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We Bring IKEA and Other Vancouver Stores to You! Julia Morley 9215 Fisher Ave, Queens Bay 778-227-7456 www.cityshoppers.ca Cityshoppers started in March 2014. At the time, my husband was working up north and had to fly out of Castlegar every three weeks. At the end of each two week shift, I would pick him up from Vancouver, as there were no connections from Calgary to Castlegar by the time he got to Calgary. We were looking for a way to cover a part of the gas. In addition, we had just renovated our house extensively and rented Budget trucks to pick up our kitchen cabinets from IKEA, which was extremely expensive.
Thinking other people might have the same problem, we started an IKEA (and other stores) shopping service for the West Kootenay. While we were able to make the first two shopping trips with just our truck, we quickly had to purchase a trailer because the demand exceeded the space we had in our truck alone. We love the Kootenays, the lake, the people, and the active lifestyle. I like that people are generally appreciative of the service we offer and deliveries are always fun because our customers are excited to receive their orders. We also have a lot of return customers and it is always nice to see them again.
Julia & Paul Morley We have two delivery options: we have central drop off locations for people to pick up their purchases when we’re coming through (nice way to keep delivery costs down), and curbside delivery. We have transported all kinds of items over the past few years – a wheelchair going to a home in Vancouver, a piano coming to Nelson, a sewing table for a local company, an ice cream machine we had to pick up from the Port of Vancouver, recovered bikes from Vancouver Police. Coming up in the future, we may add a Kelowna trip if there is enough demand!
September 13, 2016
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