Great chairs for your arcade on sale!

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I believe this sale is at all Hobby Lobbys, but you might call first to see if they still have some and verify the sale. I purchased two drafting chairs at Hobby Lobby similar to the ones in the below photo. Normally they are $120. They were marked down to $45.99. The actual one in the picture was on ebay for $49 + $26 for shipping. The ones Hobby Lobby have a black foot rest instead of the chrome one. I don't know if they are the same quality, but the one from hobby lobby seems to be pretty decent quality. They make awesome arcade chairs. I believe they adjust from 25-34" They are pretty comfortable and the foot rest swivels with the seat and travels with the seat. They seem pretty stable even at full height (which is pretty high).

I've owned one for a few years and use it a lot. Funny story on the original chair i bought. Hobby Lobby's flyer said that all furniture was 50% off. I had been eyeing them for a while and i thought that would be a pretty good deal. When i brought it to the front, the cashier told me that wasn't furniture, it was art supplies! I argued with her for a bit, "it's a chair, that's furniture, and you don't have sales just on 'art supplies'" She insisted that they did have sales on "art supplies." Really? The whole damn store is "art supplies." Nope, no discount. I told her, "fine, i don't want it, you can take it back and restock it," and started to walk out. All of the sudden she decided i could have the discount! Coincidently, when i bought the chairs this time, the flyer had a 50% off on drafting supplies, chairs and tables!

Their sales are pretty wacky. Some clerks will try to make items, fit the sale, others will try to make them not fit. My wife wanted to buy some knitting books, and the sales flyer said, all arts and crafts books are 30% off. The lady at the counter insisted knitting books were not on sale unless it said knitting books. Really? Knitting isn't an art? or a craft?
 
Sharp eye there! Good catch! ;)
Here's the picture.
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That's obviously an arts and craft book you got there. :D

lol, drafting table chairs can work...I would just be concerned about the foot rest banging into cabinets. Might work well for pinball though.
 
Actually the seat sticks out further than the foot rest. And the wheels stick out further than both of those. I know some cabinets are sitting on a base but then the seat should hit first. And the only time this would really be a problem is when you are not sitting in the seat. It still may be possible though fairly unlikely to strike the cab.
 
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