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We had a Leesa but returned it because it was too soft. Got a Helix mattress instead (lots of options for firmness etc.), which has been pretty good for about 2
by shimon 9y ago
We had a Leesa but returned it because it was too soft. Got a Helix mattress instead (lots of options for firmness etc.), which has been pretty good for about 2 years.
The "return" for the Leesa was a disposal truck from 1-800-Got-Junk. It already had another Leesa mattress on it from that morning. Used mattresses can't really be resold; I hope they're at least somewhat recyclable.
- donarb 9y agoTuft and Needle’s returned mattresses are directly donated to local homeless and women's shelters.
- otterley 9y agoDepends on the state. Reusing mattresses is not permitted in California, unless the mattress has undergone a sanitization process that often costs as much as the mattress is worth.
- jimmy1 9y agoEvery couple of days on HN, I learn of something else you can't do in California. That, plus absurd rent, makes me really glad I don't live there.
- sjg007 9y agobed bugs man, bed bugs.
- otterley 9y agoYeah, California is a terrible place to live, what with its concerns about peoples' "health" and "safety".
- jimmy1 9y agoOh yeah, so concerned, especially with all that urban sprawl and complete lack of care or concern to reduce traffic or increase public transit so it takes less cars off the road, reduce pollution and increase air quality and reduce traffic deaths. Or how about affordable housing? Housing is so expensive, that most migrant workers (the backbone of California's economy) have to eat Fast Food every day because it's cheaper. Concerned about their health and safety? Didn't think so. Concerned with paying lip service to health and safety (and maybe create an extra regulator job or two)? Sure. But at some point, labeling everything as cancer causing takes away any meaning what so ever. I think California labels something every week as cancer causing. It's just become noise at this point. Here's the latest now for ya: Coffee https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/03/29/coffee-cancer-warning-label-california/472146002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/03/29/coffee-cance...
- otterley 9y agoAt least they try, I guess. Nobody's perfect.
- leesalminen 9y agoI think that if I were to become homeless tomorrow I would prefer to sleep on an almost new mattress than on a new cot. This is my problem with California- let people decide for themselves what they want. I don’t need a government telling me what to do.
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- otterley 9y agoHave you ever considered that there might be needs and issues at stake whose importance exceeds your preferences as an individual?
- gmiller123456 9y agoCertainly. But the fact that California is such a statistical outlyer with the number of laws but does not show a significant increase in the quality of life (in fact it's last by most measures), makes me think something else is at play. Like market manipulation, or theatrics, or both.
- tomc1985 9y agoHave you seen some of the things people do on their mattresses? I certainly wouldn't want to sleep on one secondhand without having it cleaned first.
- cuckcuckspruce 9y agoThis is also why I don't drink water - fish shit in it.
- sumedh 9y agoYou dont sleep on hotel beds?
- tomc1985 9y agoWhat's the kinkiest sex you can think of? Because if it what you're thinking of doesn't soak/soil the sheets and mattress, then you're not thinking dirty enough. Hotels will at least toss the mattress and bill the customer under those circumstances. Have you ever worked hospitality?
- sumedh 9y agoFair point.
- shimon 9y ago* wherever possible Which means sure, if it works out, but mostly these are probably still going into the trash.