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There are warehouses like this in all big cites, and are open (ish) to the public! I helped get some stuff for a small business earlier this year, and picked u
by Kon-Peki 2y ago
There are warehouses like this in all big cites, and are open (ish) to the public!
I helped get some stuff for a small business earlier this year, and picked up an Aeron for myself while I was there. It was in a legitimately bad neighborhood and there were multiple layers of electronically controlled doors to go through, then you sign in and wait from someone to come down and get you, and you ride a massive freight elevator up to the floorspace.
- temporalparts 2y agoWhich one would you recommend for the greater Boston area?
- matthewaveryusa 2y agoThey're about to get loaded with a bunch of furniture from all the biotech firms downsizing
- Teever 2y agoWhy are Boston biotech firms downsizing?
- alephnerd 2y agoVC Funding dried up in the Life Sciences space by late 2021/early 2022 because there was too much investment during 2018-20 due to the "precision medicine" hype cycle. Same thing happened to cybersecurity in 2022-23 and will happen in the Generative AI space in a couple years. There are always expansions and contractions in each sector.
- rvba 2y agoDidnt it dry up due to the interest rates hike? No more cheap money.
- potato3732842 2y agoThe interest rate hikes are just the cherry on top in this particular space.
- alephnerd 2y agoInterest rates played a role but not significantly. Renewables (IRA), Battery Tech (IRA), Hardware (CHIPS), Defense (CHIPS), and AI/ML became better investments in the 20-21 period.
- K0balt 2y agoOoooh that’s going to be some cool lab stuff!
- ghaff 2y agoDon't know about Boston per se but I've bought some file cabinets from a place in downtown Worcester in the past. Might be Northeast Office Solutions.
- cushychicken 2y agoI went to Brooks Bargain in Wilmington, MA, to get a used Aeron chair for about $500 if I remember right. They had a ton of different kinds of chairs to try on site. I went there torn between Aeron or SteelCase. I’ve heard good things about Granite State Office Furniture too, if you don’t mind hoofing it up to Manchester NH.
- ghaff 2y agoSteelcase vs. Aeron is mostly about preference for fabric vs. mesh. Though Hermann Miller also has other models that are basically stripped down Aerons or don't require as much personal adjustment.
- dmd 2y agoThere's always the MIT Furniture Exchange! [Note to non-Boston folks: this is a joke.]
- mikeevans 2y agoIs there a way to find out where the nearest one is?
- Kon-Peki 2y agoJust do a web search for "office furniture liquidator" and include your nearest big city. You are probably going to want the least flashy of the results, as all that flash comes at an expense ;) I know that there are at least 2 good ones in Chicago and another that sells used hotel furniture (which I am not sure that I would willingly go into, but apparently there is a market for such things...). These places are very much business-focused; it's not like walking into an IKEA. You'll probably have to get buzzed in through many doors and then sign in, where you'll be asked for both your name and business. If you don't have a business they aren't going to throw you out or anything, but probably ask you to write something like "<First Name><Last Name> LLC" so they can put you in their system. You probably have to get escorted to the sales floor but are free to wander around. You have to pay in full for what you want, up front, but will get issued an invoice and bill of sale as if you are a business (from their point of view, they aren't selling anything to you, they are selling to the business you are representing).
- avgDev 2y agoPlease share the names!
- cjbgkagh 2y agoThese opportunities exist due to an inefficient illiquid market, widely sharing them will ruin that.
- bobthepanda 2y agoI don’t think this is really true. Kitchen supply is an example with stores that are open to regular people and there are still deals compared to consumer cookware.
- rozenmd 2y agoplenty of businesses like this operate online too - had my aeron shipped from a Parisian startup liquidator
- nowahe 2y agoDo you happen to have the name of the place you found it ? I'm in France, and I wasn't really able to find anything with a quick google search
- kjellsbells 2y agoMy french google-fu isnt great but bureau and restockage seem to turn up a few, eg buroways.fr
- touristtam 2y ago> mobilier de bureau d'occasion Aka second hand office furniture. This should help in your search tbh. It is on the front page of that website. And don't forget to put the `hl=fr&` in your url search.
- rozenmd 2y agohttps://www.adopteunbureau.fr/ https://www.adopteunbureau.fr/ was the one I used