RE: Unfinished Business
September 22, 2021 at 10:04 am
(This post was last modified: September 22, 2021 at 10:05 am by Angrboda.)
I neglected to mention one of my biggest unfinished projects. Back in 2009 I decided that my old futons had to go, as they were hard as rock. My dad offered to buy me a new bed, as I had no money at the time, I just had to go pick one out. But I procrastinated, and at one point convinced myself that I was incapable of sleeping on my old futons and got an air mattress to put on top for as long as I needed before getting a new bed. But I was in rough shape at the time, and wore my winter boots to bed a few times because I was always cold for some reason, and the air mattress quickly developed leaks. So I went back to the futons and eventually got used to it.
Fast forward 10 years and I decide that it's finally time to do something about my bed. In the meantime, I had slept on my sister's bed, which is super plush and decided that I absolutely had to have a plush mattress. So I saved up a few hundred dollars and ordered a bed advertised as plush from Walmart. When it arrived and inflated, I discovered that it wasn't plush at all and was quite firm. So, since you can return mattresses for up to 100 days, I ventured into uncharted waters and initiated a return. I was just sure I was going to lose my $300. But I wrapped the mattress in plastic, wrote the tracking number on it in big letters, and when the Fedex man came, I used a plastic mat that serves as an entryway runner and slid it down the hall, in the elevator and out the door to the fedex guy. A few weeks later I had my refund.
Feeling a bit burned by the experience, I had some time later tried a Serta at Fleet Farm that was on display and liked it. But the Serta was $600-800, so it would have to wait until I had some money. A couple years went by, and my habit of continually emptying my bank account had slowed, so I decided it was time to try again. I started shopping for a plush mattress, but realized it would be best if I could try it before I buy it. So a few weeks ago, I went to Mattressfirm hoping to try a mattress there, and then order it online. But at the last minute, the salesman offered me $200 off one that I had liked, so I signed on the dotted line. I get home and look at the reviews for that mattress, and they're terrible. Some of the worst I've seen. So I call Mattressfirm and cancel.
So I go back to browsing online to find a mattress I can order without worrying about it too much or likely having to return it. I tried a couple mattresses at Menards that seemed good, but the one was $600 through Amazon, and the other was only at Menard's where there's no way to return it. I had for some time been interested in deep memory foam mattresses from Lucid. I found one that supposedly was plush, and I liked the internal construction and the Lucid name, and it was only $400 after taxes. The only drawback was that it was from Amazon, who typically only allows mattress returns within 30 days. Most quality mattresses insist you try it for at least that long before returning it, so people have a chance to adjust to the newness before deciding the mattress is unacceptable. So I ordered the Lucid, in part because I'm cheap, but also, it sounded like it would work out fine.
I set up the mattress a few days ago, and it's slightly less plush than the $600 mattress that I looked at, but it's fairly comfortable. The only issue is that I feel some slight compression at the shoulders, but with my head raised on a pillow, that more or less goes away. Plus, apparently Amazon allows 100 days for a return of this mattress. It's 14" of memory foam which is bulky and heavy and floppy, so if I do return it, I may see about getting help (paid or free). But I think I'm still in the adjustment period, so I don't think there's any reason to panic. I imagine after sleeping on it for some time that I'll forget all about returning it. And I really like the toys I bought with that extra $200. I meant to hold onto the extra in case I needed to return it and buy a more expensive mattress, but I've spent a lot of my reserve on junk already. But since I've got 100 days, there's plenty of time to save up again. And in a pinch, my couch is quite comfortable to sleep on. It even folds down into a bed, though it's a pain to fold back up again.
So I'm in my breakin period on a new mattress. I'm about 95% satisfied, and I suspect I'll reach 100% after sleeping on it for a while. They say that mattresses lose their initial firmness over time, so I suspect it's just a matter of sleeping on this one for a while. Supposedly you can speed up the process by walking on the mattress, but I'm not sure I'm keen on that idea.
Fast forward 10 years and I decide that it's finally time to do something about my bed. In the meantime, I had slept on my sister's bed, which is super plush and decided that I absolutely had to have a plush mattress. So I saved up a few hundred dollars and ordered a bed advertised as plush from Walmart. When it arrived and inflated, I discovered that it wasn't plush at all and was quite firm. So, since you can return mattresses for up to 100 days, I ventured into uncharted waters and initiated a return. I was just sure I was going to lose my $300. But I wrapped the mattress in plastic, wrote the tracking number on it in big letters, and when the Fedex man came, I used a plastic mat that serves as an entryway runner and slid it down the hall, in the elevator and out the door to the fedex guy. A few weeks later I had my refund.
Feeling a bit burned by the experience, I had some time later tried a Serta at Fleet Farm that was on display and liked it. But the Serta was $600-800, so it would have to wait until I had some money. A couple years went by, and my habit of continually emptying my bank account had slowed, so I decided it was time to try again. I started shopping for a plush mattress, but realized it would be best if I could try it before I buy it. So a few weeks ago, I went to Mattressfirm hoping to try a mattress there, and then order it online. But at the last minute, the salesman offered me $200 off one that I had liked, so I signed on the dotted line. I get home and look at the reviews for that mattress, and they're terrible. Some of the worst I've seen. So I call Mattressfirm and cancel.
So I go back to browsing online to find a mattress I can order without worrying about it too much or likely having to return it. I tried a couple mattresses at Menards that seemed good, but the one was $600 through Amazon, and the other was only at Menard's where there's no way to return it. I had for some time been interested in deep memory foam mattresses from Lucid. I found one that supposedly was plush, and I liked the internal construction and the Lucid name, and it was only $400 after taxes. The only drawback was that it was from Amazon, who typically only allows mattress returns within 30 days. Most quality mattresses insist you try it for at least that long before returning it, so people have a chance to adjust to the newness before deciding the mattress is unacceptable. So I ordered the Lucid, in part because I'm cheap, but also, it sounded like it would work out fine.
I set up the mattress a few days ago, and it's slightly less plush than the $600 mattress that I looked at, but it's fairly comfortable. The only issue is that I feel some slight compression at the shoulders, but with my head raised on a pillow, that more or less goes away. Plus, apparently Amazon allows 100 days for a return of this mattress. It's 14" of memory foam which is bulky and heavy and floppy, so if I do return it, I may see about getting help (paid or free). But I think I'm still in the adjustment period, so I don't think there's any reason to panic. I imagine after sleeping on it for some time that I'll forget all about returning it. And I really like the toys I bought with that extra $200. I meant to hold onto the extra in case I needed to return it and buy a more expensive mattress, but I've spent a lot of my reserve on junk already. But since I've got 100 days, there's plenty of time to save up again. And in a pinch, my couch is quite comfortable to sleep on. It even folds down into a bed, though it's a pain to fold back up again.
So I'm in my breakin period on a new mattress. I'm about 95% satisfied, and I suspect I'll reach 100% after sleeping on it for a while. They say that mattresses lose their initial firmness over time, so I suspect it's just a matter of sleeping on this one for a while. Supposedly you can speed up the process by walking on the mattress, but I'm not sure I'm keen on that idea.
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