Craigslist Ad #1

Excellent condition Staples Executive Mesh-Back Manager's Chair for sale.

Paid $229 pre-tax, selling for $120.

Pickup only as I do not have a car. And past attempts to deliver large objects by bike have failed miserably. Hilariously entertaining for those stuck in traffic watching me try to balance a chest of drawers on my handlebars and NOT meet certain death from oncoming cars. Yes, HILARIOUS. But entirely unsafe. And who wants to put that sort of worry on their mother? Not me.

The chair is a goodly one. I'll be honest with you though, it didn't get a lot of use. This is because I sit on the floor a lot. Using cushions or kneeling. That is because my computer is only 2 feet off the ground. And because sometimes it pays to be that much closer to the floor - like ACTUALLY pays - I found $2.38 in small change when I was down here. So this chair just sort of sat in my home office to make me look more credible and "managerial." Alas, it is time to sell it as I am looking to move in the near future and hauling a manager's chair to a new location where it will NOT be sat on seems ridiculous. Not as ridiculous as say, a monkey wearing a hardhat and building low-rise apartment buildings (they're taking our jobs!) but enough to warrant mentioning.

You can either look at the chair's specs at this link:

Manager Chair Specs

or I can tell you a bit about it:

Its black. And rolls over hard surfaces. It has adjustable height AND adjustable recline tension (oooooooh). The armrests adjust up and down and the mesh backing keeps you cool when you find yourself sweating profusely while sitting. Perhaps you have a high stress job (investor? broker? customer service for a cell phone company?), or maybe you live in a hot climate (in which case why are you looking for chairs to purchase HERE? the shipping cost will bankrupt you), or maybe you are one of those hard core athletes that strap a chair to your back and do the Grouse Grind every morning at 6:00a.m. (in which case we say this mesh fabric "breathes" and "wicks moisture away"). I wouldn't presume to know anything about your life. Nor am I judging. Maybe you just sweat a lot. Is it glandular? Could be. All I'm saying is that the back of this chair is mesh and therefor allows for maximum air flow to keep YOU comfortable.

So there it is. You get a $229 (pre-tax!) chair for $120 (no tax!) (I think there's someone else selling one on craigslist for $160. His is "mint" condition. Which means that he's even less managerial than me. Or maybe he collects chairs and keeps them in mint condition and then trades them for other chairs in mint condition. Again, I make no judgments on what people do in their lives) and I get to go about my life on the floor but with more space in my office and less hassle when it comes time to pack. And to show my good faith, I'd even let it go for $100 and a bottle of wine. I have low standards in that department. And if the wine you pick is rubbish I'll use it in a stew. So if you ARE thinking of going for this option, make it red and I'll celebrate my new chairless-ness with a beef bourguignon.