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Re: Casper Sleep S-1

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Post by ryana »

discardable_dan wrote: post #69
codingslave wrote: post #68

The trick is that there are a bunch of mattress companies on Amazon selling really cheap foam mattresses (~200$) that are basically the same as Casper. But Casper jammed a ton of money into branding and marketing, so probably has great margins on their products. Foam mattresses as a product are getting extremely cheap and the quality is really not bad. I have a cheap one and honestly like sleeping on it more than 120…

Can you recommend any of these cheap Amazon alternatives?

We bought a Zinus mattress recently. $260 for a queen size and pretty great so far.

Re: Casper Sleep S-1

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Post by jelliclesfarm »

I bought a Casper off shelf two days ago. It was the only one on the shelf in Target and it was 9.45 PM. It was pricier than I had expected and didn’t understand why it was so expensive. But I needed one pronto and it wasn’t worth my time to go looking for something else that late at night.

But I did wonder why it was so expensive..

Re: Casper Sleep S-1

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Post by codingslave »

ryana wrote: post #71
discardable_dan wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you recommend any of these cheap Amazon alternatives?

We bought a Zinus mattress recently. $260 for a queen size and pretty great so far.

Yeah this is the one I had. I would guess the product is very similar to Casper

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Post by commoner »

Casper sued a mattress review site, Sleepopolis, for writing negative reviews of their products. Casper then settled the lawsuit by taking over Sleepopolis. The site now posts only positive reviews of Casper's mattresses.

https://www.fastcompany.com/3065928/sleepopolis-casper-blogg...

I would take any reviews of Casper's products with a grain of salt.

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Post by onlyrealcuzzo »

commoner wrote: post #74

Casper sued a mattress review site, Sleepopolis, for writing negative reviews of their products. Casper then settled the lawsuit by taking over Sleepopolis. The site now posts only positive reviews of Casper's mattresses. https://www.fastcompany.com/3065928/sleepopolis-casper-blogg... I would take any reviews of Casper's products with a grain of salt.

Mattress reviews are notoriously fake. I would take any mattress review with a grain of salt.

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Post by xivzgrev »

Great business story. They quickly capitalized on a trend (tuft and needle started 2 years before), pumped it up with great marketing and distribution, and now are making their exit before a recession.

Would. Not. Buy.

Re: Casper Sleep S-1

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Post by AJ007 »

jcampbell1 wrote: post #57
tyingq wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are plenty of 12 inch memory foam mattresses on Amazon that are in the $300-$400 range for a Queen size, including shipping. I'm happy with the "Zinus" brand.

In the past 5 years I have owned a Casper at $850, a tuft and needle for $750, and something by Ashley for $350. I think I like the Ashley slightly better but they are virtually indistinguishable. I second the recommendation to go cheap.

I've had a lot of negative things to say about Amazon for the past couple of years, but yeah, you shouldn't be paying much more than $300 for a mattress. Everything on top of that is your customer acquisition cost, which should be in your bank account, not Google/Facebook's.

In my experience you can just optimize the firmness to your liking with a pad. If suddenly its too firm or too soft, you can switch it out and not have to replace a whole mattress. Relatives visited and wet the bed? Throw it out and get a new one, your only out a few hundred dollars instead of $1000+.

For couples who want their mattress different ways, that is another market.

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Post by AJ007 »

sfblah wrote: post #41

When I was 23 and doing startups full time, I slept on a hardwood floor with just a blanket and a pillow. Helped me to get up in the morning and do work, did nothing bad for my body as far as I can tell.

That's ridiculous that you were down voted. My brother slept on a rock hard bed as a kid and is able to sleep on the floor, without a pillow, all night no problem. The soft bed thing is more of a cultural issue than a biological necessity.

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Post by Spivak »

onlyrealcuzzo wrote: post #75
commoner wrote: post #74

Casper sued a mattress review site, Sleepopolis, for writing negative reviews of their products. Casper then settled the lawsuit by taking over Sleepopolis. The site now posts only positive reviews of Casper's mattresses. https://www.fastcompany.com/3065928/sleepopolis-casper-blogg... I would take any reviews of Casper's products with a grain of salt.

Mattress reviews are notoriously fake. I would take any mattress review with a grain of salt.

Not to get too meta but undermining reviews is also a tactic used by companies to manipulate sales because if you don’t trust any reviews but still have to make a decision you’re going to go with a “safe” “established” brand which usually means whoever has the most mindshare.
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