Evey where online seems to be astroturfed, just companies pumping themselves up, all the review sites I've found so far, if i dig deep, are also bought and sold. And, it seems like the industry has grown into further and further ways of obfuscating how terrible they are making their products now- eg. cutting down on the literal stitches in the side walls, so it doesn't last 5 years.

JFC! I just need a bed! I want to get it offline, cause in person(my town is small and dont even think we have a sales center) but they are all commission based, just used car salesman trying to take as much money as possible. Does anyone have any recommendations? My partner and I aren't rich but we are moving in together for first time(gleeful noises!), and both our beds already suck. Leaning toward a spring and foam situation, probably cant spend more that 1k, and are hoping for a king so theres plenty of wiggle room for both of us, and we dont end up having sleep problems with each other. Any help would be greatly appreciated- God I hate capitalism, literally ruins the entire earth and now wont even let me sleep. Thanks comrades,

  • frogloom [they/them]
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    3 months ago

    they don't tell you this in school, but you can order a mattress from an online retailer and "return" it.

    because every online mattress store is a shitty drop shipper - they don't take actually take returns, so they ask you to destroy the mattress or donate it to a charity (no charity actually accepts used mattresses). just fake some documentation saying you brought it to the dump and waluigi you have a free mattress.

    real image from a real email that may or may not have gotten into my inbox somehow. that or SWIM got it in their inbox. i obviously would never do anything illegal ever.

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    • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
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      3 months ago

      just fake some documentation saying you brought it to the dump and waluigi you have a free mattress.

      Couldn't OP just dump their old shitty mattress and say the old shitty mattress was the new one that got dumped?

    • ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]
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      3 months ago

      (no charity actually accepts used mattresses)

      I know at least 3 charity shops in my city that takes used mattresses.