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@juhslk · All great roads go through PH

Price listed on the site was 2.15$/day or 780$. The per-day pricing model is good,but IKEA sells a very usable standing desk for 460$. What's the differentiator factor here?

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Tijn

@imrat · tijn

+1 @juhslk The Ikea desk is amazing - i have it, use it every single day, and for the price i have not been able to find a better one.

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Jake

@jakelprice · Web Developer

@imrat @juhslk And this desk looks a lot like the one I have from Ikea (http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalo...) and use daily (and LOVE!)

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Jonas Almut

@jonasalmut · CEO @ Zuo

@jakelprice you know how studies told you it's terrible to sit, now they're saying it terrible to stand too. (Also I was gonna link to the article but I keep getting 😖, how did you get a link in?) search "guardian sit no worse" in Google

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Nicholas Thorne

@thorneny · @prehype, @standupgiraffe, @basno

@juhslk By the the time that you have to pay for shipping and then either spend the time or money to get your IKEA desk assembled, you have likely already paid more! Add that to the fact that you can rent-to-own over the course of a year, and the economics here are better. This desk is made from the same or better materials and would standardly retail for +$1,000, so you're also getting a quality of product that is excellent and durable. And comes with a 5-year warranty! (Full disclosure: I work at Giraffe! :)).

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Nicholas Thorne

@thorneny · @prehype, @standupgiraffe, @basno

@jonasalmut @jakelprice Standing all day is definitely not the right option. As my grandmother said, everything in moderation. So you have to be able to do a little bit of both! When you add on to the short term and long term health implications, the fact that people report improved productivity and energy when standing for a periods of the day.... Well, we're obviously positive on the idea :)

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Jake

@jakelprice · Web Developer

@thorneny @jonasalmut Your exactly right - you should put this information on your basics page! https://standupgiraffe.com/basics

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Nicholas Thorne

@thorneny · @prehype, @standupgiraffe, @basno

@jakelprice @jonasalmut Cool. We will make it more prominent! We have some of it in the "Health Facts" section, which we are always adding to and, by the sounds of it(!), should make more prominent. Thank you for the note!

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Eric Nord

@ericnord6 · Web Developer

@juhslk Yeah I don't get the $1 a day claim. It's clearly $2.15 per day on their website, which is over twice the cost. Instead of $31 per month it's $64 per month.

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Nicholas Thorne

@thorneny · @prehype, @standupgiraffe, @basno

@ericnord6 @juhslk You're correct: It's $2.15/day. We actually did not create the PH post this morning, so we have asked PH to update the sub-header to be accurate.

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Jake Wiesler

@jake_wies

@imrat what model? Can you switch between sit and stand?

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Tijn

@imrat · tijn

@jake_wies this is the one in the UL http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalo... - white+oak, motorised sit & stand

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Joe Hobot

@joehobot · Ops Guy

@juhslk Have you ever bought something from IKEA that requires assembly? Dude, its 1005 pieces and 7 hrs of work for to assemble a square table :) .. And most products of theirs, once you move from one location to another, forget about re-assembly of say "night stand". Anyway, I think $780 is reasonable price considering companies I worked for paid between $3K and $6K for standing desks.