Rest Tests

Ahhhh... bed!  Who doesn't love their bed?  Well, I guess someone with an uncomfortable bed, but still...  I love sleep.  I love my bed.  You should too!  So onto my topic of the hour, mattress shopping!

Aaron and I are re-finishing a bedroom set (okay, so we're soon going to be doing it, let's not get nit-picky!) and that means we need a new mattress set.  The bedroom set included a full-size bed so we ordered a new headboard but we need the rest of the bed...  I looked up a few places in the area that sell mattresses and we headed out when Aaron got home from work.

Our first stop was Wolf Furniture on the Carlisle Pike.  This was my "oops!" because apparently they close at 6pm on Wednesday. We got there around 5:45pm which meant we were greeted and the door and escorted out (nicely though); they gave us a $25 coupon off anything in the store though!  I'm not sure what we can get in that store that would make it worthwhile to even use the coupon since I believe Wolf Furniture is a bit expensive... On a side note, I saw a really awesome dresser/table in the entryway of the store that I could see using as a console table in the living room!  However, I'm pretty sure it was, like, a thousand dollars!  (Ooops!)

Next up was Mattress Warehouse.  When we got there, we thought it looked a bit sketchy and generally underwhelming; there was certainly no extra frills here in terms of decor, etc.  When we walked in, a salesman came up to us.  He proceeded to show us around, telling us which mattress to lay on and which one to try next, etc.  Of course, he started with the most expensive sets!  We tried to the Serta i-Series which is gel-infused memory foam; some of those sets were all memory foam and some were hybrids that had springs/coils as well.  Let me tell you - these mattresses were nniiicceee.  They were comfortable, conforming, and yet I could move and toss and turn just fine.  We also tried the Tempur-pedics which are a denser memory foam - they were good but not as good as the Serta i-Series.  However, these mattresses were in the $2,500-$4,000 price range. 

Needless to say, Aaron and I were looking for something a bit more reasonably priced!  We moved on to the regular mattresses.  First, let me say - we learned there are four different levels of mattresses: extra firm, comfort firm, plush, and pillow-top (obviously those go from least to most soft).  We laid on a bunch of options, tending to like the pillow-top options (sometimes the nicer plush sets worked too).  We found one that we liked that was listed at only $899 (compared to the several thousands of dollars for those i-Series and Tempur-pedic sets).  Then came the salesman...  Again, I say - I hate salespeople!  Especially the aggressive ones!  So the salesman comes over and starts telling us that he wants our business and that he wants to earn our business.  He said he doesn't want us to leave, that he wants to earn our business.  I'm sure I looked skeptical so he said, "If this mattress was $200, would I earn your business?"  Of course, I said yes.  But that wasn't his offer...  He then said that, he liked us and could do something for us since he liked us (like I'm sure he likes all of his customers... and now is as good of time as any to mention that he couldn't get my name right!) - he showed us a coupon for $100 off.  He told us that he could make the mattress set $800.  When I still wasn't gung-ho, he then made it seem like it was hurting him but that he could offer us the employee discount of $180 and take the price down to $720.  He gave us time to talk it over and I still said that it was the first store we had been to and I just didn't feel comfortable; it also made me uneasy that he didn't want us to leave - if they had the best prices, he would encourage us to shop around, knowing we'd be back!  We told him we needed some time, he told us that he is off on Thursdays and Fridays, and we walked out... I told Aaron that if we came back, it would be on a Thursday or Friday!

Now, there were several more mattress places on the Carlisle Pike but it was getting close to dinner so we decided to stop at Just Cabinets and then head home.  I thought Just Cabinets would have just a few mattresses and it would be a quick stop...  I was wrong!  ...In a good way!  I will go into my new-found love for Just Cabinets later, but, for now, let's just say that they have several name brand mattresses and they are quite a bit cheaper and just as comfy!  However, my discussion of and love for Just Cabinets will likely be lengthy so you'll just have to wait for that post...

::yawn::  With all this talk of beds (and not helped by the rain outside), I'm sleepy now... Good night, y'all!