Used office chairs in Edinburgh typically sell for £30 to £180 (about $40 to $240). A small number of well-engineered chairs dominate this market, and the gap between those and everything else is enormous.
Selling an office chair in Edinburgh
Edinburgh is a university and finance city whose population swells enormously every August for the festival, and that single month does more to move second-hand goods here than any other part of the year. Outside it, the Old and New Town tenement stock means most people live in flats and buy furniture to fit them.
August brings a large temporary population that arrives with things and leaves without them, and September brings the students. Between them the autumn is reliably the best time to buy here and a slower time to sell.
Check vehicle access before agreeing to collect anything heavy from the Old Town. Several streets are restricted or effectively impassable for a van, and the nearest legal stopping point can be a long carry.
Edinburgh, in Scotland, has around 530,000 people, which means a steady local market where the usual things move reliably and the unusual ones are worth listing with a wider radius in mind. Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Edinburgh
Most private sales settle by bank transfer or cash on collection. Faster Payments clear in seconds, which makes a transfer as safe as cash for the seller — wait for it to land before the item leaves your hands.
What office chairs are worth
What lifts the price
- Recognised ergonomic models with parts still available
- Intact mesh or foam with no collapse
What pulls it down
- A gas lift that sinks slowly under weight
- Torn mesh or foam that has flattened out
Working out what yours is worth
- Sit in it and time whether the seat height holds
- Test every lever and the recline lock
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 (Scotland)
Common questions
Where can I sell an office chair in Edinburgh?
Put it on WishThrift free and deal with the buyer direct. The Old Town is steep, cobbled and awkward for vehicles, with restricted access on several streets, so anything heavy needs a conversation about where a van can actually stop. Trams and buses cover the rest of the city and handle small handovers fine.
Does it sink?
Sit in it for several minutes and check. Gas lift failure is the classic used office chair fault and buyers always ask.
How much is an office chair worth in Edinburgh?
Most used office chairs change hands for £30 to £180 (about $40 to $240). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling an office chair across the United Kingdom, what office chairs are worth, everything second hand in Edinburgh, or Furniture in Edinburgh.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.