Mattress Shopping

I sent Momoko and Little Kat matress shopping. Little Kat needs a new twin extra long matress. I told them both that a good matress should cost around $500. Also directed them to come up with a set up Little Kat's top choices. They returns with a short list of four matresses, ranging from $250 to $650. Little Kat liked the $500 one the best.

I went to the matress store to talk details. They guy told me the matress Little Kat wanted would cost me $750. I told him, "Come on.". He then lowered the price to $650. I told him I wanted to walk out paying a total of $500 (which, with tax, would be around $470). They guy said $550 was the best he could do. I told him I would think about it.

I returned the next day. My salesman had the day off. So I started again with another salesman. He said he could sell me the matress for $899. I told him that I wanted to pay $500. He called his boss, and came down to $769. His final offer was to sell it to me for $650. No go. No sale.

Returned one last time to speak with my original salesman. He was still firm at $550. Now $550 might be a fare price for all. I was just anchored to the original $500 quote he gave Momoko. Since I did try all the matresses Little Kat pointed out, I found this $550 to be the best value. I placed an order for it.

To ensure the only extra charge I paid for was tax, I opted to pick up the matress myself with my truck at the store. We take possession of Little Kat's new matress on Wednesday. The moral of the story is that nobody pays retail for matresses. The original list price was $1200. Online the best price was $899. I might have been able to shave another $50 off the $550 price, but I was satisfied with the deal.