Buyer Beware: I will give you the facts and allow you to determine if ownership and management at America's Mattress are the types of people you want to do business with. Back in February, my family and I went shopping at America's Mattress store in Pineville, looking for a mattress for my daughter.
While looking for our daughters mattress the conversation turned to how my wife was uncomfortable with our current mattress, she was waking up sore and ultimately not getting a restful nights sleep. We discussed that I prefer a softer mattress, and my wife a firm. The store manager who we were working with suggested that we look at getting a split mattress so that we could each get the type of mattress we desired. The manager did a nice job of selling the benefits of the spit King(Two Twins), he sold us on the stores 100% Customer Satisfaction guarantee(written and on brochures) and the store's SLEEP EASY GUARANTEE(125 DAY COMFORT GUARANTEE).
I had not intended to purchase a mattress for my wife and me when we entered the store that day, but based on my conversation with the manager we ultimately decided to purchase one for my daughter and one for us as well. With sheets, box springs, mattress covers, and two sets of mattresses, we spent $8,176.74.
My wife and I were very excited about our new mattress and eagerly awaited its arrival. The mattress arrived as scheduled and off we went hoping that the split mattress was the solution we had been looking for. We did not instantly fall in love with our new mattress but realized that we needed to give it some time to break in the mattress. After sleeping on the mattress for greater than 60 days, we realized that we were not satisfied with the split mattress concept. Despite having different preferences on firmness, we could never get comfortable with the split in the middle and decided we needed to find a King Tempur Pedic mattress that would satisfy both our needs.
Having made the decision that we needed to make a change, I called the store manager to discuss the problems we were experiencing and our desire to enact the Sleep Easy Guarantee. It was during this conversation that I was informed there was a pricing difference between the King solid and the two Twins we had purchased. The price on the Two Twin's was higher($6,198) vs. the price of the King at $5,199(List Price).
It was brought to my attention, at this time, that their SLEEP EASY GUARANTEE only applies to a mattress of equal or greater value, meaning, if we choose to make the exchange, we would be left forfeiting the difference of greater than a thousand dollars. When I protested, the manager insisted that he mentioned this when we signed the contract. I do not recall this as part of the conversation; maybe he did, what I do recall however is him citing the guarantee "If after a minimum of thirty nights, you are not completely satisfied with your purchase, we will help you find a different sleep solution within 125 days".
In my mind stating, "if you are not completely satisfied, we will help you find a different sleep solution" means they will work to find a solution that is in the customers best interest. What I can say with 100% certainty is that the manager NEVER mentioned a price difference or the possibility of not being refunded the difference between the two mattresses if we didn't like the two twins and reverted to a King. Had I known that there was a possibility of this, I would have never taken a risk on this split concept. I could understand their position if we were attempting to exchange for an inferior, less expensive mattress, but that was not the case. The two Twins did not work so we opted for the top of the line most expensive King Tempur Pedic that was available.
As mentioned above, we also purchased sheets and mattress covers($438.00) for the split king, since we were now going back to a traditional king those items would no longer work. When I asked if I could exchange them, for a traditional set, we were denied. In fairness, they did tell me that they would be willing to give me a 30% discount if I wanted to purchase a new set. Needless to say, I declined their offer.
It is in my opinion that this situation could have been handled in a manner that puts customer satisfaction first and foremost, but as you can see, they opted to go in the opposite direction. It would have been very easy for them to put the customer first, to make sure that we were 100% satisfied like they promote, but instead they elected to ignore the first rule in business, "The customer is always right." Truthfully I was not looking to be right; I just wanted what was fair.
When you total up the difference in the mattress cost($999.00) and the Mattress covers($438.00), this was a Huge loss. I ask you to be the judge!!! read more