Does anyone have good or bad sleep number bed experience? When you purchased it, did you "negotiated" the price of the mattress?
Looking at getting a new king size mattress. Our current mattress is about 10 years old has seen it’s better days. I also have minor back issues which I’m hoping a new mattress with improve. Luckily the Consumer Reports Feb issue did a mattress review which helped organize a lot of details. There are a lot of options and a wide range of prices. The sleep number beds had good test results, so we took a first look at them today. We are interested in the sleep number bed and we are into the research mode to decide which model we want.
The lowest basic model is a C2 has a list price of $1,400k. The higher end model we liked is a i8 model with a list price of $4,200. The C2 had no sales discount and the i8 had a $600 sale discount which ended today. Price is for mattress only and doesn’t include delivery, set up, or taxes. Deliver could be as cheap as $90 if its mailed and we set it up. We’re leaning toward the C2 with the plan to buy a nice mattress topper to give us the pillow top feeling. We’ve tried a memory foam topper on our current bed and haven’t liked it.
Consumer Reports included a short discussion of “Never Pay Full Price” and recommended starting at 50% off the list price. I think there is some room for negotiation, but I think it will be limited. Since there are two stores within 1 hr drive in opposite directions, I’m think of trying to see if I can get them to bid against each other. Obviously, there’s more potential for negotiation as the mattress costs increase.
They also had an adjustable base which allows you to adjust the bed position (raise head and/or feet) which I kind of liked, but doubt I’ll be able to talk myself into the extra cost of $2,500 to $3,500. Costs varies depending on the levels of adjustment. Probably not something I can talk myself into at this stage in my life, but certainly is something I could see using/wanting as I get older. We can add the adjustable base latter, but it has potential impacts to the mattress choice if we want independent control so I could be in one position and my wife in another position. It has us thinking of two twin XLs vs one king. Two twins will allow individual bed adjustment and would also allow us to use different mattress toppers since my wife likes a thicker topper.
I value a good night’s sleep. A good night’s sleep is worth more a couple of dollars/day to me. Since a $1/day over 10 years is $3,650 (assuming 0% interest). So, I could talk myself into spending over $5,000 if I am convinced it will significantly improve my sleep.
Looking at getting a new king size mattress. Our current mattress is about 10 years old has seen it’s better days. I also have minor back issues which I’m hoping a new mattress with improve. Luckily the Consumer Reports Feb issue did a mattress review which helped organize a lot of details. There are a lot of options and a wide range of prices. The sleep number beds had good test results, so we took a first look at them today. We are interested in the sleep number bed and we are into the research mode to decide which model we want.
The lowest basic model is a C2 has a list price of $1,400k. The higher end model we liked is a i8 model with a list price of $4,200. The C2 had no sales discount and the i8 had a $600 sale discount which ended today. Price is for mattress only and doesn’t include delivery, set up, or taxes. Deliver could be as cheap as $90 if its mailed and we set it up. We’re leaning toward the C2 with the plan to buy a nice mattress topper to give us the pillow top feeling. We’ve tried a memory foam topper on our current bed and haven’t liked it.
Consumer Reports included a short discussion of “Never Pay Full Price” and recommended starting at 50% off the list price. I think there is some room for negotiation, but I think it will be limited. Since there are two stores within 1 hr drive in opposite directions, I’m think of trying to see if I can get them to bid against each other. Obviously, there’s more potential for negotiation as the mattress costs increase.
They also had an adjustable base which allows you to adjust the bed position (raise head and/or feet) which I kind of liked, but doubt I’ll be able to talk myself into the extra cost of $2,500 to $3,500. Costs varies depending on the levels of adjustment. Probably not something I can talk myself into at this stage in my life, but certainly is something I could see using/wanting as I get older. We can add the adjustable base latter, but it has potential impacts to the mattress choice if we want independent control so I could be in one position and my wife in another position. It has us thinking of two twin XLs vs one king. Two twins will allow individual bed adjustment and would also allow us to use different mattress toppers since my wife likes a thicker topper.
I value a good night’s sleep. A good night’s sleep is worth more a couple of dollars/day to me. Since a $1/day over 10 years is $3,650 (assuming 0% interest). So, I could talk myself into spending over $5,000 if I am convinced it will significantly improve my sleep.
