I WOULD GIVE NEGATIVE STARS IF I COULD!
On November 23, 2024, my partner and I purchased a certified preowned mattress (aka "CPM") from Sleep Country in East Regina. While shopping, we considered both brand-new and preowned options. We were assured multiple times by the sales representative that all their mattresses come with a 100-day sleep guarantee, meaning if you are unhappy with your purchase you have 100 days to return it.
About a month and a half later... we are both extremely unsatisfied with the purchase. The mattress we picked up from their warehouse was NOTHING like the one we laid on in the store, the mattress was hard as a rock. When I called Customer Service to initiate the return I was informed that CPM's are final sale. Needless to say, we were SHOCKED. This was never mentioned to us at the time of purchase, and both my partner and I are confident we would've remembered such a critical detail.
What made the situation worse was the complete lack of urgency in resolving our issue. I was told I'd receive a call from a store manager within 24-48 hours, but it took six days and 2 phone calls to customer service for the original sales rep to call back and say verbatim, "It's your word against mine." Not only was that response unprofessional, but it also felt like they were trying to gaslight me into accepting blame for their lack of communication.
At this point, I insisted on speaking to a manager, which took another seven days. When he finally did call, he informed me that my claim had been escalated to the district manager and "the best" they could do for me was to return the mattress and receive a 50% in store credit, to which I declined.
When I explained that the root cause of my dissatisfaction was the mattress's unbearable firmness, the manager suggested an alternative: try a mattress topper for one month, free of charge to see if it would add comfort. While I appreciated the effort to rectify the situation, a new mattress should not require a topper to be comfortable. This felt like a band-aid solution rather than addressing the core problem. Ultimately, we accepted the mattress topper as there was no better alternative, however, we are still unhappy with the whole process and proposed "solution".
This experience has been nothing short of infuriating. If you're shopping here, beware of misleading sales tactics and non-existent customer service. I will NEVER purchase from Sleep Country again and recommend others think twice before doing so. read more