Every time I put something on the cart and goes through the checkout process their shipping cost more than the price of the items that I'm purchasing.

I love IKEA but they have to do something about their shipping charges before I actually start taking advantage of their online store.

There are a bunch of others that has the same complaints about IKEA's shipping charge.

This is another reason we SO DESPARATELY want an IKEA store nearby. Even the power of the Internet can't help us.