"alan_m" wrote in message
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On 11/06/2019 03:06, Rod Speed wrote:


"alan_m" wrote in message

Unlikely as they couldn't guarantee the absence of mites/bed bugs in a
second hand mattress. Probably cheaper and safer to send any returns to
landfill/recycling.

Doesnt explain why they require a mattress protector to be used.

Possibly the Elfin Safety aspect for their own workers inspecting a
returned mattress. They don't want their workers exposed to bodily fluids.

Oh bull****.

The same company offer to dispose of an old mattress but only if the
customer wraps it in a thick plastic bag (supplied) and fully tapes up any
openings in the bag.

Wont be for that reason. And they dont
require that with the warranty claim.

Or what happens with returns of the plenty of mattresses
that allow a limited time free return if you dont like it.

Landfill? ...

Dont buy that.

and built into the costs?

Or that.

The offers for try it for 90 days often is on foam mattresses that require
industrial scale vacuum packing for transportation.

Plenty offer it on all their mattresses.

If the customer is now responsible for returns after this "trial period"
he stands no chance of re-packing for economic transportation.

When you get another of theirs to try after you dont like the first
one, they take it back themselves when supplying the second one.

Shouldnt be hard to fumigate the mattress.

Isn't the problem with people with allergies the bodies of the dead
mites/bugs and not necessarily the living creatures?

A mattress protector wont help with that.