Yes, well I appreciate everyb...
Yes, well I appreciate everybody's input but I have contacted the company itself. And by taking a hit, I meant not getting what it was worth. I've done a lot of further research and I was just asking for some help before I found out more. Thanks a lot for being so 'kind'.
Ridiculous indeed. I highly...
Ridiculous indeed. I highly doubt that anyone from this forum has started to stalk you.
There are some unfamiliar names making posts in this thread.
We don't need to bring in outside drama, we already enough. Quit the histrionics. Take it back to Facebook and craigslist.
That's news to me...
(1) "The Stalking"
If I'm "Facebook stalking," I guess I'd like to know about it, given that I didn't waste much time besides looking up the words "Eames Aluminum Lounge chair" and "Herman Miller Aluminum Lounge Chair" on Google with the intent of purchasing one, and finding (a) A Craiglist post with exactly similar pictures to what was on (b) a Design Addict post reviewing how to identify a vintage Herman Miller Aluminum Lounge chair. Hardly stalking, and no more than 30 seconds to see that two pictures looked similar, and to make note of it. Wild accusations about stalking are uncalled for.
(2) Legitimate Question
For everyone else - as a "new" (thanks to Craigslist!) lounger owner, I do have a couple legitimate questions about the flow-tilt mechanism in the loungers and am wondering about the inner workings of them, i.e., if they have a rubber-insert that allows them to tilt, how long does the rubber last before deteriorating, and does anyone have pictures of repaired mechanisms, or will we just have to buy new ones (which seem impossible to find), cross our fingers, and hope they don't break too?
Thanks for your help in advance... -Jessica
Jessica
I gave the name and contact info for a company that often has replacement Flo-Tilt cylinders for sale in an earlier thread... Here:
http://www.designaddict.com/design_addict/forums/index.cfm/fuseaction/th...
Fastfwd, thank you. We...
Fastfwd, thank you. We pored over that thread and after seeing TK's experience with PPF, we've been looking for "tilt-flow" and "tilt-flo"s all over the internet and eBay, hoping that someone would have any other information (or perhaps a few spares.
Serendipity intervened yesterday when we drove to an hour-and-a-half to an antique mall out of state. Lo and behold, we found a couple of them attached to a couple of arm shells that are in nasty condition. If they haven't sold, I'll drive up tomorrow, cough up the ridiculous amount of money that the guy wants for them. Then we can scrap them for parts, restore our loungers, and store the shells until we can restore them too in the future (we'll send them to Hume and Retro Redo we're not so strapped for cash and when restoration doesn't cost two weeks of pay... each).
Don't necessarily have to buy HM...
Jessica: The Flo-Tilt mechanism was made by a company called Bassick. They suppplied many manufacturers, not just Herman Miller, and they sold literally millions of those mechanisms.
Cylinders from at least some of the other manufacturers' chairs fit the HM chairs, so if your antique dealer's arm shells really are priced ridiculously high, you may want to wait and see whether you can find a more pedestrian old Flo-Tilt-equipped office chair for a reasonable price.
And, of course, try calling PPF.
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