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I challenge you to dissemble your bespoke furniture and have it still usable after reassembly

In fact I regularly do that with the tables and chairs which were built in a local factory here in Vienna in 1918, and they are rock solid.

I’ve got a 10 year old Ikea bed that has passed this test twice now, even though I’ve lost some pieces.

It depends very much on the furniture, I think citation needed on exactly which items you’re talking about. Name and shame!

The big wardrobes? They are the worst combination of impossibly heavy, awkward to disassemble and expensive to repurchase - best bet is to sell to the next occupant. On the other hand I have a solid table and chairs and they flat pack and reassemble perfectly. Same with bed frames. Shelving units go straight in the van. I wish the office desktops had metal threaded inserts for the legs instead of nylon, but otherwise also have moved several times and no real issue.