The short version:

● Perth has an unusually strong supply of used Haworth Zody chairs thanks to corporate renovations, relocations, and downsizing, hence Curated Office Chairs’ ~$450 fully optioned refurbished Zody.

● Used Herman Miller Aerons cost roughly double a used Zody (~$950 vs ~$450), because of brand recognition rather than a performance gap. I have witnessed personally in our Perth home office showroom people comparing the two in person, with 50/50 if not a majority concluding the Haworth Zody is more comfortable and supportive for them than the Aeron. This is no surprise with it being just as high end of a chair, often more expensive new, and frequently seen at the top of office chair rating lists.

● Used Steelcase such as the Leap V2 and Gesture is scarce and pricey in Perth specifically.

● New Herman Miller is where we offer the strongest value new (e.g. Aeron at $1,699 vs a typical $2,000–$2,600), and it's a safe, well-reviewed "blind buy" – or try at your local dealer. New Herman Miller is better even from a value perspective eg new fully optioned Aeron $1,699 vs $950 used low optioned Aeron. I am generally all for going for used over new for better value, but in Herman Miller’s case due to extremely high used prices due to it being a household name, recognised by people even having done no research, combined with Herman Miller being the one manufacturer we can provide incredible new prices on, I think a new Herman Miller Aeron is the way to go over a used Aeron.

● Try an Aeron and a Zody side by side at our Mount Hawthorn showroom, text 0432990262 or email george@curatedofficechairs.com.au to book in a time.

● We also do $50 Perth Only Delivery for our best selling Haworth Zody (View by clicking)

Perth is sitting on a goldmine of office chairs!

If you've started shopping for an ergonomic office chair, you've probably already landed on a few familiar names: Herman Miller, Steelcase, Haworth. These are the "big three" of the office furniture world for a reason with decades of ergonomic research, genuinely excellent build quality, and a reputation among enthusiasts and physios alike. What you might not know is that Perth, specifically, has become an unusually good place to buy one second-hand.

Over the past few years, a steady wave of corporate renovations, office relocations, and downsizing across Perth has pushed huge numbers of high-end chairs back onto the market. Companies fitting out new offices, shrinking their footprint, or simply refreshing their space don't typically resell their old chairs piece by piece - they offload them in bulk, often to furniture sellers. That supply is exactly why a fully optioned, refurbished chair can sell for a fraction of its original price without any compromise on quality.

At Curated Office Chairs, that pipeline is how we're able to offer a fully optioned, refurbished Haworth Zody for around $450 - a chair that new, in a comparable configuration, sells for $1,200 to $2,500.

Why a used Haworth Zody is one of the best-value chairs in Perth right now

Here's where it gets interesting. The Zody and the Herman Miller Aeron are widely considered two of the best task chairs ever made, they genuinely sit alongside each other at the top of most ‘best office chair’ lists. But used prices tell a very different story.

A used Aeron in Perth typically goes for around $950. A refurbished Zody is around $450, less than half the price for a chair just as high end, both ‘top of the ceiling’ chairs.

Why the gap? It comes down to brand recognition, not performance. Herman Miller is a household name, the Aeron shows up in movies, tech offices, and design blogs, so even people who've never researched office chairs have heard of it. That familiarity drives demand, and demand drives up resale price. Steelcase and Haworth are just as respected by people who've actually done the research, but they don't carry the same instant name recognition with the everyday buyer, so their used prices stay far more reasonable.

The Zody backs this up on its own merits too, it's Haworth's most popular model, with over 3 million sold worldwide, and it's frequently mentioned in the same breath as the Aeron and the Steelcase Leap by people who know their chairs.

Curated Office Chairs is the most reputable refurbished office chair supplier in Perth with 50+ all great Google reviews.

While limited stock lasts we have the Haworth Zody available from $250 refurbished. Click to go to the product the below to see the extra’s we offer, with the best selling variation being $450 or $480 with sacral support too. We also offer headrests for the Haworth Zody.

Haworth Zody ($1,699 New) High End Ergonomic Office Chair Refurbished

Haworth Zody ($1,699 New) High End Ergonomic Office Chair Refurbished

from $250.00

Limited Stock, Perth Only.

Supplied by Curated Office Chairs based in Mount Hawthorn

(52+ All 5 Star Google Reviews)

The Haworth Zody is the Rolls Royce of office chairs.

Haworth is known to be at the top of quality chair manufacturing, alongside Herman Miller and Steelcase.

The Zody is Haworth's most popular model with over 3 million sold worldwide.

While even base model Zody's are excellent, you can have your Zody fully optioned:

- Dual Posture Feature: Have the option to engage a perched forward position for focused work

- Lumbar Support: Adjustable height and intensity

- Adjustable Armrests

- Seat Depth Adjustable to give you best hamstring support

& More!

Starting at $250:

- With Lumbar Support +$100 (as pictured)

- With Adjustable Armrests +$100 (as pictured)

Best selling as pictured: $450

Add to cart and checkout now with Perth Delivery +$50 while limited stock lasts!

Or if you would like to try out text 0432990262 or email george@curatedofficechairs.com.au to book in a time in our Mount Hawthorn, Perth location.

More info:

Haworth's 12 year warranty which these originally come with give you an idea of how these are the highest quality.

- You can expect your Zody to serve you excellently, for a very long time.

- Widely highly recommended

- You will see the Zody at the top of rating lists on Google, YouTube, Reddit or wherever you research.

Zody Headrest +$149 (Feel free to try out)

Sacral Support +$30 (not pictured)

This is a quality chair sourced from an office relocation due to a large Perth company downsizing. This Zody has an aluminium base, not the cheap plastic version office works sells.

Perth delivery available +$50

Excellent fabric bottom and mesh back

Lumbar Support (Pictured) +$100:

Armrests (+$100) or No Armrests:

Zody Headrest (+$149):

Sacral Support (+$30):

Try before you buy: come sit in both

Reading only gets you so far with a chair. The best way to know which chair is best for you is to try it yourself.

You're welcome to try both side by side at our Perth home office showroom. Just text George, who runs the showroom, on 0432 990 262 or email george@curatedofficechairs.com.au to arrange a time.

New Herman Miller: the one brand worth buying new

This is the exception to the "buy used" rule. Because of the volume we move, we can offer genuine new Herman Miller chairs at prices that are hard to match, including our Aeron at $1,699, against a typical retail range of roughly $2,000–$2,600. Buying new Herman Miller is also about as close to a "safe blind buy" as ergonomic chairs get. Our best sellers are the Aeron, the Embody, and the Sayl.

If you'd rather sit in one first, that's completely reasonable, pop into any showroom near you that stocks Herman Miller, try the model you're considering, then order through us for the best price on a genuine, new chair.

Herman Miller Aeron (Brand New)

from $1,699.00

The Aeron is so iconic it’s in the Museum of Modern Art, and it doesn’t just look great, its excellent ergonomics and build quality are highly praised too.

Brand new and authentic, fully loaded adjustability Herman Miller Aeron:

- Adjustable armrests (up/down, forward/back, rotate)

- PostureFit SL: Sacral and Lumbar support with adjustable intensity

- Forward tilt option

- Recline backstops

- Recline intensity

Colours Available: Graphite (Dark grey, most popular), Carbon (Light grey, pictured), Mineral (White), Onyx (Black)

Brand New and Authentic Herman Miller. The original manufacturer QR warranty label has been removed as the Herman Miller warranty is non-transferable and only applies to purchases made through official dealer channels. We import authentic Herman Miller chairs outside official dealer channels, and offer a warranty by Curated Office Chairs.

Try out at our Perth home-office showroom which often has Graphite Aeron Size B and C available for pickup. Contact or text to arrange a time.

Select a shipping option at checkout (all chairs arrive fully assembled):

Air Freight ($80)
Estimated 7–26 business days (average ~12).

Pre-Order Sea Freight (Free)
Estimated 24–41 business days.

Perth Only:
• Same-Day Pickup from In-Person Stock (+$50)
• Same-Day Delivery from In-Person Stock (+$100)
• Pre-Order then Pickup from Mount Hawthorn (+$0) - Place $100 Deposit Here

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Used and Refurbished Market Perth

Steelcase and Haworth are every bit as good as Herman Miller in the eyes of anyone who has actually researched ergonomic seating, but the used market for each looks completely different depending on the city.

Steelcase is the trickier one in Perth specifically. Not many local corporate offices seem to have bought Steelcase chairs, so used supply is genuinely low, and what does come up is priced high enough that buying new usually makes more sense on value alone.

Haworth is the opposite story. For whatever reason - and we genuinely don't know exactly what Haworth's Perth sales team has been doing right – but there's been an outstanding volume of Haworth chairs, especially the Zody, moving through the corporate resale market here. That's the direct reason we can offer such well-optioned Zodys at such accessible prices.

There's no single "best" chair - and that's the fun part

Buying an ergonomic office chair isn't like buying a TV, where you can more or less find the model that's objectively best for almost everyone. Office chairs are personal. For nearly every well-regarded chair on the market, you'll find passionate five-star reviews right next to frustrated one-star reviews — often from people with very different bodies, postures, and ways of sitting.

Every single person is different, because everyone's body is the same.

That's really the whole point. Finding your chair is a bit like the Sorting Hat in Harry Potter working out which house fits you - Gryffindor! - or figuring out which broomstick suits your flying style. It's not about finding the "best" chair in the abstract. It's about finding the one that's best for you.

The reputable names to focus your search on are the big three, Herman Miller, Haworth, and Steelcase, alongside Humanscale and Libernovo, who are also doing excellent work in this space.