Used office chairs in Abu Dhabi typically sell for AED 150 to AED 890 (about $40 to $240). Office chairs sell on brand and on the state of the gas lift, because a chair that sinks slowly under you is the fault every used buyer has been caught by.
Selling an office chair in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi is the capital and its economy is built around government and energy, which means longer postings and more settled households than Dubai. Things are kept for longer and sold in better condition, and the market skews towards quality furniture rather than quick disposals.
Postings here run longer than Dubai’s, so turnover is slower and steadier. The end of the school year is still the peak, but the volume is lower and the items that appear have usually been looked after.
Ask how long the seller has owned the item. Postings here run longer than in Dubai, so goods are typically better used but also better looked after, and the ownership history tells you which you are getting.
Abu Dhabi has around 1.5 million people, which means a deep enough buyer pool that most things sell without having to travel far to hand them over. Al Ain, Madinat Zayed and Ruwais are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Abu Dhabi
Trading is not open in the Emirates yet, so treat this as a reference page: the pricing and the checks below hold, but the listings will appear once sellers here start posting.
Sell your Office Chair in Abu Dhabi
Listing is free and there is no commission and no buyer fee, so the price you agree is the price you keep. Most listings take about a minute to put up.
What office chairs are worth
What lifts the price
- Working gas lift that holds its height
- Original arms and castors
What pulls it down
- Torn mesh or foam that has flattened out
- Generic chairs, which sell for very little whatever their original price
Working out what yours is worth
- Sit in it and time whether the seat height holds
- Check the underside label for the maker and model
Getting it ready
- Test every adjustment: height, tilt, lock, armrests and lumbar support.
- Clean the fabric or mesh, check the castors roll freely, and look at the seat foam for collapse.
Photograph
- The whole chair from a three-quarter angle
- The base, gas lift and castors
Put in the description
- Brand, model and size where applicable
- Which adjustments work: height, tilt, lock, armrests, lumbar
Usually collected. Most office chairs separate into seat, base and back, which makes them fit in a car — say so if yours does, because buyers assume they need a van.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Abu Dhabi)
Common questions
Where can I sell an office chair in Abu Dhabi?
Put it on WishThrift free and deal with the buyer direct. Most of the city sits on an island connected by a handful of bridges, so crossing to the mainland suburbs is a real trip rather than a short hop. Compounds and towers usually need visitor access arranged in advance.
Do all the adjustments work?
Test each lever individually and list any that do not. Broken tilt locks are common and worth disclosing.
How much is an office chair worth in Abu Dhabi?
Most used office chairs change hands for AED 150 to AED 890 (about $40 to $240). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling an office chair across the United Arab Emirates, what office chairs are worth, everything second hand in Abu Dhabi, or Furniture in Abu Dhabi.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.