Posts belonging to Category 'Mattress shopping'
January 17, 2012 | Posted by
I like to share incidents immediately because they present a wonderful learning opportunity. I just observed a woman enter a mattress store. She was needing two twin mattresses for her sons (3 & 12). After some initial qualifying questions the salesperson determined that this was largely a price driven decision. He took the woman to [...]
Categories: Alignment and comfort, Mattress shopping | 
Tags: bunk beds, child, children's beds, mattresses, sleep | 
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January 15, 2012 | Posted by
A gentleman walks into the mattress store and is promptly greeted by the salesperson. After exchanging names and pleasantries, they begin to discuss his mattress needs. It turns out he is looking for a California King set, good quality of course, for himself. His budget…. $500. Let me be really frank for a moment. NOTHING [...]
Categories: Mattress Industry, Mattress shopping | Tags: discounts, hype, mattress industry, mattresses, sales, salesperson | No Comments »
January 1, 2012 | Posted by
You go to a small chain of mattress stores and the salesperson gives you the hard sell on the brand new Purple Hippo 9000. This mattress boasts Platinum, 5 in 1 coils wrapped in 100% silk. It has both memory and amnesia foam, latex and a hundred other foam layers that have really sexy names. [...]
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December 29, 2011 | Posted by
What a wonderful 2011 in the mattress biz. We recently saw the introduction of “flavored” memory foam, double and now triple coils and even an air conditioned mattress. What will 2012 offer? Only the mattress gurus know for sure. Here are a few tips as we wind down the last week of 2011: 1. Remember, [...]
Categories: Mattress Industry, Mattress shopping | Tags: 2011, end of yer, mattress shopping, memory foam, prescription, sales tax, Tempur-Pedic, year end sales | No Comments »
November 18, 2011 | Posted by
If you find yourself needing a mattress, this may be a very good time to shop. The week leading up to and through Thanksgiving, retailers are spending gobs on advertising and promoting all sorts of mattress specials. Per earlier blogs, the savings may not change that much from the rest of the year, but there [...]
Categories: Mattress Industry, Mattress shopping | Tags: Black Friday, discounts, mattresses, sales, Sealy, Thanksgiving Mattress Sale | No Comments »
November 18, 2011 | Posted by
I have been waiting for the day that foam beds take up the majority of floor space for mattress retailers. That day is at hand. Visit any major mattress retailer and you will see a variety of non-innerspring options from latex to air to memory foam to hybrids. I would suspect in the coming decade, [...]
Categories: Mattress Industry, Mattress shopping | Tags: Embody by Sealy, iComfort, mattresses, memory foam, Serta, Simmons ComforPedic | No Comments »
November 8, 2011 | Posted by
To all my readers who have served in the Armed Forces I say thank you for your service to our country. And a special thank you to the families of wounded veterans and those that paid the ultimate sacrifice. America is eternally grateful for your sacrifice. Friday is of course Veteran’s Day and probably the [...]
Categories: Mattress Industry, Mattress shopping | Tags: 50% off, mattress, sales, sleep, Veteran's Day Mattress Sale | No Comments »
November 7, 2011 | Posted by
Dirty tricks used to be a staple of some of the sleazier folks in the mattress industry. Fortunately, most of the purveyors of this activity have either left the business or closed down. Caveat emptor – Let the buyer beware. New or Used Mattress – If you are buying “clearance, discontinued or floor models” there [...]
Categories: Mattress Industry, Mattress shopping, Salesperson Tricks | Tags: clearance, floor models, mattresses, nightmare, stains, used mattress | No Comments »
October 29, 2011 | Posted by
It has become a common practice to allow consumers to spend some time on the mattress and return it if they do not like it. I applaud the industry for this practice. You absolutely need a minimum of 30 days on a mattress to truly decide if it is the correct sleeping solution for your [...]
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October 7, 2011 | Posted by
Columbus Day is the holiday we celebrate Europeans first landing in the Americas. What this has to do with mattresses and sleep is anyone’s guess. But it is for some a three day weekend, so why not have a mattress sale? A quick review of the sales events at various mattress retailers reveals a smorgasbord [...]
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September 24, 2011 | Posted by
Blitzkrieg PT 1200 individually wrapped coils 13 Gauge Steel 3″ Visco 2″ Latex 4″ Really Soft Super Foam If you saw these specs on a mattress, would you know if it was the right mattress for you? Probably not. You must lie down on the mattress for ten or fifteen minutes to begin to evaluate [...]
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September 16, 2011 | Posted by
I was always amused by the folks that visited the large membership clubs and then would come to my store. Do you really think a full service mattress retailer is going to compete with a membership warehouse that operates, in some cases, on single digit margins? Look, if all you care about is price, buy from [...]
Categories: Mattress shopping | Tags: lowest price, mattress, membership club, trying mattresses | No Comments »
September 15, 2011 | Posted by
A brand new European luxury sedan pulls up and a very well dressed lady emerges with her son. She is dressed in designer fashions head-to-toe and is using a $200 phone. Her teenager is sporting an outfit along with name brand shoes that is easily $250+ at retail, even on sale. The mobile service for her phone and her son’s [...]
Categories: Mattress Industry, Mattress shopping | Tags: beds, child, comfort, queen, sleep, twin mattress | No Comments »
September 2, 2011 | Posted by
No topic gets me more fired up than the rumor that Tempur-Pedic® mattresses make you sleep hot. There are seemingly hundreds of sites dedicated to this topic and when it gets time to offer a solution, you guessed it, its a visco elastic knock off. First off, I sleep on a Tempur-Pedic and have for [...]
Categories: Mattress Industry, Mattress shopping | Tags: heat, hot, mattress, memory foam, Tempurpedic Cloud Supreme mattress, Tempurpedic mattress, Tempurpedic sleeps hot | No Comments »
September 1, 2011 | Posted by
If you head out this weekend to buy the mattress of your dreams, DO NOT FORGET THE MATTRESS PROTECTOR! Sorry for shouting, but I just had a friend that recently bought a new mattress. They forgot the protector and of course the grandchild had an accident on their new mattress. They hired a professional steamer, [...]
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August 30, 2011 | Posted by
Its that time again, the mother of all mattress sales – Labor Day. There are some stores that will do as much business the week of Labor Day as they do in a single month. Why? Its a combination of things. End of Summer, back to school, 3-day weekend and everybody and their dog will [...]
Categories: Mattress Industry, Mattress shopping | Tags: Labor Day, mattress, mattress sales, Sealy, simmons, Tempur-Pedic | No Comments »
August 19, 2011 | Posted by
A few folks have written wondering how to know when its time to change your mattress. So here are a few things to consider. 1. Crater Lake – If there is a giant hole in your mattress or two valleys on either side of a ridge in the middle, it may be time to change. [...]
Categories: Alignment and comfort, Mattress Industry, Mattress shopping | Tags: alignment, bed, mattress, sleep, support, when to change mattresses | No Comments »
July 27, 2011 | Posted by
I was forwarded several links that purportedly were from unbiased sites that discuss complaints about Tempur-Pedic® mattresses. They wanted me to take a look and provide some feedback. Before I start the process of debunking the so-called complaints, the first thing you should look for on any site that purports to reveal “the facts” is [...]
Categories: Mattress Industry, Mattress shopping, Salesperson Tricks | Tags: memory foam, Tempur material, Tempurpedic Cloud Supreme mattress, Tempurpedic complaints | 1 Comment »
July 16, 2011 | Posted by
Let’s Make A Deal I have heard many versions of the following story. A customer heads out to the nearest furniture discounter or liquidator. They see a $4,000 handmade mattress on sale for $800. It is a massively thick super pillowtop that feels great. “What a deal!” – they think to themselves and pull out [...]
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June 30, 2011 | Posted by
Independence Day Mattress Sale! The birth of our country (4th of July) is another good reason to have a massive mattress sale. I did a quick review of various chains to see what was being offered. Two chains are featuring $1000 off a name-brand mattress. No telling what type of quality it may be. Another [...]
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June 17, 2011 | Posted by
I am coming up on my 60th day on my Tempurpedic Cloud Supreme mattress and I can still say that this is the best mattress I have EVER slept on to date. The benefits are numerous – no noise, no motion transfer, no back or shoulder pain and absolutely no body impressions. There is nobody on [...]
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June 3, 2011 | Posted by
What I love the most about the big Summer holiday sales season is the people that swear that the grass is greaner at the last mattress shop. I was at a store during Memorial Day weekend and heard variations of this theme numerous times. Sometimes it was simply confusion. There are thousands of mattresses on the [...]
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May 27, 2011 | Posted by
This is the big one – Memorial Day! If you are heading out to find the bed of your dreams, here are a few things to keep in mind: HYPE: EVERYONE is having a “BIG” sale. Don’t fall for the hype. Buying the correct mattress is more important than “getting this last one for 75% [...]
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May 20, 2011 | Posted by
If you are tired of waking up with a sore back, or tossing and turning all night, now is your chance to change all that. Tempur-Pedic® is currently offering up to $200 off all flat sets. Their entire line is available at these lower prices at any authorized Tempur-Pedic dealer. They are also discontinuing the Classic [...]
Categories: Mattress Industry, Mattress shopping | Tags: memory foam, Tempur material, Tempurpedic mattress, Tempurpedic Mattress Sale | 1 Comment »
May 20, 2011 | Posted by
Mattress retailers have for many years offered a variety of ways to pay for your new mattress set. But it seems in bad economic times, we see retailers pushing financing even harder than usual. Now there is nothing necessarily wrong with borrowing if you have the money to service the loan. In an ideal world, we would [...]
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