I ordered £1590 worth of furniture online via gift card. On the next day, I wanted to add a table to the order but was unable to do so. Therefore, I went to the M&S branch at Reading and the staff there advised me to cancel my order and reorder. I then called the furniture customer hotline to cancel my order. They refunded 2 £500 gift cards on that day. I was quite perplexed about the way they handled things and how they split up the refund, so I called them again regarding the remaining £590. They told me on the phone that I had to wait a further 3-5 working days for my refund. Up until this day, I have called customer service multiple times, but everyone I talked to gave me a different answer, Some of them promised to follow up with the financial department or to make a note about what I wanted to buy, but none of them took any action. This caused enormous delays and resulted in the table I wanted to buy being out of stock. I am incredibly disappointed in the lack of efficiency in the department and none of them were apologetic at all while trying to end the call as soon as possible by giving empty promises. I called them again today, and I was very shocked and enraged that they said I had to wait another 3-5 working days for my refund and repeating this vicious cycle. I did not know how to escalate my issue and this was the only way they provided to us. I have told them every single time that this is a matter of urgency as I am moving into a new house, and therefore I had to use the gift cards to reorder my furniture. However, none of them seemed to empathise with me and thus gave me empty promises to get off the phone at the first opportunity they had. I am really confused right now as customer services never gave me any definitive answer and kept delaying issues.