check out costco/sams club/warehouse store of your choice. I saw a really nice office chair, black leather, armrests, etc, for about 70USD per chair.
Auctions of office furniture occasionally happen. Call every auction house for 50 miles around, and ask. Tell them if they get office furniture in to give you a call. They will add you to a list. Thrift stores/goodwill/salvation army (just give em a call, and ask if they have office furniture) Of course, the aforementioned craigslist/ebay. Did you try freecycle? Yahoo or google groups for your local area, and search the archives for the past month or so. All I can think of off the top of my head. Joshua On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Pat Ramsey <[email protected]> wrote: > Ann, > > We started by grabbing some chair sets off Craigslist, along with working > deals with furniture vendors. Try finding some chair/table rental people & > see if they're getting rid of chairs. We also started with some exercise > balls as chair for a few desks. Eventually we worked a partnership with > Turnstone, but starting out - you're either in for a great deal of > investment or you iterate through furniture as budgets allow. > > Cheers! > > Pat > > -- > [email protected] > Pat Ramsey > @pat_ramsey > > Get Found, Create Value, Earn Trust, & Generate Revenue > http://inboundinteractive.com > > On Feb 21, 2011, at 4:04 PM, Jessica Hulse wrote: > > Ann, > > I had the same dilemma. I could not afford high end chairs, yet at the same > time I thought comfort was important. I ended up contacting an office > liquidator and they had some great options for me. I ended up going with a > knock-off Eames design and so far I've had great feed back on the chairs! > > Good luck, that was one of the priciest start up costs for me. > > Jessica > network, a coworking spot > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Ann Kingman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> We're in the process of putting together a budget for the initial >> furnishing of our space. >> We are hung up on chairs. >> I think good office chairs are very important, and probably key for member >> retention. However, the cost of these chairs is freaking me out a bit. It's >> not so bad when you think about buying one, but we're looking at probably 20 >> to start, between the conference room and work desks. >> >> Any recommendations for sourcing? I hate to cheap out here, but I also >> don't want this to be the thing that makes the space an unworkable concept. >> >> Thanks, >> Ann >> CoWork508 (right now just a concept) >> Attleboro, MA >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Coworking" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
