I've been reasonably good with savings in the last month, but now there is an unexpected mental roadblock.
I love travelling and JW Marriott is one of my favorite hotels. I love their bed! It is so comfortable and luxurious.
I've been looking at the total bed package (mattress, topper and all the linens and pillows) online for 2 years now. It was close to $2,500 dollars and never went on sale.
I thought I would get it eventually, when we buy our own place and move. But now it is on sale (not a common occurence) for $2,057. Should I buy it sooner, because the sale is temporary? Or should I stick with a plan and buy it later, but for over $400 more?
I love falling asleep in that bed! And it would bring an element of a luxury hotel into my bedroom. But it is over 2K.
What do I do?
Ohhh, I am so tempted. Should I fight the urge to get into that bed?
August 17th, 2009 at 08:56 pm
August 17th, 2009 at 09:02 pm 1250539373
Basically ask yourself if the mattress is a want or a need?
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August 17th, 2009 at 09:16 pm 1250540195
I am sympathetic to your cause - I love my sleep number bed (at 6K!!), and since you spend 33% of your life in bed, it seems to justify it. But we did buy when the waterbed went kaput completely, so a good bed became a need.
August 17th, 2009 at 09:30 pm 1250541010
It would be a need only if I was sleeping on the floor, and even than, I could just buy a $500 mattress(which is what I have now - actually, a bed and a mattress were $500 together - I did not have a job back when we needed it, and it was a gift).
Am I saving for something else? Yes. A semester or a year off to study in China. But that is also a "want".
Would it improve my life? I think so. I would enjoy it 6-7 hours every day.
August 17th, 2009 at 09:34 pm 1250541243
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August 17th, 2009 at 11:54 pm 1250549645
Now, if it was on sale for something extraordinary like $1000, I might buy it.
I am curious too - what the brand of the mattress is?
August 17th, 2009 at 11:58 pm 1250549906
August 18th, 2009 at 12:53 am 1250553207
It is a bed they have in JW (there are many categories of Marriott so not to be confused... the bed they have in luxury ones (category 7) or JW. I have test-driven it.
I don't live in austerity. We go out, go on vacations... but 2K is a lot of money.
I'm not sure it will be on sale again - it is not Macys.
It may impact me emotionally as far as going to China goal. It is probably a month and a half of savings for that goal. Plus, I would not be able to just junk it, as most of my other furniture. We'll need to store it.
It is possible, just more complicated. I still really want it.
August 18th, 2009 at 02:34 am 1250559281
http://www.shopmarriott.com/productGroup.aspx?&category1=Mar...
August 18th, 2009 at 02:57 am 1250560629
Nika, I think you should spring for it! It will be a lasting value that you will enjoy for many, many years. I purchased a mattress and box spring that cost about $1100 several years ago, and that was on sale; it is a quality bed, but no way is it as luxurious as the Marriott bed. And of course, the price I paid did not include any pillows or linens.
Be aware, however, that there appears to be a $375 delivery charge for the Marriott bed.
August 18th, 2009 at 03:49 am 1250563744
It just makes sense to wait.
August 18th, 2009 at 04:14 pm 1250608475
After I put the "bed package" in my cart, I saw that all the items were showing up separately, so buying it separately, at the sale price, was the same price as buying it in a package.
So I will hold off on the main purchase - the mattress and the box spring and the mattress topper. I will buy it, just later.
I bought the JW comforter cover, fitted sheet, accent pillow, and a pair of pillowcases. (and very interesting 2 glass tea and saucer sets).
It totaled $411. Not $2,057 plus $375!!! delivery charge, plus tax of over 8 percent.
That makes the look and partially the feel of the bed (though the main component of the feel is the mattress)
I will hold also hold off on the 2 euro pillows and shams (they are fairly inexpensive so the discount was not significant), bed skirt (not sure I need it, with my current bed), flat sheet (don't need it), standard pillows (can buy later, discount is not significant, and I currently have good pillows).
I spent over $400 and I'm feeling frugal. Something is wrong with me.
August 18th, 2009 at 10:22 pm 1250630548
Anyway, congrats on the compromise! Sounds like a good way to give yourself some of the feel of the new bed at a fraction of the cost.