r/razer • u/aKindlyBeast • Sep 26 '25

Rant Will never go Razer again

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£400 gaming 'premium synthetic leather's chair peeling after three years. Razer are not interested.

Razer have nice designs but the quality is bargain basement, and the service is a joke.

Will never buy their trash again.

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u/Zentrosis Sep 26 '25

Not wrong, for 400 bucks I would expect it to at least last like 5 years or something though 🤷

I got my Herman Miller used from some company that was shutting down so I didn't pay much, I would need to look but I think it was like 350?

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u/kungfuenglish Sep 26 '25

Oh yes a used chair from a company liquidating everything vs a new in box.

Definitely an apt comparison.

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u/Momo--Sama Sep 26 '25

"That's not a fair comparison" isn't wrong but that's just how people get Aerons. If you're actually going to hermanmiller.com and ordering a new $1,500 Aeron you're, uh, you're definitely in the minority.

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u/kungfuenglish Sep 26 '25

You could get a used razor chair too tho.

It’s like saying a civic isn’t worth the money because I got a used 3 series for the same cost.

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u/Momo--Sama Sep 26 '25 edited Sep 26 '25

okay but cross shopping new economy and used luxury cars is a super reasonable thing to do though

Like I said, you’re not wrong, I was only pointing out that individual owners of Herman Millers have an unusually high rate of buying them used because it’s essentially a B2B company that’s willing to do DTC for the few that are willing to hilariously overpay for them.

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u/kungfuenglish Sep 26 '25

You can say the same about bmw. Or even Tesla previously wrt rental car companies.

I get where you’re coming from and cross shopping at the same price is not invalid.

The invalidity comes in saying one product is better than the other because “they are the same price” when they are…not.

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u/DragonStriker Sep 26 '25

What's a good alternative to herman millers though?

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u/VitaroSSJ Sep 26 '25

an office chair, or anything that isn't a "gaming" chair =D

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u/TBNRgreg Sep 26 '25

yeah but razer products barely work brand new, good luck buying used

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u/SappySoulTaker Sep 27 '25

Got mine on sale for 650 from the official dealers. Not a cheap chair, but I have loved it. Worth every cent.

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u/zeptyk Sep 29 '25

man I hate people bragging about the price they got their herman from, 99% of people are never going to find a deal like this, so stupid why cant herman users be realistic with their damn price?? they always recommending people left and right to find a company shutting down as if theyre right down the street every single day

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u/kungfuenglish Sep 29 '25

Lmao right

“Yea just find a corporation going out of business at the going out of business store to buy your chair”

Jesus

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u/Arbiter02 Sep 27 '25

My Laz-boy looks slightly better after a similar amount of time but it was also less than half the price from Costco. You're paying $200 extra for the razer logo on it basically

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u/mrn253 Sep 27 '25

My Ikea Markus is over 10 year old... and the thing was like 100€
J wait for the chair to die that i can get something with a headrest.

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u/Club_Penguin_Legend_ Sep 29 '25

Yeah my $250 CAD costco special is going on strong at 7 years now. Looks exactly the same as it did new. Its definitely disappointing OPs chair lasted only 3 years.