Hi Wrewster,
Your private message to me that included the same email response and which I asked you to post on the forum (I don’t normally reply to private messages or emails that would be more appropriate to post on the forum except for a request to repost the question on the forum … see post #2 here) also included your question …
… which I’ve already answered in my reply to you in post #17 here (and the link it included to post #4 here) and which also includes my comments that would apply to the rest of their email response to you as well including my comments about review sites such as Sleep Like The Dead. I would ask you to read my reply this time so you don’t keep on repeating the same questions.
I would also ask you to reread my reply and caution in post #6 earlier in this topic about repeating the same questions in multiple posts and topics that have already been answered and make sure you read the forum rules here.
As I mentioned in my previous reply to the same question … the guidelines and suggestions on the site are “self evident” and would apply to any manufacturer or retailer regardless of whether they are a member here or not and don’t require “believing” or “trusting recommendations” from anyone (including me) and I don’t make any specific recommendations for mattresses, materials, or manufacturers. The members here (and there were only about half a dozen when the site first started) are certainly not the only sources of good quality/value mattresses across the country or online and I would probably guess that more than 3/4 of the mattresses purchased as a result of the information on this site are probably from non members (including Plushbeds as you can see here and here and here). Membership here only recognizes quality and value that already exists and doesn’t suddenly change whether a manufacturer or retailer would be a good quality or value choice or whether they are a good “match” for someone based on all the parts of their personal value equation that are most important to them.
Some of their comments are also inaccurate or misleading.
Once again … post #13 here includes the most important parts of the “value” of a mattress purchase that can help you make more meaningful comparisons between mattresses regardless of which manufacturer or retailer you are considering or whether they are a member here or not.
Phoenix