4 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Buy Statewide Filing Cabinets

Statewide Filing Cabinets are made right here in Australia, from the runners to the drawers. We buy Bluescope steel exclusively. We cut, bend and weld in our Sydney factory and paint the cabinets in our powder coat station. We’ll never be as cheap as a company taking advantage of offshore $2 an hour labour, with flat pack products and weaker steel. Statewide makes good old fashioned, fully assembled steel office furniture. You know, the type your granddad brags about when he talks about “the good ole days”. We also have a life time warranty because our products are so darn good. If you don’t want to spend a little more now to save a lot in the future, our cabinets aren’t for you.

2) Too many options

Sometimes you just want to walk into a big box store and walk out with a functional item. You don’t care about how it looks, where it comes from or what the brand is. Statewide, on the other hand, has options.

Colours: Not just your grey / white / black / beige paradigm offered by every furniture company on Earth, but 14 different colours as well as Textura, which is stronger than your average powder coat (read about it here).

Locks: Key locks which have master keys available, or non masterable (what’s your pleasure?) or digital pin code locking are both available for Statewide Filing Cabinets.

Drawer Fronts: Statewide offers 4 different drawer fronts. What is this sorcery?

… AND the option to change the plastic handle on the “Statewide” style drawer front.

Cabinet Depth: Statewide Filing Cabinets are available in the standard depth of 610mm, or the Homefile depth (not to be confused with the Homefile drawer front) of 455mm.

Variations: What’s Australian made without a little bit of bespoke options?

The point is, if you don’t want some pizzazz in your office or home office, Statewide Filing Cabinets are not for you.

3) You’re Stuck with the Statewide filing cabinet… for life

A Statewide Filing Cabinet is a lifetime commitment. Life time commitments are boring, right? The cabinet isn’t going to fall apart when you move home or office. They’re made using a single piece of wrap around steel for the body. The runners are going to get better with age. The locks are readily available from our Australian supplier. And… the cabinets have a life time warranty. Now, you can take your cheaper, AFRDI certified, made in China filing cabinet that has a 5 year warranty (and you know that means it will last 5 years and 3 weeks…), or you can take an Australian made, colour-of-your-choosing, laughs-in-the-face-of-certification-because-even-if-it-breaks-it’s-covered-under-warranty filing cabinet. Up to you.

4) Who cares about after sales service any more?

What can even go wrong with a filing cabinet, anyway? Other than an locking in essential client paperwork, or dropping an important file behind the back of the drawers? Or perhaps losing the keys. Statewide is only one (Australian) phone call away – (02) 9750 3677 for the Sydney head office. It’s pretty amazing in this day and age to actually be able to contact the manufacturer of an item you own. Aussie’s have been trained to deal with the retailer, and with the bevvy of products they sell, who do you think they call on your behalf when there is an issue? Answer: us.

If, after reading these 4 points, you still want to buy a Statewide Filing Cabinet, head over to our reseller page where you can find a distributor nearest to you. If you want to find out more about our products, you can contact us directly at info@statewideoffice.com.au or by phone on (02) 9750 3677.