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Post by Generic Poster on Nov 14, 2016 15:44:02 GMT -5
As I'm sure most of you know, with the demise of Draft Kings, 99% of podcasts are supported by people who want to mail you razor blades, or people who want to convince you that some shitty block of foam they mail you in a box the size of a mini-fridge is actually a good mattress.
The latter folks base their sales pitch on the premise that people are terrified of going to a mattress showroom and lying down on a mattress briefly. This puzzles me, as mattress-buying is such an infrequent activity that I wouldn't think anyone would have anxiety about it. Am I wrong? Does our society really suffer from sissyism to this degree?
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Nov 14, 2016 15:46:57 GMT -5
I mean. I do find salesmen a little awkward. We bought a new mattress last year, and it wasn't painful, but I hate being followed around by salesmen, even more so when you're trying to really relax on a mattress to get a feel for it.
And don't forget, millennials apparently hate talking to the phone, I expect store salesmen are more anxiety-inducing.
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Post by Powerthirteen on Nov 14, 2016 15:48:14 GMT -5
I detest visiting any traditional showroom of big-ticket items - furniture, mattresses, appliances. If Ikea sold appliances that would be awesome.
Also we bought a Tuft and Needle Mattress a year ago and we love it.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Nov 14, 2016 15:50:56 GMT -5
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Post by Generic Poster on Nov 14, 2016 15:57:33 GMT -5
I mean. I do find salesmen a little awkward. We bought a new mattress last year, and it wasn't painful, but I hate being followed around by salesmen, even more so when you're trying to really relax on a mattress to get a feel for it. And don't forget, millennials apparently hate talking to the phone, I expect store salesmen are more anxiety-inducing. I also don't like being followed around by salesmen, so I tell them (politely) to buzz off and that I'll find them if I have any questions. And I assume that this mattress business isn't an issue for millennials because their parents are buying their mattresses for them. |
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Post by Powerthirteen on Nov 14, 2016 15:58:42 GMT -5
No chest freezers though  |
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Post by ganews on Nov 14, 2016 16:03:04 GMT -5
I actually do need a new mattress, so I'll have to shop for one soon. If a salesman starts harassing me, I intend to test the mattress by humping it while making direct eye contact.
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Post by Ben Grimm on Nov 14, 2016 16:07:42 GMT -5
Mattress shopping isn't that much fun, but I can't imagine buying a mattress without trying it out first, since the mattress companies have colluded to make pretty much any other form of buying them virtually impossible.
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Post by Generic Poster on Nov 14, 2016 16:18:19 GMT -5
Mattress shopping isn't that much fun, but I can't imagine buying a mattress without trying it out first, since the mattress companies have colluded to make pretty much any other form of buying them virtually impossible. Yes! It's extremely irritating that no two stores sell the same models of mattresses even when they sell the same brands. |
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Post by Hippo on Nov 16, 2016 10:11:49 GMT -5
The whole thing about mattress shopping is that it's real hard to get an actual sense of the mattress quality without stripping down and I'm pretty sure that's illegal so yes, awkward.
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Post by Pastafarian on Nov 16, 2016 10:23:18 GMT -5
I actually sleep on one of those podcast advertised blocks of foam, and I find it quite comfortable. I'm no mattress snob or anything but I liked not having to go into a store and deal with a sales guy (not out of anxiety, I just have better things to do with my time) and it did end up being significantly cheaper to do it that way.
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Post by monodrone on Nov 16, 2016 10:37:09 GMT -5
I go mattress shopping every weekend and I hate it. Every weekend I say to myself, 'there must be an easier way to do this!', but no easier way has manifested itself before me and so I must continue on this never ending quest to shop for mattresses in person. It is a burden. It is a curse.
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Post by Ben Grimm on Nov 16, 2016 10:53:49 GMT -5
The whole thing about mattress shopping is that it's real hard to get an actual sense of the mattress quality without stripping down and I'm pretty sure that's illegal so yes, awkward. Wait, you're not supposed to strip down? That would explain why all those people were yelling at me. |
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Post by Hippo on Nov 16, 2016 11:00:45 GMT -5
The whole thing about mattress shopping is that it's real hard to get an actual sense of the mattress quality without stripping down and I'm pretty sure that's illegal so yes, awkward. Wait, you're not supposed to strip down? That would explain why all those people were yelling at me. See? This guy gets it. |
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Post by moimoi on Nov 16, 2016 11:23:37 GMT -5
In my opinion, buying an online block of foam is just one step above buying a futon. Before I got my current mattress, I was in comparison shopping hell like Monodrone. It was worth it, though. I got a dream of a mattress at a good price and the salesman were all very nice and helpful. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2016 11:51:05 GMT -5
The last time I bought a mattress from a showroom, the salesperson said one customer actually got into the doggy-style position to test out the mattress.
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Post by LazBro on Nov 16, 2016 12:20:36 GMT -5
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Post by LazBro on Nov 16, 2016 12:33:18 GMT -5
For real though, the last time we went mattress shopping, we were happy with the price and quality of our mattress, but our frame was falling apart, and we couldn't afford a new one. So I was all, "I'll build one."
And I did. And it was ... ... ... functional. But I was happy 3 years later when we finally got a proper bed frame with headboard and all that. Adulting!
Fun silver lining: we got the new bed frame when moving to the new house, and the head guy at our movers asked if he could have our old frame. The piece of crap that I'd built. Of course I said yes!
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Post by Ron Howard Voice on Nov 16, 2016 13:20:01 GMT -5
Usually I ignore the salesman and just go around lying down on everything. Doesn't feel awkward - feels like asserting dominance. What other store do you go to and you're just like, "Hi, salesman. I am now going to sit on all the things you care about."
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Post by Liz n Dicksgiving on Nov 16, 2016 14:09:55 GMT -5
Usually I ignore the salesman and just go around lying down on everything. Doesn't feel awkward - feels like asserting dominance. What other store do you go to and you're just like, "Hi, salesman. I am now going to sit on all the things you care about." That's my approach -- "I'll let you know when I need your help. Until then, you can just watch from your desk." |
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Post by Celebith on Nov 17, 2016 0:57:36 GMT -5
I fear any experience which might cause my wife to decide that we need to spend a few thousand dollars. fortunately, our bedframe is pretty much solid wood, and our mattress is solid something else, and we will probably never need a new mattress while we're alive. It closely replicates the Korean / Japanese experience of sleeping on a floor with thick pads, but elevated.
(I would have said something about how we make the employees nervous when I ask them to join us on the bed because our sister-husband can't be there, but you all got the freak vote covered, so I'll see YOU never at the post office)
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Post by ayatollahcm on Nov 17, 2016 1:02:28 GMT -5
And don't forget, millennials apparently hate talking to the phone, I expect store salesmen are more anxiety-inducing. This right here. I'm awkward enough in real life. The phone just makes it worse. |
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Post by Floyd Diabolical Barber on Nov 20, 2016 20:48:55 GMT -5
I figure if I'm going to pay real money for a mattress I should at least take a nap on it, they can wake me up in a couple of hours and I'll tell them how I like it.
Honestly, though, there is a discount mattress/furniture warehouse in a town near us, and we got a good deal on a really nice memory foam mattress a couple of years ago. The salesperson was friendly and helpful, and except for the actual spending of the money, the whole thing was a fairly pleasant experience.
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Post by Meth Lab Shenanigans on Nov 21, 2016 3:52:23 GMT -5
I can't decide whether "The Awkward Mattress Showroom Experience" or "That Awkward Mattress Showroom Experience" is the better band name.
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Post by Nudeviking on Nov 21, 2016 7:46:06 GMT -5
I can't decide whether "The Awkward Mattress Showroom Experience" or "That Awkward Mattress Showroom Experience" is the better band name. The first needs some dude's name preceding it (ie. Emily Pennyworth & The Awkward Mattress Showroom Experience) the later is a standalone band name ("I saw That Awkward Mattress Showroom Experience open for Candlebox back in '95.") |
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Post by Trurl on Nov 21, 2016 9:17:14 GMT -5
Ok, so maybe I wont take a running start and cannonball onto a showroom bed, but the last time I was mattress shopping I did throw myself dramatically on them like an overwrought teenager.
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Post by Baron von Costume on Nov 24, 2016 13:50:03 GMT -5
I discovered soon after buying a mattress for my house that a local chain does an auction of showhome furniture quasi monthly that includes Mattresses... surprisingly high end ones...
The prices they go for are just ridiculously low because they're technically a used Mattress but they never even take the plastic off before dressing the beds in the showrooms so who gives a F?
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Post by Hippo on Nov 24, 2016 13:59:23 GMT -5
Unless you're Leesa or Casper, I don't want to know about it. Also, nobody would really want a slightly used mattress even if it is still in plastic, other people been bouncing on that thing to check for sturdiness.
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Post by Albert Fish Taco on Dec 1, 2016 21:11:08 GMT -5
With mattress shopping dealing with the sales folk is not really an issue. In that particular field they tend to be very cognizant of people needing to just do their thing (half-assed endurance testing the goods).
My issue is getting paranoid about buyers remorse and head-casing about whether I lied down long enough or in enough angles, etc. The last time I went mattress shopping I ended up not liking the mattress we got (a memory -foamish two sided euro-pillowtop), but it seemed perfectly OK when we tested it out (after hitting multiple stores). The mattress got too fucking hot for my liking. I had no problem with my Ex taking it, since my old mattress was still in decent shape (though I can tell within the next two years I'll need to replace it, I'm starting to sleep shitty again and it's a 2004 model).
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