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Looks like I'm getting a new chair soon. The best thing about the Dot Com bubble bursting was my cheap Aeron. I'm ready to upgrade.
by nsxwolf 10y ago
Looks like I'm getting a new chair soon. The best thing about the Dot Com bubble bursting was my cheap Aeron. I'm ready to upgrade.
- scandox 10y agoYeah the 2008 financial meltdown saved my lumbar region. Paid 250 for a 1,600 euro chair. Very happy. On the other hand a lot of people lost everything. So that was the flipside.
- akoster 10y agoIn my area, there were tons of mortgage companies going under left and right back then. Definately lots of people lost their jobs but the glut of cheap office furniture allowed my dad's cost-conscious company consistently upgrade for a while. Since they were a descent-sized firm, buying a lot of chairs or monitors was easy but I wonder how often for someone like myself interested in just a single desk or chair could compete with someone interested in buying a lot.
- wavefunction 10y agoOverstock.com built their business largely on the assets left from the dotCom bubble bursting around the millennium. For some, a crisis is an opportunity.
- inchoa 10y agoOr as Rahm Emanuel states: "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste"[0]. [0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb-YuhFWCr4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb-YuhFWCr4
- serg_chernata 10y agoDo you get yours from eBay? Any tips or particular sellers you can recommend?
- italicbold 10y agoThere is an upgrade from an Aeron?
- rfrank 10y agoEmbody, also by Herman Miller.
- hamstercat 10y agoCan pledge for the Embody, I bought one and it's one of my best purchase ever.
- synaesthesisx 10y agoI've been eyeing the Embody for a while now - used to have an Aeron but personally wasn't about it. A few years ago I managed to get a cheap varidesk from a startup that was shuttering in my building...
- ghaff 10y agoIt seems as if there are people who like mesh chairs and people who like cloth/foam chairs. Personally I still love my 10+ year old Aeron but I've also known quite a few folks who don't really care for them.
- CalChris 10y agoAt $1500 for a chair, no wonder these startups are failing.
- rfrank 10y agoSomething something it's literally impossible to hire engineers who aren't showered in toys and treats. But yeah, I generally agree with you. I like my fancy chair because I spend an awful lot of time in it every day, and I'm tall (6'6"), so most chairs are pretty uncomfortable for me and my lower back already sucks.
- justinzollars 10y agoI just scored one from an out of business startup!
- cmrdporcupine 10y agoYeah we're still using file folders, office chairs, and some mugs from a .com I worked at that went bust in 2000 :-)
- samstave 10y agoheh, you may or not be familiar with the axiom: "A startup's potential is inverse to the number of Aeron chairs they own" There was a startup, Quokka Sports, where we did the office design for them in a brick-and-timber building in SF, and they freaking folded just before the office build-out was complete... going through their office, the conference rooms were literally PILED with brand new aeron chairs... So I had several for a time...
- metaphorm 10y agogot mine for free from a guy who got 4 for free from a (failed startup) company his hedge fund liquidated.
- nogbit 10y agoAeron, many memories from that era. I really hated those chairs.
- mahyarm 10y agoYou can still buy cheap aerons on craigslist today, no dot com bust required.
- mikekchar 10y agoProbably sounds bizarre, but when I was setting up my home office, I didn't really have time to go out and look for chairs. I decided just to use a $10 stool until I could find a chair that I really liked. 2 years later, I love the stool :-) I have to think about posture, but I'm convinced that the complete lack of support has helped strengthen my core. I don't really want to go back to a normal chair.
- nsxwolf 10y agoI worked with a guy that swore by this concept. He said chair backs are like wearing a back brace, it will eventually weaken all your muscles and cause you all kinds of pain.
- DonHopkins 10y agoI assumed by the title that this would be an article about Richard, the guy who runs the Desk Depot in Mountain View! http://www.deskdepot.net/chairs http://www.deskdepot.net/chairs
- WillPostForFood 10y agoAccording to their site, they sell the "Aaron" and the "Mira".
- dharmon 10y agoI'm keeping an eye out for a La Marzocco espresso machine. I've seen a few through windows in Palo Alto that will probably be up for grabs before too long.