Mattresses Scam
Felicity M in Hawk’s Hill
I know there was a message last week advising people to be aware of people knocking on doors selling mattresses. I just wanted to advise others that we’ve just had someone doing just this in Gilmais .All rather suspect
William J
The sad part is, most people will not know they have been scammed, since not many people will open up a ‘new’ mattress they have just purchased.
I think it’s crucial to track them down and alert Surrey Police (as there is now a crime recorded against them).
It would also be great to co-ordinate our efforts on here to alert the Police of their current location, so they can go and investigate.
If anyone is able to take a photo of them in the act (without putting themselves in danger, of course), then we will have more evidence.
Fellow-residents have been superb in passing on details so far.
Let’s stamp up this kind of behaviour and say ‘not on our patch!’.
Felicity M
William J
Let’s see if we can give them a photo and location and time? (But please do not put yourself at risk).
We have bought a mattress from beddy buys van in guildford 10 days ago. After reading since about mattress scams we opened it up but all brand new and no old mattress underneath. So what is the scam. We bought a kingsize for 250 after knocking him down 100 pds. Supposed to be a balmoral mattress but has a removable sticker so who knows.has a sewn on fire label conforming toBs7177:2008 saying low hazard. When i contacted surrey polive they said they werent aware of any scams which contradicts what you said. So is mattress safe to use or not?