Ooh there you are pippabean! Did you ever do your back painted glass backsplash?

I was trying to get your attention on the forum. It's very hard now with Houzz as you can't email people anymore unless they set it up.

Do you know if there is a waiting period on using the gift card?

Good question. I wouldn't think so but I haven't read the fine print. I'm about to have my kitchen ordered, and I'd like to use the gift card toward the kitchen counter.

If Ikea runs the upcoming sale like they did the previous sale, you can claim the giftcard, then turn around a use it right away.

In our case, the sales lined up rather nicely:

We ordered cabinets, knowing a sale was coming up. When the cabinet sale arrived, we took in our receipts and our Ikea family card. We were able to claim the 15 percent kickback to a giftcard on day 1 of the sale. We immediately placed a countertop order and applied the giftcard balance to it.

Then, just inside of 90 days of our quartz counter purchase, Ikea ran a countertop sale. I again brought my Ikea receipts and Ikea family card into the store, and got almost $600 back on the counters. That one was a direct refund to my credit card, not a gift card.

So, in the end, we in effect got two price reductions on the $79/sq foot quartz counters.

Make sure your Ikea family card number is on all transactions, and do not lose any receipts. The Ikea can't look anything up, and only the family card purchases qualify for the 90 day price guarantees.

Thanks for the tips!

Do you know if the $4,000 minimum has to be on one receipt? We are trying to hurry a Bjorket kitchen design before it is discontinued and thinking about going to IKEA tomorrow (90 miles away) to get the Bjorket pieces if they will all fit in our cars and then regroup for arranging for the boxes. I used to live 10 minutes from an IKEA so this distance is making it harder!

We made our order 1 week before the sale and ordered at once, but we ended up with two receipts. One for the lighting, which we had to get in the kitchen accessory area, and the other for the parts that were delivered.

When I went back to get the gift card, I was able to show them the two receipts which together barely equaled $4000 (we did not buy doors at Ikea). I was told if I ordered more parts, I could add it on to the gift card. We did need more parts, but it was after the sale was over so I was never able to try that. At least I was able to use the gift card for this. I just used the card yesterday for the drawer organizers, and I still have some left.