Means you should be reasonably assured of not being around a bunch of people not socially distancing, right?
I finally got the RMA for the steelcase gesture I bought, apparently they got hacked/ransomware’d, so had to wait for them to get through a backlog. It’s not a bad chair, just not a good chair for me.
What is RMA’d?
So you also bought a chair and returned it? What did you not like about it?
Yeah I feel like the aeron is probably good for people who dont need a super cushiony seat, so probably okay for most.
I’m getting somewhat used to it though. Worked for way too many hours on it this week and I was able to stand it more than before. Still dont love it though and at that price I should love it. I should probably stop using it though since I’m returning it, but it takes them forever to schedule picking it up and my email keeps getting forwarded to different departments. Now the return service is supposed to contact me in up to 15 days from the last email. Each email says the next department will contact me in a number of days.
Basically, “RMA” is the authorization to ship it back to the seller (along with the information & means to do so).
if they ever come to pick up the aeron chair, i’m considering the steelcase leap chair. unsure if i can try before buying or not. they have phone numbers at steelcase dealers in nyc, but i’m a little intimidated. looks like if i order it and hate it, i can return it as long as i keep the box.
anyone own a steelcase leap chair?
i’m also pretty curious why @celalta didn’t like the steelcase gesture.
i found a review that reviews them against each other. the leap sounded a little better to me, but he had a high opinion of both.
My Facebook stream had an ad for an office supply place selling reconditioned Herman Miller stuff. 
lol sorry, that’s probably because of me.
i’m getting constant chair ads on facebook now.
This was dividers, work stations, etc. 
huh, before the googles said that the steelcase store in columbus circle was temporarily closed due to covid. now i’m seeing actual store hours in the google search! granted the store hours suck, in that it’s 9-4 monday through friday, but i gotta go.
just called. the message said due to the pandemic, they are open by appointment only 9-3 monday through friday. might try. don’t know if they will accept an appointment for someone who just wants one chair. gonna wait until i know i can return the aeron first.
oh, the steelcase “think” is cheaper and seems similar.
ugh, i wish i did more research before buying the aeron. in this review just googling in a “con” for aeron, “seat might not be comfortable”. YES, THE SEAT IS NOT COMFORTABLE!
12 Best Office Chairs for 2020 (btod.com)
If i can return this aeron, i might just take a chance with the steelcase leap if i can’t test them first and keep the box.
The chair doesn’t sit up straight enough for me, and because it was the “deal” chair when I bought my uplift, it also didn’t come with the “optional” lumbar support adjuster (why is that optional?). If I could get a straight back dining room chair (with a cushy seat for my 
) on wheels, that I could allow to tilt, but not have it tilt unless I say so, that might be my ideal chair. I sit up pretty straight if I have a good chair, if I have a chair that allows give, I’m a slouchy mess, which makes me miserable/in pain to the point of tears. The other piece I didn’t like is that the arms move way too easy (which I assume is a selling point for some, but it drove me crazy).
Actually, I’d like a wider seat or no arms to the chair, because I can’t tuck my leg up under me without the arm getting in the way. I might just buy a kneeling chair (my mom has one that I use at her house when trying to figure out what’s the latest thing messed up on the computer), and look into those little buzzing things that tell you when you’re slouching, tbh.
I think it would effectively be a back massager for me
oooh, right i forgot that uplift also sold steelcase chairs. i see steelcase gesture and think. In looking at the stealcase website, you can’t get the gesture without arms, but you can get the leap without arms.
As for sitting straight, the aeron is pretty good for this. Seat is too hard though!
interesting that you hate the arms on the steelcase chair. the 4 way arm movement was one thing that sounds great to me. with the aeron chair the arms are kinda pointless. i can’t move them in, just forward, back, up, and down.
haven’t tried a steelcase chair though and if it moves too easily that wouldn’t be good.
I pulled my chair out a dumpster 5 years ago. The wheels were gunked so it wouldn’t roll - pulled them apart and cleaned them, works fine!
Desk was a $50 Craiglist find, I think I’ll keep it post-pandemic.
Bought a lamp and a space heater for about $20 each. Don’t think I’ve changed anything else.
Come on ao fan, let’s get on this and report back
@Celalta if you want a straight upright chair like a dining room chair just with more cushion, why not buy a cushion rather than an office chair?
oh, you want tilt too. nevermind.
Thanks. I just forwarded that link to a friend whose home office chair is disintegrating. He bought a $200 chair from Staples 2 years ago, and it was great for a while, but it didn’t hold up. He’s now in the market for a new chair.
And wheels.