Yea, if I’m understanding correctly, they are removing an employee benefit. Which is shitty, but the discount was pretty shit in the first place.
Comment on Shrinkflation hits IKEA Family by removing 5% discount
Squirrel@thelemmy.club 1 year ago
Per Wikipedia:
shrinkflation, also known as the grocery shrink ray, deflation, or package downsizing, is the process of items shrinking in size or quantity, or even sometimes reformulating or reducing quality, while their prices remain the same or increase.
I can’t see how furniture could ever qualify as shrinkflation, unless we’re counting something like the use of crappier materials.
Frozengyro@lemmy.world 1 year ago
pepsison52895@lemmy.one 1 year ago
It’s not an employee benefit. It’s a membership thing that customers can sign up for. It was literally the only perk of it.
SpaceMan9000@lemmy.world 1 year ago
And other deals + free coffee during business days.
Return window was also bigger if you were a family member. At least where I live.
TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Hey now, you also got free shopping bags!
Anonymousllama@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Your membership to the service is now worse off comparatively, so the benefits you receive have shrunk. Shrinkflation feels pretty apt here
Squirrel@thelemmy.club 1 year ago
That’s you paying more for the same thing. Shrinkflation would mean getting less for the same or more money.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 1 year ago
OK, but the membership is free. So you’re paying with the value of your email and personal information.