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DFS 1 star review on 22nd March 2025
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DFS 1 star review on 25th January 2025
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DFS 1 star review on 25th January 2025
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
PLEASE AVOID! We ordered our sofa's in November 2021 with a delivery date of 2 March 2022. We got a call on 4 February from DFS to say our sofa was no longer in production and were offered a measly 10% discount. Wouldn't order from them again. Absolute time wasters. Was told this never happens... However if this was their top seller I'm sure we're not the only ones who have been let down.
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Posted 3 years ago
Only giving 1 star as I cannot leave any lower. Please be aware that all the 5-star reviews below have not had to endure the excruciating customer services with DFS. My experience starts in 2018 when DFS destroyed my hardwood floor in 3 rooms whilst delivering items to my home. This pantomime continued until 2019 with numerous correspondence with Harry Yunis- Head of Customer Services where the true extent of their negligence was never taken seriously. I had to organise 2x quotes for the floor to be repaired and Harry begrudgingly accepted the quote and covered the cost for the repairs. However, this did not cover the cost of sourcing the quotes, organising the repair, or the stress endured- cheers Harry. Now in 2022 whilst ordering replacement seat pads for the sofa delivered in 2018 I have waited 8 months for the replacement pads. I have emailed Harry numerous times to no avail. A true example of why you shouldn't buy from DFS is the person leading by example as Head of Customer Services. I had a failed attempt of delivering my replacement pads yesterday, however, I refused delivery of 4 replacement seat pads for a corner sofa for an address 20 miles away from myself on the grounds that this was not my order. Imagine if I had taken that delivery then there would be another person to add to the DFS list of unfortunate events. I have emailed Harry since the failed delivery. the emails have gone ignored and Harry has no interest in dealing with yet another failing from DFS. Trust me, do not believe the 5-star reviews. Please read the negative reviews as these reviews depict a true reflection of DFS as a company. Honestly, someone could write a comedy based around the service received from DFS.
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Posted 3 years ago
All I can say is don’t bother the company does not comply with the consumer rights act 2015 just offer repair after repair to same fault when really they should offer a replacement after first failed repair. Don’t care how the customer is inconvenience spending hours on the phone time in waiting for engineer then don’t even bother going in store to complain because we couldn’t believe what we where told by the manger that all stitching comes apart after two years and we should keep siting in different seats but he will do us a big fat favour and replace the fabric on one side but if it doesn’t match the other side off the sofa we will have to pay for that side to be replaced unbelievable
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Posted 3 years ago
We bought Freya Sofa and in longer than 8 months it is disappointing to see that it’s completely faded(pictures attached). We contacted the customer care and even pursued the Head Quarter UK office for 2 months asking for a reasonable answer for this to happen and all they came up with - “It happened because we kept the Sofa in the living room and it received lot of sunlight through the French window.” It is very appalling to see the reasoning they provided as: 1. Netherlands receive hardly 140 days of sunlight and it was even less in 2021 which their sofa couldn’t withstand. 2. The 100% polyester material should not get discoloured at this rate. This was even pointed out to us by the third party inspection guy who came to check the sofa. 3. My bed is entirely made of Polyester and receives the same amount of sunlight but it is still completely intact. 4. Blue colour is the last material to get discoloured always. 5. My Carpet, Drapes, Blinds and my Plaids are all still completely intact. Not sure what quality they claim and what they sell. Really dismayed to see their reasoning as such big company never mentioned in their terms and conditions that we are not supposed to keep the sofa in the living room after buying this expensive Sofa. So please watch out before you buy from them or don’t keep in the living room😊😊 Currently, the Sofa is even worse than the pictures even though it’s Winters😊😊. Make your money worth atleast.
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Posted 3 years ago
Not very often am i one to complain about a service but dfs is definitely one that has lost it's company value. We ordered our dining table and chairs in July 2021, September 2021 i was notified that my items were in the delivery stages October 2021, November 2021, December 2021 still no sign of our items arriving. I spent endless times writing emails, calling customer services and was informed they would deal with my complaint seriously. January 2022 i received a phone call and organised my delivery and i was so grateful that i would finally see my items that was previously purchased in July 2021, so at this stage we Sold our table and chairs excitedly awaiting delivery, there is absolute no credit to be given here because they didn't even show on monday 24th January 2022 and to my horror another phone call to customer service to be informed it was booked in their end but not with the delivery centre was reassured my item has been organised for another delivery for Friday 28th January 2022 and have sent four requests for the call back service however i feel they are waiting for me to take a happy pill at this stage because again i was let down on delivery and so angry with how muggy DFS have been throughout my whole purchase. For anyone who is even thinking about buying anything just save yourself the heartache AVOID and go elsewhere. This company DFS is literally all fur coat and no knickers.
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Posted 3 years ago
Awful awful company to deal with once they have your money. The constant lies from all DFS employees is atrocious. Have been without a sofa for over 2 months now. This is due to a faulty frame that has broken. It is unusable. Have had 2 service engineers out and blantently lied to my face saying they were only there for 20mins and couldn’t fix it. The 2nd one even promised me a loan sofa. Three weeks later I’ve been into the Glasgow store multiple times and been lied to each time. Have emailed the store as well as the CEO and the CEOs personal assistant. All forms of communication has been ignored. They are seasoned professional liars and promise you call backs the next day- I’m still waiting to hear back from them. I’ve never come across such a bad company for customer service
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Posted 3 years ago
We are completely disappointed of the outcome of our sofa simply because the salesman could not keep a promise! We went to DFS in Southampton and found a sofa we fell in love with. We made an agreement that one of the optional extras would not be payed for and would be cleared off the account before Christmas along with a phone call confirming it has been cleared, we made sure this was all in writing along with being on there system so we did not fall into any trap. Anyway after Christmas still no phone call and still saying we owe outstanding balance. After phone multiple phone calls with customer service trying to get the agreement sorted plus even on there system it says we are not to pay outstanding balance. We then had an email from the salesman explaining that he can’t make the agreement happen due to change of system which I found unacceptable. We then went back to customer service and they reassured us that we are not to pay outstanding balance and we could book our delivery date without getting penalised. Come delivery day and we get a phone call from the driver saying he on route but cannot go any further until the outstanding balance is cleared!! We explained our situation to the driver but he told us we have to go to customer service to rectify the issue, customer service put us through to the store where the salesman was not in so we ask the manager if he could override the situation in which he responded with cannot help as the salesman your dealing with is not in. SO we was left with an horrible ultimatum pay the outstanding balance or have no sofa. As we have no sofa we was force into a corner where we payed the outstanding balance just so we could our sofa. The stress and tears this has caused us simply because the salesman cannot keep a promise neither could the Southampton store. We thank you customer service and delivery drivers for being so helpful but this have left a very nasty scar and Experience and would never recommend Southampton DFS to anyone. We have been assured that we have a reimbursement for the outstanding balance but still had no contact from the store or customer service.
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Posted 3 years ago
I ordered a dining table and 6 chairs. Wrong colour chairs. Missing top of the table. Received the chair that two did not match. Would highly recommend not to purchase anything from DFS. Customer service is non existent.
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Posted 3 years ago
Ordered sofa on 3 Jan. Was going to pay cash but was talked into their 0% finance having been assured 5 times that it was only a ‘SOFT’ search and everyone was accepted. However 3 days later I received an email saying my finance had been declined. The finance company made 3 further ‘HARD’ searches and sent more emails advising that my finance had been declined. All these searches showed on my credit rating and as such reduced my rating substantially. It is illegal to carry out a hard search on a persons credit rating without permission and I shall be submitting a complaint to the CFPB about this. At no point did DFS contact me. I made 3 calls to them to find out what the situation was regarding my order but no-one could help. Finally I was advised that my order had been cancelled but I have yet to receive written confirmation that this is the case. I have telephoned several times and emailed twice for someone to call me but had no response. I am appalled by the lack of contact and updates from DFS. Dreadful customer service. They may be busy but so am I and I have wasted hours trying to contact them
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Posted 3 years ago
I have to start by saying I hate DFS and wish that I had gone to any other store. I received my furniture after waiting 4 months and going by other reviewers, we were lucky. The furniture had a manufacturing defect and was puckered and did not have enough filling in it. I visited the store a day after delivery and said I was not happy with the furniture. I pointed to the suite in the store and said that was what I ordered , but it was not what I received. After several heated conversations with the manager, a service guy came round and is supposed to re-upholster but I'm still waiting. The manager said he will not exchange the suite because there's nothing wrong with it. This company is the worst company I have ever dealt with because they do not care about their customers at all and only care about their money. I will tell everyone I know NOT to buy from this shoddy and rubbish company.
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Posted 3 years ago
Couldn’t care about their customers, as long as the sale goes through they could have you waiting nearly a year before you get your products. Speaking out of experience. I will go out of my way and make sure people don’t have to go through what I’m currently going through.
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Posted 3 years ago
Will keep this brief. Ordered a sofa online, it was ready early and I was told they would not hold it for long. This was a little inconvenient but not the end of the world. Sofa arrived, it was the wrong colour. Called customer service team say day, told that it could be my lights as they managed to change the colour tones of my photo by dimming their screen... obviously you can do that! It was during Christmas so there was a delay, but that is fine. I visited a store who warned me as I bought online and said I visited a store before, terms and conditions meant I could not reject the sofa due to the colour as I was aware. I walked into a store, but could not speak to anyone, or see swatches, so they have me on a technicality. The sofa is brown, but we wanted grey. The website advertises grey, which does not match our sofa, or their own swatch. Finally got very curt reply saying I can return the sofa with a 20% fee. But then I have no sofa and I lose 20%. I actually like the sofa, but the colour just isn't as advertised. I have now had a call from the manager, but they left a message. I can't call back as their customer service team state there is no direct dial. Really bad customer service. They just want your money and don't care about their reputation or anything after you have paid.
DFS 1 star review on 6th January 2022
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Posted 3 years ago
Nightmare. Ordered a sofa on 7.8.21 and still waiting. Customer service is a joke. Ruined Christmas, still no guarantee of delivery. DFS Has to be the worst company I have ever dealt with - lack of customer service - no reply from emails - the list just goes on. As I said nightmare!!!!!
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Posted 3 years ago
Been waiting a month and a half for the general manager to ring me still nothing Been ringing every day and keep getting fobbed off I even had a service engineer wish that my father in law die
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Posted 3 years ago
I got a new sofa and chair from dfs last march, £2000 the aftercare service I have recieved is zilch , by september the arms of both the chair and sofa have holes in them. A guy came out last october to look at it, he told me the cardboard had collapsed but didn't know if my model of sofa could be replaced and off he went, I have been waiting all this time for them to come and try to replace the CARDBOARD, who knew they used cardboard to make sofa arms because I certainly did not. Everytime I try ringi g them it takes hours to get thru and then get told the service department will be intouch. Then yesterday I find another fault with it, when new I paid extra for stain guard on it, As I was throwing away some flowers when pollen dropped on the chair, I tried to remove it and yes you guessed it stained even thoughthey charged me for stain guard so that's another negative against dfs, charge for stuff they don't do. My last sofa came from dfs and lasted 9 good years but this hasn't even lasted 9 months and dfs don't want to know.
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Posted 3 years ago
My mirror was delivered with a crack. I contacted customer services who emailed me back on the 2nd of December stating that their supplier would be in contact to arrange a replacement. I have phoned customer services numerous times to check the status of the replacement and I have been informed that a manager would be in touch to sort out the issue, which hasn’t happened for 2 weeks now. I am now stuck with a mirror that is useless and their customers service agents are not helpful.
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Posted 3 years ago
We ordered ours as in store it was so comfy. When we got it is was so low! You can not fluff the cushions at all and the shape is completely gone, the cushion fillings are so cheap and nasty and don’t fluff up. I complained and they sent out a structural chap and said it’s fine and it’s just that kind of material, to which I argued it’s the same filling as the one I had for 7 years previously and this one does not come close to that quality and he said nothing is to be done because is fine! I’m still not happy and we have had to put non slip rug mat u Dee the seat cushions because it slides out! We hat our sofa. It’s that low my 9 month old climbs it without issue so I imagine it must of been on some kind of platform in store!
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Posted 3 years ago
We have had the worst experience with DFS . We bought a sofa and we had been promised that we would have it by christmas but it is now “lost”. Our sofa was due for delivery on the 23rd December and nothing ever showed, called their customer service line they said they don’t know where it is as it has gone to a private delivery company, on the 24th the sofa was marked as “delivered” and nothing has ever showed, called customer service again and every day since and they said they don’t know where it is, it is lost, they emailed “escalations team” on the 24th,26th and on the 29th after each of our phone calls. And we never heard nothing back, we have been left with nothing to sit on over christmas for our family and with no response from their customer service team. Please avoid this company!!! Terrible service
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Posted 3 years ago
I bought a sofa on December 5th as it was in stock and it would be delivered before Christmas, as my family came from another country to spend the first Christmas with me. But everything went wrong!!! It was the worst Christmas of my life. I have not received the sofa in two delivery attempts. The two days I spent the whole day at home, waiting for a placement or notification and NOTHING!! This is without a doubt the worst company I have ever known. Terrible customer service. It was a nightmare not to get my sofa and not have a place to accommodate my family. DFS, never more... Another thing, I canceled the purchase of a coffee table 18 days ago and so far I haven't had a refund. Both the sofa and the coffee table I bought with my debit card. I canceled the sofa 3 days ago and if it takes longer than a week for the refund (as I need the money to buy another sofa), my lawyer will resolve this case.
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Posted 3 years ago
Ordered a sofa in August promised it will be delivered by christmas but still waiting have no furniture to sit on over christmas they assured me it would be with me by 8 th Dec as I had no furniture due to a flood so disappointed spoilt my christmas
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Posted 3 years ago
DFS is rated 1.3 based on 803 reviews