Buying a bed before filing?

[getouttathehole]

We really need a new mattress and have enough cash to buy one. Would this be considered a luxury purchase? I have no way to prove my back is hurting and that I dream about a new mattress all night!

[One Half Full]

There are a few threads here with people asking similar questions. Mostly, they are answered by other people saying:

1) the trustee is not looking for ordinary consumer items, but things like easy to cash stocks and bonds and easily liquifyable assets.

2) No one has said that you should stop living your life even though you are in this mess. If you need socks, buy socks, if you need a mattress buy a mattress.

A typically priced mattress is fairly expensive, depending on which size you get. I've seen in magazines that some cost 5000.00 I think that if you buy a mattress that is of a reasonable price, then it is just another house-hold item. It is unlikely that a mattress can be re-sold, considering bedding is considered highly "personal."

this is an uneducated opinion.

[getouttathehole]

We are definitely not looking at spending $5000, more like $1000-$1500

Thanks for your opinion!

[One Half Full]

We are definitely not looking at spending $5000, more like $1000-$1500

Thanks for your opinion!

That's about what they are going for. Frankly buying one that is too cheap is not worth the money.

[Bandit]

get a nice firm one, they last longer than the super soft ones & will get a little softer with time. I have one for 10 years & it is just now starting to break down a little in the middle while the sides are still nice & firm.

I know a lot of people want soft but firm is better on the back. IMO

If it is a king size & you want a a good one you may find the display mattress & springs for around 900.00. Like someone already said, a cheap mattress is not worth bothering with.