The Ordeal
Stewdog and the Missus had put off replacing our decaying bed long enough. The old dog bed simply became unworthy of our chew toys and milk bones. So yesterday, we ventured out to do the deed.
Buying a bed is only slightly less complicated than buying a car. You need to first figure out the model and then the make, and possibly options. You then need to identify the dealers in the area, and believe me, they are as plentiful as Starbucks, Walgreens, 7-11s, and one hour cleaners in our neck of the woods. You then must compare price, determine if they offer free financing, such as one year same as cash, and whether there are minimum payments. Then, you must find out if they offer free delivery and pick up of your old mattress or not. (Actually, this process is only slightly less complicated than litigation).
We were lucky. At the first store, we test drove (or is it test rested) a number of models. . The Tempurpedic immediately won, busting our expressed budget, but. . what the hell! It was now only a matter of deciding among the five models they offered. The price of the top two and the quality of the bottom of the line narrowed that down quickly.
We went to a second store. . . between their price and the delivery for free (the first place wanted 50 bucks) we saved 550 over the first place.
We returned home to relax, process the information, and make a few comparison calls. Finding that I couldn't do better, I returned to the second store, talked Dodger/Cardinal trash with the salesman while my credit application soared back and forth over the fax, and signed over our lives for the next year.
So, next week, if you don't see me posting, it will simply be because I refuse to get out of bed.
Buying a bed is only slightly less complicated than buying a car. You need to first figure out the model and then the make, and possibly options. You then need to identify the dealers in the area, and believe me, they are as plentiful as Starbucks, Walgreens, 7-11s, and one hour cleaners in our neck of the woods. You then must compare price, determine if they offer free financing, such as one year same as cash, and whether there are minimum payments. Then, you must find out if they offer free delivery and pick up of your old mattress or not. (Actually, this process is only slightly less complicated than litigation).
We were lucky. At the first store, we test drove (or is it test rested) a number of models. . The Tempurpedic immediately won, busting our expressed budget, but. . what the hell! It was now only a matter of deciding among the five models they offered. The price of the top two and the quality of the bottom of the line narrowed that down quickly.
We went to a second store. . . between their price and the delivery for free (the first place wanted 50 bucks) we saved 550 over the first place.
We returned home to relax, process the information, and make a few comparison calls. Finding that I couldn't do better, I returned to the second store, talked Dodger/Cardinal trash with the salesman while my credit application soared back and forth over the fax, and signed over our lives for the next year.
So, next week, if you don't see me posting, it will simply be because I refuse to get out of bed.
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I'll be awaiting the long term test results. My neighbor paid big bucks for a Sleep Number bed and said it made sciatic pain worse. Out it went.
Did you get fancy pillows to go with it?
Oh yes. Fancy pillows will be coming. . I forgot to mention that they threw in the fancy pillows at 2 for 1.
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