they don't tell you this in school, but you can order a mattress from an online retailer and "return" it.

because every online mattress store is a shitty drop shipper - they don't take actually take returns, so they ask you to destroy the mattress or donate it to a charity (no charity actually accepts used mattresses). just fake some documentation saying you brought it to the dump and waluigi you have a free mattress.

real image from a real email that may or may not have gotten into my inbox somehow. that or SWIM got it in their inbox. i obviously would never do anything illegal ever.

Go to a mattress store, lay down on every bed until you find a good one. Buy that model online for cheaper on a place that offers free returns.

You can also repeat this indefinitely to never have to pay for a mattress. Follow me for more investment tips.

I recommend getting one without a pillow top. You can't flip the darn things and you end up with a lumpy situation that either needs to be replaced or modified far earlier than the mattress requires.

https://www.sleeplikethedead.com/

I went on a trip once and one girl was talking so much about her temperature controlled tempurpedic that I still think about it many years later. Maybe those are good or she was a plant.

I've had this one for about 2 years and I'm still highly satisfied with it. Just the right amount of firmness, comfortable, stable, and great for non-sleep bedroom activity. All for well under $400, or potentially free if you play your cards right with Amazon. And delivered in a box to your door. I've missed it whenever I travel. I've had zero desire to upgrade and see no reason to. It's holding up incredibly well and if it ever fails me, I can buy the same one again and still come out ahead. I'm surprised the ass raping mattress lobby hasn't found a way to block the import of these, because imo, it's the $5,000 BYD EV of the mattress world.

Full disclosure: I am not a mattress expert