I have been lurking on the site for sometime now and wanted to share my experience purchasing a Latex Mattress on ebay from Mattresses247. This is a great forum and Phoenix is so helpful and his answers are so detailed I would have felt guilty not contributing and sharing my experience.
I purchased a King Size Latex Mattress from ebay seller Mattresses247 on Ebay. After months and months of researching and comparing I decided to pull the trigger and make the purchase.
Prior to my purchase I had a few questions about what firmness I needed and emailed the seller and dealt with Valerie she was super helpful. She said that the majority of her customers are good with the Firm/Medium/Soft layers. My wife likes a mattress a bit firmer than I do so Valerie suggested I layer her side Medium Firm Soft.
So I received 3 boxes in the mail. The address the boxes came from is the same as the Sleep EZ address.
2 boxes contained the firm medium base layers which are split and the 3rd box contained the soft layer and the mattress cover which says bamboo on it.
the base layer is a 6 inch piece of latex which 3inchs firm and 3 inches medium glued together and in a see through cover. I will post pictures to show. The top layer is 1 complete layer with a seem and no cover. It was pretty neat seeing the latex soft piece uncovered and rolled up it was almost like a marshmellow texture.
One of the base layers had a little piece missing from it like someone pulled it and ripped a piece off by accident but nothing major which would cause any issues with the bed. Its in one of the pictures I attached. For the price it was really nothing to complain about.
I assembled the bed with my side being F/M/S and my wife M/F/S and zipped the mattress cover up and the had our latex mattress! To be honest I could not tell a difference between the firmness on each side with the different configurations but my wife and I are super happy with the comfort. last night was our first night sleeping in the bed and we were very pleased with our purchase.
After my purchase and before I received the bed, I noticed that the listing was for blended Talalay which got me a little nervous because I thought the mattress was going to be pure talalay but I searched on the forums which reassured me that blended Talalay is nothing to be concerned about.
One mistake I did make was not waiting until the foundation came to make the bed. I having to pick up a completed bed and put the foundation under it was a bit of a pain. Looking in hindsight I would have waited an extra night for the foundation to arrive before building the mattress.
So I can say I am super happy with my purchase so far. I feel like my dollar went really far for the quality of the product I received. It is kind of scary making such a large purchase on line for a bed which I did not test out but in the end I could not have been more pleased.
Thanks Phoenix and members on this forum for all the information you have shared, the least I could do is share my experiences too!