Office Chair - Dunnes store

darconio

Spotted this on saturday in the grocery department in Dunnes Store - Ilac centre, just beside the self service cash till.

Very similar to this one, reduced now to 25 euro

mcw92

Saw this yesterday in Sligo, but it was reduced to 50€?
Was it today you saw that?

darconio

mcw92 wrote: »

Saw this yesterday in Sligo, but it was reduced to 50€?
Was it today you saw that?

It was saturday

dixonjoe

Although some of chairs like this one in Dunnes or ones from Viking etc are cheap as chips, however if you plan on sitting in it for an hour or more a day dont expect it to last more than a couple of months. I went through 3 cheap ones before i got a decent one which i still have. Some of the decent ones you can find on special offers too so they are not all mad expensive. I got mine from a site www.deskchairsandtables.ie which is a special offer site for the office furniture suppliers www.jmofficeinteriors.ie they have a good selection and some decent offers. I got a 'vantage' chair which is a basic enough operators chair but does the job and came with a 5 year guarantee. You could do a lot worse.

donmeister

dixonjoe wrote: »

Although some of chairs like this one in Dunnes or ones from Viking etc are cheap as chips, however if you plan on sitting in it for an hour or more a day dont expect it to last more than a couple of months. I went through 3 cheap ones before i got a decent one which i still have. Some of the decent ones you can find on special offers too so they are not all mad expensive. I got mine from a site www.deskchairsandtables.ie which is a special offer site for the office furniture suppliers www.jmofficeinteriors.ie they have a good selection and some decent offers. I got a 'vantage' chair which is a basic enough operators chair but does the job and came with a 5 year guarantee. You could do a lot worse.

Great first post :rolleyes: do you have an affiliation with the companies above?

For what its worth, I managed to buy one of this chairs from Dunnes last Wednesday reduced from €50 to €25, just after scrolling through this website I come across this,

http://www.jmofficeinteriors.ie/executiveseating.html

The one I got in Dunnes is literally the same. €155 vs €25 ? mhhhh

By the way its a very comfortable office chair with proper leather. Great bargain

maidhc

dixonjoe wrote: »

Although some of chairs like this one in Dunnes or ones from Viking etc are cheap as chips, however if you plan on sitting in it for an hour or more a day dont expect it to last more than a couple of months. I went through 3 cheap ones before i got a decent one which i still have. Some of the decent ones you can find on special offers too so they are not all mad expensive. I got mine from a site www.deskchairsandtables.ie which is a special offer site for the office furniture suppliers www.jmofficeinteriors.ie they have a good selection and some decent offers. I got a 'vantage' chair which is a basic enough operators chair but does the job and came with a 5 year guarantee. You could do a lot worse.

I bought a cheapo Viking back when I was doing my Junior cert. I subsequently did my leaving cert (10 years ago!), a law degree, masters, studied to be solicitor and spend many many hours on that bloody chair.

It is still like new (pretty much)

dixonjoe

maidhc wrote: »

I bought a cheapo Viking back when I was doing my Junior cert. I subsequently did my leaving cert (10 years ago!), a law degree, masters, studied to be solicitor and spend many many hours on that bloody chair.

It is still like new (pretty much)

Those chairs from viking look fine and are comfortable etc, all im saying is that i had one for my computer desk i work at and would be using it 5/6 hours per day 5 days a week and they did not last for me...I just pointed out www.deskschairsandtables.ie as that is where i got a chair that has done the job i needed even though it costs over 3 times the other. No need to shout was just giving my experience. There is a reason why companies dont go to Dunnes or Viking for there office chairs thats all im saying but most people will find the chair above will suffice for their needs and at €25 its hard to argue with that.

Kristopherus

maidhc wrote: »

I bought a cheapo Viking back when I was doing my Junior cert. I subsequently did my leaving cert (10 years ago!), a law degree, masters, studied to be solicitor and spend many many hours on that bloody chair.

It is still like new (pretty much)

+1 I bought the Viking chair about 3 yrs ago and it has been used for at least 6/7 hours per day 7 days a week during that time. It is still as good as the day it was bought.

I got a Viking chair about a year or two ago? It was posted on here in the bargain alerts (though i stupidly paid full price, it's been on sale ever since). Berlin chair or something it's called.


Costs about €50 and I have two of them for about a year together and they're still as strong as day one. Also have an argos chair I paid about €100 for three years ago. It's also going strong as ever. Would be very curious about this Dunnes one though.

Will pop into the Drogheda store tomorrow and take a mooch. Cheers OP.

Tragedy

donmeister wrote: »

Great first post :rolleyes: do you have an affiliation with the companies above?

For what its worth, I managed to buy one of this chairs from Dunnes last Wednesday reduced from €50 to €25, just after scrolling through this website I come across this,

http://www.jmofficeinteriors.ie/executiveseating.html

The one I got in Dunnes is literally the same. €155 vs €25 ? mhhhh

By the way its a very comfortable office chair with proper leather. Great bargain

If you look at the two, they're quite obviously different. The officeinteriors one looks to have much better leather, different arms and more adjustments.

I've always used the cheapo viking direct chairs at home, gone through 3 in 12 years and they do the job - but they aren't particularly comfortable or supportive.

Got a freebie of a cloth office chair from an uncle that cost around €300 new(it was 7 or 8 years old at that stage), my god the difference was amazing. So much more comfortable, even though it looked like it cost half what the viking chairs did.

I still buy cheap, but unlike some others I'm under no illusions about it :pac:

thecons

KKV, any luck checking this out in Drogheda?:D

mailburner

dixonjoe wrote: »

Although some of chairs like this one in Dunnes or ones from Viking etc are cheap as chips, however if you plan on sitting in it for an hour or more a day dont expect it to last more than a couple of months. I went through 3 cheap ones before i got a decent one which i still have. Some of the decent ones you can find on special offers too so they are not all mad expensive. I got mine from a site www.deskchairsandtables.ie which is a special offer site for the office furniture suppliers www.jmofficeinteriors.ie they have a good selection and some decent offers. I got a 'vantage' chair which is a basic enough operators chair but does the job and came with a 5 year guarantee. You could do a lot worse.

yikes!

pricey or what
got my own from atlantic and it broke last week but
ive spent half my life in that chair so def got me moneys worth

thecons

thecons wrote: »

KKV, any luck checking this out in Drogheda?:D

Was actually on the town and forgot about it. Bah. If I remember to check (will be on the town again on Friday) I'll let you know (if I forget again, I'll let you know, too, so you're not waiting for an answer).

logic

Checked Dunnes in gorey, only one left but still at €50

thecons

Tried Dunnes in Colpe in Drogheda yesterday, didn't have them.

Tragedy

Had loads in Dunnes The Square yesterday evening.

FGR

Haven't seen the one in Dunnes yet but is this the one that everyone's on about at Viking Direct?

-is indeed tempted..-

Esel

ForegoneReality wrote: »

Haven't seen the one in Dunnes yet but is this the one that everyone's on about at Viking Direct?

Deleted User wrote: »

I got a Viking chair about a year or two ago? It was posted on here in the bargain alerts (though i stupidly paid full price, it's been on sale ever since). Berlin chair or something it's called.

Ja. "Ich bin ein Berliner!" *




* Possible translation: "I am a jelly doughnut!". The locals knew what JFK meant.

darconio

Quick update just to let you know that these chairs are back for sale at 29.99.
Spotted in Dunnes Rathmines and Ilac Centre

hollands

Thanks for the heads up Darconio, just got one in Cornelscourt for 29.99.

imitation

Got one in Blackpool in Cork, they had like another 4 when I left. Just put it together, its not as a bad as you might think a 30 euro office could be. It has gas lift and can be tilted, which is for the best as its default angle is bolt upright. Its probably a bit harder than your average office chair, bit its still pretty comfy and its sturdy.