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My Sterns and Foster was $2000 20 years ago. I balk at that even now. I came across a brand that asks $12k for the low end model, $27k for the high end. For a bed. Now I have all kinds of questions. Sorry: by bed I mean mattress and box spring. First question is who actually buys this? "Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy "A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book | ||
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3 k, tops. And that would be for one with a base that lifts the head and feet, has heater/ cooler and massages you. | |||
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Mrs slosig paid a little more than that for one made (nicely) out of solid cherry wood from somewhere back east about 13 years ago. It made and continues to make her happy, so I guess it was worth it.
I cannot begin to imagine what would make a bed worth that much. It kinda sounds like the idea of a $2,500 bottle of wine - it is just beyond my ability to imagine it could taste that much better. | |||
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Define bed. Mattress or full meal deal? I have a Bed in a box or whatever mattress for about 800 + frame for 110 + craigslist cherry bedroom set for 4-600(I forget,certainly worth more, each piece is almost a two man lift.) I'd do it again. Quite comfortable. | |||
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$600. The best mattress I ever bought was less than that, delivered from amazon. | |||
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We sleep on a 5 year old mattress we bought from Costco. I believe it was around $400 or so. It is as good as anything I sleep on. We stay in about 20 hotels a year. Mike I'm sorry if I hurt you feelings when I called you stupid - I thought you already knew - Unknown ................................... When you have no future, you live in the past. " Sycamore Row" by John Grisham | |||
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I'd buy my tempurpedic again tomorrow despite being leery of the price when I bought it. if we sleep anywhere else, the first thing one of us says when we get back home is "I missed our bed". _________________________________________ I'm all jacked up on Mountain Dew... | |||
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I built my own king-size platform out of solid oak for a few hundred. Bought a 15" thick foam cool-top at costco for $500. RB Cancer fighter (Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma) since 2009, now fighting Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. | |||
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Sorry, I should have been more explicit. The question was semi-rhetorical. It was really more along the lines of who would pay $12k-$30k for a bed (mattress and box spring)? What makes it better to cost so much? Is it 5-10x better than normal beds? Do you sleep 10x better? Does it last 10x longer? Is it good for all sleep patterns? Good for only perfect health or also good for bad backs? I am amazed that there are people who can justify spending this much on a bed. "Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy "A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book | |||
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It comes with a cute little French maid who makes it every morning and turns down the spread in the evening?  . “Leave the Artillerymen alone, they are an obstinate lot. . .” – Napoleon Bonaparte http://poundsstudio.com/ | |||
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I’m curious, what brands cost that much? I can pretty much sleep on a rock and I have been on some bad mattresses but I’ve never slept on one that really improved my sleep regardless of cost. I just can’t see spending more than $2k. That’ll get you very high quality materials and manufacturing, beyond that it seems like you’re just buying a luxury name. No one's life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session.- Mark Twain | |||
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12 years ago I paid close to $8000 for the top of the line TempurPedic. It was work every penny. I have an arthritic back and it’s made my life O much better. I wish their pillows were the same quality. Lol | |||
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Playing devils advocate here but how much money do some of use have in firearms? How often are those firearms used? You spend almost a third of your life on a mattress. If its a quality bed and it help you sleep then I guess its worth it. That being said I however would never pay that much. | |||
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https://www.hastens.com/en/beds "Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy "A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book | |||
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I think the analogy is more like: one would typically buy a glock 19 for $500. But who is buying a 9mm semi for $5000-$7500? "Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it." L.Tolstoy "A government is just a body of people, usually, notably, ungoverned." Shepherd Book | |||
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$20,000 mattresses are like buying a Rolls Royce. Maybe it is better, and more luxurious. But the price goes up quicker than the quality - marginal costs of the last increment of quality, and all that. But only people with a lot of money buy such things. I know there are people who would think a $3000 mattress is crazy, so it is a matter of what you can spend. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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Includes the $1,000 per hour hooker? ;-) Place your clothes and weapons where you can find them in the dark. “If in winning a race, you lose the respect of your fellow competitors, then you have won nothing” - Paul Elvstrom "The Great Dane" 1928 - 2016 | |||
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“First question is who actually buys this?” People who have more dollars than sense. The world is full of them. | |||
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It is true for most things; paying $75,000 for a car does not mean it is twice the quality of a $30,000 one. Same with high end audio equipment, firearms, etc. I paid over 3 grand for a new Tempurpedic mattress a couple of months ago, took advantage of a sale. Worth every penny. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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Yep. These are the fools who buy 'Veblen goods'. RE: upper bound of rationality. We've gone Tempurpedic a couple times and felt that was money well spent. $2-3K tops. | |||
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