Shopping For A Mattress

Anyone who has ever been mattress shopping knows what a pain in the neck it is.

First of all, the mattress manufacturers create lines of mattresses and within these lines are distinct models.

Sounds reasonable, right...?

WRONG!

The thing is, these models are named differently depending upon the retailer. Thus, it's almost impossible to compare apples to apples - or in this case mattresses to mattresses.

Anyway... as friends and regular readers know, I'm a "best bang for the buck" kinda guy and my focus is on comparative value rather than straight price per se.

So... as of now I'm deciding between the King Koil XL-100 and the Serta St. Charles Extra Firm, part of the Perfect Sleeper line and sold exclusively at Macy's.

Folks... you may at this point be asking yourselves, "What the heck...? Why is Bill telling me about his mattress buying adventures...???"

Fair question! Short answer... why not...?!?! It's my blog! At this particular moment in time my focus is not on national or world events, but locked like a laser beam on replacing my worn out old mattress. For those who would rather focus on more... er... important issues... head on over to Drudge. There you'll find stories such as:

New York State Will Be Broke Before Christmas...

Gold Price Hits Record High As Dollar Wanes...

Freddie Mac Posts $5 billion Loss...

Banks In GA., MI., MN., MO., CA., Closed...

...and so on and so forth.

Nope! Me... my concern is getting the best new mattress I can at the best price!

Hey... final comment: For anyone else who is in the market - or soon will be - for a new mattress, here's a great website I found which I'd term "must reading" for the perspective mattress buyer.

Good luck... and God Bless American...!