Comments on: Office Furniture

By: Ergonomic Office Chairs

Ergonomic Office Chairs — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:49:02 +0000

I sell both top end and discount office chairs online, although i turn loads more bottom end product there is a market in the high end office chairs.
I agree there are lots of companies out there with no experience and knowledge of there products and just act as a middleman, we have been a established office furniture business for the last 25 years so we can offer excellent customer service as well as incredible online prices.

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:11:38 +0000

I set up an online office furniture company a few years ago and I disagree that it is not possible to sell decent quality furniture online, though the market is extremely competetive and profit margins are very low which can be good news for the purchaser.

Quality furniture can be sold online as long as it simple in design - or at least simple enough to be easily understood - the more abstract designer desking patterns are simply too complicated for customers to be able to work out what components they need.

Buyers should beware of companies who offer poor after sales service. My recommendation is to phone your potential supplier before purchasing to get the feel for the level of service they offer and how knowledgeable they are on the products they sell.

By: John

John — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:11:58 +0000

Jill,

Thanks for posting a shame you’re not a little nearer or I’d try and pop by and see what you’ve got to offer.

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:04:12 +0000

Being an office furniture retailer and being passionate about what I do. I recieve google alerts every morning from around the globe, you’ve guessed it….. office furniture. One alert directed me to your blog.

As a small established busness, I have over the past few months toiled with the idea of selling on line and have looked at various other sites within the UK and my direct competitors.

The main reason I haven’t jumped into on line selling, is that I have to have faith in the products I sell. The UK Market is flooded with ‘cheap Chinese imports’ and that you cannot sell good quality items on line for the commercial environment.

I’ve bought them for the showroom as I was missing out on business, sold them on, only to come back and haunt me. Even though I sold them for the intended application. I’ve made a few mistakes or should I say learning curves.

More and more companies including home workers are now looking at the supply chain and how sustainable the furniture is, factors also being considered are the durability and life span of the product before purchasing.

I not only blog on BT tradespace but have recently set up a blogger account which I’m finding a bit tricky at the moment.

http://jillsofficesolutions.bttradespace.com/

Chairs are extremely important - but if you must buy on line before demonstrating, is there any guarantee it’s going to be comfortable? No.

I see this sort of typical mistake being made on a regular basis, especially PC users who have used the wrong chair and desk for years, which has resulted in absenteeism from work and costing UK business. A chair needs to fit the user correctly.

My business is designed around the commercial and not the home office market. Although, with more and more people now running a business from home they too need educating about ergonomics.

Posting my own personal comments is not a criticism to any company that sells on line.