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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear
p.s. why do they put the tags on the mattress and tell you not to remove them ?
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I know this one
The tags were put because some mattresses used to contain chemicals or other such components that people could be dangerous to or attracted things like lice more than other materials.
Now some stores selling 'dangerous' mattresses would remove the tags so the customer wouldn't know what was in it as he might not buy it if he knew.
Thus the law was put in place to disclose full information to the consumer for their health and safety.
Also it was a way for people to know if a retailer was attempting to resell a used mattress as new.
Many people mistakenly believe the tag applies to them at home, but it doesn't. Once you have purchased the mattress you can tear the tags off all you want
I looked it up once cuz I was very curious about what sounded like such a stupid law heh