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Maria Rost Rublee (mrublee@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu) wrote:
: I can't comment on the price of that specific Sealy, or on the dealer's 
: "at cost" tactics (which do seem a bit questionable).  But I did want to 
: put in a good word for Mattress Discounters.


Actually, I have to come down on the other side here.

Let me just put in a BAD word for Mattress Discounters.
When I went to them, they put on the heavy sales squeeze---  it felt like 
a car dealership.  And the prices were outrageous, too.

I had just moved to the dc area, and I didn't feel like haggling with 
some commissioned chump over the price of a mattress.  I wanted one, I 
wanted one soon, and I wanted it as inexpensive as possible.  Mattress 
Discounters couldn't meet any of those criteria, so I left.

On a fluke I called 1-800-mattres.  In about 20 minutes, I had gotten a 
Sealy (with the same # of coils/surface area as one I had liked in M.D.) 
for significantly less money.  And they delivered it that day, in time 
for bed.  :)

The only hitch, of course, i that you can't try your bed before you get 
it.  But, if you have shopped around and know what you are looking for 
(in terms of # of coils) the problem is minimized.  Also, if you don't 
like the bed, they will take it back for up to 30 days.

Not to sound like a commercial...  I just had an all-around lousy 
experience with Mattress Discounters.