Need help finding a bed!

[spud.livejournal.com]

I'm really tired of the uncomfortable futon I'm on right now! I have a really nice queen-size bed frame, but I need a mattress and box spring for it!

Does anyone know where I can pick up a CHEAP queen-sized mattress and box spring around Davis/Porter/Harvard/Central? I went by Sleepy's yesterday, and even their cheapest set was over $500. I just need something to get me by for a few months till I can get out and drop the cash on a nicer mattress.

I also want to avoid the used mattress route if possible, as I really don't like the thought of getting buggies from strangers!

Thanks!

Comments

[ron_newman]

there's a Mattress Discounters in the Fresh Pond 'Mall' near Alewife. It's where I bought my bed, years ago.

[spud.livejournal.com]

Cool. I'll check them out tomorrow.

[secretlyironic.livejournal.com]

I have been told by a reputable grownup that the best place to buy a mattress is Macy's. They deliver and will take your old mattress away (you have to ask for this service, but I think it's free) and have a 10-year warranty (keep a warranty file for it.) It is not, however, cheap.

I'd go so far as to say a good mattress is not cheap and a cheap mattress is not good. If it's just for a few months, get another futon at any of the various futon worlds.

[spud.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I would prefer to get a nice mattress now, but money is an issue. The futon I have just makes tons of noise, and the mattress on it is so thin that I feel the wood slats through it. I put an inflatable air-mattress under the futon mattress, but that just adds to the squeaks and noise. It's also not very conducive to having company for the night! :)

[summerrose.livejournal.com]

If you put a board or some other flat rigid material under the futon, that will deal with feeling the wood slats below. My girlfriend and I did that with our futon and it really made a difference. Futons are really intended to be put on solid surfaces, not slats or springs - they just don't work well with them.
Also, you should consider getting a piece of high density foam to put underneath the futon. The nicer of the foam mattress pads at Ikea would do, and I'm sure that there are mattress stores around here that sell foam mattress pads.

[nalz.livejournal.com]

Put something under the futon to take away the slats, and spend a tiny bit of $ on a good 2inch or so thick memory foam topper. Way cheaper than a whole new set, and you can use the memory foam again on a new bed if you want.

[kpht.livejournal.com]

ikea! as long as you have a car. you can get the prices and the dimensions of them online (most roll-up into manageable sizes)

[chivesthebutler.livejournal.com]

ikea delivers. it might still be cheaper than somewhere else when you factor in the delivery prices, but i don't know what kind of quality they are.

[kpht.livejournal.com]

we have one of their mid-priced King ones, and i love it. i think it was in the $400-$450 range.

[spud.livejournal.com]

Hmm.. I am one of those few who have never actually been to the Ikea store. I'll check them out online. Thanks!

[clevernonsense.livejournal.com]

Bob's Discount Furniture has a website and really good prices for mattresses. I didn't care for their $200 mattress in the store, but I did end up getting the $400 one and am quite happy. (The cheaper one wasn't awful mind you). I think they charge 30ish for delivery.

The suggestion of Macy's is also a good one if you can catch a sale--you might be better off with them for the more long-term, high end purchase (which'll still end up being supercheap)

[spud.livejournal.com]

I try to avoid Bob's, as I've had a lot of trouble with them in the past. I will check out Macy's and see what they have though. If not for the immediate future, then for when I'm ready for something nicer in a few months.

[gookalockgeek.livejournal.com]

I got my mattress for $100ish at Boston Bed Company in Allston. It was not nice, but it was cheap and better than a futon.

[spud.livejournal.com]

I'll take a look at them. It sounds like it fits in with the "cheap" aspect, and that's probably more for due to the location with so many students in that area. Thanks!

[jovianconsensus.livejournal.com]

I got mine at their store near Lechmere and I like it a lot. Somehow I liked one of their cheaper options best (the others were too soft, I think), which worked out well. I don't think it was their very cheapest though.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_mattt/]

FYI, Hotels routinely sell their old mattresses for next to nothing.

I do not recommend this for sanitary purposes, and you wanted to avoid a used *shudders* mattress, but I just wanted to throw this option out there, however repulsive it may be.

[ron_newman]

I thought it was illegal to sell old mattresses in Massachusetts.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_mattt/]

I actually do know people who do this. They were not in MA, so you may very well be right. They bought king size beds from a hotel for like $20 each. For those who are into this sort of thing, it may be worht it to rent the UHaul and drive across state line to get it. It saves a mattress from the landfill. I would still like tp point out that the people I know who did this all wound up with bugs. And they were suprised by this outcome.

[ron_newman]

the people I know who did this all wound up with bugs

An excellent reason not to even consider doing this!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_mattt/]

Oh, there are lots of reasons not to consider doing this.

However, I was unaware that this was even permitted, and I have seen several posts here from people who are into dumpster diving and stuff, so I figured I would just relay this information, with due caution, of course.

[carlagaglione.livejournal.com]

And they were suprised by this outcome.

wow.

[derekp.livejournal.com]

What am I supposed to do with an old mattress? I have a full size mattress and Box that's been passed around my family for a few years and seldom used. I am getting rid of our guest room and want to get rid of it. If I try to give it away, is that still sketchy?

Can I throw mattresses away? Recycle them?

[ron_newman]

When I bought my current mattress, the delivery people took away the old one. They didn't charge anything for this service, but some might. (Not that this really answers your question, unfortunately.)

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

You can give it to someone; there's no law against that.

However, none of the organizations that collects goods for homeless and poor people (Goodwill, Salvation Army, etc.) can legally take a mattress or box spring.

So you need to give it away to an individual or put it on the curb with the regular trash--mattresses and box springs each count as one piece of "furniture", and you're allowed to dispose of two pieces of furniture per week.

[spud.livejournal.com]

Yeah... big "ick" on that one! You never really know what happened on those mattresses!

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

"big john's mattress factory" is closer to kendall and lechemere, but ime (eight years ago?) cheap and good quality.

[bex77]

Big John's is no more. They closed up awhile back.

[spud.livejournal.com]

Any info I find on them online is outdated with no working numbers. They may not be around anymore.

[clevernonsense.livejournal.com]

they closed like 4ish years ago

[fangirl715.livejournal.com]

I bought my bed 8 years ago (mattress & platform frame, in unfinished pine) from Boston Bed Company on Comm. Ave. in Allston, and I'm still sleeping on it--at that time, the mattress (a decent enough full size) was around $200, the frame was $150ish, and delivery was $30 (which included getting the old mattress hauled away). I don't know how they are or what their prices are these days, but they might be worth checking out.

(Oh, and thanks for the mental image regarding squeaky futons and company... ;-)

[icecreamempress.livejournal.com]

Mystic Bedding. (http://www.mysticbedding.com/) It's completely awesome. Well worth the bus/taxi fare to get there.

[snow-how.livejournal.com]

I second this -- they make the matresses right there behind the showroom. I'm on my ... 8th year (wow) with my Mystic Bedding mattress and box spring and it's still super-comfortable.

[concrete.livejournal.com]

I got my latex foam mattress from Foam Rubber (http://foamrubber.com/) in Allston. They also sell covers for it.