evan, Fascinating. Thanks for sharing. I will keep that in the back of my mind if we need it!
Best, Ann CoWork508 (in progress) Attleboro, MA On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 5:22 PM, evan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- 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.
