Office furniture suppliers have been some of the companies who have benefitted most by moving into the world of online sales. Competition has been fierce with suppliers routinely looking to undercut one another with increasingly cheap office furniture often now imported from the far east. With this rise in very cheap office furniture has come an unfortunate, but somewhat predictable, side-effect – a big drop in quality.
The tell-tale sign is often the guarantee. It indicates how much faith the vendor has in the product they are selling. If a seller offers a 10 year guarantee they obviously have a lot of confidence, while if they are offering 1 or 2 years obviously they have far less belief in the product. Guarantee is a good guide of quality and it won’t have escaped the notice of the keen-eyed office furniture planner that there has been a big shift towards the lower end of the market.
One company that seems to be bucking the trend is Inter County. They’ve recently added a selection of hand finished boardroom tables that have definitely raised the bar in terms of quality. These tables are not cheap though, the most basic will set you back nearly 2 grand.
Luckily if you aren’t looking to buy a table for life they still offer a very decent set of boardroom tables that come with a very tempting 8-year guarantee, so at Inter County you will find the best of both worlds.