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Comment by wyclif | Hacker News Reader

Any ideas on what the best clearinghouses online for used Steelcase or Herman Miller chairs would be?

These chairs are big and heavy, shipping will probably be annoying. I got mine from an office liquidator ~30 minutes from my home, which I found just by searching for office liquidators near me that had inventory listings online. As a bonus, you can probably see it in person before you actually buy it.

http://madisonseating.com has been a reliable supplier for years.

Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for but for some reason was unable to find.

I highly don't recommend buying from them. I bought a steelcase leap v2 in platinum color and it's clear that the base of the chair is a cheap knockoff.

Crappy silver spraypaint that flakes, the wheels barely work, the piston was broken on delivery (which they did replace for free).

I've had problems with the chair being too low at max height and I am a short guy. I still don't know if it's their cheap base that's the culprit or that's just the design.

Thanks for saying this. Before I read your comment, I thought they were selling opened box or used Steelcase chairs, but 100% authentic. There's nothing on the site that I could find that discloses that parts of the chairs are not authentic. If that's the case, it's super shady of them.

I've been dealing with them for years and never saw anything shady. Perhaps the GP got unlucky and was unwittingly sold chairs with replacement parts.

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