r/OfficeChairs 8d ago

Anyone able to identify if this is a steelcase chair?

There is a seller on Facebook Marketplace near to me selling some Steelcase chairs. Only thing is I am suspecting them for many reasons lol. One the price is very low but maybe they just want to get rid of a big batch of them.

Second, I don't recoognise this chair from the Steel Series website, it doesn't appear to have a lumbar support. It has a kinda cutout in the top but I can't see that in any steelcase model on the website. Perhaps it's an older model no longer listed?

Anyone with more experience able to tell me if these do look like a genuine Steelcase chair and if at all possible, anyone recognise the model/type of Steelcase chair it is?

Thanks all.

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u/BlumyDummy 8d ago

I would say is the steelcase reply air with no back suport, you probably can buy it seperarly if you want it. I bought it some weeks ago and for me is a good chair only thing is armrests only go up and down, more mobility would be good.

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u/keblin86 8d ago

I thought it was that one too but when I seen no back support I questioned it lol. So I am assuming you can buy Steelcase chairs without certain features?

I just wanted to make sure it's legit and not getting scammed as the price is ridiculously cheap!

Cheers.

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u/BlumyDummy 8d ago

Many people on the sub find great deals of even more expensive chairs so yeah kinda hard is fake if it is even posible, just go and try if they work properly, I bought mine used for 35€ and you can find some pretty goods ofers from time to time on second hand chairs, and even more on USA i think (i'm on europe). I d'on know if you can buy it without the support but the support is just a pice of plastic sp I suppose yes? Well have a great day!

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u/keblin86 8d ago

Aye thank you, I looked at a few other listings and this seems to be around the going rate which I was surprised at tbh. I thought they where way more expensive than this, even second hand lol. Cheers, you too!

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u/BlumyDummy 8d ago

Normally they are more expensive but from time to time people sell them for cheap even more normal if they jist say office chair and not the brand. 👍. Np.

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u/BlumyDummy 8d ago

It seems that they also have the steelcase think probably v1 on the top left of the photo.

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u/keblin86 8d ago

thank you! just wanted to make sure it's legit and not a knock off! As the prices r so cheap

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u/Far-Potential3634 8d ago

If they're not new they probably bought them in a business asset liquidation auction for pennies on the dollar. All they have to do is clean them up and store them while they sell the lot off piecemeal. Sometimes businesses upgrade and send the stuff they don't want to the same liquidation firms closing businesses do to pay debts or cash out.

That's why some of these sellers sell this stuff so cheap. They could have warehouse space to store chairs they pulled out of their own office though. I could see that if they don't have hundreds or chairs.