19 Products That Are Shockingly Overpriced

Furniture and mattresses

Furniture stores usually make a hefty margin, with markups of about 80 percent. Try to shop during sales, but if your timing is off, don’t be afraid to negotiate a better price. Also take note of the product number and then search online to see if any other retailers offer a lower price. For mattresses, Consumer Reports urges you to “haggle with gusto” because these expensive furnishings have huge markups:

    Start by asking for a price that’s 50 percent off the list price, and ask for free delivery and haul-away, to boot.

Or skip the retail store altogether, CR suggests:

    Startups like Casper and Tuft & Needle are getting a lot of attention for their high-performing bed-in-a-box foam mattresses, but the fact is that you can buy almost any mattress online, innersprings included.