<p>If you’re in a mattress store and the salesman replies to you “we offer easy financing” before he quotes you an actual price…run for the exit door.</p>
<p>My next mattress will be latex foam that has layers. There is Savvy Rest which is comfortable but pricey. The nice thing is that it can be split between his and her firmness. I plan to go online to Sleepez</p>
<p>I’m getting a California-King sized bed next time. I like a lot of room to stretch out and to roll around in.</p>
<p>We went to Macy’s…with the sales they have, the prices can be very attractive, and they have a really wide selection. The salesperson we had seemed very knowledgeable about the pros and cons of different alternatives. It took us 3 visits to make our decision.</p>
<p>We have the Macy’s version of the Westin Heavenly Bed, and we love it (it’s now about3 or 4 years old).</p>
<p>I’ve found legit people. They always says you really need to lay in the bed, with your partner for at least 15 minutes to decide if you like it. That means A LOT of time laying around the store.</p>
<p>I pretty much ignore sales people and I just tell them I’ll let them know. </p>
<p>I don’t like temperpedic either. I feel like a turtle stuck on my back. As much as the softer ones feel so good when you first lay on it, they’re usually terrible on your back.</p>
<p>I have a Simmons black somethingerother - probably completely made up. </p>
<p>I’ll give you my sales trick for everything…once you ask the price, say “is this the best you can do” and then shut your mouth no matter what. Even if you stand there all day in awkward silence. The first person to speak loses. I do that with cars too.</p>
<p>My method of negotiating works quicker…if I don’t hear right price from salesman, I walk out.</p>
<p>Also a memory-foam hater. We order our mattresses from Gardner Mattress, a factory that will custom make it for you in any firmness you like. They’re not cheap (I think a queen set is about $1800), but you can easily spend that in a department store, and you will certainly not get a custom mattress for less. We bought our first set in 1996, replaced it in 2010, and then bought a set for each of the kids, as well as our guest room. Everybody loves these mattresses.</p>
<p>I also appreciate their hygienic delivery practices, which a lot of companies do not have. To avoid possible bedbug problems with the new mattresses they are delivering, they encase your old mattress in plastic before putting it on the truck to haul it away.</p>
<p>Oh, and one thing I don’t like: the latex top. If you’re anywhere near menopause or share the bed with someone who is, don’t get a latex top. It gets way too hot. The next mattress I order won’t have one!</p>
<p>We slept on a wonderful mattress at a Best Western hotel recently. The hotel had pre-printed postcards on how to buy the mattress and boxsprings. It was a Simmons Felicity II 650 for $1599, but is not available in stores. The Simmons rep gave me a sales spiel on commercial being better than residential. I can’t decide if that could possibly be true.</p>
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I had one and regretted it and replaced it with a regular (Eastern) king. The regular king is wider than a western king (which is longer) and IMO has more room to roll around in. Unless you’re very tall, the regular king is more roomy IMO.</p>
<p>mini- Do you sleep in downward dog?</p>
<p>We needed to get a replacement guest bed for one of the rooms ours kids have vacated (the ingrate took his mattress with him! The nerve!) We got a Sleep Innovations memory foam mattress from Amazon because (a) it will only be slept in 10-20 nights a year, by different people, so who knows what they’ll like; (b) it cost a lot less (about $500 for a queen including a 14" bed stand to bring the mattress up to standard height - “box springs” are an anachronism) (c) Sleep Innovations actually makes the mattresses sold by Costco and some Sertas (d) we didn’t have to go back and deal with any of the salespeople at the stores (Macy’s, Sleep Train, etc. - although they were actually pretty nice guys, all things considered) and (e) when our guests leave we’re going to try it out ourselves for a few nights and see if we like it. It was interesting assembling the bed frame and unpacking the mattress - it came compressed and folded, but unrolled itself and “inflated” to its normal size overnight.</p>
<p>I went to Sleepy’s and asked to see their cheapest mattress. It was in a small back room – not out with the expensive mattresses! It felt fine to me, I bought it, and I sleep just fine on it, thank you very much. Unless you have real back problems, I think a lot of mattress nonsense is just plain nonsense. Once I’m asleep, I generally stay asleep, and I wake up feeling just fine. YMMV.</p>
<p>^that’s very interesting, VeryHappy. I’m convinced too that a good nights sleep is only partially related to what you sleep on. I’m in the market for two new beds and I thought Sleepy’s was my only option. Lots of good info here</p>
<p>I never thought I’d like a memory foam mattress, but after test-driving some regular mattresses, Sleep Number and Tempurpedic, we ended up with a Tempurpedic with the adjustable base. I LOVE it. And to answer the question about being too warm (which was my fear too), turns out that it does not feel any warmer than my old mattress. I have heard that the heat can be an issue with some memory foam, though. I never thought I would spend so much on a bed, but I was tired of waking up creaky and achy and was willing to give this a try. It was totally worth it.</p>
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<p>We got our last mattress for our daughter at Sleepy’s. I felt like I was dealing with a used car salesperson. We went there because we were interested in a Sealy or Serta that were on sale for $400 a set. Believe me when I tell you…Mini could have used either as a yoga mat.</p>
<p>The sales person then took us out back to the trailer of mattresses all stacked upright. He claimed these were a “great deal”. Fine with me…but I politely told him he would have to put one down on a spring so my kid could try it. He said he couldn’t do that.</p>
<p>So…in we went…and polite me…I thanked him and proceeded to the front of the store to leave. My daughter was mighty embarrassed by this time. As I opened the door to leave I heard “lady…I have something that might work.”</p>
<p>So he shows us two $1400 sets…“I think I can get these for you for $400, I need to call my manager.” right. </p>
<p>Anyway…the kid tries them, likes both and chooses one. So then I have to decide…do I pay $50 to get it delivered to the store…or $90 to my house (no kidding…you have to pay to have it delivered to the store).</p>
<p>So I called my husband.</p>
<p>Me: we are at Sleepy’s buying a mattress.</p>
<p>Husband: the crooks?</p>
<p>He is a man of few words. We paid to have it delivered to our house.</p>
<p>But really…the jerky salesperson KNEW from my first five minutes that I was looking for something in the $400 range. So why all the dancing around if he could sell me a $1400 set for my price point?</p>
<p>Sorry for the long tale…but take your knitting. You might end up in the mattress store longer than you think! And bait and switch is their MO.</p>
<p>I was so glad to see this thread as we also need a new mattress and I also equate mattress salesmen to sleazy, used car salesmen. </p>
<p>We bought my son’s foam mattress at Costco. He has arthritis and found that the foam relieves the pressure on his joints. I absolutely love the comfort of it, but I do find that it feels very hot in the summer. Now that our son is away at college my husband and I have tried it several times but I think the heat factor will keep me looking for another alternative to replacing our mattresses. Both our older son and our D and her husband have purchased the same bed from Costco and all love it. </p>
<p>One comment about the Calif. King is that it can be difficult to find sheets on the shelf at many stores. My D has had to order her sheets on the internet.</p>
<p>I thought a California King was same width as regular king, but longer. If California king is narrower than regular king size–I’ll stick with regular King size. Learned something here, thanks!</p>
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<p>I have neck problems. I have terrible insomnia. I wake up every 2 hours. Whaaaaa. I want a new mattress. Anything to alleviate any of this. I set out on a mission about 6-7 years ago. At the end, I was frustrated and without a mattress. I just don’t see how one can lie on a mattress for 10 minutes and tell if it’s going to work all night.</p>
<p>We gave up and bought something at Sam’s. The next time…Menard’s (Midwest Home Depot type). I’ve decided it’s cheaper to do that every 4 years than the alternative. Our current dilemma is that almost nothing is available in regular full size.</p>