Category: Mattress
No Evidence Of Sleepy’s Systematically Selling Old Mattresses As New
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said today that his investigation into Sleepy’s has not produced any evidence that the nation’s largest retailer of mattresses has been systematically selling returned mattresses as new. Nor has Blumenthal seen any concrete evidence that Sleepy’s has delivered mattresses that were infested with bedbugs, despite receiving 28 complaints to that [...]
NY Firms Illegally Selling Used Mattresses In Conn, State Alleges
Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell, Jr. is announcing that his agency has filed complaints against Industrial Mattress, LLC, and Ellianna Bedding, both of Brooklyn, N.Y., for alleged violations of the state’s bedding and upholstered furniture laws and the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act. Since spring of 2009, both companies have held Connecticut licenses for the manufacture of bedding and upholstered furniture.
Ct Atty Gen Investigating Sleepy’s on 25 Customer Allegations Of Bedbugs
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s investigation into consumer complaints that Sleepy’s delivered used mattresses instead of new ones has expanded to include allegations from 25 customers that they were sold mattresses that had bedbugs. Sleepy’s adamantly denies selling used mattresses and says it is impossible for any customer to have had a bedbug infestation from its products. [...]
Watchdog Sues Tribune: accuses Courant of violating its written News Mission, by pressure to be nice to major advertisers
As promised, New Haven attorney Joseph Garrison has filed my wrongful termination lawsuit against The Courant, accusing the country’s oldest continuously published newspaper of violating its written News Mission, or what I call its ethics policy, when it fired me last month for refusing to “be nice” to major advertisers.
Ct AG says Sleepy’s failed to provide him with answers to all his questions, Sleepy’s threatens to sue Watchdog for publishing Attorney General’s allegations
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said today that Sleepy’s has failed to provide him answers to all his critical questions regarding the giant mattress retailer’s business practices. Blumenthal, who in July began an investigation into the country’s largest mattress retailer, said in a Monday interview in his office that Sleepy’s “failed to respond” to key [...]
Buying a mattress? Consumer Reports finally weighs in – guess which largest retailer came in last
For years, Consumer Reports – which recommends everything from what type of coffee you should drink to the safest cars – had made a conscious decision not to rate mattresses. The non-profit firm said its just impossible to compare mattresses because retailers each have their own brand names so the ones at Sleepy’s can’t be [...]
Courant finally publishes short story on Sleepy’s, but leaves out damaging facts about its key advertiser
After getting egg all over their faces, the management of The Courant scrambled Monday to get something in the paper about Sleepy’s so they could prove they weren’t protecting one of their biggest advertisers. In their rush to print, you will notice several things that were in my column that I had posted on this [...]
Sleepy’s: The bedbug column The Courant refused to publish about its prime advertiser
This was my column, as approved by my editor, that the Courant refused to publish about one of its biggest advertisers. It was scheduled to run on Aug. 2 but was held without an explanation. This was the first time in my 40 years at The Courant that an investigation by the attorney general was [...]
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