Buying a used mattress

[Canai]

Originally posted by: iroast
If you have a giant steam cooker to kill off the bed bugs, sure.

Otherwise, you can find cheap mattresses (new) at Costco or on clearance at department stores.

QFT. Bed bugs are hard to kill.

 

[imported_Imp]

Get one with bullet holes.

Just ask yourself what would possess a person to sell their mattress in the first place. I doubt it was to improve their physical comfort.

 

[KeithTalent]

I'd sleep on the floor before I would sleep on a used mattress.

KT

 

[Xavier434]

Originally posted by: crystal
why not. For those who said no way, ever slept at a hotel?

If packing my bed into my suit case and transporting it were as easy as packing my clothes then you can bet that I would take it with me.

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
I'd sleep on the floor before I would sleep on a used mattress.

KT

last time you didn't get very much sleep at all

 

[ShotgunSteven]

The Second Chance Store in Anchorage had hot deals on mattresses. As long as you are fine with knife holes and blood stains, you can get one for pennies on the dollar for what a new one would cost. I don't know if they are still in business, though.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

isn't it illegal to sell used matresses?

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
isn't it illegal to sell used matresses?

Some places may have enacted laws to that effect. I remember when 20/20 or one of those other news shows showed companies "recycling" used mattresses. Basically they took ones that they found with the trash on the street and put a new cover on them. Old stains and such eventually bled through. :thumbsdown:

 

[Xavier434]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
isn't it illegal to sell used matresses?

I can't confirm but I doubt it is illegal if you are just selling your mattress. If you try to start a business doing that then there may be some laws in place here and there but I have yet to hear of any. Of course, I don't see how any business could turn a profit selling used mattresses anyways.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: IcebergSlim
isn't it illegal to sell used matresses?

Only if you rip off the tags. That will land your butt in jail only second to pirating music.

 

[thedarkwolf]

Bought my whole bed off craigslist for $25. I'm sleeping on my sheets not the mattress and I doubt they did anything worse on it then I'm doing .

 

[tranceport]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Alright, so the conclusion is that the only way to be sure is to nuke from orbit.

That is correct.

Orbital Bombardment

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Ns1

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
I'd sleep on the floor before I would sleep on a used mattress.

KT

last time you didn't get very much sleep at all

Never do when you're around.

KT

 

[Auric]

Just say no to human filth and otherwise. Or at least, other humans' filth.

And yes, hotels are nasty. So don't even go there girlfriend!

 

[puffff]

Only buy used mattresses from old grandmas... who might have stuffed a small fortune into them and subsequently forgot about it.

 

[QueBert]

I saw that mattress story on Dateline years ago, unless major changes have occurred since then. I don't see how anyone can say "I'd never buy a used mattress!" when you buy a new one, you might very well be getting a used one that's been refurbished

That story made me wonder about the bed I bought a year later, because on the show they were testing beds from known sellers and a lot were just old pissy ones with new covers put on them to make they seem new.

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: QueBert
I saw that mattress story on Dateline years ago, unless major changes have occurred since then. I don't see how anyone can say "I'd never buy a used mattress!" when you buy a new one, you might very well be getting a used one that's been refurbished

That story made me wonder about the bed I bought a year later, because on the show they were testing beds from known sellers and a lot were just old pissy ones with new covers put on them to make they seem new.

Hay is looking like a good alternative. Or how aboot inflatable? Or a hammock? Actually, the pissy refurbs can surely be avoided by steering clear of dodgy matress mongers and instead opting for IKEA or some such.

 

[jjones]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
:thumbsdown: I would never buy a used mattress.

That sums it up perfectly.

Edit: Although I don't seem to have any phobias related to sleeping on mattresses in hotels. Essentially it is the same thing, except one could easily argue that the hotel mattress has seen much more general abuse and/or sticky substances/bodily fluids.

 

[summit]

some guy i know bought a mattress sheets pillows of some dude in craigslist... he got some rash after not washing the sheets... WHAT A NOOB

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: jjones

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
:thumbsdown: I would never buy a used mattress.

That sums it up perfectly.

Edit: Although I don't seem to have any phobias related to sleeping on mattresses in hotels. Essentially it is the same thing, except one could easily argue that the hotel mattress has seen much more general abuse and/or sticky substances/bodily fluids.

With hotel rooms there isn't just the mattress to be concerned about. Indeed, it must be assumed that every surface is coated in feces 'n' spooge and any non-hard surface is steeped in it as well. Those who say there are clean sheets seperating you from the mattress simply overestimate (grossly) the protective qualities of said sheets. The decorative cover sheet thingy is not even washed and those who appreciate the ramifications of that fact usually throw it on the floor so that it becomes even filthier. Then housekeeping dutifully puts it back over the so-called clean sheets. Those who appreciate that additional fact are compelled to bring their own hazmat jammies.