We didn't buy chairs. I know it sounds funny, but it would have cost a ton. Viable chairs cost around $250 USD here, and the coworking dues are only $110. So we tell people to buy their own chair and bring it. We bought a few for drop-in's. We did provide tables / desks. We're just now ordering chairs for the conference room, 3 years in.
-evan CoworkingMVD Montevideo, Uruguay On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Joshua Marpet <[email protected]> wrote: > Jeannine, > Funny, and well said. Serendipity happens, but it happens more often when > it has your phone number. :) > Joshua Marpet > DataDevastation > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:26 AM, Jeannine <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I literally walked into my conference room chairs and table at the >> local version of the Goodwill -- they were offloading them from a >> truck and had just picked them up. They also had some desks and so >> forth in the truck. The woman who runs the place was mumbling to >> herself about it. So I asked her what she wanted for the chairs and >> she said she would sell me whatever was in the truck for a flat price >> and deliver it, too if I would take it right then. Nowhere to put it >> apparently. So I took it and what I did not need I sold off on the >> local version of ebay. >> >> The office chairs I got from an auction site: a large office went >> bankrupt and flooded the market with upscale secondhand furniture. >> >> However they appear, it seems that the adage "People with no money >> need to be prepared to put time in instead" appears to apply, at least >> for me. I went to the local Goodwill equivalent every week for a long >> time, until they knew me and knew more or less what I wanted. >> Nowadays they call me if something is coming in and I am talking to >> them about setting up a page on my website to notify people about >> things coming in -- because my website gets visited by starters and >> businesses in transition. The people at the auction site sent me an >> email about the auction because I had been contacting them >> regularly. >> >> Some of it is just pure dumb luck; but in my experience pure dumb luck >> happens more often when I am working at something. Opportunities >> appear as they are seized. :-) >> >> Jeannine >> On Feb 21, 10:53 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.
