| A bed can be a surprisingly expensive piece of | | | | Supermarkets used to specialise in selling food, but |
| furniture. Once you've added up the cost of the | | | | they have grown and grown to the point where |
| frame, the mattress, and the covers, sheets, and | | | | they have become one-stop-shops, selling everything |
| pillows, you can be facing a bill of several hundred | | | | from insurance to televisions, and clothing to holidays. |
| pounds. | | | | Many popular supermarkets now have a dedicated |
| Thankfully, if you are willing to do a bit of shopping | | | | home furnishing section, which includes bedroom |
| around, it is possible to find your perfect bed at a | | | | furniture. |
| greatly discounted price. Here are three places where | | | | Because of their size and selling power, supermarkets |
| you can be sure to pick up a bargain: | | | | are able to negotiate astonishingly low prices with |
| On the Internet | | | | their suppliers. They are also happy to make a lower |
| More and more businesses are offering their stock | | | | profit than other stores, meaning their beds are |
| online nowadays, and some are even closing their | | | | usually priced much more cheaply, despite being the |
| traditional stores to sell their products exclusively | | | | same quality as those you'd find elsewhere. |
| online. Selling on the internet is significantly cheaper | | | | Second Hand |
| than running a high street store - they don't need to | | | | Most people turn up their nose at the idea of buying |
| pay expensive commercial rent, or spend lots of | | | | a second hand bed. After all, would you want to |
| money decorating it, and promotion can be done | | | | sleep in a bed that has been used by somebody else |
| almost for free. | | | | for several years? However, it's important to realise |
| These reduced costs can be passed on to the | | | | that a bed is made up of two parts - the frame and |
| customer, meaning that online prices are often much | | | | the mattress. You can reduce your costs greatly by |
| lower, even for exactly the same products. There | | | | buying a second hand frame, and you can still get a |
| are dozens of reputable websites offering beds for | | | | new mattress to go with it. |
| sale, so you won't have any trouble finding something | | | | Second hand bed frames very rarely have any |
| you like. Browsing online stores is also much quicker | | | | damage, so they're often as good as new. With the |
| and easier, because you don't even have to get out | | | | money you save, you can even afford to buy a |
| of your chair! | | | | more expensive mattress, helping to give you a |
| Supermarkets | | | | more comfortable night's sleep, all at a bargain price. |