We Need a Warby Parker for Mattresses • Hacker News Board

Re: We Need a Warby Parker for Mattresses

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Post by AJay17 » Sat, Sep 15, 2012, 11:06 PM UTC

eastdakota wrote: post #73

The core problems of the mattress industry (which are not present in eyeglasses industry) are the high costs of shipping and expensive warehouse costs. Given these, Bed In A Box ( http://www.bedinabox.com/ ) started with what seemed like it could be a potentially disruptive business model. They make-to-order mattresses (will even make custom sizes) and ship Tempurpedic-like memory foam mattresses directly to you via…

I've had a memory foam mattress from BedInABox for a few years now and I love it!

Re: We Need a Warby Parker for Mattresses

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Post by abnerg » Wed, Sep 19, 2012, 3:58 PM UTC

kbrower wrote: post #90

I am working at a company that is trying to do just that. http://saatvamattress.com/

Say more sir. I like the non-toxic spin, pricing seems good, and yet, by the bios on your "about us" page it seems like you are very marketing oriented. That's fine, but perhaps enlighten the mass here on how you struggle or over come some of the objections raised above? Personally, I despite mattress retailers, but I also want to lie down on the thing before I commit to spending 30% of my life on it.

Re: We Need a Warby Parker for Mattresses

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Post by medell » Fri, Sep 21, 2012, 7:55 PM UTC

debacle wrote: post #84

medell wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes that is part of the whole scam which I learned a lot about during my last mattress purchase. SleepCountry has a catalog cross referencing the types of mattresses from other companies that are very similar if not exact matches to what they carry. I ended up price matching a Bay One Day Sale mattress that was $799 (normally $2000, of course that is inflated too) and they gave me a similar mattress in the showroom t…

> You know SleepCountry is not making much from this sale How do you know that? If what the article says is true, it cost them $500 to manufacture that mattress, or less. With a sale of $800, they're still making a good profit.

Overhead like labour, commissions, free delivery...