Herman Miller Aeron Remastered Graphite with Fully Adjustable Arms $1988 Delivered (20% off Discount via Chat) @ Living Edge

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Herman Miller Aeron Remastered Graphite with Fully Adjustable Arms $1988 Delivered (20% off Discount via Chat) @ Living Edge
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haggertm on 19/11/2024 - 17:23 livingedge.com.au (3122 clicks)
Last edited 19/11/2024 - 19:53 by 1 other user
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
    +22

    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

      • watwatwat on 19/11/2024 - 19:51
        +9

        It wasn't the chair. If your back was dying after 15 minutes, the problem is you/pre-existing pain.

        If you had such symptoms, no chair in the world is going to save you in 15 minutes. You really shouldn't have been sitting at all.

  • whichwhatwho on 19/11/2024 - 17:34
    +5

    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
      +3

      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
      +2

      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

          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
      +3

      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

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

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

        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
          +1

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

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

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

  • Asian on 19/11/2024 - 17:58
    +2

    @steelcase

  • tavers on 19/11/2024 - 18:01
    +2

    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

      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

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

      • chanleesheng on 19/11/2024 - 22:03
        +1

        Or people with broader shoulders

  • cerealsmok3r on 19/11/2024 - 18:06
    +6

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

  • Alrightm8 on 19/11/2024 - 18:08
    +5

    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
    +1

    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
    +2

    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!

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

      Same.

    • plentifoo on 19/11/2024 - 19:55
      +2

      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
    -1

    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
      +1

      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
      +1

      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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • cheesusme on 19/11/2024 - 18:32

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

    • frkino on 19/11/2024 - 18:48
      +1

      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
          +1

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

      • FrugalSquid on 19/11/2024 - 19:53
        +2

        your back health is priceless

    • JigBew on 19/11/2024 - 19:47
      +2

      $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.

  • willoz on 19/11/2024 - 18:33

    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,

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

    A $2000 chair is peak ozbargain lmaoo

    • eug on 19/11/2024 - 18:35
      +9

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

      • StingyShopper on 19/11/2024 - 19:54
        -4

        Strange comparison, why look through my post history?

        • rumblytangara on 19/11/2024 - 21:53
          +3

          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?

    • DanielP2 on 19/11/2024 - 18:49
      +3

      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
        +1

        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.

    • Fredfloresjr on 19/11/2024 - 18:47
      -7

      Doesn’t make sense. Same bag will have at least close to value or at times higher when resell. Your chair? 80% at marketplace. So yeah, does not make sense

      • 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
          -5

          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
            +2

            @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
        +2

        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
          -6

          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
            +2

            @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.

  • yaburi on 19/11/2024 - 18:39
    +7

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

    • DanielP2 on 19/11/2024 - 19:06
      +9

      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.

      • yaburi on 19/11/2024 - 21:49
        -1

        All good mate I got 2 Aerons from Living Edge for under $1000 each :)

    • bbbargain1 on 19/11/2024 - 19:16
      +1

      But that is literally inflation. Everything has gone up and this chair is a perfect example where it's like yeah it's just a chair how coukd the cost have gone up so much. But a chair, especially one like this has so many inputs and shipping costs and all costs have gone up.

      • yaburi on 19/11/2024 - 21:47
        +1

        If we assumed inflation was a flat 8% (the highest quarterly CPI over the last 4 years) and we applied this from 2020 to 2024 (using some smooth-brained maths):

        $1500 * 1.08^4 = $2040

        Obviously inflation hasn't been that high all throughout the period and there's other factors to consider, but at the end of the day my comment is just a piss take on how ridiculous the RRP has become.

    • creesy on 19/11/2024 - 20:04

      I paid $1675 two weeks ago. This hardly seems like a bargain lol

      • kev98 on 19/11/2024 - 20:07

        Link?

        • creesy on 19/11/2024 - 20:11
          +3

          Pro Furniture in Melbourne i found the link on FB marketplace. They have a warehouse/showroom to try before you buy.

          Not sure why i am getting downvoted for finding the same thing $300 cheaper lol

          • blueboy410 on 19/11/2024 - 20:21

            @creesy: They are not the same thing, you compared a new one with a "no warranty sale" item.

            • creesy on 19/11/2024 - 20:25

              @blueboy410: I got a 12 year manufacturer warranty with my Aeron so im not sure what you mean…

              Chances are i wont need it though because these things are bullet proof if looked after.

              My HM Aeron drafting chair is over 14 years old hasnt needed a thing.

      • akbal on 19/11/2024 - 20:18

        https://profurniture.store/products/herman-miller-aeron-grap…
        Assume you mean this, discount for no warranty?
        Do you know where it comes from to have no warranty?

        • creesy on 19/11/2024 - 20:23
          -1

          Definately wasnt "no warranty" when i purchased. I never actually looked at their website. Spoke to the guy through facebook.

          That said it may be hard to claim warranty from people such as this but my other HM is 14 years old and hasnt needed a thing so im my opinion still worth it for the discount considering most parts are sub $300 and readily available.

          No idea where they came from but its a registered business etc. So im sure they arent stolen if thats what you are implying…

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

            @creesy: are they brand new though?

    • eccaz on 19/11/2024 - 21:35

      Wait till you find out how much the price of bitcoin has changed in recent years.

    • trawg on 19/11/2024 - 21:52

      I bought one from Amazon when I lived in the US for less than USD$700. It was 10 years ago, so it was when the AUD was buying like $1.10 USD. I wish I'd kept it when I moved back to Aus but at the time it was too much of a pain to ship. If I'd known how much it would appreciate in value I would have bought tons of them!

      • rumblytangara on 19/11/2024 - 22:00

        When I knew I was going to move, I went and got my hands on two more HM chairs just to stuff into shipping. I should have gotten more.

  • oO0Dam0Oo on 19/11/2024 - 18:49

    Have a HM Aero at the office and an Ergohuman V2 at home. Think both are as good as each other for back support and if I had my time again, I’d get two of the much cheaper V2’s.

    • eccaz on 19/11/2024 - 21:38

      The ergohuman sadly isn’t comfortable for tall people.

  • zip2 on 19/11/2024 - 19:08

    A lot of these Herman Miller chairs have gas cylinder wobble, which is a common problem that leads to bad ergonomics. So better to test it out before you buy.

  • arnieb on 19/11/2024 - 19:09

    I purchased pre-covid for around this price from innerspace QLD. I also purchased a third party head rest. To be honest the head rest doesn't really help my chronic neck pain, so I probably wouldn't purchase that again. The chair is great and after 4 years, and multiple house moves it has held up without much damage. Would recommend it if you got the cash to throw.

    • eug on 19/11/2024 - 19:24

      I guess it depends on the individual. I bought an Engineered Now headrest for my work chair and it made such a difference to my neck pain that I bought one for home too.

  • lemonozb on 19/11/2024 - 19:10
    +4

    Typing from my Aeron chair.

    Personal tip: Given the price of HM chair, I would highly recommend putting yourself on these chairs in their showroom before purchcase. In particular, the Aeron chair has 3 sizes and their size guide is not every clear (at least to me).

    I am about 6 feets and 190lbs, based on their size chart I am between size B and C, awkward spot… so the size B and C are not only different in scale, they are more like diff style to my size/weight.

    Size B: The sit pad is smaller, so I can put my ass in deep and get good lumbar support, while my legs are on the ground with good 90 degree angle. Bad thing is, it has shorter back pad, sitting is fine but my back will reach the hard edge when I lay down.
    Size C: It's more relaxing type. The back pad is bigger so I get fully back support all the time. But the sit pad is too big to me (sry don't have long legs). To get lumbar support I have to sit deep, then my lower leg hit the sit pad edge which is not comfy. Even tho, the I rarely can feel the lumbar support.

    I have watched many youtube videos and some reddit posts, most of ppl suggested Size C if you fall in the "B or C" area in size chart. But to me I definitely will pick size B. It's really FMMV.

    • trawg on 19/11/2024 - 21:53

      I am about the same height & 74kg. I am on a C at the moment but I owned a B when I lived in the US and thought it was a better fit for me. But you're right as being an awkward spot! Definitely agree with testing them out as much as you can, especially now they are so freakin expensive.

  • FallaM on 19/11/2024 - 19:12
    -1

    IKEA Marcus >>>>

    • eccaz on 19/11/2024 - 21:39
      +1

      The Marcus has horrible back support.

  • nivlac95 on 19/11/2024 - 19:16
    +1

    Another recommendation for the Aeron from me - I got mine third hand from Marketplace for $550 about a year ago. WFH 8 hours a day every day and I don't feel any fatigue at the end of the day. I think it's about 15 years old.

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