On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:44:33 GMT, "Arfa Daily"
put finger to keyboard and composed:

We see a lot of stuff on here from time to time, about crappy Chinese goods.
Well, a couple of days ago, my usual office supplier sent me one of their
regular e-mail fliers, on which was a high-back padded leather swivel chair
with gas lift, castors, arms, rocker action and so on. Thirty quid
(about$60) delivered. I ordered it on the 'net Tuesday night, the man
delivered it Thursday lunchtime. How good is that ? But the really good
thing about this chair, and the point of the post, is the quality of it.
Really good stout shipping box with none of the printing that you would
'traditionally' associate with Chinese goods. The chair is superbly made.
Not a stitch out of place. No missing parts - in fact there are even some
"extra parts" set into the blister pack of screws and cover caps. Every hole
lined up where it should, and every hex-head screw, which were pre-treated
with a thread locking compound, drove straight in without any effort, using
the good quality hex wrench that was provided.

Both my swivel chairs have broken after a couple of years of use. I
repaired one (by drilling an existing bracket and adding a bolt), but
the other chair needs to be welded.

Twenty years ago my US employer got away with selling gas-lift swivel
chairs at extortionate prices by calling them Pneumatic Seating Units.
These lasted no longer than the usual junk.

- Franc Zabkar
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