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Thread: The Mattress Industry is Running the Biggest Scam. You boys still falling for it?

post 1517625711 08-28-2017, 12:42 AM
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I agree. I sleep on a bed of leafs.
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post 1517625731 08-28-2017, 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted By Calaesthetics⏩
4k mattress, NZ sheep duvet, 1200 threadcount sheets crew. Feels like you're sleeping in lotion. Ever since I got this set up, I can fall asleep almost instantly, I have awesome vivid dreams, I wake up completely relaxed, I can easily sleep 8+ hours, etc., etc. There are so many benefits, I could go on for hours.

I don't care if I'm getting scammed. I dont have any idea of how to make any of these products myself. What they contribute to my life is priceless. Also, this mattress will last me 10+ years easily.

Suk my dink OP, suk my dink.
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How do you afford this at 18 years old?
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post 1517625811 08-28-2017, 12:44 AM
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Originally Posted By hotsaucebrah⏩
4k mattress, Always take up 2 parking spots in my 2017 Challenger SXT Plus crew

How do you afford this at 18 years old?
He owns a mattress store.
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post 1517625991 08-28-2017, 12:46 AM
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Originally Posted By DonVonDuck⏩
I don't buy it for one second, partner. Ten percent margin? Are you some kind of loon? Do you even know how many mattress stores exist in the United States? Stores that exclusively sell mattresses....? There's absolutely no way there'd be such a large number of retailers if there was only a ten percent margin to be made. And the demand for mattresses isn't high at all. You must be off your meds, cowboy.
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post 1517626091 08-28-2017, 12:49 AM
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Mattresses are a scam, and a huge waste of space in your home.







If you aren't sleeping in your bath tub, you are wasting time, money, and space. Hell, you don't even need to get up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
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post 1517626121 08-28-2017, 12:50 AM
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Op you've said too much, rip
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post 1517626131 08-28-2017, 12:51 AM
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Originally Posted By FA*******⏩
Negged on spread.
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post 1517626201 08-28-2017, 12:52 AM
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OP are you retarded? Almost every product you buy cost a small fraction of what it sells for, yet for some reason everything cost 100X what it "cost" to make.

Instead of whining, why don't you start your own mattress factory? Sell the matresses for $100 each, you'll blow away the competition and still make $95 profit per matres.
post 1517626321 08-28-2017, 12:55 AM
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While I partially agree with you
I've got one of the cheapest mattresses in the store cos I specifically asked for the firmest and have no ragrets nearly 10 years later

But you're wrong about resale
The reason there's no value is cos is got other peoples sweat, poop, pee and cum on it
post 1517626371 08-28-2017, 12:56 AM
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Originally Posted By Jasonw1178⏩
OP are you retarded? Almost every product you buy cost a small fraction of what it sells for, yet for some reason everything cost 100X what it "cost" to make.

Instead of whining, why don't you start your own mattress factory? Sell the matresses for $100 each, you'll blow away the competition and still make $95 profit per matres.
I'm sure those at the top of the mattress ladder would take me out before I even linked up my first spring. There are six-hundred mattress companies in the US. There's a reason why they all play by the same rules.
R.I.P. Bert
post 1517626581 08-28-2017, 01:00 AM
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Originally Posted By hotsaucebrah⏩
4k mattress, Always take up 2 parking spots in my 2017 Challenger SXT Plus crew

How do you afford this at 18 years old?
Working + Investments and help from parents.
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post 1517626601 08-28-2017, 01:01 AM
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Originally Posted By DonVonDuck⏩
He owns a mattress store.
Lmao reps on R/C
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post 1517626661 08-28-2017, 01:02 AM
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Originally Posted By DonVonDuck⏩
I'm sure those at the top of the mattress ladder would take me out before I even linked up my first spring. There are six-hundred mattress companies in the US. There's a reason why they all play by the same rules.
Yeah I can understand you don't want to go to the mattresses with the Mattress Mafia. They'd find your body at the bottom of a lake tied to a box spring.
post 1517626671 08-28-2017, 01:02 AM
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It matters crucially to people with bad backs.

For the majority of us with our spines where they should be you can get away with a chitty mattress.

Ive been sleeping in my brothers $3k memory foam mattress for the last 2 weeks and its comfy as fuk

considering you spend 6-8h in it a day its not a bad investment to get a good quality one (from an approved chiro)
post 1517626681 08-28-2017, 01:03 AM
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Originally Posted By Jessejame5⏩
While I partially agree with you
I've got one of the cheapest mattresses in the store cos I specifically asked for the firmest and have no ragrets nearly 10 years later

But you're wrong about resale
The reason there's no value is cos is got other peoples sweat, poop, pee and cum on it
Jesse, even if the mattress was badly soiled, that doesn't negate the fact there there aren't any materials in a mattress worth salvaging. Not even for scrap. Also understand that a mattress with three months of use is worth the exact same as a mattress with thirty years of use. Nothing. Not worth a dime. It's all worthless outside of the manipulated mattress market.
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post 1517626771 08-28-2017, 01:05 AM
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Originally Posted By Jasonw1178⏩
Yeah I can understand you don't want to go to the mattresses with the Mattress Mafia. They'd find your body at the bottom of a lake tied to a box spring.
Listen guy, when there's big money being made, anyone who attempts to interfere can very easily lose their life. Doesn't matter if it's drugs, diamonds, mattresses or girl scout cookies. Big money is big money.
R.I.P. Bert
post 1517627031 08-28-2017, 01:10 AM
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Dat Purple scam lmao.. marketing got all the cucks.. no different than any other mattress as far as sleep quality/pain relief go
post 1517627091 08-28-2017, 01:11 AM
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Originally Posted By Calaesthetics⏩
Working + Investments and help from parents.
You were holding down a full-time job in high school?
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post 1517627271 08-28-2017, 01:14 AM
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just LOL @ anyone who's not on no fap no shampoo no pillow no warm water and no mattress

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post 1517627341 08-28-2017, 01:15 AM
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Originally Posted By Calaesthetics⏩
4k mattress, NZ sheep duvet, 1200 threadcount sheets crew. Feels like you're sleeping in lotion. Ever since I got this set up, I can fall asleep almost instantly, I have awesome vivid dreams, I wake up completely relaxed, I can easily sleep 8+ hours, etc., etc. There are so many benefits, I could go on for hours.

I don't care if I'm getting scammed. I dont have any idea of how to make any of these products myself. What they contribute to my life is priceless. Also, this mattress will last me 10+ years easily.

Suk my dink OP, suk my dink.
pics and product descriptions?

fuark this makes me want to upgrade
Awesome pics. Great size. Look thick. Solid. Tight. Keep us all posted on your continued progress with any new progress pics or vid clips. Show us what you got man. Wanna see how freakin' huge, solid, thick and tight you can get. Thanks for the motivation.
post 1517628341 08-28-2017, 01:37 AM
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So is a memory foam mattress worth it or not?

since I started lifitiing I cant sleep on my side anymore cause delts got too big
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post 1517628641 08-28-2017, 01:46 AM
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post 1517628851 08-28-2017, 01:54 AM
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Nearly ever product is a scam, most are also designed to fail after a certain period because they want to you re-buy. Computer component gone? Well none of your components are dated to use your mobo, your computers now worth like $100 and fixing it costs more so you buy a new computer. Washers, dryers, T.V, they could design them to last a lot longer. Sometimes you get something that lasts for eternity like this mouse I am using is defying all odds. Also, while people need margins and profit, a lot of the services are over-inflated and a sca,. mechanic industry you name it, because most humans now rely on everyone else for even trivial skills that EVERYONE should know. The amount of money people could save just by have a basic skill-set you can learn from even youtube, though sometimes there's an annoying task that you could do but CBF'd because it's finicky, so you end up paying.

Also people know how simple some products are, but the masses don't want to go to their shed and make it, so they will buy it. Even if it's a piece of string through a can, people will buy it instead of making it.
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post 1517629211 08-28-2017, 02:05 AM
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Interesting topic and theory. I am sure mattresses have a fairly high markup, maybe similar to appliances. But capitalism sets a fair price in an open market. I don't think starting a mattress production is on the high end of barriers to entry. It is a product that probably takes specialized heavy equipment, requires basic but highly refined raw materials. Shipping and holding costs are also high.

So I don't believe in some massive mattress industry conspiracy on price fixing. Marketing? I am definitely open to the idea mattresses are not needed for healthy lifestyle, maybe they are even a determinant.
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my set-up:


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just LOL @ u suckers spending $50 buck paypal on a used mattress
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I've had the same pet peeve but for sofas instead.

Be right back, a set of cheapo wooden frame, some foam and 'faux' leather fabric.

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But the old boat cover stuffed with grass clippings I prefer to sleep on doesn't fit my bed frame.
They got little baby legs that stand so low
you got to pick 'em up just to say hello.
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This thread is gold, gold i'm telling you partner hahahaha
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mattresses are a societal construct. you can sleep on literally anything
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Originally Posted By DonVonDuck⏩
The only explanation is that the markup is exponential. Five dollar mattresses are being sold for three hundred bucks. The entire industry is in on it. You boys ever wonder why the used mattress market is nearly non-existent? It seems folks can't give away their used mattress. You know why? It's because there's no value there. The materials aren't worth crap. No one wants a used mattress; not even for scrap. Even if it's only been gently used, it's still garbage. In fact, often time,you have to payto get someone to haul away that pile
No one buys used mattresses for the same reason no one buys used toothbrushes, used underwear, or used dentures. It's gross.

People sleep in a mattress 8-10 hours a day. Normally naked, farting, sweating, and mouth breathing. There might actually be 2 or more humans in there on a regular basis. People literally piss and chit the bed on the reg. Over time the mattress will gain wait due to sebum, skin, dust mites, and the chit from dust mites. srs

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