BigHitSunday Dick Danger 51059 Posts user info edit post |
with these signs you see by the road that selling Queen size mattresses for $150 with some random phone number as a contact?
is it some scam? its just weird that its never any other mattress size and its ALWAYS 150 dollars for the set 7/8/2012 1:52:28 PM |
Wolfmarsh What? 5975 Posts user info edit post |
I actually bought a guest bedroom set from one of these.
It's some kind of fly-by-night wholesaler thing. The furniture is not super great quality, nor are the mattresses.
They had rented a spot out at the air park, and it was just a desk in a warehouse full of wrapped furniture/mattresses. We paid, and they delivered our stuff the next day.
The entire time, I had this wierd sketchy vibe like we were about to be kidnapped and murdered, but I think you will have less of a problem with that.
[Edited on July 8, 2012 at 1:56 PM. Reason : .] 7/8/2012 1:55:50 PM |
dswillia Q(o.oQ) 2190 Posts user info edit post |
...with my brain? Why am i so obviously insane? 7/8/2012 2:02:53 PM |
begonias warning: not serious 19578 Posts user info edit post |
I, too, have wondered this. Seems like it's either a bait-and-switch or a used mattress that's been recovered. Or in more rare situations, legit.
http://www.wwaytv3.com/troubleshooters_roadside_mattress_set_advertisement/12/2008
http://ask.metafilter.com/102025/Cheap-mattresses 7/8/2012 2:06:43 PM |
NeuseRvrRat hello Mr. NSA! 35376 Posts user info edit post |
cheap junk furniture. same stuff as those guys sitting in a parking lot with a box truck and a bunch of recliners and couches and stuff. 7/8/2012 2:08:05 PM |
MisterGreen All American 4328 Posts user info edit post |
...with airline food?
7/8/2012 2:39:52 PM |
BigMan157 no u 103353 Posts user info edit post |
thank goodness we got the most predictable post out of the way finally 7/8/2012 2:41:40 PM |
AxlBonBach All American 45549 Posts user info edit post |
I did this. Paid 100 bucks for a box spring and a mattress when i got to law school. I picked out which one I wanted from a public storage place in a bad part of Norfolk.
They delivered the damn things at 1am. The delivery guy then proceeded to tell me he'd "deliver" anything I needed, with a wink and his thumb and forefinger at his mouth like a joint.
It was a good mattress. I'm pretty sure it was stolen. 7/8/2012 2:48:09 PM |
BigMan157 no u 103353 Posts user info edit post |
there's a good part of Norfolk? 7/8/2012 2:52:05 PM |