Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
They know exactly how many hotels were surveyed, but they don't post how many have had mattresses stolen; just that it's more than you would think. That tells me that this is a non-story. 5 mattresses over a five year period would surprise me. This can't be all that common because it's a crime that doesn't make sense at all. The cost of a single night's stay in a 5-star hotel is probably a good way to the cost of a decent mattress, especially a used one.
Could be insider threat.

An employee with bulk access to the rooms; e.g. cleaning staff, puts together a group of people, they hit the hotel one night and steal a half-dozen mattresses or so, resell them out of the back of a van for cheaper than what someone would pay for a new one, and pocket the money.

Note: I didn't read the article, so I could be totally wrong, but as far as scams go, that one would probably be reasonably profitable.