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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Honestly don’t bother! Once your items are delivered no one cares if they are broken and every time you phone you wait for at least half an hour only to be promised a call back that never happens! If you order anything other than sofas, this is outsourced to another supplier that doesn’t even answer the phone to customers or DFS. The products are poorly made and not worth the money!
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Posted 4 years ago
Last June I bought a new sofa and footstool online from DFS. When it arrived, it turned out there was a warehouse mix up and the footstool was not there. I waited another week and when the footstool arrived, I realised that the colour was completely different to the one that was displayed on the online image. I sent DFS an email saying I wanted to return the item and I also requested a phonecall back. I was told someone would call me back within 60 minutes. I did not receive an email or a call back. I emailed and requested a call back the next day, no response. I did the same thing on the third day and still got no response. On the fourth day I rang the local store here in Dublin who contacted the web manager and assured me someone would call me back within 24 hours. The next day I got a missed call and was asked to phone back on an 0800 number. When I dialled the number, I got a disconnected tone. I don't think the number was accessible form Ireland. I finally spoke to the web manager on Sunday, 6 days after I had initially tried repeatedly to make contact. I was then told, they would collect the footstool but that I would be charged 20% of the cost of the item to go towards the cost of returning the footstool. I was very angry at this point. I explained that this was not made clear on their website, that it was not my fault the footstool was not the colour that was shown on screen plus I had wasted so much time during the week trying to contact them. It fell on deaf ears. The web manager refused point blank to take any of this into consideration. Their customer service is non-existant and while the ladies I spoke to on the phone in store in Dublin were both really helpful, the web manager showed me little understanding, whereby I felt bullied into accepting the charges. I would not recommend using DFS- from the start their service was abysmal and their returns charges are not made clear on their website, which in my opinion, is hidden into the terms and conditions in a way is bound to deceive their customers.
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Posted 4 years ago
Expensive flat packs from DFS. I have a king size bed and 4 bed side tables to put together. The installation and removal of packaging was not offered. See the photo of my £199 bed side table. I have 13 pieces of nuts and bolts and 13 pieces of wood. Be aware that your furniture will arrive as a flat pack and they do not take returns as items are manufactured especially for you!!
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Posted 4 years ago
Went 3 times to DFS to buy a sofa. Second time we have been told that we couldn't order the sofa we chosen because codes weren't on the system. According with the vendor it was a new item therefore it takes longer to sort out. We gave our number to be contacted once the issue would be resolved. Been contacted to go there Friday to order it since it was now on the system. Left Southampton after work(4:30pm), took us 45 minutes to arrive due to horrific traffic and only at point of ordering we have been told that the delivery wait would be 20weeks (January) since it was out of stock. Question: why have we been even asked to go there? After this we have been asked if there was any other that we liked in the shop since others may not have such a delay in delivery. Really!!! Why have we been asked to go there in the first instance if the product was not available and why couldn't we order it online?! It sounds more that they did on purpose so we would by something else. Disgusting and disrespectful!
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Posted 4 years ago
Ordered many items from DFS on the 6th of July. NONE of the items have arrived yet. The clearance sofa and 2 chairs was meant to arrive within 2 - 4 weeks, it is 6 weeks tomorrow and I still have no idea WHEN the clearance items due within 2 - 4 weeks and ordered on the 6th of July will arrive. This is shocking considering the total value of the order was nearly £3000!!
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Posted 4 years ago
This is with regards my order 3636L2938. I have placed the order 3 months earlier and till now i haven’t received any conformation for my order. I am calling your customer service and this is worst customer service I have ever faced in my life. I want you to update me regarding my order or refund the amount. Take it seriously Don’t play with your customers. Kind Regards, Athar Iqbal
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Posted 4 years ago
I got my fabric sofa delivered at the end of November 2019 and within 3 moths it was covered in "bobble", the kind you get when clothes are worn, I finally got someone out to look at it several weeks ago an was told it was "pilling" and to google the meaning of it and that the "pilling" was caused by sitting on the sofa and that there was no manufacturing fault??? Sorry I thought you were meant to sit on a sofa! It is only myself and my husband who are in the house and therefore there isn't a lot of traffic on it. DFS aren't interested in the least and just fobbed my off. I have now contacted the furniture ombudsman regarding this as I think it's a disgrace to be sold a sofa and not be told that the material does this, funnily enough the sofa in the shop was made of leather and not material as they would have been frightened to let anyone sit on it. Do not buy anything from this shop.
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Posted 4 years ago
We originally ordered on the 15 of March. Because of covid waited until 26th of June for delivery. Holes for legs drilled in wrong place. Second delivery waited in all day Tuesday 21st of july slot between 1 and 4 didnt arrive no phone call. Message to track order changed at 4 to sorry your delivery is not going ahead. Chased waited 1 hour 15 minutes for answer of phone. The person could not contact dispatch closed at 5 o'clock. Called next day as no one still had not called to apologise or inform us what had happened. Waited 1 hour 30 minutes for phone to answer.Told nothing on system would need to chase would call back. Called another number after a while waited another hour and some to be given a head office number. Called head office again to be told would get back to me. Still no one called back. Husband chased and Lee store manager from Northampton called back and said they have gone missing and that it would be reported that they had spoken. Still nothing the next day so Husband chased today 23rd of July and Emma from Sheffield store said it was on the system and that has a priority action call to be made from the manager of wycombe store. Guess what no phone call. My husband went into the store but the manager had just left. WTF. What kind of company has DFS become. Gone back to the good old days. Let's see if the manager calls tomorrow. I'm looking forward to hearing the excuses.
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Posted 4 years ago
Experiencing very bad customer service. Not only the delivery is poor as well as the communication.
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Posted 4 years ago
The customer service of DFS is extremely bad. Placed an order for sofas on 29.02.2020 at Romford showroom and beginning of a journey of bad experience. At the time of placing the order I have informed that the entrance of the house is narrow. But the sales person Mohammad confirmed to process the order. As we were little worried we had to visit the showroom again to be reconfirmed that the delivery will not be an issue. The store Manager advised there will be no issue with delivery and explained that the sofas can be can be takes as pieces and be fitted inside the house. We can understand the production and delivery was hampered by Covid-19 situation. During this time no phone was answered to give us an expected delivery time. Had to email couple of times, no one bothers to response, though automated email suggested response time within 48 working hours. On 15.07.2020 DFS made an attempt to deliver the materials but failed, the furniture can not be taken through main entrance or through neighbor's side entrance. I had to visit the store as no phone call was transferred to Romford showroom; we were assured that the furniture will certainly be delivered within a few days. Furniture will be dismantlement at depot and then a fitter will fit them at home. Another failed attempt today. The delivery man told the entrance is not wide enough to deliver the materials. Was requesting him to use side entrance of our neighbor, but he denied to do so. In addition to that he has advised us to collect a written confirmation from the neighbor that they are allowing us to do so and then send to him, though no contact details was given. I have tried a number of times, but no call was respondent. Could anyone suggest what to do?
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Posted 4 years ago
Great styles online, but I couldn't find any to view before I ordered. I was persistent with enquiries, and then got a call from Sales Central, with a guy essentially saying I must be mad to want to view particular styles: 'We've got loads of sofas in stores ...' or I could order my style choice sight-unseen! Sorry. -- Not the way I spend my money OR take chances on what I live with.
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Posted 4 years ago
MBZKAOUET Hands down the worst customer service I have ever dealt with. 12-16 week lead times for anything they stock and no staff member is able to tell you where your order is.
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Posted 4 years ago
I haven't even visited a showroom and there's already slippage. I've tried to find out whether I can see in a showroom a style I've seen online, and by and large THEY JUST DON'T KNOW, adding 'But we've got loads of sofas and they're selling fast' (head office sales team who rang me up with that comment but NO assistance). What person purchasing a major piece of furniture, with an eye for how it will fit into existing decor will just breeze into a showroom and buy whatever is there OR buy online, sight unseen? Not me.
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Posted 4 years ago
I wished I had read the BBC ‘Your Money Their Tricks’ before I bought my sofa I ordered my sofa from you in February and paid for it on 10th March 2020. I have now emails you about 4 times and had 6 telephone conversations. I managed to find your complaints email and someone did phone back from this recently. Chronology of information:- First phone call on 28th May I was informed that my sofa was being shipped and it was half way here so I should receive my sofa at the end of June 2020. I phoned again on 18th June and was informed it was definitely in one of your warehouses and should be with me either the end of June or beginning of July. This sounded consistent. I therefore phoned again on 23rd June and I was informed I should be getting my sofa on 22nd July and it was still being shipped - issues due to Covid19. I therefore found the complaints email and someone rang me back on 2nd July and took details of my complaint and said they would get back to me. They phoned again today to say that the sofa was still in transit and is being shipped so they are hoping it will be in the distribution centre by 22nd July but they could not give me a definite date and all of this is due to Covid19. So they are more than able to blame all of the issues onto COVID and I dare say they will still be doing this, this time next year when I still don’t have a sofa! And they are fully aware there is very little I can do about this. I have read the latest reviews on Trust Pilot most of which are saying the same thing as me. This company does not have an effective complaints system nor an independent one. I have now emailed Citizens Advice who can either send my complaint to Trading Standards etc.
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Posted 4 years ago
I bought a 3 and 2 seater Jenson leather suite just over 2 years ago. I noticed last month that the sides of the centre cushion had split in several places. The sides were made of vinyl and not leather. When the upholsterer came he said I would have to pay as the 2 year guarantee had expired. I understand that but did not think that after just 2 years with just me using it that it should have happened. My 2 seater one which is also a recliner does not have vinyl but all leather. I honestly thought good customer service would have been to repair free of charge. I think anyone would expect a leather sofa to be in excellent condition after 2 years. If you are buying sofas check if there is vinyl.
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Posted 4 years ago
Nice salesman then a catalogue of delays and very rude customer service staff. The tracking facility is a waste of time has been saying waiting signed finance documents for last 8 weeks!! Being shouted at by Katie in head office with one excuse after another for the delay and when I challenged her attitude the fact that she is not allowing me to speak she threatened to terminate the call! Bunch of cowboys !
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Posted 4 years ago
It is a shame you can't give a 0-star review! I don't think I have ever written a bad review for a company before but the experience with DFS is one I will never forget. We ordered our sofa 5 months ago, 4 weeks before we were due to move into our first home. Penny the saleswoman in Peterborough DFS was very positive and keen to get a sale. She told us that our sofa would be delivered in approximately 5 weeks, which sounded great! We got it ordered, specifically asked for finance and had a great discussion about whos name the finance would be in etc.. We were so pleased with how simple the process was. 5 weeks passed and there was no sign of a sofa arriving, we contacted the customer service team who repeatedly said 'we did not create coronavirus'... but reassured me that my furniture would be with me in 4 weeks, as I asked to cancel and order with another furniture company who would deliver within 4 weeks.. this happened multiple times. At one point they told us that because our sofa was in Poland it'd take a lot longer to deliver than the UK based manufacturers. For a company that prides themselves on making UK based furniture, this surprised me. After just over 4 months of waiting we had a call to arrange a delivery slot!! This, however, was not as good of news as we had thought, as they told us we needed to pay the ENTIRE balance before delivery.. As I previously mentioned, we'd asked for finance. We were told there was no mention of finance on our file and that we must pay our balance BY THE NEXT DAY, or lose the furniture and full 20% deposit. We were absolutely livid, after buying a new build and me being on a nurse wage, we had planned out our finance payments and were not prepared to fork out a grand at a days notice. After repeatedly talking to the useless customer service team, they did nothing to help us. This was an issue caused by DFS, but they had no interest in resolving it. We ended up having to pay the sofa off in full prior to delivery. All in all, it has been a very stressful journey with DFS and they have made mistakes, not sorted their mistakes and lied to us. I would never buy with them again and it has been more stressful than actually buying our house!
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Posted 4 years ago
DFS have the worst customer service I have EVER experienced - this is going on over 10 weeks with constant calls, emails, calling the store and customer service without any real response - unless you want to be shouted at over the phone and be refused any help/advise for a sofa DFS got wrong - fee free to shop here. Never again
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Posted 5 years ago
Bought suppose to be leather settees paid £3.500 been complaining about them within a year of having them. Being fobbed off, then 3 years down the line the white so called leather started peeling all over contacted the insurance that I took out with them only to be told I'm not covered it's down to DFS contacted DFS who ignored my letters got a reply finally stating I'm only covered for frame work but warranty for the leather is only covered for 2 years which is ridiculous. I got in touch with trading standards who advised me what to do DFS was still robbing me off so I went to the furniture ombudsman who got the ball rolling finally DFS sent out someone to look at the settes he seemed shock said hes never seen it before he said he would recover the leather. But as soon as he got back to the office showed the photos he took they now want to put some kind of paint on my settees to peel the top layer of my leather I'm not happy with their decision as it's just making the problem an I paid slot of money for them I feel like dropping off the settes to the store and tell the costumers not to buy anything from them they are quick to take your money but dont want to help when you've got a problem I will never buy from them again I'd rather sit on cardboard then give them my money
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Posted 5 years ago
Working for DFS, in my experience I find working for them in Belfast store is very poor, the store manager for DFS, not sofa workshop, not Dwell, not sofology, DFS store manager, I found my experience while working there very difficult, if he doesn't like you he will be very transparent and you will find yourself in a very difficult situation where he will use his bullying tactics to push you out and he will make you feel very uncomfortable in your everyday working environment, I personally found myself in a situation where he decided one day to had chiller talk, meaning out of sight of others and he personally threatened me, very hard to believe that in this day and age that still goes on in the workplace.
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Posted 5 years ago
DFS is rated 1.3 based on 803 reviews