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  • Sir_ListerOfSmeg
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    2 years ago

    Mattress salespeople are absolutely insane.

    Kept feeling like I was a hot chip surrounded by seagulls.

    I’m amazed we made it out of Nunawading alive

    • Rusty Raven M
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      2 years ago

      Did you make out alive with a mattress, or was mission unsuccessful?

      • Sir_ListerOfSmeg
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        2 years ago

        We’re really just dipping our toes in the water to see what we like.

        If they’d been a bit more chill we would have stuck around and bought something.

        But each area felt too staked out. We had 6 different salespeople try to get us at Snooze.

        Massive turnoff. Just wanted to get out.

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          2 years ago

          Ick. That’s a large part of why I ended up with a mattress-in-a-box instead, I really didn’t want to deal with all that. And I’ve been pretty happy with it - plus they are sending me a new mattress topper which the Koala matresess all come with now (but didn’t when I bought mine) so it might even get better when that arrives!

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            2 years ago

            I’ve tried floating the idea to Mr Smeg before but he’s very insistent on try before buy.

            So I feel there will be more pushy salespeople to deal with in my immediate future.

            Might try the FTG store next time

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              2 years ago

              I liked that you could try out the mattresses and return them if you didn’t like them for a full refund - most allowed around three months. Just lying on them in store isn’t the same as actually sleeping on them for a full night. I figured worst case scenario I didn’t like any of them and just bought myself some time to make a final decision. But I was happy with the first one.

              • Sir_ListerOfSmeg
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                2 years ago

                I love the concept but Mr Smeg is a NO person by default.

                For the same reason I wasn’t able to convince him on certain couches only available online that were the perfect fit for our tiny loungeroom.

                If it’s not in a physical store it doesn’t exist to him.

    • CEOofmyhouse56
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      2 years ago

      You should have laid down on the mattress and when they ask “Can I help you with anything?” you reply “A cup of tea would be great thanks”.

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      2 years ago

      I blacklisted a store, the mattress sales people were so weird and pushy.