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You don't need to lift a finger, but you do need to recognize that any "returned" mattress is likely going straight to a landfill.
by witten 8y ago
You don't need to lift a finger, but you do need to recognize that any "returned" mattress is likely going straight to a landfill.
- atombender 8y agoI'd love to know if this is actually true. Can't these companies clean the mattresses and resell them, or at least donate them? Is destruction the only safe way?
- witten 8y agoA little more about the return process: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/your-money/buying-a-mattress-online-was-easy-now-about-the-return.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/17/your-money/buying-a-mattr... And some anecdata: When I wanted to return an online mattress, I had the option of showing a receipt for giving it to a charity, or having the mattress company pick it up. None of the local charities I looked into took even slightly used mattresses. So the mattress company "pick up" was from a junk disposal company, and they just took the mattress to the waste transfer station on its way to the landfill.
- RLN 8y agoMy girlfriend used to work for a reasonably well known mattress company. Apparently returned mattresses there were given to charity for use in homeless shelters and such.
- rrock 8y agoSometimes, used mattresses can be handy. Such as when you accidentally punch a hole in the bottom of a river, and need a way to plug it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_flood https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_flood
- feross 8y agoWow, thanks for linking that. Super fascinating. I just watched https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-qD6h6wlU0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-qD6h6wlU0 to learn more about the Chicago flood. Hard to believe!
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