“There was an argument in the romford store between customer and sales in front of customers in store..also products on sale were of poor quality..we left sharpish.”
“contacted the next day to resolve. We were not. Rang to query the following day. Told it was in hand & we'd be contacted shortly l, we were not. Rang again told contact would be within 72 hours. It wasn't. Rang again to escalate which simply involves the call centre messaging the department that has failed to contact us already. Utter clown show. Each time you phone a different excuse is provided as to why you've not been contacted. Six days since delivery still no further forward.”
“The delivery company for Northern Ireland phoned the day before the delivery date to confirm that the suite would be delivered to our new address. On the delivery day they said that they had to deliver to our old address as they had no record of the new address!!! Subsequently they could not deliver again until 27th June. This is despite the two addresses being only 3 miles apart. It appears you can’t phone directly to the delivery company and the dfs call centre is useless. I asked to cancel the order and they said I have to wait for a phone call from the Derry shop and I can’t phone them as I was not allowed a phone number for them. Both dfs and their delivery company are an absolute disgrace.”
“We have bought a sofa set, and we were very happy until we put the armchair by the wall. Armchair caused a huge damage on walls. I contacted company that this a structural fault, they sent an engineer and he just took pictures without even touching armchair. Obviously metals on top back of armchair inserted wrongly and seems very sharp even if covered by fabric. I tried to explain to customer service team but they went by their engineer's( I felt he was racist as well) comment. Now, I will report the company to ombudsmans. This us a total joke if you bumb into back of chair it can cut your body, it is like a blade and cuts your body, they think sticking out blades are normal and don't consider this structural fault and they refused to repair or exchange I because it's over 90 days period. Absolutely horrendous and disgusting they are blaming my very fragile walls that walls caused the damage to armchair, but if my walls caused damage why there are huge scars on my walls? they told me I shouldn't have leaned to the walls, I don't get it why I can't lean my sofa to walls? should I lean my sofa to bed to sky or what? Absolutely rubbish customer service, ready to blame customers, because I didn't report on time they are taking easy ways to avoid cost. I am very unhappy and will do my best to prove it's a structural mistake from day one. if my child bumb into armchair it will cut her body and they still think my walls crated blades from armchair? what kind of walls creates blades from an armchair? why this blades are not placed inner side, even if you put 10 layers of fabric, blades will cut them but they still want to blame customer for this mistake? is there any other way I can report this issue, if anyone knows please advise me so I can look for my rights and other naive people like me wouldn't suffer ?”
“DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY PAID IN FULL FOR A SOFA WAS TOLD IT WOULD TAKE 10--11 WEEKS. FIRST DELIVERY WAS BOOKED, AND I GOT RID OF MY OLS SOFA THE NEXT DAY I GOT AN EMAIL TELLING ME IT WAS CANCELLED, THE SECOND DELIVERY DATE I HAVE SAT IN ALL DAY NOT TURNED UP I AT TO CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE THE GUY SOUNDED LIKE HE WAS WORKING FROM HOME COULD HEAR CHILDREN AND A DOG BARKING, AND HE SOUNDED LIKE HE HAD HAD A FEW DRINKS, HE'S ATTITUDE WAS SO I CANNOT BE BOTHERED, NO COMMUNICATION FROM THE DELIVERY MEN I WOULD NOT GIVE 1 STAR IT'S ONLY THAT YOU HAVE TO PUT A STAR IN TO DO A REVIEW. DISCUSTED BY THIS COMPANY I AM 61 AND HAVE NOTHING TO SIT ON WANT A FULL REFUND. SO DON'T BUY FROM THEM GO SOME WHERE ELSE.”
“We ordered a sofa chair and footstool from DFS in February 2023 delivered and by June 2023 the settee collapsed? Rang dfs we will send out an engineer, who told us that we have to give him a chance to repair it ? Which he spent 3 hours at our house with a few off cuts of wood from the boot of his car, I reminded him that it was 3 months old. We are not happy with it costing us £2;635 not very well built. When stripped back there was 1 screw holding either side of the main cross member which you sit on, appalling workmanship. 3 so called experts later telling me there was nothing wrong we went thru the furniture ombudsman and they dismissed the case in favour of dfs without even looking at the problem. When I looked into the ombudsmen a bit deeper they have the same guy on both boards and it’s the furniture companies that pays there wages ? There customer support or relations is non exsistent. 😡🤬😡🤬”
“Delivery promised on 28th, then told it was a provisional date, failed to communicate it could not be delivered, then when chased, DFS blame the courier, the courier appear to show complete disrespect, manager of Hanley store, says they have no control over the delivery albeit, the sofa was purchased with 1 week express delivery, told by courier 10 days on they cannot give date, they don’t know when they will be in the area, when I said 1 wk, 1 month, 1 yr, nothing, until I mentioned going to the press having caused my mums stress 80 yrs old, no sofa as hers was collected for the promised delivery”
“Worse service ever, I suggest not to buy anything in this company, they delivery a broken sofa (I’m paying for something new) they didn’t want to change because it has a solution for them which I found that you paying for something 2nd hand and it would be cheaper. it’s already more than 7 months waiting for them to come and fix it and today it’s the time they telling me they do not work over the weekend and first time they didn’t show up second time they supposed to send a text message the day before which I didn’t get so I suppose they were not coming (all that in a weekend days) of course I’m not going to miss my job because they now don’t work weekends. This is so frustrating paying for a sofa which isn’t even new. And also they sale the cleaning of sofa insurance which is not a cleaning of the sofa (and the company they do the job told me they always sell to people like that and they tired to tell people that is not a cleaning service) this is too much. Please do not buy anything from this company otherwise they wouldn’t change or let you return the item.”
“DO NOT BUY FROM DFS.... seriously save the money. They will not get your order to you on time and they lie when they say they give you a delivery slot I have wasted numerous hours and days waiting for them to deliver my order - distribution centre was 30mins away but apparently it has been12 hours since the allocated delivery time, and still no sign of them. the only guarantee DFS will give is to take your money and waste your time and keep you waiting for as long as possible to get the delivery to you.”
“Bought a lot of Sofas from DFS the last sofa I bought I insured and my dog chewed the sofa. I will never buy a sofa from DFS again and have it insured because it’s not worth the paper it’s written on. DFS weren’t bothered and their insurance company was a complete rip off So I’ll advise anyone to stay away from DFS and they’re so called Insurance company It’s quite clear the policy is they’ll take your money but I don’t give a damn about about the customers !!!”
“Order number 51D1L2457
STAY AWAY FROM DFS
Sofa head rest not working bought year July 2023, was told would be repaired in 12 weeks,
Disgusting after sales customer service
STILL WAITING on 8 MAY 2024.”
“I brought protection cover for damages and spillages was promise they will come sort it out anytime its rubbish and false advertising.. they recommend this only to sell another product its not worth buying at all. They are lie and its a scam I would never go back to them”
“First of all I would give no stars if I could.
We bought leather recliner sofa and chair. From Swindon.
We have had to have it restuffed. Recliner doesn't recline properly. We were not told instore that the rise and fall chair is not very comfortable, it was purchased for an elderly person. It's very uncomfortable. Terrible build quality, Terrible customer service. We paid over £3000 for this rubbish. After sitting in it for longer than an hour you can't feel your backside. Long story short dfs won't replace. Once you've bought it they dont want to know. Please think twice before throwing your hard earned money at them. We will never shop with them again and will tell everyone we know to not touch them”
“My experience with Enfield DFS has been less than satisfactory. Despite contacting the sofa company before my warranty period ended, I have not received any resolution to my issue even after following up multiple times since 2023. I found the customer service representative, Fireil to be unhelpful and impolite during our interactions. As a result, I do not recommend purchasing sofas from this vendor, and I hope that my feedback can be used to improve the quality of service provided to customers in the future. You are better off purchasing your sofas elsewhere.”
“STAFF,SELL TO YOU WITH OUT CARE OR LEAVE.FROM VIDEO IN STORE.WHEN COMES, SEAT TO LONG FOR A SHORT BODY.HOW DO KNOW BEFORE YOU TRY.IF IT IS NOT THERE TO SEE. TOLD THEY GIVE US TWO HOURS TO THINK. WELL THATS WHAT THERE JOB IS TO LOOK AFTER CUSTOMER NEEDS. WILL TAKE BACK A COST .WHEN ITS NEARLY £3,000.DO THEY THINK YOUR IN YOUR RIGHT MIND.”
“The nightmare that began in June 2023 finally came to an end on Saturday 30th March 2024 with a 16-minute visit from the big man himself. Andy and his assistant manager [D.F.S Aintree Liverpool] visited my home on the above date and after 10 months of e-mails, telephone calls, numerous visits to the store and four separate upholsterer visits [who all reported back to Andy that the sofa was in perfect condition]. All of the stress, anxiety and upset ended on the above date when Andy and his assistant manager both agreed that the sofa was in poor condition and not fit for purpose and did in fact need to be changed. I was invited back to the store to pick a replacement, I was also advised that because of my chronic back condition, perhaps a recliner would be more suitable? I called into the store and was naïve to think that because of the numerous issues that I had over the past 10 months, I would just pick a sofa, be given a delivery date and that would be the end of the matter but no, it was a bit more complicated than that, D.F.S. added insurance that I did not want [it did not help with my first sofa] they also added a cleaning kit, I did not ask for this either, my outstanding balance to pay was now £265.00??? I asked for the insurance and cleaning kit to be removed and was left with a balance of £73.00??? After 10 months of stress, anxiety, upset, and not being taken seriously or being listened too, I was surprised to be paying anything. Then, the D.F.S. saga took another unexpected turn, whilst ordering a new sofa on Saturday the 30th of March, my partner and I ordered a lamp table on finance [£299.00]. Because it was a bank holiday, we would have to wait until Tuesday 2nd of April to get a decision. We waited until Friday 5th of April for said decision, but heard nothing, no contact whatsoever. We decided to pop into the store to see Andy and he was surprised because he assumed that a decision had been made in regard to the table, my old sofa had been picked up on 2nd of April, we had been told when the new sofa was being delivered. He was then surprised that finance on the table was changed to a cash payment. When my partner and I left the store on the 30th March, we had a balance of £73.00 to pay but when we returned to the store on Friday 5th April, this had jumped up to £548.00 ie the £299.00 for the lamp table, insurance for said table [which we did not want] and the £73.00 balance for the sofa. We canceled the super expensive table, paid the £73.00 balance off the sofa but, we still had no idea when our new sofa would be arriving so, Andy gave me is e-mail address, said that he was in the store until 6pm and promised to get to the bottom of the matter. I am writing this on Saturday 6th April 11.22am and up to date, we have heard nothing. Quick update, Sunday 7th April, I received an email from D.F.S. To let me know that and I quote “Due to each order putting different demands on our delivery service we cannot give a specific delivery time”. They then went on to say that a £799.00 balance was due, this order was a faulty sofa exchange, and I only had a £73.00 balance to pay, and this had been paid in full???? I contacted Andy, manager, D.F.S. store Aintree, Liverpool to ask what was going on and he replied with a very short curt message which I will quote “I’ve just uploaded the order it’s 0 balance now don’t worry” end quote. If you read the two emails below, you will notice some inconsistency’s, bearing in mind it took 10 months to finally be heard. 1) The usage fee has been wavered. The sofa was not fit for purpose from day one. 2) I have gone out of my way to overrule the engineer's findings and allowed you to pick a new sofa, I disagree, his visit to my home and subsequent findings in regard to the sofas condition are the reason why I was allowed to reselect free of charge. 3) “ One could say you have had use of a sofa free of charge for 10 months”. What a strange thing for a store manager to say. Friday 12th April 2024, I received a message to say that my new sofa was to be delivered on Sunday the 14th of April between 7.06 and 10.06 am. Sunday morning, I was up at 5.30am and waited. 9.01am, a couple of guys arrived to take the faulty sofa away. The new sofa never arrived but after the numerous issues over the past 10 months, sadly I was not at all surprised. Monday morning, I was once again up at 5.30 am and waited. The new sofa arrived just before 12pm and it was all a bit rushed, I had a hospital appointment for 1pm and my partner was out shopping with her daughter and so, I had to call her to ask her to come home which she did. The sofa was installed , the delivery guys left, and I was about to leave for my hospital appointment when my partner called me back because she noticed a very small rip in the left arm. Later on, we had a chat and we both decided that the stress of the past 10 months with D.F.S. all of the numerous issues and problems had taken its toll and we decided to live with it, we both decided to never deal with D.F.S. again.
Mick Blower
Andrew Ashcroft (DFS)
11 Apr 2024, 16:01 BST
Hi Mr Blower
we had this conversation when i visited your home, i wavered a usage fee which we charge all customers , so i allowed you to reselect free of charge, this was due to the situation you described, i will consider this complaint now closed as i have gone put of my way to overrule the engineers findings and to allow you to pick a new sofa with no fee, one could say you have had use of a sofa free of charge for 10 months.
Andrew Ashcroft (DFS)
11 Apr 2024, 14:18 BST
Hi Mr Blower
Your sofa care was refunded and the credit was added to the order, other wise you would of had to pay more toward the new sofa as it was more than £300 more expensive
Andrew
Branch General Manager
DFS Aintree
Andrew Ashcroft (DFS)
11 Apr 2024, 16:01 BST
Hi Mr Blower
we had this conversation when i visited your home, i wavered a usage fee which we charge all customers , so i allowed you to reselect free of charge, this was due to the situation you described, i will consider this complaint now closed as i have gone put of my way to overrule the engineers findings and to allow you to pick a new sofa with no fee, one could say you have had use of a sofa free of charge for 10 months.
Andrew Ashcroft (DFS)
11 Apr 2024, 14:18 BST
Hi Mr Blower
Your sofa care was refunded and the credit was added to the order, other wise you would of had to pay more toward the new sofa as it was more than £300 more expensive
Andrew
Branch General Manager
DFS Aintree
The nightmare that began in June 2023 finally came to an end on Saturday 30th March 2024 with a 16-minute visit from the big man himself. Andy and his assistant manager [D.F.S Aintree Liverpool] visited my home on the above date and after 10 months of e-mails, telephone calls, numerous visits to the store and four separate upholsterer visits [who all reported back to Andy that the sofa was in perfect condition]. All of the stress, anxiety and upset ended on the above date when Andy and his assistant manager both agreed that the sofa was in poor condition and not fit for purpose and did in fact need to be changed. I was invited back to the store to pick a replacement, I was also advised that because of my chronic back condition, perhaps a recliner would be more suitable? I called into the store and was naïve to think that because of the numerous issues that I had over the past 10 months, I would just pick a sofa, be given a delivery date and that would be the end of the matter but no, it was a bit more complicated than that, D.F.S. added insurance that I did not want [it did not help with my first sofa] they also added a cleaning kit, I did not ask for this either, my outstanding balance to pay was now £265.00??? I asked for the insurance and cleaning kit to be removed and was left with a balance of £73.00??? After 10 months of stress, anxiety, upset, and not being taken seriously or being listened too, I was surprised to be paying anything. Then, the D.F.S. saga took another unexpected turn, whilst ordering a new sofa on Saturday the 30th of March, my partner and I ordered a lamp table on finance [£299.00]. Because it was a bank holiday, we would have to wait until Tuesday 2nd of April to get a decision. We waited until Friday 5th of April for said decision, but heard nothing, no contact whatsoever. We decided to pop into the store to see Andy and he was surprised because he assumed that a decision had been made in regard to the table, my old sofa had been picked up on 2nd of April, we had been told when the new sofa was being delivered. He was then surprised that finance on the table was changed to a cash payment. When my partner and I left the store on the 30th March, we had a balance of £73.00 to pay but when we returned to the store on Friday 5th April, this had jumped up to £548.00 ie the £299.00 for the lamp table, insurance for said table [which we did not want] and the £73.00 balance for the sofa. We canceled the super expensive table, paid the £73.00 balance off the sofa but, we still had no idea when our new sofa would be arriving so, Andy gave me is e-mail address, said that he was in the store until 6pm and promised to get to the bottom of the matter. I am writing this on Saturday 6th April 11.22am and up to date, we have heard nothing. Quick update, Sunday 7th April, I received an email from D.F.S. To let me know that and I quote “Due to each order putting different demands on our delivery service we cannot give a specific delivery time”. They then went on to say that a £799.00 balance was due, this order was a faulty sofa exchange, and I only had a £73.00 balance to pay, and this had been paid in full???? I contacted Andy, manager, D.F.S. store Aintree, Liverpool to ask what was going on and he replied with a very short curt message which I will quote “I’ve just uploaded the order it’s 0 balance now don’t worry” end quote. If you read the two emails below, you will notice some inconsistency’s, bearing in mind it took 10 months to finally be heard. 1) The usage fee has been wavered. The sofa was not fit for purpose from day one. 2) I have gone out of my way to overrule the engineer's findings and allowed you to pick a new sofa, I disagree, his visit to my home and subsequent findings in regard to the sofas condition are the reason why I was allowed to reselect free of charge. 3) “ One could say you have had use of a sofa free of charge for 10 months”. What a strange thing for a store manager to say. Friday 12th April 2024, I received a message to say that my new sofa was to be delivered on Sunday the 14th of April between 7.06 and 10.06 am. Sunday morning, I was up at 5.30am and waited. 9.01am, a couple of guys arrived to take the faulty sofa away. The new sofa never arrived but after the numerous issues over the past 10 months, sadly I was not at all surprised. Monday morning, I was once again up at 5.30 am and waited. The new sofa arrived just before 12pm and it was all a bit rushed, I had a hospital appointment for 1pm and my partner was out shopping with her daughter and so, I had to call her to ask her to come home which she did. The sofa was installed , the delivery guys left, and I was about to leave for my hospital appointment when my partner called me back because she noticed a very small rip in the left arm. Later on, we had a chat and we both decided that the stress of the past 10 months with D.F.S. all of the numerous issues and problems had taken its toll and we decided to live with it, we both decided to never deal with D.F.S. again.
Mick Blower
Andrew Ashcroft (DFS)
11 Apr 2024, 16:01 BST
Hi Mr Blower
we had this conversation when i visited your home, i wavered a usage fee which we charge all customers , so i allowed you to reselect free of charge, this was due to the situation you described, i will consider this complaint now closed as i have gone put of my way to overrule the engineers findings and to allow you to pick a new sofa with no fee, one could say you have had use of a sofa free of charge for 10 months.
Andrew Ashcroft (DFS)
11 Apr 2024, 14:18 BST
Hi Mr Blower
Your sofa care was refunded and the credit was added to the order, other wise you would of had to pay more toward the new sofa as it was more than £300 more expensive
Andrew
Branch General Manager
DFS Aintree
Andrew Ashcroft (DFS)
11 Apr 2024, 16:01 BST
Hi Mr Blower
we had this conversation when i visited your home, i wavered a usage fee which we charge all customers , so i allowed you to reselect free of charge, this was due to the situation you described, i will consider this complaint now closed as i have gone put of my way to overrule the engineers findings and to allow you to pick a new sofa with no fee, one could say you have had use of a sofa free of charge for 10 months.
Andrew Ashcroft (DFS)
11 Apr 2024, 14:18 BST
Hi Mr Blower
Your sofa care was refunded and the credit was added to the order, other wise you would of had to pay more toward the new sofa as it was more than £300 more expensive
Andrew
Branch General Manager
DFS Aintree”
“My Owen Sofa is broken, sagging and, fraying/pilling. After three customer service visits I’ve been offered a new arm and, told there’s nothing wrong with it if I add self adhesive Velcro and spend five minutes per day on five back cushions reshaping them and, re lining up the seems so 25 minutes every night after use.
I was told my sofa was Uk quality workmanship but, it was actually made abroad.
When the repair upholstery representative opened the bottom zi discovered most of it is poor untreated soft wood and chip board. Because the back wasn’t fixed correctly it bends in out out like lose hard board. Still not to worry “there’s nothing wrong with it”.”
“I would give no stars, terrible customer support. The settee collapsed on the front bar within 3 months and then the arguments start, we need to repair it ? What about the 15 year guarantee? We can come out and repair it as many times as we want ? Go thru furniture ombudsman it turns out a director from dfs is on the board of the ombudsman? The furniture company pays the ombudsman’s wages ? Never again, build quality 0 😡🤬”