Selling mattresses from back of a van in S6.

[pattricia 574]

On Tuesday morning my friend who is a widow and lives on her own answered a knock on her door. A man in a white van asked her if she wanted to buy a Memory Foam Mattress. He said he was delivering a mattress to another house and had a spare one. When she said " No" he persisted by asking " Have you got a friend or relative who would like to buy one ? " She refused again so he drove off. This was in the Stannington area. Has anyone else seen this man, as my friend was very frightened as she lives alone.

[Blackbeard 10]

On Tuesday morning my friend who is a widow and lives on her own answered a knock on her door. A man in a white van asked her if she wanted to buy a Memory Foam Mattress. He said he was delivering a mattress to another house and had a spare one. When she said " No" he persisted by asking " Have you got a friend or relative who would like to buy one ? " She refused again so he drove off. This was in the Stannington area. Has anyone else seen this man, as my friend was very frightened as she lives alone.

 

They have been doing this for years, a quick Goggle wil bring up loads of hits including http://www.sleepcouncil.org.uk/2014/02/the-rip-off-van-scam/

[mecheng46 10]

Same chap was in Walkley 1 month ago with the same excuse.

 

He started from £450 (£600 RPR according to his label on the mattress) and he ended up down to £70 ''just for me''.

 

Needless to say that the mattress looked like a piece of foam.

 

At the end, I said I will buy this foam off you for £20 for the dog so he left

[Pr0187 10]

Same chap was in Walkley 1 month ago with the same excuse.

 

He started from £450 (£600 RPR according to his label on the mattress) and he ended up down to £70 ''just for me''.

 

Needless to say that the mattress looked like a piece of foam.

 

At the end, I said I will buy this foam off you for £20 for the dog so he left

 

we have a memory foam mattress and that is what they look like lol literally a big horrible colour sponge

[lazarus 68]

Some of these Mattress salesmen are selling dirty soiled goods that have just had a new cover sewn on.

[denlin 12]

we have a memory foam mattress and that is what they look like lol literally a big horrible colour sponge

 

No they don't. We have a shop bought one which looks exactly like any other mattress. The average price is about £250. If anyone is selling one off a van for £70 it isn't a memory foam

[Marx 10]

No they don't. We have a shop bought one which looks exactly like any other mattress. The average price is about £250. If anyone is selling one off a van for £70 it isn't a memory foam

 

Or it is the memory foam and no mattress.

[denlin 12]

A memory foam topper is nowhere near as thick as a mattress and anyone who buys a piece of foam thinking it is a memory foam mattress clearly needs help

[Itrytoplease 10]

More to the point I think is that these are not FIRE PROOF and as such you'd be silly to buy one.

[dafodil 10]

A memory foam topper is nowhere near as thick as a mattress and anyone who buys a piece of foam thinking it is a memory foam mattress clearly needs help

We bought a topper from T J Hughes and it is brilliant.

[GLASGOWOODS 10]

Same chap was in Walkley 1 month ago with the same excuse.

 

He started from £450 (£600 RPR according to his label on the mattress) and he ended up down to £70 ''just for me''.

 

Needless to say that the mattress looked like a piece of foam.

 

At the end, I said I will buy this foam off you for £20 for the dog so he left

 

Was he driving a white DI-van?

[RiffRaff 10]

Same chap was in Walkley 1 month ago with the same excuse.

 

He started from £450 (£600 RPR according to his label on the mattress) and he ended up down to £70 ''just for me''.

 

Needless to say that the mattress looked like a piece of foam.

 

At the end, I said I will buy this foam off you for £20 for the dog so he left

 

And again in Dronfield a month-ish ago.

Had an extra line though - John Lewis duvets!

I was just parked in a lay-by waiting for a phone call, and the chancer just pulled up in front of me, leapt out and flung his back doors open even before he knocked on my car window!