Bensons For Beds Reviews

Name: Bensons For Beds
Address: Bensons for BedsHuncoat Industrial EstateBolton AvenueAccrington, Lancashire
Rating: 1.17

1.2 Rating 1,755 Reviews

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1.2

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Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Courier, Own Driver
Average Delivery Time	Over A Month
On-time Delivery	Greater than 31%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 49%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Email, Telephone, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	1.1 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process	Difficult
Returns Process	Could Be Better

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0845 678 1800

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enquiries@bensonsforbeds.co.uk

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Bensons for BedsHuncoat Industrial EstateBolton AvenueAccrington
Lancashire
BB5 6NJ

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"My partner and I purchased a Igel 2000 mattress 1year ago. \nThe mattress we tried in the shop felt great, loads of support, really firm but comfy. \nSadly the first mattress we recieved we had to send back before the 40night period as it sagged in the middle and when you slept near the edge it felt like you were falling out. Bensons sent out two different examiners in this time and who both said the mattress was defective and yet we still had Bensons saying the mattress was fine, eventually after many photos and back and forth emails and phone conversations they finally agreed to replace the mattress. \nWe now have another Igel 2000 mattress and we've had it about a year. Honestly this is one of the worst mattresses I have ever slept on, the rating is suppossed to be FIRM and yet when you lay on the mattress it just doesn't support your body at all. You sink into it, but not like a comfy sinking feeling, more like a sagging lumpy feeling with no support at all, every single night I wake up with back ache and aching issues all down my body. I even have to sleep the opposite end of the head board as the mattress seems to be at a higher angle at the bottom of the bed which causes my legs to get pins and needles. By the way im a 31 year old weighing 14 stone, who is reasonably active and works over 48hours per week, so this has nothing to do with my age or health. \nThe Mattress is suppossed to be cooling, this is definately not true! If anything the mattress makes you hotter! It seems to trap the heat when you lay on it after a while. My partner and I even bought a Cooling mattress protector and this still doesnt help keep you cool due to the mattress simply being unable to disapate and heat. \nOverall I would not rate this mattress to anyone it truely is uncomfortable and just a darn waste of money, which may I add is around \u00a31200. I thought spending this type of money would get us a decent mattress but obviously not! If could swap it i most definately would, but Bensons say you cannot do this as its past the 40days period, in my opinion this is not a suitable time frame to test a mattress that is suppossed to be able to last you 8-10years."

Bensons For Beds 1 star review on 31st August 2022

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“7 months later... Avoid like nothing you've ever avoided before!! So after 7 months of lies and being fobbed off I had to take out court action. This was weeks after Bensons had gone into administration with PWC and the new investment owners took over. The day the court action was filed and I'd started to email senior management, a date was provided for Bensons to come and collect the faulty mattress (that was deemed faulty 7 months previously). The delivery chaps turned up on the date planned, which is a mircale unto itself, and guess what? The driver tells me the mattress must be wrapped before it can be taken away! With what exactly? Toilet roll? Not once was I told this in any correspondance. Luckily enough, we'd just bought a new mattress from The Bedman in Redditch (amazing service and products by the way) and I fetched the wrapping out of the wheelie bin to put the Bensons mattress in. The comment from one of the drivers as they were loading it into their van just about sums it up, "This mattress is a bit bloody floppy isn't it?" Oh yeah. You'd better believe it. £400 mattress as well. To end this miserable experience, we ended up getting a full refund. Right now Bensons For Beds is not fit to be a high street retailer. They are taking money from custmers and providing delivery dates that simply cannot be fulfilled - and they know this as well. Spend your money anywhere - absolutely anywhere apart from Bensons for Beds. Simply the worst company with equally despicable lies and overpriced junk furniture on the high street. The faster this company goes under the better off we will all be.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Paid a lot of money and goods never arrived”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Would never get a bed of them as the one we got is that bad can’t put into words”

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Posted 4 years ago

“It is unfortunate that I have no alternative but to give 1 star.......as I wanted to award this sham excuse of a business zero stars. Ordered way back in January, Covid19 lockdown was the first excuse ( although my bed was due prior to lockdown) then delivery failure after delivery failure. Eventually cancelled ordered ( then the battle for a full refund commenced:bloody cheek!) And now buying from a small independent bed suppliers... whilst all this has happened....I have had a conservatory and house extension...no kidding! This business needs to be more honest and transparent with its customers if they are struggling.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“6CM drop in 6 month old £1500 bed, 6 months of agro trying to get it resolved.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Faulty bed, Benson's refused to either replace or refund. Blamed me for fault as I "sat on the mattress"....not sure how they get into bed 😂 Absolutely dreadful customer service, spend hours in a queue for an agent, then spoken to very rudely before line is disconnected. Avoid this company at all costs”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Ordered a bed wardrobe and bedside drawers in January bed delivered in march damaged!!!! Had to be replaced. Wardrobe arrived damaged! Waited for it to replaced but they only sent parts! Was told they would send a whole new wardrobe! They didnt they had one in the van but only replaced parts! They were going to leave me with missing parts as well. This took 9 months to sort. Would not recommend this company to anyone. If you are foolish enough to think about buying it just set fire to some money while stood outside their shop because you will not get your products from these people.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“My bed was delayed for 4months. Bed was ordered in Feb, I was given 4 different delivery dates to no avail, my bed has now arrived but the bedside cabinet was missing from the order and is yet to be delivered. Customers service response was incredibly poor, lady I spoke to lacked empathy and compassionate, rude at times with no customers service skills. I was left feeling frustrated, destressed and emotionally drained for many weeks.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“In store experience was good but thats where it ended. Ordered bed & mattress and had 3 failed deliveries, lots of different reasons why, unable to get through on the phone, took numerous emails, fb messenger messages & twitter to cancel it. They seem to be taking money for goods they cannot supply. AVOID”

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Posted 4 years ago

“I have had a bed for 18 mths, one side/edge has collapsed and is not fit for purpose as you roll off the bed. I had taken out extended care & protect at a cost of £90. i have been told as its not an accidental fault its not covered speak to Bensons . Bensons have said they wont do anything unless i pay for an independent report to prove the bed has a fault. NO WHERE IN THEIR 5 YEAR Guarantee T's & C's is this stated. i asked them to put this in writing to me but they said they cant send emails . Awful company would give them ZERO STARS if i could.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Ordered and paid in full for an adjustable bed and headboard in March (before lockdown). Finally received the headboard in August turns out it’s not the headboard we ordered, after emailing with no reply every day for a week, I called the shop who actually managed to get it sorted even though they had to put a new order in. Were they just hoping we would accept a headboard that was over £150 cheaper?. That finally was delivered 3/4 weeks later. The bed is another matter, text received that delivery was between 7th and 11th September. That has come and gone with nary a peep from them. I will never buy so much as a pillow from them ever again. Staff in the shops do their best but everyone else in this appalling company just ignores you, disgraceful.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Ordered and paid for 2 mattresses on 20th July given delivery date of 9th September and that we would be notified 2 days before to confirm delivery. I phoned and emailed them 2 days before as I had not been contacted,delivery was confirmed on the phone and via emali for between 1 and 6 p on the 9th.. 7.03pm on the 8th received a message to say only 1 mattress was being delivered. Rang customer services on the morning of the 9th and after over 30 minutes on the phone nobody could tell me anything regarding 2nd mattress so I asked them to cancel the while order and was told this could only be done on line. I immediately did this and asked for a full refund. At 9.30 the driver phoned to say he would be here in the next hour (remember I was told between 1-6 ) told him not to call as I would refuse delivery as order was cancelled. Had to request a refund a second time as they did not reply to my emails glad to say I have got my money back .”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Had a text message last week to let us know that we would be contacted a couple of days before delivery date to confirm delivery time. However we have been called today by employee from Bensons for Beds to tell us that our delivery of 2 single divan beds and mattresses has been delayed. We were expecting them to arrive next Wednesday 16 September but now we learn they will not be delivered until 9th November. After reading these reviews we’re feeling worried that they won’t arrive then. Wish we had gone somewhere else now!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“I went and spent £1,149.98 on a mattress and bed. This was two months ago and was told the delivery date would be today and I could pay someone to set the bed up. Bed didn't come and I had the man asking me if its been delivered yet. when I called up I was told they don't have it in stock and I have to wait till they have it back again. I then had to say sorry for the handy man for them wasting my time and theirs. I don't know when I will get the bed and im now sleeping on a mattress as I got rid of my bed thinking its coming today. I will never ever use this company again. what kind of customer service or business are you even running? taking my money and making me wait. Joke!!!!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Please sign and help share our petition to get Bensons for Beds investigated by the media and for them to answer why they are failing their customers so badly. Check out true customer reviews on the 2 Facebook groups by searching Bensons for Beds reviews. Have Bensons for Beds Explain Why They Have Failed Their Customers | 38 Degrees https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/have-bensons-for-beds-explain-why-they-have-failed-their-customers”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Our experience started well with Bensons.. great in store sales team at New Malden who were knowledgeable. I even left a 5 star review to applaud that. However, once they have your money, it went terribly wrong. On the planned delivery date, the bed never turned up and we had no communication to say so. I rang their customer services team at 4pm and was advised that they'd known beds to be delivered as late as 11pm sometimes, so we hoped for the best. The following day, with no explanation why the bed had not arrived, I rang customer services (annoyed as we had slept on the sofa for the evening, including my pregnant wife). The order was rescheduled for a further 2 months and the only compensation offered was an inflatable bed which we had to buy ourselves from their store (and they claimed they would refund). This was not acceptable in my eyes and we declined. Staggered, I tried to raise a formal complaint and was passed between departments, and also asked to contact the store. Still no bed. A few days on, I rang to make a formal complaint and was advised it was a supplier issue (the first we'd heard of this) and that there was no way we would get the bed before Nov 2020. As compensation, they were prepared to offer £50 cashback (on an order value of £1,350). Frankly, this was an insult of an offer and we will be cancelling our order. The customer services staff are nice, and advised to make complaints on social media, as there is nothing they can do with the current internal processes. Perhaps my feedback on their staff is that they are not consistent with their advice. I can live with supplier disruption due to covid, but the lack of communication leading to my pregnant wife sleeping on cushions for two evenings was simply unacceptable, not to mention needing to buy a temporary bed at short notice. AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID. I cannot stress enough have different an experience was before and after they had our money. Absolutely shocking.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Do not purchase anything from this company, they give you zero customer service help, and ignore messages when things go wrong. My daughter purchased a rolled mattress on 13th July, a mattress was delivered on 10th August, but it was a Kingsize instead of the double she ordered, and now has no bed. A month later we have had no reply from them when complaining by email, and they do not answer the telephone. In store they are useless and just say we have to contact customer service by phone or email, they cannot do anything. We are especially annoyed as the mattress was marked in the shop as £319.99, but when my daughter went to pay it was £40 more. My daughter did not realise, but they were obliged by law to sell her the mattress for the price on it in the shop, but they broke the law and charged her more saying the sale had ended. This company is a shambles. I think they will go bust soon. Do not touch them with a barge pole!!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY UNLESS YOU ARE EXPERIENCED IN DEALING WITH CIRCUS ACTS. THE SALES PEOPLE WILL SELL TO YOU BUT THIS COMPANY CANNOT DELIVER TO YOU AS THEY ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH CASHFLOW SO ARE NOT RECEIVING GOODS FROM THEIR SUPPLIERS . YOU WILL RECEIVE A FALSE DELIVERY DATE SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE YOUR PAYMENT THEN TELL YOU HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER 6 WEEKS,”

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Posted 4 years ago

“I will never use this company again! Spent £3000 with them. Bed was faulty and £900 wardrobe was faulty all faults reported to Bensons and they have done nothing about it so far! A man came to look at the bed and agreed it was faulty that was months ago. I will be taking legal advice to take this matter further. They don't answer the phone and customer service is nil. Be Warned!!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“After having trouble with first bensions mattress, just had a second delivery. One of the delivery drivers for the logisitics company for bensons. a young man driving in a van with the REG of BD64 LHB, was extremly rude. Very immature and un-professional. After spending over £1,500 you would expect nothing but quality service. I would NEVER EVER recommend Bensons to anyone.”

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Posted 4 years ago

Bensons For Beds is rated 1.2 based on 1,755 reviews