How to Buy a Mattress: Advice From a Mattress Salesman

Mattress shopping, can be quite a confusing experience. Take some off-the-clock advice from a mattress salesman on how to get the best value.There are dozens, if not hundreds, of variables when it comes to mattress shopping.

Help cut through the thicket of choices and potential rip-offs by taking the advice offered by an insider at Get Rich Slowly. They have advice directly from a guy who has been part of his familys mattress business his whole life. Hes full of industry-related wisdom, including useful negotiation tips like this one:If a store is willing to negotiate mattress prices, then they are overpriced, so make sure you get them down a considerable amount.

Mattress manufactures contractually set minimum prices that they allow retailers to sell their mattresses at, so they either have to price them at that minimum or overprice them and negotiate. Most of the larger chains just price them at the minimum right away.Other important tips?

Dont take advice from a salesman talking about coil counts as he likely doesnt know what hes talking about. Have a mattress shopping tip of your own? Lets hear about it in the comments.

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