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  • Pinkypants
    Pinkypants Posts: 1,337 Forumite
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    Anubis wrote: »
    The reason for the coupon is they are moving premises so want to get existing stock down before the move. The mattresses are not overpriced, given the foam density, I have used them for a few years and have no complaints.

    I'm sorry but that's just a sales gimmick, why email out a voucher to all previous customers.

    If they really really wanted to get rid of stock at a cut price then all they had to do was adjust their prices on their website, so therefore everyone could benefit from the lower prices, not just older customers.

    It's a classic sales gimmick. I know I have worked for enough companies that use them.

    The only time you should get a real bargain like that, is when a shop is clearing a display model off and it's dirty and worn some what. Anyone else that can offer 40% off on stock items is massively over priced to start with.
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  • Brassedoff
    Brassedoff Posts: 1,217 Forumite
    I got a super king size fully head and foot electric bed from Dreams. The mattresses (two separate ones as each bed lifts on its own) is a 10mm memory foam over sprung pockets, again 1500 pockets.

    Not only is it in my opinion a fantastic bed, there is so much room I do not disturb my other half (she is two feet away sometimes) so she gets a good nights sleep free from my tossing and turning.

    I nailed the salesman to the floor with cash in the pocket and got it for £1500 including the five year mattress swap deal, plus VAT exempt.

    The above is my personal experience, there are plenty of other companies. I got a great bed that has help a sufferer from chronic back problems and a suffering wife!
  • Anubis_2
    Anubis_2 Posts: 4,077 Forumite
    Pinkypants wrote: »
    I'm sorry but that's just a sales gimmick, why email out a voucher to all previous customers.

    If they really really wanted to get rid of stock at a cut price then all they had to do was adjust their prices on their website, so therefore everyone could benefit from the lower prices, not just older customers.

    It's a classic sales gimmick. I know I have worked for enough companies that use them.

    The only time you should get a real bargain like that, is when a shop is clearing a display model off and it's dirty and worn some what. Anyone else that can offer 40% off on stock items is massively over priced to start with.

    20 percent is currently advertised on their site. I am going from my experience with this company over a number of years and three mattresses.

    They also do a price match too.

    Every company does sales gimmicks. However, I am putting my personal experience of them, and cannot fault them.

    Personally I will always get my mattresses there because I know what I am getting and paying and I know the foam density is good - a lot of companies omit the foam density which is an important factor.

    However, anyone else can get them from wherever, it's no skin off my nose, I was trying to help out as I know the mattresses are fine and worth the money.
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  • visit bensons for beds store :) this is where i had mine from .. it did cost £450 but i had it on a 0% apr and i am paying £15.60 a month for it :) best thing i ever did as it has helped my back a lot :)
  • mirrorimage0
    mirrorimage0 Posts: 3,918 Forumite
    benson beds have 3% cashback on quidco but you might get a better deal instore?
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  • i previously had a memory foam over pocket springs and it isthe most comfortable bed i ever have slept on.
    i recentkly had to scrap it after my dog dug a hole in it and the foam was everywhere. i have another mattress but am saving for another memory foam one or a thick topperas iv not slept the same since it went.

    go along to a bed shop and lie on one. i lay on one and bought it there and then.
  • If you get hot sleeping in bed don't buy a memory foam mattress as they actually make you even hotter. A much better bet is natural latex which does not heat up as you sleep on it - it actually stays at your body temperature so it can't make you hotter.

    Or you can buy combination mattresses with memory foam on one side - fine for winter when it's colder, and a normal pocket sprung mattress on the other.
  • I_luv_cats
    I_luv_cats Posts: 14,457 Forumite
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    I was worried that I might end up sleeping on a kind of sweat teabag of a memory foam mattress.

    I have a mattress cover to protect it too.

    I bought a pocket sprung memory foam over a year ago and it has suited puss n me well thus far.
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