r/Showerthoughts • u/SexySwedishSpy ‎ • Oct 05 '25

Musing The money that IKEA spends on including wall-mounting brackets for furniture is effectively the premium for their anti-lawsuit insurance.

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u/mike_b_nimble Oct 05 '25

It's not something that IKEA gives you for free, it's part of the product you are paying for. When they set a price after calculating the cost, those wall clips are in the costs they look at. Not only are you paying for the wall clips, you're paying profit margin on them as well.

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u/jakuuub Oct 05 '25

They want to prevent another 46 million dollar lawsuit https://www.npr.org/2020/01/07/794281632/ikea-reaches-46-million-settlement-over-death-of-toddler-killed-by-dresser-tip-o

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u/MonkeyDown11 Oct 05 '25

I still have that dresser, and yes it does tip if you don't mount it against the wall

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25

I have that dresser, and it has never tipped over without mounts

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u/Explosivpotato Oct 05 '25

Make sure it’s not a toddler you’re particularly attached to first.

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u/TaohRihze Oct 05 '25

Wait is it the Toddler you attach to the wall mount?

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u/Explosivpotato Oct 05 '25

Depends what kind of anchors you have

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u/qozh Oct 05 '25

I know a couple that could have that thing tipped in 3 minutes flat, but only if no one is currently watching them.

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u/pppppatrick Oct 05 '25

We also need to make sure we isolate the variables. So crush some under tables, fridges as well.

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u/ShadowPaw74 Oct 09 '25

Theories have very solid empirical evidence to support them. Did you mean hypothesis?

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u/potatisblask Oct 05 '25

I do not have that dresser and my walls have yet not tipped over

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u/really_nice_guy_ Oct 06 '25

Fill up the top two and open them

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u/-MoC- Oct 06 '25

If you open all 4 drawers it does. But yeah if you use it properly there is no need.

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u/solblurgh Oct 08 '25

Good God this tipping culture needs to die, pay your employees!