1 posts, read 14,489 times "N.C. law requires dealers to sanitize used mattresses, couches and recliners at 230 degrees for two hours to kill bacteria and bed bugs. Sellers must sanitize even relatively new bedding — such as mattresses returned after a 30-day trial. The law does not apply to private, individual sales." This is a quote from Google. 1,242 posts, read 3,368,198 times 1,894 posts, read 4,000,863 times Did you know that many brand new mattresses arrive with bed bugs? It is actually very common. Almost all bedding stores take away old mattresses when delivering new ones so the new ones ride in the truck w/ the infested ones. We were told that we should insist the store sanitize and wrap the mattress before delivering. Furniture can get bed bugs by this same means of transmission, but most furniture stores do not offer to take up the old mattresses, while all bedding stores do. Still, you should be sure they shrink wrap it. I'm itching just writing this
348 posts, read 1,144,116 times 1 posts, read 11,934 times This Part shall not apply to bedding sold by the owner and previous user from the owner's home directly to a purchaser for the purchaser's own personal use unless the bedding has been exposed to an infectious or communicable disease. 20 posts, read 36,808 times Just Say No to used Mattress Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.inspectors find 600 unsanitized mattresses at Charlotte, N.C. used furniture store A lot of the bed bug stories we see from around North America and the UK are the same old stuff: from the local subject, surprised to find he had bed bugs, to the “Be careful while you travel” box of tips, to the “Don’t let the bed bugs bite,” closing, it can be a pretty redundant genre of news journalism.
However, this isn’t one of those stories. This is new news. The Charlotte Observer reported Sunday that inspectors found 600 unsanitized mattresses at Advanced Hotel Services on Sugar Creek Road, Charlotte, N.C., a used hotel furniture store, during monthly spot checks in 4 months (October through January). “Used hotel furniture” is sounding like such a bad idea right now. Some mattresses had fake tags that indicated they were sanitized when they were not. The inspectors do not know how many mattresses were sold in that condition. Two different owners each say they never sold any, though an inspector was told by workers in January that some mattresses were set to go to a motel chain. After failing to clean the mattresses following four inspections, the state ordered Advanced on Jan. 22 to destroy 374 mattresses on its sales floor, a state inspection report said. Workers cut the mattresses, but an additional 200 or so in the store’s stock room were not destroyed because an owner said he was dumping those, Anderson said.
N.C. law requires sellers to sanitize used mattresses, couches and recliners at 230 degrees for two hours to kill bacteria and bed bugs, Johnson said. Used bedding also cannot have stains, and sellers must glue on a yellow label that says the items are used. Sellers must sanitize even relatively new bedding — such as mattresses returned after a 30-day trial, Johnson said. The law does not apply to private, individual sales. Most of us did not get our bed bugs from unsanitized mattresses, but they’re certainly a way in which bed bugs may have been spread initially. Especially if they’re making their ways into hotels. Or (in the case of other resold mattresses) the homes of our neighbors and co-workers. My own city’s officials balked at a ban on reselling mattresses because of a sense that the poor really needed to save $50 by buying a used mattress. Back in September, the NYTimes reported thatAndrew Eiler, director of legislation for the city’s Department of Consumer Affairs, expressed uncertainty about the [proposed NYC] bill [to limit the re-sale of used mattresses].
A twin-sized mattress without a box spring can be bought for $40 from the Salvation Army, or about $50 less than a new mattress. “While $50 may not appear as a significant difference to some, it may be an unbridgeable gap to consumers with limited incomes,” he said. I am sorry, but that’s bull. The poor really do not need bed bugs. I spent several years sleeping on a 3″ futon (not the futons most people in the west use, but the thin ones). It was immensely comfortable. I was somewhere between a cheap new mattress and a reconditioned mattress for cost, and I’d sleep on one forever rather than have bed bugs. Shame on these foolish, foolish businessmen. And shame on the system: If they can be given four months, four inspections, and still have the mattresses in the back room, maybe the inspections system is faulty. Ever bought something special from the backroom of a store? In this case, it was no bargain. And the article says that the majority of used mattresses sold elsewhere are also unsanitized:
About 60 percent of the mattresses inspected at stores and flea markets have not been sanitized properly or at all, Anderson said. Previous post: Bed bugs not fun anymore (part 2): bed bug scrapbooking theme kit Next post: Edgie in San Francisco 171 posts, read 409,718 times 35,888 posts, read 58,081,223 times 628 posts, read 1,663,999 times Who would buy a used mattress???? Just the thought creeps me out! It's bad enough sleeping on a used bed when traveling. Originally Posted by BRKLYN2CLT Hey, it never ceases to amaze me what people will buy at yard sales. I have had several and where I have it there are alot of Hispanics. I guess if you don't have a mattress a used one beats the floor. 237 posts, read 178,062 times Originally Posted by ADR yard sale ,at home, and "there are " hispanics there, but dont live in the area? 22,851 posts, read 51,729,142 times Originally Posted by SunnyKayak you can hose it down.