Is it worth shopping online to save only 20 or 30 pounds on an office chair? Perhaps your local department store will be having an office chair sale you can take advantage of. But even if that local store does have a sale, it is highly unlikely that the price offered will be near as low as that available by shopping on the Internet. Internet sellers of items such as office furniture have no need for huge warehouses or fancy showrooms. They simply have the manufacturer ship to you the item you purchase direct. This lower overhead allows them to sell you the identical chair or office desk at a fraction of the cost.