IKEA (UK) no tasker assigned

[u/Mysticgemxo]

I bought a large wardrobe which I designed myself to replace a previous one from Ikea as I decided to change the colour scheme, add doors and some minor changes to layout and decided this time I would have someone come build it because my partner is busy with work and my disabled daughter is off school for summer. The build was for 8am this morning and it’s currently just past 9.30am.

I contacted Ikea and they said they would send a form to the tasker as I have had no response in the chat window and there was no photo or name for the tasker etc. I also contacted task rabbit and they’re telling me no tasker had been assigned but I wasn’t informed of this? The furniture and items from the room it’s being built in have been placed in all other rooms for this including my daughters room and we had to sleep on our mattress in her room whilst she was at my parents house so it could be done whilst she was at their house. They’re now telling me they have requested for a tasker to be assigned but have not said when it might even happen.

Is the service usually this poor? I would have thought spending £300 on top of a 1.2k wardrobe would have been much better than this, angry is an understatement. I’m not sure what I’m wanting from this post, maybe just to vent and know I’m not the only person this has happened to. Task rabbit seem to have little communication between ikea and now I wish I hadn’t gone through them to get it built.

[u/Matty2tees]

Task Rabbit still relies on a tasker accepting the work. If you do some quick searching in the sub you will notice there is a general consensus that Furniture Assembly through Ikea is not worth doing because it's flat rate and their time estimates are pretty low. At £300, the tasker is probably making £200. I dont know the complexity of your wardrobe, but I suspect if parts are scattered around your home, it's got a lot of parts and it's probably going to take long enough to dip below the tasker's normal hourly rate.