Is business booming that much for these places to be popping up everywhere?
7/28/2016 8:13:23 AM
errybody sleeps
7/28/2016 8:19:13 AM
Profit margins are huge. Mattresses are really simple things but they charge thousands.
7/28/2016 9:18:44 AM
i'm going to steal this threadyo, where can I get an extra long bed? not that california king bullshit, but something like 90" long
7/28/2016 9:40:01 AM
they're always going out of business tho.
7/28/2016 10:15:43 AM
^^http://www.rockymountainmattress.com/custom-mattress-size[Edited on July 28, 2016 at 10:19 AM. Reason : ]
7/28/2016 10:19:23 AM
http://freakonomics.com/podcast/mattress-store-bubble/
7/28/2016 11:52:51 AM
can i get a tl;dr version of that^?
7/28/2016 11:51:47 PM
As with many, many things now there is almost no need to go to a store to buy a mattress. The markups are absofuckinglutely absurd. I mean, it's almost beyond the pale like buying new tires at the BMW dealership level of ripoff.http://sleepopolis.com/mattress-reviews/casper-vs-leesa-vs-tuft-needle-vs-saatva-mattress-review/Just buy your next one online or if you really are concerned go to a store and then buy it at costco or sams club.
7/29/2016 1:39:45 AM
^actually, this kinda illustrates a point I've never quite understand about online shoppingif ima buy a mattress, I want to physically lie down on it first, make sure it's comfortableI mean, what if it's too hard/soft? it seems like some in-person testing is really desirable. I'm the same way with blue jeans - most blue jeans are too damned heavy for me, I like the light fabric (whatever the hell the distinction actually is - some jeans just feel lighter than others.)
7/29/2016 2:10:24 AM
Pretty much every online mattress offers a pretty long trial/refund period so there's that. I think the margin markup is the reason that you can't buy a sealy or serta on amazon. I believe they have their own online stores though.I've long argued that pretty much everything is going online except for things that require you to try it on/use it (clothing, sporting goods for example) and fresh food (almost nobody will buy online meat). If you aren't offering a unique, niche item or something that needs to be physically manipulated to purchase, your time as a retailer is over.I think eventually you'll see a lot of stores shrunk in size and exist only as showrooms for stuff like furniture and mattresses, even more so than they have today. The cost of leasing retail space, staffing it, utilities, etc. is just really prohibitive unless you have huge margins and you just can't do that against online competition.As for clothes, I haven't bought khakis, jeans, dress shirts, polos, or athletic shoes anywhere but online for at least 5 years. I know my size, what brands I like, etc. There's really no reason to go to footlocker or Macy's ever again.
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7/29/2016 10:33:49 AM
heard Casper advertising on a few podcasts i listen too...they have a 100 day return policy, i believe. haven't used them though.
7/29/2016 10:58:34 AM
7/29/2016 11:17:49 AM
90 percent of mattresses that you find in stores (not online) cannot be returned.
7/29/2016 3:00:34 PM
I agree. But you quoted the following and said it was untrue
7/29/2016 3:06:53 PM
Yeah. Missed that. U right
7/29/2016 3:19:00 PM