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In <45nfej$mn6@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> xiled@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu
(Christopher Taggi) writes: 
>
>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.
>
>
I had the same experience with Mattress Discounters but the outcome was
different.  I shopped for the top of the line Simmons and the salesman
just about blocked our exit from the store.  Talk about high pressure! 
Finally, after coming down over $500 from the original price, he said
that this was his lowest price.  I whipped out a cellular phone from my
pocket and called Dial-A-Mattress in front of him.  Even though he
really did have the best price of the two, I lied and got him down
another $150.  I think that was a first time experience for him as his
jaw was on the floor.  I think I won that round. Just shows you what
they will do for a sale.