One of those daily deal sites recently sent out an email offering a “Queen-sized Egyptian sheet set” from Pulse TV for 75% off — only $20. MrConsumer has never seen an Egyptian cotton sheet set for such a low price.
When clicking through to the seller’s site, this is what you see in part:
The name of the product is “Egyptian Comfort 1200”. Wow, 1200 thread count sheets. What luxury! A little further down, however, the true nature of the offer was disclosed.
*MOUSE PRINT:
So these are really NOT Egyptian cotton at all, but rather microfiber. We asked the customer service department what the actual fiber composition of these sheets was — cotton, cotton-blend, polyester, nylon, etc., and what the thread count was.
Their response was “The Sheets compare to a 1200 thread count” and to view this video on their website:
The spokesperson in the video says, in an uncharacteristically candid way, wincing:
“I wanted to address a couple of issues. First of all, it says it compares to a 1200-sheet count, I am sorry, cotton thread count. I’ll be honest with you. I don’t think so. I’d say it is more along the lines of between a 400 and 600.”
In a newer video, the spokesperson says:
“They say on this that it compares to a 1200 thread count cotton. Simply not true. I’d say it is more like a 300 to 400 count.”
Did I hear right? The spokesperson is saying don’t believe what our company just said about 1200-thread count!
When we asked customer service to once again tell us what fiber these sheets were made of, and what the actual thread count was, since neither question was answered in the video, we never got a subsequent response.
Microfiber sheets are cheap, but very soft feeling. At Kmart last year, a queen set was only $9.99, and made of 100% polyester.
Looks like the company itself doesn’t even know what they are making.
Yep! I got burnt with this from an outlet store in my town. After a couple of washings they pill up!
If the company that makes the item says it compares to a 1200 thread count sheet, the people in the video trying to sell this item says it is more like a 300-400 thread count sheet, and the price is super duper low….. You might as well let the website selling this item sit on them sooooooooooooooo long they have to throw them away.
Give Anissa credit for saying it doesn’t compare to 1200 count.
I got a king sheet set from an amazon.com vendor for about 38 dollars. said 1600 count thread, egytian cotton. They are very soft, but extremely thin. I dont expect them to last through many washes. you get what you pay for…or less…
Edgar, correct me if I’m wrong but I think Anisa is just a seller and has nothing to do with that Egyptian sheet company. It’s like I’ve sold an iPad on eBay and I highlighted features about it, but it wasn’t me who made the iPad.
Edgar replies: Al, the company advertising the sheets is PulseTV. She is a spokesperson for them. They are not the manufacturer, however.
Jeesh….this is a new low in dishonest advertising. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a case like this….ever. The ad is so bad that the spokesperson says “don’t believe the ad!”…TWICE!
Makes ya wanna think twice about Internet deals, don’t it? Don’t get me wrong, there are some amazing deals out there (I got a genuine OEM power supply cord for my laptop at a major discount on Amazon recently), but dang…this is over the line. I smell lawsuits.
Sorry to double-post, but I saw these same sheets in a local Walgreens around a month-and-a-half ago, and they were in the clearance section, at a rather ridiculously low price. I looked at them, and I thought they looked nice, but a double-take or two later, I said to myself, “there’s probably a very good reason that these sheets are in the clearance area.” Plus, the packaging says “Tut Collection”. “Tut Collection”? Sounds fishy to me. On a side note, on that very same trip to Walgreens, I picked up a $75 media player for literally half price…that ties in with what I was talking about earlier. Suffice to say that for every good deal, there’s a rip-off or two. Or three. Also, a clarification; It seems to me that the packaging in no way says that the sheets are made of Egyptian cotton; though the brand name “Egyptian Comfort” and the packaging make potential buyers think otherwise.