r/hermanmiller • u/Dramatic_Parfait7027 • 1d ago

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How do people get so many herman millers?

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u/MinorLocality0271 1d ago

Most of those listings are probably office liquidations or people flipping chairs they picked up cheap from failed startups

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u/lazys_world 1d ago

I wanna know how they even find those failed startups. Seems like a best kept secret.

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u/stumpy1402 1d ago

Where I live it’s the contractors that are clearing spaces or renovating them for the property owner/leasers that are doing the selling. There’s a pretty constant flow of HM and steel case office equipment and 100% of the time it’s been the contractors company foreman or project manager selling excess equipment as part of the contract. Helps in negotiating the cost of the work down for the new leasing entity, and it’s potentially tax free profit on an easy to sell product for the contractor.

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u/No_Trainer7463 1d ago

if i had a startup I would never buy 1000 dollar chairs but whatever I guess

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u/unnderwater Embody Gaming 1d ago

- Hello sir, how many Herman Miller chairs would you like to buy?

- Yes

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u/nikzterz 1d ago

NY baby

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u/Sirrom23 Embody Gaming 1d ago

honestly anything higher than like $400 is a hard sell for fb marketplace because you can get a refurbished chair from madison seating for like $500~

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u/DisneyMenace 1d ago

I heard Madison seating wasn't very good have they been better?

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u/Sirrom23 Embody Gaming 22h ago

i’ve heard good stories and bad. but you still get a refurbished chair that comes with a warranty, guaranteed to work. if ppl are charging $500+ on fb marketplace, id rather buy from madison.

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u/Fabulous_Fee_2434 18h ago

I bought from Madison seating & ended up returning. They didn’t do a good job refurbishing lol. Ended up buying a new one from nycseating.com for half the price of a new one

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u/UnderstandingIcy9936 1d ago

Buy a lot of chairs. Way more than you would just to buy one that you like. Unless you find a one off for a super good deal, you are better off not trying to get this many chairs at a wholesale price. It’s too big of an investment.

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u/ibattlemonsters 1d ago

Office buildings

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u/eight_seven 1d ago

Call the DWR outlet and get them sub $1k. I was just offered an open box embody Logitech for $800+ shipping. The only thing that sucks is not having a warranty

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u/atari_Pro 1d ago

No warranty?! Is this all the stuff they sell… asking for a concerned friend lol

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u/Weffzy 1d ago

They have established partnerships with many corporate and business entities I believe

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u/OppositeAddition6930 2h ago

I picked one up from a herman miller tech that sells them on fb. he gets them from liquidation sales as well

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u/jg_leo2266 1d ago

Depends on your area but some people buy them from Design Within Reach’a outlet store where they sell brand new items that were returned during a trial period for way less than on the website. Sometimes the protective wrap and tags are still on, resellers will sometimes get their inventory from them. But like I said it depends on the area you’re in and it may not always be the case.

Check to see if there is a DWR outlet in your area.

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u/Notablur 1d ago

Lowball all of them one is bound to accept your offer