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Original poster

To wonder who pays 13k for a bed??

48 replies

ThesecondLEM · 07/11/2021 00:26

A very ordinary looking divan bed, no head board?

I also suspect such folk are not in furniture village!!

Dp said he'd want it to drive him to work for that money.

I know you pay for quality and this had pure wool filllling and it was very comfortable but I'm pretty sure you can get an amazing mattress for a tenth of the cost.

Even if I won the lottery I don't think I could pay that much money, or am I missing something here?

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Squeezita · 07/11/2021 00:37

Well my current mattress is a £250 one from IKEA so yes a £13k bed sounds wildly prohibitive.

However, if I had hundreds of thousands of £ I would happily buy a £13k bed. We spend so much time in bed that it seems a no brained.

NiceGerbil · 07/11/2021 01:26

Very wealthy people who aren't good sleepers.

RAFHercules · 07/11/2021 01:34

Best £2k I've ever spent was on my bed. I saved up for it after sleeping (badly) on a £150 mattress for 20 years.

JackieWeaverHandforthCouncil · 07/11/2021 02:05

It’s all relative isn’t it really? There are many people who would see a new IKEA frame and mattress as extravagant.

I bought a £1000 mattress and the back problems that had been plaguing me for years disappeared after a week or so it was massively worth the investment. Maybe a £13k bed makes you feel like you’re sleeping on a cloud.

NiceGerbil · 07/11/2021 02:25

OP if you had I dunno 50 million quid what would you buy?

I'd get a helicopter and learn how to fly.
A ludicrous car like 60s corvette
Would need indoor pool
And massive hobbies rooms for all DH stuff he hoards
Hmm
Pool table
Second home in Alps

13k mattress easy. Prob get 50!

araiwa · 07/11/2021 02:33

Bed and footwear should have good money spent on it. Its where you spend most of your life

dontletthemugglesgetyoudownn · 07/11/2021 02:40

@JackieWeaverHandforthCouncil which bed out of interest?

StrongSunglasses · 07/11/2021 02:40

Exactly, when the funds aren’t a consideration or if you prioritise extreme bed comfort and willing to invest, then you’d go for the one that you liked best irrespective of price. Unless you have a “more ££ = better” mentality.

Catflapkitkat · 07/11/2021 02:52

Was it a Hästens bed? My dream slumber, if I had it I would pay

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ThesecondLEM · 07/11/2021 07:53

That's my point though, 2k would be out of my budget but I would imagine one could get a pretty amazing mattress for that and I'd pay that. would the 13k mattress be any better really?

I'm not sure if I would spend 13k even if I did win the lottery. It is an obscene amount of money. But then I wouldn't spend 100k on a car either.

My money would go on horses, a private woodland, maybe a camper van, state of the art tent and a faberge ring. Dream house, maybe four bedrooms. Houses for my DDs. Oh and I'd get my teeth fixed. 13k on a mattress? I'm not sure I could

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Butchyrestingface · 07/11/2021 08:06

I’d buy a £13k mattress before a faberge ring any day. Confused

LynetteScavo · 07/11/2021 08:18

But you spend so much time in bed, why not?

MIL spent 13k on a kitchen, just because she didn't like the look of the one that was there. She spent several thousand on fitted wardrobes, because she could. I can easily see her spending 13K on a mattress which she might spend half her life lying on. My in laws aren't rich, but they don't spend money on holidays or cars, or anything much apart from their house.

I have paid quite a lot for a pillow before now. No regrets at all, it's heavenly. When I mentioned it to one high earning friend she was a little surprised, and told me Sainsbury's pillows are perfectly good.

HeartsAndClubs · 07/11/2021 08:25

Welll, if for £13k it was the most comfortable bed I could find and I had the money (I don’t,) I would spend it.

My bed is my favourite place in the world. If spending extra money on it meant I could love it any more then why the hell not?

WowIlikereallyhateyou · 07/11/2021 08:36

I have a vi spring sublime supreme bed and it cost £10k about 10 yrs ago. It is like sleeping on a cloud, only gets more comfortable and has a lifespan of up to 25 yrs. it is uk made and has natural fibres in it. Very lovely indeed. I would spend the money again in a heartbeat. Looked at haastens also,but liked this better.

LakieLady · 07/11/2021 08:36

If it would guarantee me a decent night's sleep, every night, I'd gladly pay £13k for a bed. I'm sick of waking in the small hours, and being unable to get back to sleep.

I managed about 3 hours sleep last night, and am shattered.

Proudboomer · 07/11/2021 08:41

If I had that sort of money and it helped me get a decent nights sleep they I would buy one.
As it is I don’t but I have always paid for the best in my price range as a good nights sleep is important and I would rather have an expensive bed than a cupboard full of designer handbags and shoes.

fluffythedragonslayer · 07/11/2021 09:07

It's all relative. Our bed cost the equivalent of one months household take-home. So it's not that mad to think someone else's one month take home could be 13k.
DHs friend gets a yearly bonus which is six figures. A 13k bed would be just a drop in the ocean.

JackieWeaverHandforthCouncil · 07/11/2021 11:28

@dontletthemugglesgetyoudownn - I bought a Casper mattress.

CouldIhaveaword · 07/11/2021 11:46

If I had that kind of money then I would rather spend it on a bed than on handbags, shoes, car or even an expensive tv or phone.

Different priorities I guess.

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ThesecondLEM · 07/11/2021 12:21

After reading these comments I agree IABU and have decided to buy a lottery ticket

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LaBellina · 07/11/2021 12:22

I would buy a Hastens bed if I could afford it and then you’re talking about this price range.

ChippyDucks150 · 07/11/2021 12:24

I still get And so to Bed catalogues delivered, if I was ever to win the lottery then yes, I would spend that much on a bed. They are gorgeous.

JumperandJacket · 07/11/2021 12:27

We paid a lot for a bed recently- an extra long one made to order because DH is tall. You spend 30% of your life in bed so it’s not something to scrimp on if you can help it (although of course that doesn’t mean you need to spend £13k!)

Wherearemymarbles · 07/11/2021 13:05

If one is rich enough one can spend £20,000 on a pure Eiderdown duvet…
Truth is if there is something you can buy for £200 there is a version of basically the same thing for several hundred times as much!

Cuck00soup · 07/11/2021 13:14

What's even more crazy is people paying thousands for a mattress they haven't actually tried in store.

And no, your bed being uncomfortable a manufacturing fault. So no, it's nor covered by your guarantee no matter how aggressive you are to sales or customer service assistants. Oh and no, your bank won't chargeback either. Even if it is Coutts. Bitter ex Customerservice service assistant