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>The only easier industry to disrupt is probably furniture or mattress sales. I walked into a mattress store recently, and was absolutely horrified. It's very

>The only easier industry to disrupt is probably furniture or mattress sales. I walked into a mattress store recently, and was absolutely horrified. It's very obvious what their tactics are. The sticker price on everything was easily 3x what the cost of a decent bed/mattress should be, to the point it was obvious none of the clientele in there would be paying that full price upfront. They only talk about everything in terms of "monthly payments". It's very obviously just a scheme to trap poor people who can't just put an $800 mattress on a 0% credit card into making 5 years worth of payments and interest on something they can't afford.

ryan-c 8y ago
Buying a mattress is aggravating, but my experience has been rather different. Maybe I went to different types of stores, I don't know. I did notice that each store/chain seems to sell very similar mattresses that are somehow technically different models so you can't directly compare prices. First mattress I bought had a sticker price of I think $850 plus tax. Ended up haggling and paying $550 cash (tax included) for the mattress with a cover included. Second mattress I bought had a sticker price of around $2800. Haggled down to $900 after tax again with a cover included. It was significantly better than the first one. Both were queen sized, included delivery and offered haul-off.
- mandeepj 8y ago
  >Second mattress I bought had a sticker price of around $2800. Haggled down to $900 after tax again with a cover included. You have great negotiation skills
  - ryan-c 8y ago
    My negotiation skills are okay, but mattresses have absurd markups. Sales guy said $900 was the wholesale price, but I highly doubt that. I'm sure they still made at least a few hundred dollars on the sale. I've heard the wholesale price on a $3000 mattress can be as little as $300.
nitwit005 8y ago
I went to such a store, couldn't believe the prices and number of salesmen. I literally walked across the street and was shown something half the price, and when I asked for something cheaper, they showed me something cheaper. The lesson I learned was to never buy something from a brand you hear constantly on the radio. You'll end up having to pay for all that advertising.
- Fjolsvith 8y ago
  I think this every time I hear Geiko ads.
pkaye 8y ago
We ended up finding a local place where they manufacturer the foam mattresses in-house. Rather than pick and choose which model you like, you pick among options. There are 3-4 firmnesses. You can choose the firmness on each side of the bed. You can choose thickness of the mattress. You can choose exterior quality also. In the end the finished product looks as good as the major manufacturer and costs half the amount. They also get it ready and delivered in 2-3 days.

ryan-c 8y ago

Buying a mattress is aggravating, but my experience has been rather different. Maybe I went to different types of stores, I don't know. I did notice that each store/chain seems to sell very similar mattresses that are somehow technically different models so you can't directly compare prices. First mattress I bought had a sticker price of I think $850 plus tax. Ended up haggling and paying $550 cash (tax included) for the mattress with a cover included. Second mattress I bought had a sticker price of around $2800. Haggled down to $900 after tax again with a cover included. It was significantly better than the first one. Both were queen sized, included delivery and offered haul-off.

mandeepj 8y ago
>Second mattress I bought had a sticker price of around $2800. Haggled down to $900 after tax again with a cover included. You have great negotiation skills
- ryan-c 8y ago
  My negotiation skills are okay, but mattresses have absurd markups. Sales guy said $900 was the wholesale price, but I highly doubt that. I'm sure they still made at least a few hundred dollars on the sale. I've heard the wholesale price on a $3000 mattress can be as little as $300.

nitwit005 8y ago

I went to such a store, couldn't believe the prices and number of salesmen. I literally walked across the street and was shown something half the price, and when I asked for something cheaper, they showed me something cheaper. The lesson I learned was to never buy something from a brand you hear constantly on the radio. You'll end up having to pay for all that advertising.

Fjolsvith 8y ago
I think this every time I hear Geiko ads.

pkaye 8y ago

We ended up finding a local place where they manufacturer the foam mattresses in-house. Rather than pick and choose which model you like, you pick among options. There are 3-4 firmnesses. You can choose the firmness on each side of the bed. You can choose thickness of the mattress. You can choose exterior quality also. In the end the finished product looks as good as the major manufacturer and costs half the amount. They also get it ready and delivered in 2-3 days.