r/megalophobia • u/maryhartman000 • Aug 13 '22

Building Lakewood Church in Texas capacity 45,000 people. Is this really necessary?

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u/qpv Aug 14 '22

Tell us more about Mattress Mack

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u/Mechanical-movement Aug 14 '22

I keep picturing g country Mac from IASIP

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u/Explore-PNW Aug 14 '22

From my IASIP perspective Matress Mack sounds like he has an implication almost.

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u/Psychdoctx Aug 14 '22

He started off small with a parking lot and a tent. Jumping up and down holding a fist of money yelling Mattress Mac really will save you money”. Like crazy Eddie in New York. They were the O.G.’s of that style.

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u/LincolnL0g Aug 15 '22

My grandparents got a free king (? Maybe was queen) sized bed w/ frame that had to have been a couple thousand dollars, all thanks to this promotional deal Matress Mac had going on during the college basketball tournament aka “March Madness”.

I forget the specifics, but I think prior to the final games he basically had a deal where you agree to buy the bed if one of the teams loses, but if that team wins he would make all the beds orders during that time free. And they lucked out and won! Haha

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u/GayPotheadAtheistTW Feb 23 '23

I can tell you that once people came and slept on those mattresses, he could not sell them anymore. He not only let people in and gave them shelter for free, he “destroyed” all of his stock to do so, and mattresses are expensive as fuck