Remember a few months back when reddit was buzzing about a conspiracy theory involving Mattress Firm? Well I saw this on TV last night, and it immediately raised some red flags.
13 2018-04-16 by DontTreadOnMe16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIpKzuGbqK4
Just thought I'd bring it to the attention of r/conspiracy, see what other people here think.
42 comments
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1 IndigoGosRule 2018-04-16
To say the MOST, Mattress Firm uses it's multiple locations to laundering the money made from child sex trafficking of these foster kids.
1 meLurk_longtime 2018-04-16
Lol which would make interesting the least. But totally agree with you. The sole fact of how many mattress stores there are, raises suspicion to me.
1 FungoBatGump 2018-04-16
That's not real! you make that?
1 Squirrelboy85 2018-04-16
I see where you are going with that op.
1 Anthony_Roman 2018-04-16
im new to this someone explain please 😂
1 Dude_NL 2018-04-16
They even have Pajama Party's (lolwtf)
1 DontTreadOnMe16 2018-04-16
Wait wtf? I didn't even see that.
Although that being said... a PJ party at a mattress store does sound like a lot of fun as a kid actually. Just so long as no one is abusing anyone, either mentally or physically.
1 WestCoastHippy 2018-04-16
Not sure how relevant this is, but a foster kid started the company that was acquired by/merged with Mattress Firm. He was all over AM radio ads with his personal story.
Maybe he wants to help kids from his background, maybe he was abused and the cycle continues, maybe totally unrelated.
The multiple locations came from the merger/acquisition, imho, and will be unwound.
1 DontTreadOnMe16 2018-04-16
Very interesting, thanks for the perspective!
I see both cases being totally and completely plausible. Let's all hope it's the uplifting/good angle, and not the dark/evil angle.
Normally I'm not one to believe in coincidences, but I could see this being a case for that.
Still weird enough to look into it further though.
1 WestCoastHippy 2018-04-16
Def worth the blip on the radar, especially given the music industry model of initiation-to-be-successful.
1 russianbot01 2018-04-16
Olympian Simone Biles is in on the scam?
1 DontTreadOnMe16 2018-04-16
She does have some personal experience with systemic abuse... I'd hope she wouldn't perpetuate something like that. But who knows if she would even have any idea?
1 russianbot01 2018-04-16
Well she was in foster care and a gymnast, so that is 2 strikes but she's a good egg I was only joking suggesting she is in on anything.
1 iKakistocrat 2018-04-16
Mattresses have huge profit margins, and they never go bad, they just take a lot of room when displayed. Mattress Firm opens up a ton of locations in a given city as a hostile takeover and to force out competition. They spend say, a million dollars to open up a new location. Build a building, stock with mattresses, allocate operation expenses and you’re in business; making an incredible rate of return if you sell even 2 mattresses a day.
There may be some big conspiracy but really mattresses are just big.
1 frankydark 2018-04-16
If they never go bad . Why so many stores ??
Conspiracy confirmed..
Apart from turning that bitch every year 😆😆
1 ridestraight 2018-04-16
Look into the South African connection of this lovely Business deal...
https://www.honestmattressreviews.com/mattress-firm-signs-simone-biles/
1 KingLesbian 2018-04-16
"As for how much she signed for – what’s signed with Mattress Firm stays with Mattress Firm." That's pretty odd phrasing for a fluff piece that is otherwise sucking MF's dick.
1 Praump 2018-04-16
Like kars for kids
1 seeking101 2018-04-16
(ONE EIGHT SEVEN) 7 KARS FOR KIDS,
K-A-R-S KARS FOR KIDS!
(ONE EIGHT SEVEN) 7 KARS FOR KIDS!
DONATE YOUR CAR TODAY!
1 TheMostRecentOne 2018-04-16
damn you, now it's stuck in my head again... :)
1 seeking101 2018-04-16
this is the song that doesn't end...
1 -jxcksxn- 2018-04-16
How could you do this to us?
I've suffered enough... :'(
1 McLeech 2018-04-16
I heard one a couple months ago asking for people to donate their kidneys or bone marrow, and if you don't want to donate your body we'll take your boat, car, or truck.
1 El_Taco_Boom 2018-04-16
This was on last nights Simpsons episode too. Moe got a Mattress Firm store from his dad.
1 TheWiredWorld 2018-04-16
What the fuck????
1 iHOPEimNOTanNPC 2018-04-16
Holy shit, is Simpsons predicting another moment?
1 sicsicsickkk 2018-04-16
This has been happening since at least last year. I heard about this on the radio all last summer during literally every commercial break on the station that my work makes us listen too. It’s interesting because the ad made it sound like a local fundraiser but I realized it was on one of those stations owned by iheartradio so it was probably a national campaign.
1 killadrix 2018-04-16
Does anyone have any evidence to this conspiracy theory or is it solely based on the fact that there are so many matters firm locations (which were a result of mergers)?
I’ve never seen a shred of evidence MF is involved in child trafficking.
1 Riceandtits 2018-04-16
I thought this was going to be a post about how the Simpsons made a few joking references to the conspiracy last night.
1 DontTreadOnMe16 2018-04-16
Nope, and what’s weird is that I actually first saw this commercial on Friday, but didn’t post it til today. Had no idea it was on the Simpsons last night until another user mentioned it. Strange.
1 MosestheCanadian 2018-04-16
I love the Mattress Firm conspiracy. Definetely could be something shady/money laundering type thing going on there. They operate 3500 stores in the US, while Wal Mart has about 6500. So many people go to wal mart every day (groceries, electronics, clothes, pharmacies, toiletries) I myself go to wal mart probably over a dozen times a year. I've never been in a mattress store though. People buy a mattress every, what, 10 years? If that? Most people have one for most of their lives. Why does there need to be so many stores? It doesn't make sense
1 K-StatedDarwinian 2018-04-16
One visit to Mattress Firm = a minimum of 10 to Wal-Mart. The only way to really justify, however, is pay for market analytics and see their market share. I know of a particular scientific equipmeny company that has a lion share of the market, but you woukdnt kniw it without paying for that intel. Or, maybe being a chain its easier to pimp to an investor in nearly every midsize and up city,
1 juanwonone1 2018-04-16
Never thought about this......people don't buy mattresses every month.....nor every year. How are they in business?
1 DontTreadOnMe16 2018-04-16
And doing so well as to publicize their charity
1 chilover20 2018-04-16
Has everyone considered that hotels, hospitals, campers, etc. go through a lot of mattresses? We seem to have a mattress store near every hospital in my state. Also most households have 2- 3 sets of mattresses. It all adds up. I think I just talked myself into opening a store. lol
1 FORKinmyDICK 2018-04-16
They don't sell those types of mattresses at retail mattress stores. You'd go broke trying to furnish an entire hotel or hospital with retail prices
1 chilover20 2018-04-16
Good to know. I just assumed they were like auto dealers.
1 cryospam 2018-04-16
I don't think this is it. This is for a third party organization started by a foster child who in an interview said he wanted to give back to those in his spot because he didn't have many of the opportunities that people who look at foster care seem to assume comes with it. Not all foster parents are glowing pillars of humanity, and he wants to help.
1 te510 2018-04-16
My buddy who's a manager at one said they open so many stores so no one working there can get really good commission, he said they do that to spread the sales out.