Wow.. and here I've always thought people who pay $1000+ (USD) for either a mattress or for a TV were being grossly extravagant, even with Bay Area tech salarie

Wow.. and here I've always thought people who pay $1000+ (USD) for either a mattress or for a TV were being grossly extravagant, even with Bay Area tech salaries. The extravagance of large-screen TVs is arguable, of course, especially if one has a particularly large room and/or regularly hosts large audiences, but mattresses.. When one can get even a brand-name mattress and box spring from Costco (with, I believe, no special restrictions on their usual, generous return policy) for on the order of $700, that people pay multiples of that prices still boggles my mind.