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Thorough Analysis Confirms Your First Impression

Smith System Furniture Belongs in Your School.

Smith System furniture delivers the utmost functionality and flexibility for the needs of today's students and educators. The durability is high and the price, competitive. When you weigh all the factors, you get a great value with Smith System furniture.
To stretch your equipment budget as far as possible, it's logical to buy the least expensive brand of furniture, all else being equal. But this math only holds if all else really is equal. While Smith System furniture is not the most expensive brand available, a few competitors offer furniture with a slightly lower initial cost. Take student chairs: One competitor offers a chair comparable to our Brilliant chair at a slightly lower price. They both seem to meet the specifications. So you go with the cheaper one, right? Not a trick question, a trick answer While the chairs may meet the same initial specs, our chair uses outside hold glides, the competitor's glides are held on by butterfly fasteners. The difference? We secure ours with bolts because students are hard-wired to lean back on the back legs. Our outside hold glides maintain their holding power. The competitor's glides, while meeting the original spec, can't stand up to real-world use and eventually come loose. This is such an issue that replacement guides are routinely added to the sale - a hidden cost that actually makes both chairs about the same price. And that doesn't include repair time on the part of your custodial staff.

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