Bad back and my wife complaining of bad sleep prompted me to look into mattresses.
Think about it, you spend a quarter to a third of your life on one.
Asking friends what they had was a start. My neighbor (Janie Bigbux) bought a Swedish something for $4000.00, mattress + box spring.
She confided she sleeps just as well on her son's Serta Posture Pedic when he is at college.
Most had Sealy or Serta. Trying them out at the furniture store (as if 15 minutes was enuff), they are a toss-up...
Here is the rub....once you buy one, no return!!
Why I ask? Health code, they can not sell a "used mattress" well ok I say.
We go to other stores and hear the same policy.
On a lark, we go to Sears (Yes Jay Leno, they are still there) we found the same mattress with another name, as we did at every store. I asked a salesman why different names?
I had already figured that out, discourages phone price shopping, no other store voluntered that info.
At Sears the Serta Baytown,( Sierra Spring where we bought it) was about 40% more. I asked about return policy...guess what? YOU CAN RETURN IT for exchange after 30 day trial!!
She told me of a lady that retuned and exchanged 4 times!! (Figure she was Mattress Mary, the Whore of Babylon) On the fifth attempt they told her no more exchanges...
Sears has an insurance policy on mattresses; what they are doing in essence, is charging 40% more, which covers the insurance premium.
So if you are a bad sleeper, and need trials, go to Sears.
The other companies are less expensive but their "Health Code" story is their out. They do not opt for the insurance.
Hope this helps someone...
Think about it, you spend a quarter to a third of your life on one.
Asking friends what they had was a start. My neighbor (Janie Bigbux) bought a Swedish something for $4000.00, mattress + box spring.
She confided she sleeps just as well on her son's Serta Posture Pedic when he is at college.
Most had Sealy or Serta. Trying them out at the furniture store (as if 15 minutes was enuff), they are a toss-up...
Here is the rub....once you buy one, no return!!
Why I ask? Health code, they can not sell a "used mattress" well ok I say.
We go to other stores and hear the same policy.
On a lark, we go to Sears (Yes Jay Leno, they are still there) we found the same mattress with another name, as we did at every store. I asked a salesman why different names?
I had already figured that out, discourages phone price shopping, no other store voluntered that info.
At Sears the Serta Baytown,( Sierra Spring where we bought it) was about 40% more. I asked about return policy...guess what? YOU CAN RETURN IT for exchange after 30 day trial!!
She told me of a lady that retuned and exchanged 4 times!! (Figure she was Mattress Mary, the Whore of Babylon) On the fifth attempt they told her no more exchanges...
Sears has an insurance policy on mattresses; what they are doing in essence, is charging 40% more, which covers the insurance premium.
So if you are a bad sleeper, and need trials, go to Sears.
The other companies are less expensive but their "Health Code" story is their out. They do not opt for the insurance.
Hope this helps someone...
