Who knew that buying a mattress was comparable to buying a used car?
Approximately two weeks ago, on a whim, my significant other and I decided to stop by a Sleepy’s TO GET AN IDEA of what a high quality queen sized mattresses would cost us. As anticipated, we were immediately greeted by an overzealous saleswoman who wanted to know how she could help us.

We explained to the woman that we were only poking our heads in for a moment and were the absolute epitome of “just looking” but also as expected, we were bombarded with a whirlwind of pitches, promises and prices.
Instead of being able to walk the store and peruse the different brands and styles freely, we were ushered onto a computerized mattress that evidently knows more about what we’re looking for than we do. Well, as it turns out, the mattress “for us” was Sleepy’s Sleep to Live 800 Series and just happened to be the most expensive one on the showroom floor. We weren’t deterred by the astronomical price of the mattress since it was comparable to lying on a slice of heaven and it included a lifetime warranty. My other half was ecstatic about how comfortable the bed was and we were fairly certain that, after a couple weeks of shopping around, we would find ourselves back at Sleepys purchasing the last mattress we’d ever buy. At least, that was our intention…
After politely listening to the woman’s well practiced hard sale pitch over and over again, we tried to wrap things up and leave the store, seeing as our quick pit stop had already turned into an hour long event. She began inquiring about financing and we let her know that we weren’t interested in payments or even buying today, that if we made the purchase it would be in a couple weeks and would be done in cash. At that moment she offered us the 800 Series mattress at the price of the cheaper 600 Series, insinuating that she would give us a special deal if we would act on it now.

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