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September 11, 2009
Atlas Shelving System for Sale
I am selling a 6 month old Atlas shelving and cabinet system configured as a home office. This system is modular and may be reconfigured as desired.
This system measures 117.5" in width and includes upper cabinets, several drawers and shelves, work surfaces, all metal standards and accessories for installation. The wood species is white oak.
For those that know, I do not need to explain the beauty and supreme workmanship of Atlas products. You may take a look at their website www.atlaseast.com to price it out. My configuration sells for $13,386 new, and that price is without tax and a several month lead time.
This system is in perfect condition.
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hi. are you looking for offers or do you have a price in mind?
Posted by: CG_ups at September 11, 2009 4:02 PM
was the leading "1" in "$13,386" a typo? if not, that would be more costly than hiring a quality carpenter to do customer built-in version and possibly faster than the 6 month lead time required ordering 1 of these babies
Posted by: more4less at September 11, 2009 4:08 PM
No, just looked at the website. ONE metal rail in $582. Must be gold plated. For how blah and kit-like it looks, get it from Home Depot and save $13k.
Posted by: cmu at September 11, 2009 4:10 PM
Hi -
I am looking for $10,000, which is about a 25% discount. Again, this is virtually new, in perfect condition.
Regarding the other posters - yes, it is expensive, but the workmanship is top notch and this system will last a lifetime. I don't expect to sell this to someone who does not already know about Atlas Shelving. Those who know understand what it is.
Posted by: JCBstoner at September 11, 2009 4:19 PM
ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME????
Posted by: lechacal at September 11, 2009 4:33 PM
I must be doing something wrong in life. That thing costs more than one year of my rent. FML
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 11, 2009 4:49 PM
i have a set. check it out:
http://www.brownstoner.com/forum/archives/2009/02/atlas_east_shel.php
it is amazing....
jcbstoner: i feel you on these.
if you don't know, now you know.
Posted by: ltjbukem73 at September 11, 2009 5:05 PM
Tacking shelving on to your wall is something you do in college or when you are renting a tiny little apartment where you can't fit grown-up furniture. It doesn't matter how well made it is - it's still going to look like it's from Ikea. It's like someone came up with a really super well made and expensive version of the plastic stacking things where I keep my socks and stuff. If you have $10,000 to spend, go buy a really nice desk and a really nice matching file cabinet. This is like getting a $5000 frame for a $10 sports poster. Just buy a painting for chrissake.
Here I am probably offending everyone again, but sometimes someone just has to point out the truth.
Posted by: lechacal at September 11, 2009 5:06 PM
There's probably recessed lighting above it.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at September 11, 2009 5:09 PM
Your shelves look like total shit. Bring them to the next PLUSA gathering and we'll all stomp them into tiny particles.
Posted by: infinitejester at September 11, 2009 5:10 PM
To be fair - i like LTJ's
Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 11, 2009 5:10 PM
to be totally fair, the shelves look a lot nicer with stuff on them.
Posted by: CG_ups at September 11, 2009 5:24 PM
Jester...that was RUDE!!!
OP, you may have an easier time garnering interest for your shelves on sites like Apartment Therapy.
Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at September 11, 2009 5:26 PM
"My configuration sells for $13,386 new, and that price is without tax and a several month lead time."
I suggest you contact the authorities - you've been robbed!
Posted by: East New York at September 11, 2009 5:29 PM
Yeah, you can talk all you want about how great it is, but I went to the build-it-yourself section and like cmu says, $582 for a shelf standard? Sorry, there's no amount of workmanship in a piece of rolled steel that can make that worth it. Clever marketing has suckered someone in on this. And I say this as someone who has nothing but solid wood furniture in his home from Stickley, Scott Jordan, and Pompy.
Posted by: denton at September 11, 2009 5:29 PM
There's one born every minute!
Posted by: Bob Marvin at September 11, 2009 6:14 PM
CG_ups - you are right, they do look nicer with stuff on them. As well, that is not a very flattering picture that I posted.
I have two other rooms in my bstone with these shelves - another office in oak and a media room in walnut. I wouldn't part with the shelves in those rooms for anything. They are absolutely georgeous and functional too.
I am converting one of my 2 offices to a bedroom, which is why I am selling.
For all those naysayers, you are ignorant or don't appreciate quality or both. You must see this product in person to appreciate.
Posted by: JCBstoner at September 11, 2009 6:53 PM
One of my close friends has a set of these installed in his place. I've seen them in person, and I still think they look like ass. Sorry. I'm just not into the look, and what does that say about a product when you think it looks better when totally covered so you can't see it??
Yes, they are very very high quality. And will probably last beyond my friend and his children's lifetimes. But I don't think you need to insult people who have different taste than you by calling them ignorant. I can appreciate the high quality of the products and still think they look like ass.
Posted by: brooklynstyle at September 11, 2009 7:46 PM
'I've seen them in person, and I still think they look like ass."
"But I don't think you need to insult people who have different taste than you by calling them ignorant."
Because there are so many other ways of insulting them...
Posted by: rukiddingme at September 11, 2009 8:01 PM
first of all, this overpriced designer crap loses half its value when it leaves the showroom....if you were stupid enough to buy this overpriced crap, you should also realize that by using it, it devalued another 50 percent..it is worth 3 grand as is on a sunny day..you will sit on it for years if you expect to get 75% of what you paid for it... have you ever checked the resale value on a prada bag?...20% of purchase price at best
Posted by: eman1234 at September 11, 2009 8:08 PM
Man, I didn't realize how many assholes were trolling Brownstoner these days. People think nothing of blowing thousands on enormous, tacky flat-screen TVs, but this guy gets shit for buying a well-made desk and bookshelf set? Gasp! He may even read books and... horrors.. write something on the desk! The thought is obviously too much for some of the lowlifes here to contemplate.
Posted by: statestreeter at September 11, 2009 9:39 PM
lechacal likening atlas east to ikea is disingenuous at best. it's akin to comparing a smart car to an aston martin.
"Tacking shelving on to your wall is something you do in college.."
quite simplistic of you to think this. this is modernist quality furniture that you commonly see in wallpaper or dwell. there are tons of shelving affixed to walls. perhaps you're just not sophisticated to appreciate this. ever thought of that?
eman1234: "first of all, this overpriced designer crap loses half its value when it leaves the showroom...."
i ended up selling my 8 shelves for 90% of what i purchased them for. the beauty of these shelves are that the quality is such that there's very high resale value because they don't deteriorate at all.
i personally think the stuff at abc carpet is hideous, but they still cost thousands of dollar. to each her own.
Posted by: ltjbukem73 at September 11, 2009 10:46 PM
"For all those naysayers, you are ignorant or don't appreciate quality or both"
Bull, we just recognize marketing crap when we see it. NO WAY is anything that looks like this worth even 1/5 of the price. You've been had. Maybe you'll be less gullible next time.
statestrreter: Flat screen TV's in case you haven't noticed, are 1/2 the price they used to be and dropping still. How are they overpriced?
Posted by: cmu at September 12, 2009 10:35 AM
CMU, did you see my comment above?
"I have two other rooms in my bstone with these shelves - another office in oak and a media room in walnut. I wouldn't part with the shelves in those rooms for anything."
I have not been had. What I bought were modern, visually-clean, shelving units in top quality workmanship and materials. Yes they were expensive, but for what I was seeking, I could not have done better. I will have these for the rest of my life.
So you keep shopping at Home Cheapo and in 2 or 3 years, throw your shelves away and buy some other crappy, ugly ones. In the end cheap = expensive and expensive = cheap.
Posted by: JCBstoner at September 12, 2009 10:58 AM
JCBstoner, I respect you because you actually reply.
It's just for 13,000, you'd think there's more to it than flat, rectangular pieces of wood. Where is the handtooled detail you find on armoires, vanities, hope chests, servers, chests of drawers that would warrant thousands of dollars? These have all the appearance of being something an amateur woodworker could make for the cost of the materials.
I certainly would never spend that much money on bookshelving, and I am...well, just look at my login name. I love books and reading.
Posted by: infinitejester at September 12, 2009 3:12 PM
Just a word about pricing, I think you should consider starting at about 50% what you paid and plan on being negotiated down. Apartmenttherapy and Craigslist may garner you offers, but I don't think 25% off for used merchandise, in this economy is going to happen.
Posted by: Brooklyn11218 at September 12, 2009 3:33 PM
Brooklyn11218 -
Thank you for the advice. I am not desperate to sell. If I cannot get my asking or near it, I will simply keep the shelving.
No big deal.
Infinitejester - have you actually seen the product in person? I was skeptical too until I actually went to the Atlas showroom and saw and felt the stuff in person. This stuff is not at all amateur level. The lead carpenter on my bstone renovation who did excruciatingly detailed high-end trim work, paneling and cabinetry was even impressed. Yes the design is simple (and that is part of the beauty of it), but the quality and workmanship is unsurpassed. This aesthetic and quality is what I wanted and I found both of these attributes in Atlas' product.
Posted by: JCBstoner at September 12, 2009 4:16 PM
For those interested, here is a link to a couple of another room in my bstone with Atlas shelving/cabinets. These are in solid walnut.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42526759@N08/
Be sure to click on the magnifying glass on the upper left corner of the pic to see the large size.
Posted by: JCBstoner at September 13, 2009 1:33 PM
I don't think (most) people are necessarily saying the shelves are ugly, they are just saying they wouldn't pay for them. I.e. you probably spent $30,000+ on shelving in your apartment to have it 100% what you wanted, whereas most people would have spent a total of $2,000-3,000 and gotten something 90% as nice. Someone wanting a luxurious sports car can either buy a $100k Porsche 911 or a $1.6 million Bugatti. You bought the Bugatti and most people who have the money to get either one still wouldn't bother with the Bugatti cause that last 10% of luxuriousness just isn't worth 10x the $$$. Unless of course that's their thing and they are really into sports cars... as I guess you are realllllly into shelves.
Posted by: setancre at September 13, 2009 6:32 PM
That...or the whole post is a creative attempt to get people to the showroom on Douglass St.
Posted by: kelly at September 14, 2009 9:11 AM
Well, I am saying these things are UGLY...for the price. At $1000 I can put with no detail, blah looks and a student-dorm aestethic. At 30x that price, NO.
This post gets a Ridiculous Offering Of the Day (ROTD) award (previously given to the woman offering 24 sq ft of tile fo $800.) Call in for your tiara.
Posted by: cmu at September 14, 2009 9:37 AM
Agree with poster Brooklyn 11218. Your pricing is too high. Start at 50% from retail on new merch. I doubt you'd get such negative comments on the style if your price was more realistic.
Posted by: diors at September 14, 2009 8:28 PM
Apartment Therapy and Dwell had nice things to write:
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/brooklyn/atlas-industries-as4-shelving-001424
http://www.atlaseast.com/publications_dwelloct04.html
To counter all the amazingly negative posts so far, my wife and I were really intrigued by this adjustable shelving system last fall when we were trying to figure out a shelving system for one of our walls in our renovation. Key here being it is *adjustable*. Obviously if you don't want that type of system, you probably won't like this look.
We went to see Atlas in person and one of the guys there (really friendly, not pushy at all, just proud of his product) showed us around, showed us the quality of their material and workmanship, and i have to say though I was super skeptical once we went I admit I thought the shelving looked beautiful (to me, admit all a matter of taste). I had been shown on line photos and I think it feels better to see it live.
This all stated, this is an extremely expensive system and that is why we ended up taking a pass. It also didn't perfectly work with our new rooms where we didn't need to go with an adjustable system.
But it is definitely elegant compared to other alternatives like vitsoe. If you want an adjustable shelving system, the choices are few in terms of the top quality makes. And this one, in wood, is really pretty than most of the alternatives.
Posted by: sunspot19 at September 15, 2009 1:40 AM
"I have not been had."
Yes you have, although I do agree the walnut shelves you have in the other room look good. They're not ugly. But there's no way any of these are worth $13K. Sorry.
Posted by: East New York at September 15, 2009 12:33 PM
Hi JCBstoner,
good luck on selling your shelving system. I own a beautiful system in Walnut,similar to the one in your living room. If your system for sale was walnut, instead of what looks to be maple, I would consider it. I think you should be able to sell just under $10,000 in this difficult environment, so don't sell out. I do not frequent these so called "hip" brooklyn websites and am saddened at the self-consciously populist viciousness of the attacks on you. They are obviously people who do most of their shopping at flea markets and have not been out pricing high quality built in cabinets that can run over $1,100 per linear foot. Atlas is the modernist alternative to built ins with regard to quality and the price reflects it. Ironically, you are supporting the local Brooklyn economy when you buy Atlas. You save in the long run because you can take them with you if you move.
Posted by: TTMan at November 16, 2009 11:56 AM
Hi JCBstoner,
good luck on selling your shelving system. I own a beautiful system in Walnut,similar to the one in your living room. If your system for sale was walnut, instead of what looks to be maple, I would consider it. I think you should be able to sell just under $10,000 in this difficult environment, so don't sell out. I do not frequent these so called "hip" brooklyn websites and am saddened at the self-consciously populist viciousness of the attacks on you. They are obviously people who do most of their shopping at flea markets and have not been out pricing high quality built in cabinets that can run over $1,100 per linear foot. Atlas is the modernist alternative to built ins with regard to quality and the price reflects it. Ironically, you are supporting the local Brooklyn economy when you buy Atlas. You save in the long run because you can take them with you if you move.
Posted by: TTMan at November 16, 2009 11:56 AM
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