Buying The Cheap Chair

My friend Cole Erickson did a great video about the pitfalls (and pratfalls) involved with buying a cheap chair. It was done for Interior Motions, a great Herman Miller dealer in the east bay. His point is also apt when buying a high quality used chair from us at BetterSource. Watch the video and you get the point.

Video

Do the math. If you buy an $89 chair from Office Club Warehouse Depot, it will most likely be replaced in a year or two, but for this example let's say it lasts five years. You will sit uncomfortably working for 40 hours per week, to save the $500 net you would have spent buying a great used Aeron or other chair. If the Aeron lasts five years that works out to about 5 cents per hour more for the used Aeron. If you aren't worth a nickel per hour to work more productively and comfortably in a stylish and ergonomically superior chair, then go get the junk chair and enjoy spending 2 hours putting it together.

Check out the used seating from BetterSource on out website at abettersource.com.  Or email me to set up a time to sample some great chairs at our showroom. As you can see below, we are well stocked.

BetterSource Warehouse, Newark, CA

SRK