I can't get a hold of him or I could just ask him and it isn't something I feel comfortable doing without his consent. I'm 99.99% sure he'd be okay with it too, but I need his OK still. I think he's sleeping as it is 2am or something in Thailand. If you decide you don't want the chair, I'll give you refund anytime today as I won't be able to ship it out until tomorrow morning. Not sure if that helps, but I can do that at least.
Word to the wise: Only sell Aerons locally. The shipping costs were astronomical but given a deal was made and Quinn set the price including shipping, I went ahead and shipped it anyway. I just don't think he had any idea what it would cost to ship the chair when he set the price.
The reason they aren't so bad for companies to ship them new is they aren't assembled yet. After it is assembled there is a certain component you can't take apart and it makes the dimensions much larger. I did remove the seat back and lowered the chair but it wasn't a ton of help.