The IKEA Delivery Experience

I had a great delivery experience with IKEA. You arrange for delivery at the store after you've made your purchases. They will delivery any day that you request (including same day) and agree upon a 4 hour window (akin to the cable guy) with you, during which they will deliver your purchase. We asked for the 2-6pm slot and our furniture showed up at 4pm.

From what I could gather, the delivery service is contracted out to various moving/courier agencies. These two guys showed up in a van and very efficiently and quickly brought our stuff - six heavy boxes - all the way up to our apartment (this was great because some places only deliver to the curb). It was a really easy process and reasonably priced at $99!