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This has been explored in the press recently and apparently the margins are very high. The sales experience is also poor as you'll see an ad for a $599 bed and
by drzaiusapelord 10y ago
This has been explored in the press recently and apparently the margins are very high. The sales experience is also poor as you'll see an ad for a $599 bed and when you visit the store you'll get an aggressive upsell. Worse, if you fight the upsell, the $599 bed is magically out of stock or will require 4-6 weeks delivery while the other more expensive items can be delivered tomorrow.
My last two beds have been from either Costco or Sam's Club. No high pressure sales, less bullshit, and better pricing. The one time my wife and I went to a mattress store, we paid probably 30% more than the warehouse club prices and the bed's springs went bad years earlier than expected.
I highly recommend avoiding mattress stores.
- cylinder 10y agoCheck out Saatva.
- seanp2k2 10y agoThere are tons of mattress companies trying to "disrupt" the market right now. Leesa, Casper, Tuft and Needle, etc. I personally went with FloBeds (older company, all-latex mattresses, hippy dippy, in California) and couldn't be happier. http://www.themattressunderground.com http://www.themattressunderground.com has lots of good info if you're in the market. Casper and the rest aren't bad deals, but there is better / different stuff out there without the terrible mattress store business model.
- drzaiusapelord 10y agoI just find it easier to lay down on the bed at the warehouse club to see if I like it than taking a chance online. I lean towards a firm mattress but not too firm. Its sometimes tough finding the one I want and doing mattress returns via the internet sounds like a nightmare.
- ska 10y agoMany of these companies will offer you no questions asked money back guarantee after 90 or even 120 days of trying it in your home. That's got to be better than 5 minutes at the warehouse club trying to imagine what it's like to sleep on.
- toasterlovin 10y agoCasper has a 100 day no-questions-asked return policy. We ended up returning one of their mattresses and it couldn't have been easier. They send somebody by your house to pick it up.