I’ve got back problems. My back has gone beyond aching. It is acutely sore. It’s sore all the time.
I blame this on my mattress. I had a lemon cheapo foam mattress from IKEA that was killing me, so when I got my current job and could finally afford to invest in something beyond immediate survival, I got myself a new mattress.
Which was a huge mistake, as it turns out. I bought a TempurPedic–a total waste of money. Oh, it started out lovely. In the shop, it was nice and comfortable. But within a few weeks of getting it home, it was having the same sagging and divot problem my cheapo IKEA mattress had, although at ten times the price. So I swapped the TempurPedic for a latex mattress made by a local company.
Same.
Damn.
Thing.
So I went back to the mattress store, and I told them I wanted to swap, and they acted like it was a huge problem for me, a huge fiscal burden, like they were doing me an enormous, everlasting favor to agree to a second replacement. I got a hybrid mattress with some inner springs this time.
Oh hey, what do you know? This week it is also crapping out on me.
I know it’s not my body. I’ve been to the doctor, there was nothing wrong with me. If I sleep with my head at the foot of the bed, and my body weight on parts of the mattress that are less-used, suddenly the problem goes away. It’s the mattress, clear as day.
But given how much of a fit they threw last time I asked them to help me make sure that giving them a tenth of my yearly income wasn’t a hideous mistake, I don’t think they’ll let me swap again. At this point, I don’t want to swap again. I want my Goddessfucking money back.
Which isn’t going to happen? Why? Well, because of the First Rule of Acquisition, of course! “Once you have their money, you never give it back!”
I think I might try to contest the charges with my credit card company, on the basis of being sold a crappy mattress that only made my pain and problems worse. I don’t have very high hopes for this gambit, however.
The worst part is I had an alternative. There’s a local company that sells direct. Much cheaper. Being the foolish woman that I am, I thought that meant they wouldn’t be as good.
But to be honest, they could hardly be worse.
I don’t want to just eat this loss, but I’m not sure if there is an alternative. I’m already in so much debt, I hate to take on more. But between this and some other bills that popped up in the last month, I think my progress on digging my way out of debt this year is about to get reset back to zero.
And that makes me cranky.