“Just somethings for DFS Limerick to consider.
I BOUGHT A SOFA WORTH 7130 EURO FROM DFS LIMERICK IN AUGUST 2023. WITHING 3 WEEKS THE FABRIC HAD WORN OUT. I COULD JOT BELIEVE WHAT HAS HAPPENED. IT IS MARCH 2024 AND IT HAS NOT BEEN FIXED YET.
1.IN THIS EMERGING AND READILY EVOLVING MARKET SPACE WHY ON EARTH DOES ANYONE HAVE TO RING THE UK TO GET A MESSAGE ACCROSS TO DFS IN LIMERICK OR GALWAY OR CORK? I FIND THIS HIGHLY DRACONIAN IN NATURE AND NO ELEMENT OF REASONING IN IT.
2. I FIND DFS POLICIES STIFF AND LACKING IN FLEXIBILITY THAT ATTRACTS AND APPEASE CUSTOMERS. NO ROOM FOR SIMPLE AND LITTLE PERKS THAT GIVES AND GRANT CUSTOMERS GOOD PURCHASING EXPERIENCE.
3. YOU MODUS OPERANDI ARE NOT EXPLAINED TO CUSTOMERS. I WALK INTO A DFS STORE IN LIMERICK BUY A PRODUCT AND AN ISSUE ENSUES AND A I FIND MYSELF DEALING WITH A MANAGER IN GALWAY. THIS INFORMATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT MY FOREKNOWLEDGE BEFORE MAKING THE PURCHASE.
4. WITH HOW STIFF AND RIGID YOUR POLICIES ARE AROUND YOUR PRODUCTS ONE WOULD EXPECT NOTHING LESS BUT PERFECTION. BUT THAT EXPECTATION WAS DASHED AS PROVEN BY THE NO FIT FOR PURPOSE LORENZO SOFA I EXPENSIVELY BOUGHT FROM DFS LIMERICK AND IT IS A SHAME. I EXPECTED MORE GIVEN THE DEGREE OF RIGIDITY I ENCOUNTERED OR WITNESSED WITH YOUR SERVICE..
5. IT TOOK ABOUT 8 OR 9 WEEKS TO GET AN UPHOLSTERY CHAP OVER TO ASSESS A SET OF SOFA I BOUGHT. THAT ITSELF IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. IT MEANS AS A CUSTOMER I AM NOT IMPORTANT OR VALUED OR YOU DO NOT APPRECIATE ME AS CUTOMER.
THESE ARE YARD STICKS THAT HAS MADE ME LOST FATE IN DFS AND AND INABILITY TO RESOLVE AN ISSUE IN A WELL AND TIMELY FASHION BY THE MANGER I GALWAY. HE MESSAGED ME SAYING A TECHNICIAN WILL CALL OUT TO MY HOUSE ON ARIL 8. DFS IRELAND IS JOKE.
6. THE MANAGER IN GALWAY DECIDED TO PROCEED TO ORDER A REPLACEMENT COVER FOR THE WORN OUT SOFA SET I BOUGHT LESS THAN 6 MONTHS OF PURCHASE WHEN I CLEARLY TOLD HIM WHAT I WANTED. MY OPINION ON THIS SOFA DID NOT MATTER TO HIM JUST TO ADD. THE ISSUES IS NOT THAT THE FABRIC HAS WORN OUT. DIFFERENT FABRICS WERE USED IN COVERING OF THE SOFA. I HAD SENT PICTURES TO THE MANAGER ON SEVERAL OCASSIONS HE STILL THINKS A REPLACEMENT COVER IS WHAT I NEED. THERE IS NO UNIFORMITY IN THE FABRIC OF THE ENTIRE SOFA. NOT ONLY DOES THE SOFA NEEDS A REPLACEMENT COVER. THE ENTIRE SET
NEEDS REPLACEMENT COVER INCLUDING THE BODY AND THE FRAME.
7 WHEN I TOLD HIM WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 4 SEATER SOFA WILL HAPPEN TO THE OTHER SOFAS HIS RESPONSE WAS THAT "WELL WE DONT KNOW THAT YET". I WAS BAFFLED BY THIS . IT TELLS ME HE DOES NOT KNOW HIS PRODUCTS OR HAVE CONFIDENCE IN DFS PRODUCTS. I KNEW THIS PRODUCT BETTER THAN HIM
8 I DEALT WITH A STAFF IN LIMERICK WHO WAS SO UNEMPATHIC TO A DIFFICULT SITUATION DFS HAS PUT ME IN AND HE LACKED CUSTOMER FOCUS CENTERED APPROACH.
THESE ARE MY THOUGHTS SO FAR ON DFS
VERY DISSAPOINTED WITH DFS
AUGUST 10TH 2023 TO MARCH 2024 AND STILL ONGOING. ISSUE NOT RESOLVE
(8MONTHS).”
“What has happened to customer service and satisfaction, DFS phone line is awful you cant get through to individual shops whoever answers are no help whatsoever DFS deserve to lose custom 😡”
“Don’t buy any sofa from them the warranty you buy from with the piece of paper it’s written on
The company is Gaurdsman look after the warranty DFS sell you the sofas warranty which aren’t worth it”
“Very useless company. After ordering they finance company will onsemd you silly email that you are not qualified. Thanks I did not qualify for the finance after all the bad reviews”
“What went right?. Nothing after purchase. For a start the sofa came from Poland not here. Delayed once then second time, third then forth. Poor apology from customer service. We were lied to and treated disgusting. Was offered a luxury hamper on behalf of the manager at Romford and an appollagy, you guessed it the hamper never materialized neither. Lie after lie after lie. Well done DFS. 30 years of custom. Fish pools next time. Shame on you.”
“As a ex employee I can only recommend that you shop elsewhere
The sales staff are under considerable pressure to up sell & sell extras
Be aware of them selling fabric & leather upgrades, leather & fabric protection, care kits, glides for your floor, footstools, then pushing you to buy dining furniture
There is also pressure on the salesperson to get a charity donation and good feedback when responding to a after sales email”
“I bought a sofa from DFS Spain and recently needed the sofa arm repaired.
For the last 10 weeks due to lack of response by the service Spain/ Web team I have had to contact by email and telephone but the customer service team to escalate/ update my request for repair due to no direct number to Service Spain dept . There promise of 72 hours response does not exist ..”
“AVOID AVOID AVOID! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!
Absolutely awful!!! Ordered 2 sofas online cost over £4700. Within 4 months the recliner failed, told it was a motor. Had to wait over 10 weeks for the part and have it replaced.
At the time told DFS advisor not happy with the sofas, she first of all had the audacity to try give me the third degree about the sofas and then said a store manager will call within 72 hours! 72 days later, STILL NO CALL!
Less than 2 months later, the same recliner making a noise and dipped.
RAISED a section 75 and low and behold they've called me! Only to say they gonna do sweet FA, but we'll send a service manager out!
Like leaches when you go instore, but they don't want to know when things go wrong!
Paying for a BESPOKE sofa that has failed within 4 months and uncomfy like hell! All they do is shove the 2 yr manufacturing warranty down your throat!
AVOID AT ALL COSTS!
IF YOU CONSIDER BUYING FROM DFS, YOU MIGHT AS WELL THROW YOUR MONEY DOWN A DRAIN!!!!”
“Purchased 2 leather sofas after a short time leather saggy
After 3 different men coming out and one padding the seat to make it higher that the next one at the side of it
Went to ombudsman and they ruled in favour of DFS saying they should be given another opportunity to fix it
No thanks I didn't buy to have to keep having repairs done so I paid the £115 court fee and served small claims papers on DFS within a week they collected the sofas and then the following week a full refund was issued including everything I had spent and the court fee
Never again”
“Bought Juan sofa thankfully for the conservatory and from delivery it stank of a garlicky smell. Left for a few weeks to see if it went away and it only got worse.
Rang main number and they sent a technician to spray with deodorant (a month after our phone call). All well for 48 hrs then back to square 1.
Spoke to trading standards and they said I could invoke my right to refuse as it wasn’t fit for purpose.
Long story short DFS insisted that I gave them second chance to fix and tricked me into allowing them to order replacement covers. They then said that as I had ordered the replacement covers they were allowed to fit them. I told Hanley branch manager (Clare) that I would take this to the ombudsman as recommended by trading standards. She said I could take it higher with DFS but they’d only revert to her and she was not prepared to refund us.
Ombudsman backed DFS and we’re just a box ticking exercise. Is there a DFS director on the ombudsman board? Very poor would not recommend at all although so far the new covers seem to have fixed the odour issue but any pleasure in the new sofa is long gone”
“Purchased 2 x Amersham sofas in early May 2023. The smell of them was overwhelming and we were unable to use the room for a full 4 months. DFS took away the sofas and aired them but it made very little difference. Eventually they agreed to replace them. The delivery guys said there were other cases and the independent assessor confirmed that this range had an issue with the fire retardant chemical.
A full 9 months later we have just received the replacements (Feb 24) and a derisory £100 refund which for me is insufficient for 4 months of literally being unable to use a room due to the overwhelming odour, countless emails and calls. I will therefore be posting negative reviews on every platform I can find.
Beware that the website states 8 week delivery. Neither the original order, nor the replacements came in this time frame. Over 11 weeks.”
“Awful customer services, faulty products and they don’t even like to accept liability, also do not know the consumer rights act which allows you to return product. When we showed frustration they threatens to call the police as they didn’t like being you that they add violating the law. Assistant manger didn’t like what was being said so was rude and raising her voice to over speak myself and my partner.
Avoid at all costs!”
“Don't buy DFS SofaCare Insurance - Don't believe what the sales people peddle when selling you this 5 year insurance policy. We were led to believe our sofa cushion's could be refilled within 5 years if they sagged or lost shape... 3 Years in and our sofa cushions have sagged considerably - After spending days trying to resolve with emails and phone calls to DFS and Guardsman, we're NOT covered. SAVE YOUR MONEY, DON'T BUY SOFACARE!”
“Absolutely disgusted with DFS customer service!! We paid them to remove our old sofa a day before delivery of our new one. The removal man said he was on his own so we'd have to help him! We couldn't help so he left! Phoned DFS and they said its nothing to do with them and we should contact removal company and then hung up!! Won't be using DFS again. I'm disgusted!”
“Bought a new sofa from DFS and it’s really uncomfortable. We went back within 10 days of purchasing it. The lady who sold it to us was simply not interested. It’s the most painful sofa I have ever sat on. I dread sitting on it at the end of the day. Not worth the money.”
“Ridiculous service from Slough branch and keep getting threatening messages including a phone call regarding pay the outstanding balance while I paid already but manager of the store didn't bothered to update the database, I went to remind them 4 time and 5th time assistant manager asked me to pay the balance and whatever amount we need to settle we can refund you which was ridiculous. It took 6 week for them to refund or settle the amount but they wanted me to pay again. Will never go to this branch. avoid please”
“Hands down the worst company I have ever dealt with. All they have done is lie and fob me off, I have never known such bad customer service.
I ordered a 3 seater and 2 seater couch at the beginning of September 2023 for delivery in December. The beginning of December comes and surprisingly we get a delivery date of the 4th and even a 3 hour time slot in which it would be delivered. I got rid of our old couch on the 3rd and arranged to finish work early to make sure I was in when it arrives. On the 4th the time slot they gave me comes and goes with no couch being delivered. I obviously rang Dfs only to be told that they had made a mistake and the couch wasn't going to be delivered until the end of December/beginning of January! Apparently someone had tried to ring me the day before to let us know but didn't think to leave a message or ring back when they couldn't get through?!
All over Christmas we were left without a couch which as a family of 5 was an absolute pain.
THEN (yes it gets worse) on 26th December they messaged and told me our couch was being delivered on the 29th. Sure enough the delivery truck pulls up in the morning and unloads what looked like a 10 year old couch, that had rips along the bottom, cat scratches up the sides and what looked like mould along the back! They had (nearly 4 weeks later!) decided to send a temporary couch and even the delivery driver said he questioned it when he saw it on the truck as it was so dirty and battered and he admitted he wouldn't accept it if it were him!! I obviously refused to accept the couch (which any sane person would, it was that bad) and phoned Dfs straight away. The man I got through to (Dylan) was full of apologies and promised I would get a phone call back the same day and a delivery of our actual couch. He said he couldn't understand why we got sent the temporary couch as apparently our new one is ready to be delivered?! Wasn't holding my breath anyway but 3 hours later, surprise surprise no phone call, I rang back and got a lady this time saying that it can take up to 72 hours for a phone call back and that Dylan shouldn't have told us we would definitely get a call back the same day, not to mention the couch being delivered!!
It is now the 5th Jan and we still have no couch and apparently no one at Dfs can tell us when ours will be delivered!! Honestly angry doesn't cover it. All this company does is lie to you, it's absolutely disgusting, especially for the price you are paying for the couches in the first place! So over a month with no couch and who knows when we are actually getting it!”
“Shocking customer service, honestly do not care about their customers. I done all the chasing for my own sofa. As good as the sofas are, I would highly recommend not purchasing a sofa from them purely on the basis they don’t care about their customers. I’ve never dealt with such shocking customer experience.”
“I bought a sofa in October 2022, it was delivered on the agreed time in feb 2023. The delivery men could not attach 3 of the feet as there was no thread. I realise my mistake now as I should have refused to accept it but the men said someone would pop out in a few days and fix them and they would report, they took a photo. I had still not heard anything the following week so called. They had not called as the photo didn't show any damage, I explained it was balanced on the legs but I could not sit on it or move it as they were not attached, she gave me an appointment in 2 months. When the day came the bright spark told me the problem was there was no thread to screw the legs in, I said that was what he had come out to fix? He said they don't get told what the problem, is but he would need to offer the parts and fix would call me. After calling every two weeks until July to be told the parts were not in yet, I lost it and with help from Martin Lewis website I wrote a letter to head office quoting the relevant law and asking for the sofa to be picked up. I got a call from the local store who could send someone out ASAP (in DFS world this is 3 weeks) the guy attached the legs and fixed a corner which was smashed and admitted the parts story was a lie. I got a 10% refund and after 6 months could sit on the sofa. But when I started sitting on it the cushions collapsed after a couple of months and less than a year on it looks about 10 years old. I cannot face dealing with DFS again and I hate waste but am honestly thinking I might have to get another sofa as it is unuseable.”
