Well, I took the plunge and bought a single chair today. RRP is £1300 but got Tony to reduce the price to £1150. Didn't bother with the fridge as the cup/can holder has a built in cooler function and the fridge uses the storage box and I want to use that as is.
It's coming next week and Tony is delivering it personally to help me put it together and give me a demo. He was honest enough to say the courier probably wouldn't even put it inside my flat, only take it to the front door.
I got an offer from one of my credit cards today for a balance transfer, interest free until February 2015...so I can leave the money in the bank for another year. Bonus!
Tony was extremely helpful and quick to respond via email initially and then we talked over the phone. He confirmed the frame is constructed from metal and hardwood. He also said the chair base is a spring/foam combination.
I nearly bought the lazyboy cool 'cooler' chair from SCS at £1350. Has fridge, heated seat and massage... but manual recline, no heating/cooling cup holder, inferior non-scotchguarded leather and, by all accounts... poor build quality. Apparently lazyboy use compressed cardboard in the frames of their chairs?
I have three-seater and two-seater sofas in my lounge in brown leather, but the three-seater will go now, the two-seater in its place and my chair where the two-seater was. I went for black with the chair as I'm a bit fed-up with brown and thought black is a more neutral colour should I ever wish to sell it.
They also throw in the four outlet extension lead too.
Looking forward to receiving the chair.