Used office furnature?

mpmav1

My office (small nonprofit) is looking to replace there office furniture. Anyone know of how businesses sell there furniture when upgrading, downsizing, closing...? Or like NYU?

I know back in Seattle the University of Washington has an auction every 6 months for all there old stuff.

Ideas? And yes, I know of Craigslist.

m

EDIT: should have mentioned, it's in Downtown Manhattan. So not limited to Park Slope, etc.

whynot_31

You won't get any $, but United Way runs a Gifts in Kind Warehouse in LIC.

...or at least they did between 2000 and 2006, when I worked at a non-profit that depended on them for furniture.

mdgately

Are they looking to sell THEIR furniture, or acquire used office furniture from another business (or university) to replace their own?

brooklynjack

I've had good luck a Dave's on Canal St

http://www.yelp.com/biz/davids-ofc-equip-inc-new-york

I haven't been for a while though but worth checking out. Office Furniture Heaven no longer sells used stuff )-8

This is another interesting listing on Yelp, I have no knowledge of them personally but if you are in the neighborhood

http://www.yelp.com/biz/affordable-used-office-furniture-canal-street

modsquad

Not really sure if you're interested in selling/giving or buying cheap or getting free but if you are a non-profit:
http://www.mfta.org/

They actually have a lot of furniture.

brooklynmodern

NYC runs a waste less program for nonprofits. All stuff is donated to them by businesses. If you're a nonprofit, you can get it for free. Sometimes they have furniture and a lot of other things. You can sign up for their updates to see what's available:


http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycwasteless/html/new_homes/new_homes.shtml#furniture

Sincerely,
Gerald

mpmav1

Sorry guys for the confusion. We are looking to buy decent stuff used.

Thanks for all the info so far!

bohuma

The New York market is currently flooded with high quality used office furniture as a result of the downturn in the economy. I tried to sell some used furniture using a liquidator, but they were unable to find a purchaser and we ended up giving it to a church group. PM me and I'll provide the name of the liquidator we used, or google nyc furniture liquidators.

mpmav1

bohuma, PM'ed you.

This is all really great info. The NYC Waste Less program seems great... I might try go checking some stuff out.

brooklynjack

bohuma wrote: The New York market is currently flooded with high quality used office furniture as a result of the downturn in the economy.

This is the kind of stuff the David's on Canal St handles