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Re:The Warby Parker clones are imploding by robocat on Monday March 09, 2020 @04:34PM (#22529450)
Casper pay $400 for a mattress as per article (info from S1): “ This appears to be Casper’s business,” tweeted number-crunching Atlantic columnist Derek Thompson. “Buy mattress at $400...”
Re:The Warby Parker clones are imploding by notyourday on Monday March 09, 2020 @07:13PM (#22530969)
Or go to IKEA and get a Sultan mattress for $250 any day or $110 when on sale. Oh and they ship, too.
Re:The Warby Parker clones are imploding by vl on Monday March 09, 2020 @09:58PM (#22532052)
IKEA’s shipping is not cheap though.
Re:The Warby Parker clones are imploding by hannasanarion on Monday March 09, 2020 @07:00PM (#22530849)
Yeah, because Casper mattresses are a solid block of foam. Way cheaper than spring mattresses, all you need is to source foam sheets, cut them, and roll them for shipment. No springs, no fabric, no filler, no construction.
Re:The Warby Parker clones are imploding by lake_vincent on Monday March 09, 2020 @07:26PM (#22531065)
Have you ever seen a Casper mattress?? Everything you say is provably false. Casper mattresses have a few layers of different types of foam, all packaged together in a nice fabric outer layer. If you've ever seen one, they are clearly a non-trivial construction.

It's most definitely not as simple as "cut them, and roll them for shipment."

Re:The Warby Parker clones are imploding by hannasanarion on Monday March 09, 2020 @08:23PM (#22531444)
So you glue the layers and wrap it in a sheet, big deal. Still way less labor and materials than wiring together 300-500 springs and encasing them with layers of pillow filler.
Re:The Warby Parker clones are imploding by perl4ever on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @07:18PM (#22541047)
Huh. I got a mattress last year, went to a regular furniture store, got a regular spring mattress, paid under $300. No going out of business sale, no haggling, and I delivered it myself with a rental truck for less than I would have paid to get it in a week.