Need Help! Good deal on pure latex bliss - Nature - or maybe not?

phoenix · August 26, 2014, 5:25am

Hi Jeffblue,

Yes … they are both blended Talalay latex

Without realizing it you came across the most effective negotiating method which is finding a mattress that uses the same materials at a lower cost and being willing to walk away from a position of “strength” (see post #6 here about negotiating).

so basically i’m now weighing the following and favoring the first more than the second.

Purchase the aforementioned SLEEP EZ 10" NATURAL LATEX MATTRESS in a Queen S-S/M-M/F-F for $1,838 delivered WITH a foundation and pillows. This gives me the ability to fine tune the bed to my liking, easily exchange layers, and the opportunity for a full refund less 90 dollars if for some reason i am completely dissatisfied. this would be a mattress i’ve never laid on obviously but i presume i would find comfortable based on what i laid on at the store and what i liked in the PLB lineup. Mattress would ship out in 48 hours

Go back to the store and take them at the $1700 price for the PLB Nature which is supposedly a very good deal. This would be a mattress i have laid on and do like, but possibly did not dedicate enough time to laying on my side in the store. Mattress would arrive in 2-3 weeks (or maybe not at all with all the fires and bankruptcy?)

I think you have a good handle on the pros and cons of each so that you are in a good position to make a final choice (see post #2 here) between “good and good” based on all the objective, subjective, and intangible parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you.

Neither one would be a “mistake” IMO and either way you would be making a better choice than more than 90% of consumers that end up making a “blind” purchase of a mainstream mattress.

Phoenix