| editing furniture prices
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by doug simpson on May 24, 2001 at 12:10:01 am |
Does anybody have any suggestions for editing furniture that won't cost $3000 for a table, monitor bridge and rolling rack unit? My God, sometimes I think I'm in the wrong business when I get price quotes for a few pieces of particle board that are more expensive than my array. I've also looked into Anthrocart, but they're almost as expensive. Please help!
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by Jim McNally on May 24, 2001 at 4:57:49 am |
I got a nice wrap around desk unit from Office Depot that works for me. Can be configured many different ways and easy on the budget.
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by Anonymous on May 24, 2001 at 1:42:18 pm |
Try finding a used office furniture store. By careful shopping, you can find decent pieces that look good and actually work well, and don't bust your budget, either. Sometimes the older stuff is more metal, and MUCH more durable than the new particle board crap that's so expensive.
HTH
Jeff
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by bogiesan on May 24, 2001 at 2:24:59 pm |
Oh, man, used office furniture is a freakin' STEAL!
If you're in a market area where the dot.coms have been tanking, your local office furniture outlets will be crammed with very cool stuff.
I helped a buddy locate a complete set of old steel desks and cabinets from the '30s. It's hand-painted with a fake mahogony wood pattern. Incredibly cool. Massive, totally bombproof ball bearing slides, big drawers, deep files, nooks and cubbies for all that stuff that had to be filed and tracked by hand before computers. The chairs totally suck, though.
david
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I have been eyeballing the IKEA stuff for my home system.
Their website is a little flaky, and stripped down, but their mail out catalogue is AWESOME. Affordable and they ship!
Greg N.
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by bill page on May 25, 2001 at 2:41:24 pm |
Better be careful. The IKEA stuff I've seen at their stores is CHEAPLY made and not sturdy or durable. Yes, the appearance of it look good. It bet it looks even better in a catalogue.
Looks are deceptive in this case, in my opinion.
Have you actually seen their furniture first hand?
Forget about it.
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by Philip Hodgetts on May 25, 2001 at 4:38:33 pm |
OTOH, we picked up a piece of IKEA furniture for the office (a storage cupboard) and it is the most sturdily built piece of furniture we have. Full metal frame, cross braced back and top etc.
Real solid. So I guess it depends on what you buy at IKEA. I was far more impressed with this piece of furniture than anything from similar companies that sell in Australia. But then again, this was from the kitchen furnishings area.
I wouldn't feel so comfortable with some of their 'home office' furniture, but the real office furniture was well built.
Philip
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by Patrick Brown on May 25, 2001 at 8:13:38 pm |
I bought cheap, really no other way to say it. Went to my local office supply store, saw a unit that was "U" shaped, said 'cool', bought and on I went.
A scant two years later, I'm sitting in my office and I hear a strange sound... like something cracking. BOOM!!! A media 100, storage, monitors, decks, tapes, pens, paper clips and everything else (thank goodness the coffee was cold) came crashing down around me.
I called the manufacturer and they said 'two years, really? so what's the problem?'. Fortunately me insurance company came through and I was able to replace the evel kneival set with something far more sturdy (and expensive).
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by Ank Verrips on May 27, 2001 at 2:04:47 pm |
Hello Doug,
Spend some money on your furniture! If you are sitting there every day and earn your living, at least your body should be confortable whilst sitting at your editingsystem. Beiing confortable during an editingsession is just as important as having a good editingsystem.
I had also problems with furniture. I'm small, short legs, bad eyes, and I was so fed up with my editing setup I invited a furnituredesign intern boy to design a nice editing-environment. The boy started to measure my body an designed a table with all the equipment wrapped around me.
Well, it ended that the boy is handcrafting a nice editingtable and I have to do some extra editing for him for free...
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