Went to Rework for a community event. Rework was kindly giving away furniture this past Saturday. I…read morehad saw a post on FB for the event and signed up. Since I recently moved cross-country to Chicago, I am in need for office furniture. I went with my husband hoping to find a office chair or some furniture to use until my furniture arrives via Pod in a few months. Anyway they allowed (1) free piece of furniture and also was selling preused furniture for $39 and $99 bucks. We really lucked out. My husband found a big chair for our living room for free. We purchased a huge book case for my office. In addition to these pieces, we found a rolling ottoman and a side table. We were thrilled with our finds. This wharehouse is open to the public and had a floor dedicated to sale/clearance items and a bunch of new items too. The prices seemed reasonable on the new items too. Checkout website for items currently on sale. I would like to shout-out Mark (owner) and Junior for having awesome customer service. Junior helped me with approximating how many yards of fabric I would need to reupholster the chair that we got for free. Oh yes, I failed to mentioned they have lots of fabric for sale. At the event the fabric was only $5 a yard. Such a deal. Mad props to this business. *only furnishing for my temporary housing for now but will look to this business for my more permanent home in the near future* Would add photos of finds but waiting delivery. That process seems easy. Hoping I will have our items soon but there was polar vortex.

Hands down the BEST place to get furniture. Always high quality and long lasting. +Chairs are very…read morecomfy.

This review is for typewriter repair…read more I've brought two different typewriters here on two different occasions. Both times the turnaround is between three to five weeks. When you drop it off, they say they will call you with an estimate but that estimate does not come until the tail end of the total time. In other words, they only open up the machine and give you an estimate when they are ready to start work on it. The first machine I brought in was an eBay purchase that worked in fair condition when I received it, but after letting it sit around for a couple years it seemed to cease working at it should. They did repair it to an acceptable degree of workability. I understand that the machine as it was could probably only go so far, but it works fine. The second machine was my dad's old typewriter that used to work beautifully but at some point got really banged up from being dropped or during a move or something; even the guy was kind of amazed at how bent up it got on the inside. The repair is pretty nice. Only minor things that feel were imperfect but again, I understand these are old machines and to an extent there is only so much repairs can do. I can't expect them to be out-of-the-box new. Having said all that, the cost for repairs are reasonable. I couldn't say how much time and effort they truly put into these old typewriters (their focus seems to be office machines) but typewriter repair is extremely hard to come by these days, so it may be worth your while to call them up if you've got an old clackety-clack that you'd like in working order. As a Chicagoan, the drive down definitely sucks (~40 mins from the loop) so hopefully you have more than one machine you can bring in at a time to make it worthwhile.

Having gotten into collecting typewriters, it was hard to find someone who can service and clean…read morethem without needing to take out a second mortgage. But with Wagner it's $60 (cash only) for the diagnostic on the machine (and goes to the repair costs). Be advised there can be a wait for your machine to be completed, but the wait is worth it.

I have a Samsung printer that needed a new transfer belt and toner waste tank. I thought this…read morerequired a technician to handle, so I called Wagner Office Machines Sales and Service. He could have told me to bring it in for service. Instead, he told me I should be able to replace them myself. He suggested I order the parts online and look for a manual or maintenance video online as well. I did. The parts will be delivered tomorrow and there are several good videos on how to replace both. It's pretty simple. While I didn't actually use their services, their actions speak volumes of what an ethical company they are. I obviously higher recommend them. DaveM

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I came in needing to get balloons made, last minute. Michael went above and beyond to assist, even…read morethough they were extremely short staffed and busy. He was attentive, offered solutions to any issues that came up with the order and made it look great. He clearly cares about customer service and about the quality of his work. Thanks for this great experience; very refreshing and needed after a long day of work.

Wow. This Staples location has really gone downhill. I see my 2023 review I gave them 5 stars. No…read morewhere close to it on my recent visit. The store is low on inventory, messy, and lacks customer service. One employee was putting together an office chair near the checkout so customers had to walk around him. Checkout was slow and I felt like she was rude.