UAdevil wrote:Mattress Firm. What. The. Fuck. Not sure how it is elsewhere, but in Tucson and Phoenix it seems that every other major street intersection has 2, sometimes even 3 separate stores across from each other. Is there that much demand for mattresses? I mean, I buy one a decade maybe...
There are at least 25 Mattress Firms in metro Tucson...
Are their mattresses THAT good or is this the most ingenious front ever?
It's the same in Chicago. Mattress stores are popping up everywhere suddenly. I have no idea why, and I suspect they'll all be closed again in a few years. People just don't buy mattresses that often.
Same in Boise. Everywhere. Recent letter to the editor in the paper inquired if anyone knew where to buy a mattress. We have two directly across the street from each other at an intersection near my house. One is in a converted KFC/A&W store, and they literally built the one across the street new from the ground up on an old used car lot. Three . . . I mean four around the mall according to this article.
Mattresses offer one of the best profit margins in retail. While some grocery store chains might earn a 5 percent profit margin, mattresses have a markup in the 40 to 50 percent range, according to Consumer Reports. According to one study, a $3,000 mattress might only cost $300 to manufacture — a 900 percent markup.
Mattress stores often have low overhead, often dealing with factory-direct products and paying employees a commission-based salary. This might explain how mattress stores can support those seemingly empty showrooms with only one employee sitting behind a desk.
“If you sold three or four beds a day and your average ticket is $1,000, that’s a $4,000-dollar day, times 365. All of a sudden you’ve got more than a million-dollar business there,” Sam Woods, Senior Vice President of Sales for Mattress Firm, told WBEZ.
According to a report from PsychologyToday, a mall location may only need to sell 20 mattresses a month to cover its rent.
Thinking back to old times, I still can't understand why posters eventually stop posting. Posting here, and in our previous incarnations of sites, is so central to my identity and orientation to the world that I'm pretty sure I'll never stop. I get when there's a scandal, as with Auer, or a disagreement, as will WilmasPimp or ByJoveByJingle (both driven off by Auer?), but I can't for the life of me understand how TopCat could stop posting.
UAdevil wrote:Forget secret FEMA camps...investigate what Mattress Firm is REALLY up to...because it can't really just be about mattresses right? Lol
I think it's about importing drugs.
Longhorned wrote:Thinking back to old times, I still can't understand why posters eventually stop posting. Posting here, and in our previous incarnations of sites, is so central to my identity and orientation to the world that I'm pretty sure I'll never stop. I get when there's a scandal, as with Auer, or a disagreement, as will WilmasPimp or ByJoveByJingle (both driven off by Auer?), but I can't for the life of me understand how TopCat could stop posting.
I quit once.
Once........
Of the 12 coaches, Rush picked the one whose fans have the deepest passion, the longest memories, the greatest lung capacity and … did I mention deep passion?
UAdevil wrote:Mattress Firm. What. The. Fuck. Not sure how it is elsewhere, but in Tucson and Phoenix it seems that every other major street intersection has 2, sometimes even 3 separate stores across from each other. Is there that much demand for mattresses? I mean, I buy one a decade maybe...
There are at least 25 Mattress Firms in metro Tucson...
Are their mattresses THAT good or is this the most ingenious front ever?
No shit. Our neighborhood Five Guys was replaced by Mattress Firm. WTF?
My sister just dropped big bucks on that sleep by numbers B.S. My current mattress is 20 years old. I'd rather have messy cheeseburgers and cajun fries.
UAdevil wrote:Mattress Firm. What. The. Fuck. Not sure how it is elsewhere, but in Tucson and Phoenix it seems that every other major street intersection has 2, sometimes even 3 separate stores across from each other. Is there that much demand for mattresses? I mean, I buy one a decade maybe...
There are at least 25 Mattress Firms in metro Tucson...
Are their mattresses THAT good or is this the most ingenious front ever?
No shit. Our neighborhood Five Guys was replaced by Mattress Firm. WTF?
My sister just dropped big bucks on that sleep by numbers B.S. My current mattress is 20 years old. I'd rather have messy cheeseburgers and cajun fries.
You can have them both! Just take your dinner into your bed. You might want to be careful with that cajun sauce as it might burn your skin through the pajamas or worse if you sleep au natural.
Erlich Bachmann: Richard wrote the code, yes, but the inspiration was clear. Let me ask you something. How fast do you think you could jack off every guy in this room? Cause I know how long it would take me. And I could prove it.
gumby wrote:It's gone! Replaced by Mattress Firm. I'd have to drive across town. Too far. Though I could use all the mattress stores as rest stops.
Yeah, that business about the new mattress "test drive" where you lay down and try out different models. We should totally start a nation-wide problem where "customers" just stop in for a nap. Low overhead, huh? Let's see how good your single on-duty employee is at moving dead weight. Soon, our photos will be posted in the break rooms of multiple locations.
gumby wrote:It's gone! Replaced by Mattress Firm. I'd have to drive across town. Too far. Though I could use all the mattress stores as rest stops.
Yeah, that business about the new mattress "test drive" where you lay down and try out different models. We should totally start a nation-wide problem where "customers" just stop in for a nap. Low overhead, huh? Let's see how good your single on-duty employee is at moving dead weight. Soon, our photos will be posted in the break rooms of multiple locations.
My client and I were just talking yesterday about how we should open up one of those Tokyo-style nap pod places.
Of the 12 coaches, Rush picked the one whose fans have the deepest passion, the longest memories, the greatest lung capacity and … did I mention deep passion?
gumby wrote:It's gone! Replaced by Mattress Firm. I'd have to drive across town. Too far. Though I could use all the mattress stores as rest stops.
Yeah, that business about the new mattress "test drive" where you lay down and try out different models. We should totally start a nation-wide problem where "customers" just stop in for a nap. Low overhead, huh? Let's see how good your single on-duty employee is at moving dead weight. Soon, our photos will be posted in the break rooms of multiple locations.
My client and I were just talking yesterday about how we should open up one of those Tokyo-style nap pod places.
In America, we nap for free at the closest Mattress Firm location, usually located, well, right over there. No, behind you. Yeah.
Of the 12 coaches, Rush picked the one whose fans have the deepest passion, the longest memories, the greatest lung capacity and … did I mention deep passion?
Though I am old, the other part would be a lie because I graduated from UCSB. My love for U of A can't be surpassed, obviously, so maybe the lie is partly true.
Longhorned wrote:Though I am old, the other part would be a lie because I graduated from UCSB. My love for U of A can't be surpassed, obviously, so maybe the lie is partly true.
UCSB. I see you headed down that hill LH, with a board under one arm and a volleyball under the other. A few games---then you grab your stick and get wet. Prof. Longhorned, we're going to start addressing you as "Dude"!
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Anyone ever notice how horrible hotel toilets are at their one and only job of sucking? Good grief, doesn't matter if you're in a Motel 6 in Cross Lanes West Virginia or the Fairmont in downtown Seattle.
And I said, ‘That last thing is what you can't get...Nobody can get to that last thing. We keep on living in hopes of catching it once and for all.’ Jack Kerouac, On The Road
CatsbyAZ wrote:Anyone ever notice how horrible hotel toilets are at their one and only job of sucking? Good grief, doesn't matter if you're in a Motel 6 in Cross Lanes West Virginia or the Fairmont in downtown Seattle.
The place we recently stayed at in Pinetop (Roundhouse Resort) had one impressive toilet. Flushed fast with a minimum amount of water. Never had to re-flush.
That's why you do what I am doing...not having one! Just a ceremony for 2 on the beach in Oregon and that's that! Having a party in Tucson at Pueblo Vida Brewery in August for close friends and family. No stress, no mess, and about 1/10 the cost.
scumdevils86 wrote:That's why you do what I am doing...not having one! Just a ceremony for 2 on the beach in Oregon and that's that! Having a party in Tucson at Pueblo Vida Brewery in August for close friends and family. No stress, no mess, and about 1/10 the cost.
I wanted to elope . I did get my wish of now bridal party except her niece (flower girl) and nephews (ring bearers) in order to try to limit the amount of drama.
Our cost is going to be reasonable, not like your reasonable though.
scumdevils86 wrote:That's why you do what I am doing...not having one! Just a ceremony for 2 on the beach in Oregon and that's that! Having a party in Tucson at Pueblo Vida Brewery in August for close friends and family. No stress, no mess, and about 1/10 the cost.
Which beach? Got married myself yards away from the water on the Oregon coast in an awesome little town called Yachats a few years back. Destination weddings are definitely the way to go, especially when it means you don't have to invite a bunch of people you don't want there! Could have done without the hippy-ish woman that officiated the wedding, and compared us to agates on the beach, but you could barely hear her over the waves crashing against the rocks, so whatever...
We're getting married in Ecola State Park between Seaside (where our rental house is, only $800 for the week btw and steps from the water) and Cannon Beach. The officiant seems awesome. Did splurge on a great photographer but that made sense. I used my rewards points for the the plane tickets and rental car and the dress was only $400 including alterations. I'm pretty damn pleased with how everything is working out.
scumdevils86 wrote:We're getting married in Ecola State Park between Seaside (where our rental house is, only $800 for the week btw and steps from the water) and Cannon Beach. The officiant seems awesome. Did splurge on a great photographer but that made sense. I used my rewards points for the the plane tickets and rental car and the dress was only $400 including alterations. I'm pretty damn pleased with how everything is working out.
17 days till I'm a married man.
Yeah, the photographer is definitely worth splurging on. We were lucky and found a 20-something that was willing to come all the way from Portland, and did a fantastic job. Last time my wife checked, his portfolio warranted charging about 4x now what we paid back then.
Anyway, good luck! Couldn't pick a better place than the Oregon coast. Don't forget to grab some ice cream and cheese curds at the Tillamook Cheese factory down the road!
azgreg wrote:Just received the payment plan for both of my son's braces. $2250 each.
Who wants to help a brother out?
Nothing wrong with:
Erlich Bachmann: Richard wrote the code, yes, but the inspiration was clear. Let me ask you something. How fast do you think you could jack off every guy in this room? Cause I know how long it would take me. And I could prove it.
Are you ever around just women with no other men around, and you get hungry and nothing you say can get across to them that it's past time to eat?
It's like, "Okay, that's it. I need you to stop ignoring me on this. If I don't get some food right now, I'm going to fall through the floor. What should we eat?"
Does every service and delivery person take a big, stinky dump in everyone's bathroom? Adding up to 36 dumps a day or whatever?
Or does every service and delivery person just save it up and hold it to take a big, stinky dump in my bathroom only?
Every time I have a delivery of any sort, I assume that I'll need to spend some time disinfecting afterwards. I even set the Clorox spray and disinfecting wipes out in advance.
I have never had a delivery person even pee in my house.
My wedding photographer did shit in my best man's hotel room, but in his defense he was with us all day.
Of the 12 coaches, Rush picked the one whose fans have the deepest passion, the longest memories, the greatest lung capacity and … did I mention deep passion?
. I did get my wish of now bridal party except her niece (flower girl) and nephews (ring bearers) in order to try to limit the amount of drama. 
