MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- You've heard the saying 'never go to bed angry,' but what if your brand “new” bed is making you mad? FOX6's Contact 6 was sold a “new” bed from Sloane’s Furniture near 12th and Vliet, but what was delivered was simply GROSS! Using a hidden camera, a FOX6 employee entered Sloane's and made it very clear he wanted a new bed - no floor model. Sloane’s Vern Dahl said it would be new and wrote and circled on the receipt the word “new." Customer Shamika Browne told Contact 6 she, too was told the mattress she purchased would be new, even though her receipt doesn’t show it. When Sloane’s delivered a box spring and mattress that was torn and dirty, she called Contact 6. “I have kids in here! It could have bed bugs or anything! I'm not taking no old mattress, plain and simple. I'm not taking no old mattress, " Browne said. Another person sent Contact 6 video of workers unloading the mattresses -- some without plastic covers. Then, Contact 6 took a hidden camera into the store, and found mattresses outside with nothing to protect them from seagulls overhead.
Meanwhile, Bedding Expert Bobby Cleveland ripped open a mattress Contact 6 purchased to see the inside. "You can just smell the mattress. It certainly does not have a fresh, new mattress smell to it. The must that's coming out of this is atrocious," Cleveland said. Inside the mattress, Cleveland found some hair and serious stains on every level of padding. "There are real sanitary issues with sleeping on something like this. Not only do you have to worry about the mold growth and spores and bacteria and all that stuff, but if the person had any kind of sickness, flu. Yeah, you can see how disgusting that is," Cleveland said. FOX6's Contact 6 called Sloane’s Furniture and told owner Vern Dahl he needed to see this bed. He agreed and admitted, “Oh, that one is definitely -- oh good Lord. Dahl said he's been selling mattresses to the public for years and never knew what was inside. "Well there is really no good excuse because we go by what the manufacturer tells us," Dahl said, although the mattress Contact 6 received had a tag on the outside that reads "Secondhand -- Contents Unknown."
Dahl told FOX6 News he won’t do business with that manufacturer anymore and refunded the money. Contact 6 only paid a $147 dollars. So did we get what we paid for? For some people, that's all they can afford. Contact 6 got in touch with the State Consumer Protection Office about this case because it's a violation to sell a refurbished bed as new. Again, this bed was clearly marked "Secondhand -- Contents Unknown," so FOX6's Contact 6 advises checking the tag before deciding to sleep on it.Woman Finds Bedbugs On 'New' Mattress 3-17-2011 - CBS46 News Woman Finds Bedbugs On 'New' Mattress 3-17-2011 By Jeff Chirico, CBS Atlanta Investigative ReporterRIVERDALE, Ga. A Clayton County woman said a discount mattress store refused to refund her money after she found bedbugs on the bedding.Twanna Walton of Riverdale paid $300 for a mattress from Mattress 4 Sale on Highway 85. She said when she removed the plastic from the mattress three weeks after it was delivered, she found two bedbugs.“
I thought the bed was brand new,” said Walton.Mattress 4 Sale owner Islam Shelbayah told CBS Atlanta News he didn’t know if Walton’s bed was new or rebuilt. Rebuilt is the term Shelbayah said is used to describe mattresses that contain coils or other parts from old mattresses.CBS Atlanta News can not verify where the bedbugs came from.Reporter Jeff Chirico asked Shelbayah how he knows that customers won’t take home a bed with bedbugs. Shelbayah responded, “because I haven’t had any complaints.”Federal law requires a mattress with old materials have a tag or label saying so. According to the Georgia Governor’s Office of Consumer Protection, there is no state law imposing requirements on sanitizing or labeling of used mattresses before they are resold.Shelbayah admitted he doesn’t tell customers a mattress contains old material unless he’s asked.“If I get asked, I will tell people,” said Shelbayah. He said he doesn’t lie about the product.Shelbayah pointed to a sign that clearly disclosed his “no refund” policy.
He said he offered to exchange Walton’s bed but she did not want another mattress from Mattress 4 Sale.“I want my money back,” said Walton.Consumer advocates recommend shoppers in the market for new mattress should look for a white tag that reads “all new material.” This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Asians, Indians and Arabs are being targeted in Peachtree City. The gang of burglars is after cash, gold and jewelry. Asians, Indians and Arabs are being targeted in Peachtree City. The gang of burglars is after cash, gold and jewelry.The body of a man reported missing by his family has been found in a tree in Locust Grove. The body of a man reported missing by his family has been found in a tree in Locust Grove.Alternative Right promotional signs were plastered all over an apartment complex near Kennesaw State University. Alternative Right promotional signs were plastered all over an apartment complex near Kennesaw State University.A man who allegedly shot and killed another man is under arrest after witnesses saw him dragging the dead body back into his home.
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