| Before I got married I owned a queen size Sealy | | | | mattress is not big enough. We needed a king size |
| Posterpedic mattress. It was actually my first | | | | bed. At first, I was not liking the idea of making |
| mattress I ever bought. Since this was my first | | | | another mattress purchase. Remembering the |
| mattress I got hit with a huge sticker shock. The | | | | price of mattress 8 years ago was very high and |
| salesman convinced me that the mattress is the | | | | I was not in a hurry to spend another $1000 on a |
| second most important purchase you will ever | | | | mattress set. Additionally, I knew it was going to |
| make in your life. So he got me to pull out the old | | | | be even higher because it'll be a king size bed. |
| credit card. Price tag was well over $1000 for | | | | Then I found out the wonderful world of platform |
| both mattress and box springs, boy was I | | | | beds. I never understood or knew what a |
| surprised. The funny way these stores advertise | | | | platform bed was. These are basically beds that |
| is that the price of the mattress may sound like a | | | | have a solid surface that doesn't require a box |
| good deal, but what they don't tell you is that you | | | | spring. That's when the yellow light came up in my |
| must purchase the box spring also! So if you're | | | | head. I can purchase a new King Size Platform |
| purchasing a mattress keep in mind that the price | | | | Bed that'll have a much lower price than a |
| will probably double since you have to purchase | | | | traditional bed. |
| the box spring. | | | | So this is what I got. I purchased a real nice |
| So now let's fast forward to 8 years later. Guess | | | | memory foam mattress and got a really nice king |
| what, I still have the Sealy Posterpedic mattress. | | | | size platform bed. This platform bed had really |
| But this time I got married and the wife wanted | | | | nice storage drawers and shelf system. All this for |
| to upgrade my mattress. She said the Queen size | | | | less than $900 dollars, It was a great bargain. |