S’pore Man Shares Hack To Get More IKEA Ice Cream, Called Out For Being ‘Cheapskate’

Netizens Say IKEA Ice Cream Hack Is ‘Stealing’

IKEA is known in Singapore for its stylish and affordable furniture, but their food is arguably the main reason many go there.

While each Singaporean will have their favourite item, their soya ice cream cone is one of the standouts partly because it costs just S$0.50.

However, it seems even that good a deal isn’t enough for some, as a man has shared a life hack for getting more ice cream.

Netizens reacted to this with disdain, with many criticising him for it.

IKEA ice cream hack gets you ‘more ice cream at same price’

In an Instagram video posted on Wednesday (17 May), the man posted an IKEA hack that promised to “double the yumzzz”, according to his caption.

It involved getting “more ice cream at the same price”.

Lest we forget, this price is just S$0.50.

IKEA ice cream hack involves lifting cone at machine

As a girl in the video demonstrated, upon putting her money into the ice cream machine and pressing a button, the cone is raised to dispense the milky product.

All one has to do is lift the cone until its rim touches the dispenser and hold it there while the ice cream comes out.

As the machine has to detect the weight of the cone to dispense the correct amount of ice cream, this means it can’t accurately gauge when to stop.

Soon, it ends up dispensing so much ice cream that threatens to overflow from the cone.

The girl in the video ended up with more ice cream than usual, with the lopsided dollop almost as tall as the cone’s length and almost spilling out.

In comparison, a normal-sized portion should be more slender, with the ice cream sitting nicely atop the cone.

Netizens criticise OP, call him cheapskate

Netizens who commented on the video didn’t take kindly to the hack, though, despite it getting more than 2,000 likes.

A few said that rather than a hack, it was actually stealing. It was also called out for making a mess of the machine for the next person using it.

In fact, one commenter pointed out that this behaviour would get you apprehended in IKEA Indonesia, as the machine will beep to alert staff.

Some netizens called the OP a cheapskate, considering the cone is only S$0.50.

One user was afraid that if people started doing this, IKEA wouldn’t let customers dispense the ice cream themselves any more.

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Featured image adapted from @jazsoo on Instagram.