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20% off Herman Miller Aeron Remastered Graphite with Fully Adjustable Arms $1908 + Delivery ($0 SYD Pickup) @ Living Edge

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20% off Herman Miller Aeron Remastered Graphite with Fully Adjustable Arms $1908 + Delivery ($0 SYD Pickup) @ Living Edge
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haggertm on 19/11/2024 - 17:23 livingedge.com.au (7089 clicks)
Last edited 21/11/2024 - 11:17 by 2 other users
VIPBF

The chair is listed for $2,385 but a 20% discount applicable by chatting through live chat.
The agent said that it is a Black Friday discount but it is not advertised on their website.

Update: The discount code is VIPBF (thanks to user lordrupertliverpool)

I wanted one of these chairs as I have been working and studying from home over the past 10 months and I'm starting to get bad lower back pain.

I have been keeping my eye on the second hand Herman Miller market but they don't come up often in SA and the prices are absolutely ridiculous. e.g. Someone wanting $2100 for a 3 year old chair, someone wanting $900 for a 18 year old chair, someone wanting $500 for a broken chair where the levers and adjustments don't work. I have seen a few Sahls come up for $500 but I really wanted the Mirra or Aeron as they are specifically recommended for their lower back support, which is what I need.

If you are purchasing yours for work / working from home it would be worth chatting to your boss to see if they would be willing to trat it as a fringe benefit. As mine is for work and study, it is Fringe Benefits Tax exempt, so my boss was happy to buy it for me as a fringe benefit meaning she can claim back the GST and pass that discount onto me, as well as me being able to pay for it with my pre tax income, so it basically brings the cost down to $1,988 - 180.72 GST = $1,807.28 - 32.5% (tax) = $1,219.91 post tax equivalent. The benefit of doing it as a fringe benefit would be that you can claim back the GST and you get the tax saving benefit immediately compared to buying it and claiming it as a tax deduction which will need to be depreciated over its useful life instead of getting the whole benefit in the year of purchase.

I didnt ask if the 20% off promotion was only for the Aeron but I would guess that it could be across their whole range.

This is part of Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals for 2024
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Comments

  • caitsith01 on 19/11/2024 - 17:27
    +35

    Controversial chair but I absolutely love mine - only chair that doesn't eventually give me crippling back/shoulder pain.

    • cerealsmok3r on 19/11/2024 - 18:05

      I had the opposite experience annd ended up returning it. After sitting for 15-20 mins my back was dying on me and I had a slipped disc. The metro burp has been my saving grace

  • whichwhatwho on 19/11/2024 - 17:34
    +9

    The Mirra (profanity) just as hard as the Aeron and you can get a decent secondhand one for $300 if you keep an eye on Marketplace or occasionally 'old mate in Sunshine who sometimes gets mass office refurbs. At some point I think the retailers just took liberty in the reputation of the Aeron and add on another $1000 each year. It'll be $3000 new, soon enough. Then 5k. Same chair.

    • Gonltruck on 19/11/2024 - 18:14
      +4

      Bought one of those ones of old mate in sunshine and the mesh disintegrated in 6 months and it was on the kerb

    • OzzyBrak on 19/11/2024 - 18:37
      +5

      Mirra 2 is garbage. Hard plastic garbage, I don’t know people see in them.

      • rumblytangara on 19/11/2024 - 21:47

        Got both. Both are totally fine.

        • OzzyBrak on 19/11/2024 - 21:50
          +3

          We have offices full of them and plenty of people find them uncomfortable. At $1,200+ it’s criminally overpriced.

    • j1nx on 19/11/2024 - 19:29
      +5

      I have had both. The Aeron is significantly better in every way, to say they’re the same chair is not even close to the mark.

    • eccaz on 19/11/2024 - 21:28
      -1

      No it won’t, prices haven’t changed significantly in years.

      • whichwhatwho on 19/11/2024 - 22:29
        +10

        Bullshit. There was a time where they were a fraction over $1,000. Covid has come and gone and we're sitting over $2,000. Reckon I can do the maths on that one.

        • eccaz on 19/11/2024 - 22:47
          -4

          Yeah, and since the Covid price hike, have the prices kept going up? Not really.

    • thesainter on 20/11/2024 - 03:10
      +1

      All Herman Miller got priced jacked during covid/work from home, cost of the Cosm is double what i paid these days

      • Meconium on 20/11/2024 - 05:05

        Fear the old blood

    • FiveDarrah on 21/11/2024 - 02:00

      Nothing wrong with the mirra if you prefer it. But it is hardly comparable to a brand new remastered aeron. This isn't the classic design, there is a distinction, and if you're buying new, you can expect it to alst 15-20 years or even longer with some part replacements along the way.

      I bought my classic at nearly a decade old, it still has a lot of life left in it.

    • james138 on 21/11/2024 - 09:32

      Yep, did exactly this with the Mirra 2 and haven’t looked back. I’ve had it for 5 years and still going strong

  • plentifoo on 19/11/2024 - 17:55
    +1

    yup - happy with my 2nd hand sayl for $250.

  • Asian on 19/11/2024 - 17:58
    +4

    @steelcase

    • ruprectaus on 20/11/2024 - 09:20

      Would not recommended, I got one, hated it so much i gave it to my partner who likes it and , sourced some spare parts for my original 20 yr old Aeron and repaired it (strut and back supoort)

  • tavers on 19/11/2024 - 18:01
    +3

    Congrats on your purchase. They're a tremendous chair and well worth the investment. I love mine.

    I have been pondering one of the Embody Gaming chairs. 20% off is tempting..

    • AlpacaMagic on 19/11/2024 - 18:20
      +1

      I've had my Embody Gaming chair for a couple of years, well worth the money if you can afford it.

      • tavers on 19/11/2024 - 18:29

        Yeah nice. I wouldn’t mind going and trying one. The Arron is great, but I like the look of the embody

    • eccaz on 19/11/2024 - 21:29
      +1

      Just be warned the Embody is no good for tall people.

      • chanleesheng on 19/11/2024 - 22:03
        +2

        Or people with broader shoulders

      • kiwizz on 21/11/2024 - 07:20
        +1

        I'm tall (190) with broad shoulders and much prefer the embody from the aeron. Tried both in the showroom. Pick whatever works for you.

  • cerealsmok3r on 19/11/2024 - 18:06
    +12

    Secondhand market is the way to go. These things lasts forever

    • lunchbox99 on 21/11/2024 - 16:56
      +6

      They come with preinstalled farts

  • Alrightm8 on 19/11/2024 - 18:08
    +7

    Great chair, highly recommend, but make sure you get the right size, I'm 180cm & 78kg, and it turns out Size C might fit me better.

  • jacb on 19/11/2024 - 18:13
    +4

    Got my aeron 2019 model off marketplace with 10 year warranty for $900. Great chair, wouldn't buy one new though.

  • synaptec on 19/11/2024 - 18:14
    +5

    I bought one of these about 12 months ago at full price. Would buy again in a heartbeat. This is one of those rare purchases where I asked myself, why the hell I didn't buy this 10 or 20 years ago. Incredible. 100% made in the USA. Most distributers of Herman Miller in Australia have capital city showrooms. Visit one. 20% off is a great bargain.

    • serpserpserp on 19/11/2024 - 19:38

      100% made in the USA.

      Does best Marge impersonation "No thank you".

      • alUK234 on 19/11/2024 - 19:51

        Wow..I assume being made in the USA automatically makes it amazing?!

        USA! USA!

        • whyisave on 20/11/2024 - 11:45

          I assume being made in the USA automatically makes it amazing?!

          Well, if Trump puts tariffs on Chinese products, then it'll Make USA Products Amazing Again.

    • watwatwat on 19/11/2024 - 19:53
      +1

      Same.

    • plentifoo on 19/11/2024 - 19:55
      +9

      please do research before spreading false info. Present day Aerons are manufactured in USA, UK and China mainly. Most of the new stock you get in Australia is most likely from the Dongguan factory in China due to proximity. Ask any Living Edge staff and they can't confirm the chair you get will be from USA. That said, HM has stringent QC, so country of manufacture shouldn't have an influence on the quality of the chair you get.

  • 1st-Amendment on 19/11/2024 - 18:15

    I'm starting to get bad lower back pain

    I have a cheapo but comfy Officeworks chair (rated for 8 hours which is important) and found it's less about the chair (to a certain degree) and more about what else you do for strength/stretching.
    Take a look at this channel, https://www.youtube.com/@toneandtighten/ he has some good stretching routines which sorted my issues out. No expensive chair required.

    • eug on 19/11/2024 - 18:26
      +3

      I have a cheapo but comfy Officeworks chair (rated for 8 hours which is important) and found it's less about the chair (to a certain degree) and more about what else you do for strength/stretching.

      That really depends on how bad the user's existing chair is. I used to use a generic office chair and it was bad for my lower bank as there was poor lumbar support.

      Switching to an Aeron absolutely helped without having to do any strength training or stretching.

      Combining both would be best of course.

    • BradH13 on 19/11/2024 - 20:17
      +3

      That's your personal experience. My extreme pain and discomfort that has followed me since I was a teen went away completely after finally sinking thousands into an office chair that I've now had for 4 years, rather than buying a cheap one every year or two. No extra exercises required, just the chair and it was pretty much (within a few hours of 'getting used to it') instant relief. YMMV, just like all things health and body. We're all different with different problems.

      Exercises will definitely help some, like yourself, but not all.

    • thewmak on 20/11/2024 - 10:06
      +1

      I had similar experience with you. I actually bought a 2nd hand Aeon before. I even tried sitting on it for 15min before buying it and it was fine. It was very comfy for me for the first hour or 2 than it got worse and my back started hurting again, even worse than before. I think the mesh in Aeon actually made it worse for me for some reason. I then bought a Officeworks chair with the normal foam seat, plus excising more often after work and that makes the pain goes away.

      I do think that people should try what suits them. Aeon probably works for a lot of people. It is just sad for me to spend that much and find out it doesn't work.

      • 1st-Amendment on 20/11/2024 - 13:10
        +2

        I have a bunch of different stretches that helped me but the winner that I recommend the most is the dead hang. If you had to do just thing a day, hanging from a bar by your hands for 30 seconds does wonders for releasing spine compression.

  • DanielP2 on 19/11/2024 - 18:22

    I got the Embody last year during their black friday sale and its an amazing chair also. I would imagine that itd be part of their sale again this year too if you were to ask in chat.

    • superdoedoe on 19/11/2024 - 18:45

      i thought the Embody was good, but it's kind of meh for the price you pay. $3,000 and it feels cheap

      • DanielP2 on 20/11/2024 - 19:20

        I definitely wouldnt say it feels cheap, all the materials are high quality and tolerances on moving parts seem very tight (very little sideways movement in parts compared to my ergohuman). But it does use a lot of plastic such as on the flexible backing. As long as I get 10+ years out of it I dont regret getting it, even if it was far more than I have ever spent on a chair previously.
        My Ergohuman is about 8 years old now, cost me around $600 back then, and is still in use at my wifes desk. So you dont have to spend this much on a chair to have something decent, but the Herman Millers really are a step above.

        • superdoedoe on 21/11/2024 - 10:57

          My Embody didn't feel any better quality than say any chair you could buy for $500 or so.

    • EvoQuattro on 20/11/2024 - 17:30
      +1

      Can confirm, I got 20% off the Embody Gaming from asking through chat.

  • tavers on 19/11/2024 - 18:28

    I did ask if they are doing a discount on the Embody but I think I used the wrong form cos it said something about project teams. I’ll let you know if they reply. I couldn’t find a chat option on their site.

  • hyluu on 19/11/2024 - 18:30
    +2

    Got lucky last year and snagged an aeron (with a headrest) off marketplace for $650. Would highly recommend this chair, but would never buy new.

    • mantichoral on 19/11/2024 - 18:46
      +3

      I second that. I bought my Aeron with headrest secondhand fifteen years ago, and it's still going strong in the home office.

      Overfunded startups clearing out their offices once they finally collapse and crash are the best.

  • buckethat on 19/11/2024 - 18:32
    +2

    Got it a couple years back right before the insane price hike for $1569, 10/10 would recommend. Within a few weeks, my shoulder pain went away, and a further few weeks, my lower back pain disappeared.

    • OzBargainerMel on 19/11/2024 - 18:46

      Sounds like magic 😀

      • buckethat on 19/11/2024 - 19:37

        Honestly, was skeptical as anyone would be for a 1.5k chair but I guess there's a reason everyone and their dog (who has it) recommends it.

        • Meconium on 20/11/2024 - 05:08

          How much for the dog version? Mine prefers rolling in mud but this might be more doggonomic

  • cheesusme on 19/11/2024 - 18:32

    What's your salary like to buy such a chair.

    • frkino on 19/11/2024 - 18:48
      +2

      It's not how much you make but how much you can deduct and save after tax my friend LoL

      • cheesusme on 19/11/2024 - 19:22

        I mean the salary for your boss to buy you a 2k chair. Its more than a week salary for most people.

        • serpserpserp on 19/11/2024 - 19:44
          +3

          Most people on OZB earn at least 300k p.a.

      • FrugalSquid on 19/11/2024 - 19:53
        +4

        your back health is priceless

    • JigBew on 19/11/2024 - 19:47
      +5

      $200-300 chairs are getting shitter and shitter. if you are tall/heavy they don't last. high end chairs actually last beyond 15 years. something like a steelcase leap v2 is a fair bit cheaper while still coming with a decade plus warranty. i'd rather buy one $1300 chair than 6 $200 ones.

      • cheesusme on 19/11/2024 - 19:49
        +1

        Got a cheap $150 chair a year ago. The creek every time i move gives me anxiety

        • Dan83 on 19/11/2024 - 20:22

          My $350ish officeworks one does the same. Super annoying.

      • veew on 22/11/2024 - 07:31
        +1

        I have bought the Aeron and Leap V2 2nd hand and have been very happy.

        The classic 2009 Aeron ($400 in 2019) and 2018 Leap V2 ($645 in 2023).
        The Aeron is very comfortable and naturally the mesh provides excellent breathability. The only exception re: comfort is some distal under thigh discomfort after long sitting sessions. This was not alleviated with a specifically designed gel pad under the mesh. Another downside of the mesh on bare skin is rough and uncomfortable (sitting in undies at home lol).
        The Leap V2 has excellent adjustability, more than the Aeron and is very comfortable. The downside compared to the Aeron is it isn't as breathable so you're more likely to get a sweaty back/butt and thigh.

        My workplace bought heaps of the Leap V2s 2nd hand, no issues with them so far.

        I have sat in the new Remastered Aeron (I house sat my friend's place who had one come in so I got to christen it) and it was comfortable. She had one in mineral grey which I loved. I sat in one at the showroom and it was not as comfortable so I decided against pulling the trigger. Hoping a mineral grey one comes up 2nd hand one day (probably unlikely haha)

  • willoz on 19/11/2024 - 18:33
    +1

    I picked up one last week in Sydney with the same deal, outstanding chair! I tried Steelcase but they didn't feel any different than a $50 Aldi chair. Can't recommend this enough. I paid $1908. Picked up from their warehouse in Alexandria, Sydney,

    • FiveDarrah on 21/11/2024 - 03:53

      Was that a leap V2 you tried? I can see your point of view because it's the same configuration of foam seat and back as opposed to mesh seat and back (or a combination of mesh and foam).

      I bought a leap V2 brand new and it's been solid. I use it in my workshop. For my home/office I use an aeron. I find the aeron's mesh seat to be more relaxing especially combined with some kind of footrest/stool and atlas headrest.

  • StingyShopper on 19/11/2024 - 18:33
    +2

    A $2000 chair is peak ozbargain lmaoo

    • eug on 19/11/2024 - 18:35
      +15

      At least it'll last a lot longer than a $1,299 robotic vacuum cleaner. :)

        • rumblytangara on 19/11/2024 - 21:53
          +6

          Because it takes one click?

          And because a thousand dollar vacuum might last three years and do a crappy job of cleaning the whole time, vs the 15-20 years a good chair will last while providing comfort for 5-8 hours use every day.

          Gee, I wonder which one provides more utility?

        • eug on 20/11/2024 - 11:10
          +2

          Glass houses, throwing stones etc. :)

    • DanielP2 on 19/11/2024 - 18:49
      +8

      hey its not oz-tightarses, some of us like to buy nice things at a discounted price too :)

      • soaringphoenix on 19/11/2024 - 19:53
        +5

        The robot vacuum is a lot cheaper than a cleaner, and this chair is far cheaper than ongoing physiotherapy.

  • turtwanna on 19/11/2024 - 18:34
    +1

    Was getting a stiff back and lower back problems with my prior chair so I bit the bullet and spent the money on an aeron. Would 100% recommend getting one (Whether it's 2nd hand or not), most comfortable chair I've had. Took a bit of getting use to with the issues my last chair gave me, but I sit in my chair everyday for work and I don't have any issues. I agree with others saying stretches help, but a good chair also does wonders. I'm 6 foot 5 and went with the size C as the size B wasn't big enough.

    • cheesusme on 19/11/2024 - 19:24

      Did you get your boss to buy it for yoi

      • turtwanna on 19/11/2024 - 21:50

        No I bought it myself as I wanted to keep it if I swapped jobs (I work from home). I'm sure certain workplaces would buy it

  • OzHan on 19/11/2024 - 18:36

    At least its not $20k for a handbag and you get to sit on it often.

      • eug on 19/11/2024 - 18:48
        +2

        Why would you sell it if it's working well for you?

        • Fredfloresjr on 19/11/2024 - 19:08
          -7

          It is the principle to everything, why would you sell if it's working well for you.

          Bro said at least not a $20k handbag. So I told him, the value it holds after purchasing. Gets?

          • eug on 19/11/2024 - 19:30
            +3

            @Fredfloresjr: You're missing the point.

            If a chair is working well for someone, it's irrelevant how much a stranger on Facebook wants to pay for their chair.
            It's something that someone might use 10 hours a day 250 days a year which takes care of the person's back pain for 20 years.

            Compare that to a $20k handbag that gets used a lot less, only for the season where it's in fashion, and does nothing for the user's back pain.

      • DanielP2 on 19/11/2024 - 19:04
        +3

        Well thank god no one is forcing u to buy it. Its funny how the comments for almost every post on this site is full of people telling us how they would never purchase the item. Its almost as if not every product out there is targeted at every single person. Who would have thought different people would have different interests / priorities.

        • Fredfloresjr on 19/11/2024 - 19:09
          -8

          Wait, no one is stopping you. You do what you do, who hurts you?

          Edit: seems you are very hurt on this thread. Sorry.

          • DanielP2 on 19/11/2024 - 19:40
            +3

            @Fredfloresjr: definately not hurt at all, I just dont understand why people insist on telling us how much they dont want to buy a certain product. It happens constantly on any luxury purchase. Is it so hard to keep your negative crap to yourself? If you have absolutely no desire to buy something, then dont click on the item in the first place.

            The exception to this is if a specific item can be purchased cheaper elsewhere. By all means then let us know it is a bad deal and provide a link to the same item available elsewhere. Then you are genuinely being helpful and there would be absolutely no issue.

            People in the market for this specific chair would be far better off being able to purchase this at the 20% discounted price rather than RRP, so this post is actually usefull to them.

          • eccaz on 19/11/2024 - 21:34

            @Fredfloresjr: Jajajaja

      • eccaz on 19/11/2024 - 21:32

        It’s extremely rare for 5 figure handbags to go up in value.

      • OzBrogains on 20/11/2024 - 13:21

        Stay pleb

    • greennick on 20/11/2024 - 12:38

      Hey, I would pay full price for a 20k Birkin if it means I don't need to buy all this unnecessary shit to have the honour of doing so. Be like OZRRP with the PS5s. Don't even need the 20% off, the saving is just in availability vs black market!

  • yaburi on 19/11/2024 - 18:39
    +9

    RRP $2385 is insane lol these were under $1500 pre-Covid

    • DanielP2 on 19/11/2024 - 19:06
      +12

      Yeah, definately buy it at the pre-Covid price if you can, and let us all know where you got it from :)

      • mantichoral on 19/11/2024 - 19:21

        Yeah, definitely buy it pre-Covid if you can, then you can sit at home on it working from home all through the Covid pandemic.

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