Submitted by General Specific on August 10, 2010 - 12:17am.
Have you tried lying on Trevor the opposite way?
JesseT77
Submitted by JesseT77 on August 10, 2010 - 1:08am.
Oh please, gods, no more comments recommending "positions" ;D
shadeofred
Submitted by shadeofred on August 10, 2010 - 4:50am.
oh man, i feel your pain.... bought a matress recently, and i havent been sleeping well on it....
still trying to decide what im going to do about trading it in.
KittyCanuck
Submitted by KittyCanuck on August 10, 2010 - 5:02am.
Buying a bed is hard! You can't really tell in the amount of time you have in the store, and even if the store has one of those 60-night return policies or whatever, it's a huge hassle to do it all over again (not that I'm mattress shopping now...)!
Ah ha, it *is* new hair colour! On purpose, or just bleached out in the summer sun?
Jam
Submitted by Jam on August 11, 2010 - 7:32pm.
I purposefully lightened it a bit for the wedding :)
syphrangel
Submitted by syphrangel on August 10, 2010 - 1:15pm.
I recommend you just buy the cheapest one that's not horribly hard, and then buy a featherbed from quilts etc. It pokes occasionally and requires a shaking out when you change the sheets, but other than that, they are wonderful. :) Makes life easier and the feather beds are all nesty. :P
omnompineapple
Submitted by omnompineapple on August 10, 2010 - 1:26pm.
That's pretty much the way that my boyfriend and I sleep as well.
Marquesa Jen
Submitted by Marquesa Jen on August 10, 2010 - 3:03pm.
We have a bed from craigslist that we put a feathertop thingy on. Yup. Damn thing slides though!
Spizzy
Submitted by Spizzy on August 10, 2010 - 7:37pm.
Reading just the few replies here I guess I SUPER lucked out with my parent's choice of a new matress when my old one was just too fubar to use anymore; it's perfect as is. I can't imagine the frustration of trying to find a new bed, since you need time to figure out if it sucks or not. It's like chair shopping; it might feel heavenly for the the 10 minutes you sit in it at the store but 6 hours per day and you want to stab it and rip the upholestry off.
PlagueRat
Submitted by PlagueRat on August 10, 2010 - 8:34pm.
WHY do they cost so much ??? Compare the price of a mattress to a laptop... which is MORE complicated, has more engineering, more assembly, etc ?
godai
Submitted by godai on August 11, 2010 - 5:29am.
Because they last longer. A good bed can last a decade or two. A new computer 2-3 years if lucky.
So they can't sell them as often.
Plus labor costs for North America for bed while laptop are made overseas.
Jam
Submitted by Jam on August 11, 2010 - 7:33pm.
That's an interesting way of looking at it. "It lasts longer so they can't sell it as often" I mean.
Calen
Submitted by Calen on August 12, 2010 - 11:44pm.
It's also why mattress salespeople are the worst kind to deal with, at least in mattress retail stores. People turn around and buy new CARS more frequently than mattresses, so they really have no incentive to try and get you to come back. Every penny they can take from you, they'll certainly try to.
sakuraruby
Submitted by sakuraruby on August 11, 2010 - 10:44am.
My parents had a really shitty mattress. It was so soft that they would both sink to the middle...xD
And then, it left an indent there so it never went back. The mattress cost about $2000...
So they said f this and they bought a temper pedic....my mother does not have back pain anymore n___n
sece
Submitted by sece on August 11, 2010 - 3:03pm.
Lol we are doing the same thing. Although we have an awesume place we are getting ours from. Its about 4-600 for a really nice one. But yeah when we go to sleep it is compleet war. Elbos, hands and knees are flung at each other, doesn't help we are on a full right now. ^^
IshManda
Submitted by IshManda on August 11, 2010 - 3:37pm.
I's a silleh. I like to sleep sideways on my bed. Somehow more rolling room and less stretching room ends up being more cozy to me. D: 'Specially with a big giant soft blankie o' doom. >w<
But if the mattress ends up being too firm and uncomfortable, you can always get a foam pad to put over it before you put on the sheets. It worked when I tried it, anyway. :3
FunkyTuba
Submitted by FunkyTuba on August 11, 2010 - 6:42pm.
Bed Shopping advice:
principle #1: Disassociate the selection of the bed from the purchase of the bed
principle #2: During the purchase cycle, take obnoxious advantage of "price match" if your bed stores do that
Background: Here, (US, Northern CA... the Canadian market might do things differently) mattress stores generally all carry the same brands. The trick, though, is that the model names vary just a little bit from store to store. That way they can pretend they've got a "different bed" that's different in name only that they can't price match because it's a "different bed".
So a 980 14-gauge -coil mattress with 2" MSI foam and 1" of supersoft foam might be called a "Hampton ultra court" at one store and a "Broham delux" somewhere else. Now that you know this, you can use the system.
Selection Methodology:
1) Go to a store that has a huge selection. If you're embarrased to go and not buy something, go to store in a different town. Tell the salesperson you're saving up or something... you'll never see them again.
2) Bring pillows from home (this part is important, unless you're going to buy brand new pillows)
3) Try out as many mattresses in the store as you have time for, *ignoring the price*
when I say "try out", I mean "lie in each one for at least 10 minutes, if not 30" so that all the layers of the mattress can adjust to your full weight... try different sleep positions, etc... really gauge the comfort
Get a really good feel for which features matter to you... do you like the squishiness of the memory foam? do you need support for your back?
4) Once you and Trev come to some consensus about which one is best comfortable, write down the full nitpicky details of the *specs* for the mattress... the number and gauge of coils, amounts and thicknesses of the different types of foam, types of covering, everything. This becomes your "rosetta stone" so you can find the same mattress at a different store. Get out your engineer's full-on anal-retentive documentation freakyness for this step
5) Leave the store (this step is important... you *aren't purchasing a mattress here tonight*... be nice to the salesperson if you must, but LEAVE)
Purchase Strategy:
1) Go to a different bed store, any bed store and find the mattress there with the same specs
2) Ask the salesman to give you their best price on this mattress. Quote the specs you brought so they know you know what you're talking about. They will go to the desk and talk things over with the manager, who will look it up on the computer.
3) Once you get their quote, say "sounds good.. give me your business card and we'll call you when we're ready to purchase"
4) Take that person's business card to another mattress store, and ask for a "price match" of this price for the same mattress. Around here, they have to beat it by 5%... when they give you the (5% less) price, say "sounds good.. give me your business card and we'll call you when we're ready to purchase" :D
5) Repeat as many times as you can stomach.
6) At some point the manager will do a doubletake when they go look it up, give a look to the salesperson, and come over and say something like "I don't know how this salesperson can offer this price, We'll beat it, but you have to buy it before you leave the store". That's when you know you've gotten a good deal.
7) Like a car, get the price *before* you start talking financing so you can make a good purchasing decision.
Happy bed hunting!
FunkyTuba
Submitted by FunkyTuba on August 11, 2010 - 6:49pm.
Oops... forgot something:
A quick note about Tempur-Pedic.... They very strictly control their prices, so the salespeople can't make deals. Around here, they are excluded the 5% price match thingie.
If you decide you want one of those, you'll probably end up paying full list price.
Jam
Submitted by Jam on August 11, 2010 - 7:34pm.
This is a good strategy! We got the quote and specs from the last place, at least!
NochDguir
Submitted by NochDguir on August 16, 2010 - 6:45am.
One word.... GENIUS! i am so keeping this in mind when i replace my ancient king size mattress (assuming i ever get out of school with my BA in Mech Engineering intact....) thank you
Serbian Goth
Submitted by Serbian Goth on August 12, 2010 - 5:03am.
I don't really get it...
Serbian Goth
Submitted by Serbian Goth on August 12, 2010 - 5:04am.
Gah that was meant for the previous comic xD
As for this one,I have to say you sleep in weirder poses than me!!!
Mortosdersoulstealer
Submitted by Mortosdersoulstealer on August 12, 2010 - 8:41pm.
ahaha Amen, I wake up every morning and find I've flipped over and almost off the bed. How I manage to roll so much/sleep so akwardly and still function during the day I have no idea
Comments
Have you tried lying on Trevor the opposite way?
Oh please, gods, no more comments recommending "positions" ;D
oh man, i feel your pain.... bought a matress recently, and i havent been sleeping well on it....
still trying to decide what im going to do about trading it in.
Buying a bed is hard! You can't really tell in the amount of time you have in the store, and even if the store has one of those 60-night return policies or whatever, it's a huge hassle to do it all over again (not that I'm mattress shopping now...)!
Ah ha, it *is* new hair colour! On purpose, or just bleached out in the summer sun?
I purposefully lightened it a bit for the wedding :)
I recommend you just buy the cheapest one that's not horribly hard, and then buy a featherbed from quilts etc. It pokes occasionally and requires a shaking out when you change the sheets, but other than that, they are wonderful. :) Makes life easier and the feather beds are all nesty. :P
That's pretty much the way that my boyfriend and I sleep as well.
We have a bed from craigslist that we put a feathertop thingy on. Yup. Damn thing slides though!
Reading just the few replies here I guess I SUPER lucked out with my parent's choice of a new matress when my old one was just too fubar to use anymore; it's perfect as is. I can't imagine the frustration of trying to find a new bed, since you need time to figure out if it sucks or not. It's like chair shopping; it might feel heavenly for the the 10 minutes you sit in it at the store but 6 hours per day and you want to stab it and rip the upholestry off.
WHY do they cost so much ??? Compare the price of a mattress to a laptop... which is MORE complicated, has more engineering, more assembly, etc ?
Because they last longer. A good bed can last a decade or two. A new computer 2-3 years if lucky.
So they can't sell them as often.
Plus labor costs for North America for bed while laptop are made overseas.
That's an interesting way of looking at it. "It lasts longer so they can't sell it as often" I mean.
It's also why mattress salespeople are the worst kind to deal with, at least in mattress retail stores. People turn around and buy new CARS more frequently than mattresses, so they really have no incentive to try and get you to come back. Every penny they can take from you, they'll certainly try to.
My parents had a really shitty mattress. It was so soft that they would both sink to the middle...xD
And then, it left an indent there so it never went back. The mattress cost about $2000...
So they said f this and they bought a temper pedic....my mother does not have back pain anymore n___n
Lol we are doing the same thing. Although we have an awesume place we are getting ours from. Its about 4-600 for a really nice one. But yeah when we go to sleep it is compleet war. Elbos, hands and knees are flung at each other, doesn't help we are on a full right now. ^^
I's a silleh. I like to sleep sideways on my bed. Somehow more rolling room and less stretching room ends up being more cozy to me. D: 'Specially with a big giant soft blankie o' doom. >w<
But if the mattress ends up being too firm and uncomfortable, you can always get a foam pad to put over it before you put on the sheets. It worked when I tried it, anyway. :3
Bed Shopping advice:
principle #1: Disassociate the selection of the bed from the purchase of the bed
principle #2: During the purchase cycle, take obnoxious advantage of "price match" if your bed stores do that
Background: Here, (US, Northern CA... the Canadian market might do things differently) mattress stores generally all carry the same brands. The trick, though, is that the model names vary just a little bit from store to store. That way they can pretend they've got a "different bed" that's different in name only that they can't price match because it's a "different bed".
So a 980 14-gauge -coil mattress with 2" MSI foam and 1" of supersoft foam might be called a "Hampton ultra court" at one store and a "Broham delux" somewhere else. Now that you know this, you can use the system.
Selection Methodology:
1) Go to a store that has a huge selection. If you're embarrased to go and not buy something, go to store in a different town. Tell the salesperson you're saving up or something... you'll never see them again.
2) Bring pillows from home (this part is important, unless you're going to buy brand new pillows)
3) Try out as many mattresses in the store as you have time for, *ignoring the price*
when I say "try out", I mean "lie in each one for at least 10 minutes, if not 30" so that all the layers of the mattress can adjust to your full weight... try different sleep positions, etc... really gauge the comfort
Get a really good feel for which features matter to you... do you like the squishiness of the memory foam? do you need support for your back?
4) Once you and Trev come to some consensus about which one is best comfortable, write down the full nitpicky details of the *specs* for the mattress... the number and gauge of coils, amounts and thicknesses of the different types of foam, types of covering, everything. This becomes your "rosetta stone" so you can find the same mattress at a different store. Get out your engineer's full-on anal-retentive documentation freakyness for this step
5) Leave the store (this step is important... you *aren't purchasing a mattress here tonight*... be nice to the salesperson if you must, but LEAVE)
Purchase Strategy:
1) Go to a different bed store, any bed store and find the mattress there with the same specs
2) Ask the salesman to give you their best price on this mattress. Quote the specs you brought so they know you know what you're talking about. They will go to the desk and talk things over with the manager, who will look it up on the computer.
3) Once you get their quote, say "sounds good.. give me your business card and we'll call you when we're ready to purchase"
4) Take that person's business card to another mattress store, and ask for a "price match" of this price for the same mattress. Around here, they have to beat it by 5%... when they give you the (5% less) price, say "sounds good.. give me your business card and we'll call you when we're ready to purchase" :D
5) Repeat as many times as you can stomach.
6) At some point the manager will do a doubletake when they go look it up, give a look to the salesperson, and come over and say something like "I don't know how this salesperson can offer this price, We'll beat it, but you have to buy it before you leave the store". That's when you know you've gotten a good deal.
7) Like a car, get the price *before* you start talking financing so you can make a good purchasing decision.
Happy bed hunting!
Oops... forgot something:
A quick note about Tempur-Pedic.... They very strictly control their prices, so the salespeople can't make deals. Around here, they are excluded the 5% price match thingie.
If you decide you want one of those, you'll probably end up paying full list price.
This is a good strategy! We got the quote and specs from the last place, at least!
One word.... GENIUS! i am so keeping this in mind when i replace my ancient king size mattress (assuming i ever get out of school with my BA in Mech Engineering intact....) thank you
I don't really get it...
Gah that was meant for the previous comic xD
As for this one,I have to say you sleep in weirder poses than me!!!
ahaha Amen, I wake up every morning and find I've flipped over and almost off the bed. How I manage to roll so much/sleep so akwardly and still function during the day I have no idea