I live, write, and garden in the PNW with my husband of 28 years, disabled daughter, adult son, and my 84-year-old mother. We have paid off $250,000.00 worth of debt (if you include the interest) in the last fifteen years and as of 6/12/2020 are 100% DEBT FREE!!!!DH and I started bed shopping today. I have a feeling it is going to be pretty slow going for me as I can only walk so much without my hip catching on fire. But we started at one of the long-standing family run companies in town and were taken care of by a nice young Indian man (from India, not Native American). I made sure we got his business card because when we come back to buy, he's the one who put the time in and we want to make sure he'll be there to get the commission.
I was hoping to get more out of this mattress, but it has pot holes in it and they are messing up the way we sleep. Also one of the coils came through the fabric and I've scraped my leg on it more than once.
So now the question becomes, where do we get the money for it? We could buy it outright with $1850 from DH's bonus money and dropping debt pay back to $3150. I could take it from my meager emergency fund. I could take it from the money allocated for the HSA. Or we could buy it 12 months/ same as cash for $155 a month. A nice, no interest way to pay for something that is quickly becoming a necessity.
The one we like so far, when I laid down on it, all the painful spots on my body went away. My hip suddenly didn't hurt, my knee, my elbow, my low back were all good until I stood up again. Chris felt it, too. We both really like it. It'll cost around $1850 with tax. It was not the most expensive one in the shop, and there were some doozies.
We are going to look around some more, this is not the only family owned furniture store in our county. We might even look in at the franchises, though I prefer to spend the money with the locals. Still if it's less expensive enough, I'll consider the franchises.
Anything over $2000 right now is out of our price range. By my calculations we have three family run furniture stores to check out before we look at Macy's Furniture, JR Furniture, and Sleep Country, USA. It's going to be a long day looking as just the one trip wore me out something fierce.
We Need a New Bed
January 2nd, 2012 at 07:14 am
January 2nd, 2012 at 03:14 pm 1325517246
I bought my last mattress about 5 years ago and love it. I have a platform bed, so this is a single foam rubber layer. Paid $500 at sleep Etc. and even then i thought it was over-priced for what it is. But i love it. It's firm enough that you can balance a glass of water on while in bed and not tip it over.
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January 3rd, 2012 at 06:13 am 1325571220
Ray--Yeah, if it will do that it might just change my life, I've been in pain for so long.