SCS Reviews

Name: SCS
Address: 45 49 Villiers Street, Sunderland
Rating: 1.46

1.5 Rating 1,845 Reviews

10 %

of reviewers recommend SCS

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1.5

Based on 1,845 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Own Driver, Courier
Average Delivery Time	Over A Month
On-time Delivery	Greater than 35%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 62%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Telephone, Live Chat, Email
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	1.3 out of 5
Avg Email Response Time	-1 hours
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process	Difficult
Returns Process	Could Be Better

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0800 731 0048

Email:

scsonline@scs.co.uk

Location:

45 49 Villiers Street
Sunderland
SR1 1HA

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“I ordered 2 leather sofas 12th of June was told delivery would be around 24th September. Kept end of September in mind and contacted them when they asked me to pay the balance (which I did) and asked them as I am 79 and live alone would they move my old furniture into the next room. Answer was no. So I paid to have it moved ready for the delivery. Now my furniture is not due into the warehouse until the 25th October so I will be lucky to have it before November. I'm too old to be sitting on my poufee or the floor. Wish I had seen this site earlier but SCS have made finding unfavourable reviews difficult to locate. Why they push sales when they cannot deal with the ones they have is beyond me. Now really worried about what quality my furniture will be.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Absolute shambles, order placed and paid in full in May and still no delivery despite assurances to the contrary. Messages left and no call back, emails unanswered they have now broke their own Terms and Conditions so refund requested; no reply, do not touch this mob....EVER”

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Posted 3 years ago

“We've had issues with 2 x La-Z-boy Recliners costing over £1200 each. We have had them for 22 months in our Static Caravan which is only used by ourselves so really only about a year's use. The "leather" has started peeling off. We had extra insurance but "leather" only covered for 1 year. Paid £60 for someone to come a find out why only to be told its hair oil so not covered. The leather care kit they sold us is useless. Absolutely raging as we also have a 13 month old La-Z-boy corner sofa costing over £3,500 in our house and it feels as though to "leather" has deteriorated on headrest and arms.”

SCS 1 star review on 29th September 2021

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Posted 3 years ago

“Paid £3500 for a la-z-boy cream leather suite back in late 2017. When you buy a leather suite you expect it to last for years and even to become better over time as the leather ages. Not with this suite. We paid for leather but the suite is definitely not leather. The 'leather' has peeled and underneath is material. Its as if the 'leather' has been sprayed on. It looks disgusting and is definitely not what we paid for. SCS do not want to know. I could swear that the model we saw in the showroom is good quality leather but thats not what you receive. Avoid at all costs.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Delivery was fine but the product itself . Well what can I say . This has got to be the worst suit I’ve ever bought . When it first arrived it looked lovely but I did notice the cushions were a bit weird looking a bit bumpy but I thought they just need wearing in . After a few weeks the cushions went really flat . This was on the 3 seater “The 2 seater was fine “ . I complained then they send someone out to look at it he agreed they were really flat . He took the cushions to his little red van and started stuffing them . When he brought them back I’ve never seen any thing like it . He threw the cushions back on and I honestly burst out laughing they were all over the place hard as rock they were . So again I thought ok I will give it a chance and again within weeks I feel as though I’m sat on wood . I will never buy a suit from this company ever again that’s for sure”

SCS 1 star review on 28th September 2021

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Posted 3 years ago

“Bought 2 Corner sofas over 4 months ago now , and still have not got them , they sent us an email saying they will be delivered on the 6/9/21 , so me and the hubby took a day off work waiting for it , for it not to turn up , so phoned the store to see where it was , to our surprise it had been cancelled, No communication or anything , And after getting rid of our old furniture , so as I'm writing this on the 27/9/21 I'm still sitting on floor waiting for another date when they will be delivered , No communication still , phone up and they say we don't know where your sofa is , Absolutely disgusting . If I was you and looking to buy a sofa go else where ,”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Disgusting This store in croydon is a pure joke, there full of lies and promises and they don't deliver, they get emails from head office intact 5 and not on reply yet when I drove there there was no customers and staff were socialising and my emails where just sitting there, the guy called Arnold makes out he's a top manager he has a walking stick , he is the tightest person I met and he sends e faulty chair, since I tried and tried and no reply, avoid them 100% use dfs there more professional and do what they say, please don't go through what I went through as you will regret it take my word, pure useless service and they have no idea what they are doing , and they will rip you off. Please take my advice”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Worst company ever! Avoid at all costs. Bought a 3 and 2 recliner chairs on 29/12/2019, which was eventually delivered last June 20 ( seriously delayed by Covid - fair enough) One recliner was dropped out of the delivery van, which ended up with the metal frame being twisted. To be fair, SCS customer service called the same day to arrange an appointment to have it checked. We were well impressed! Then it all went Pete Tong from there. 3 visits later and it’s still not fixed. Technicians come and take photos and don’t do anything. The leather in the seat has now become baggy as the seat foams have partially collapsed because of the old frame being twisted. Frame took months to replace ( by a subcontractor who struggled for over 2 hours and didn’t manage to fit it correctly) and now the seat doesn’t open/recline fully and the leather is still baggy. The technicians tell us they can only do what’s in their iPads and head office haven’t logged the fault ( despite telling them 3 times) but all technicians have all verbally agreed it has to be reupholstered - our neighbours at witness as they were in one day when the technician appeared…. This one was sober! The most recent technician turned up absolutely reeking of alcohol and still clearly very drunk!!!! Spent the whole visit complaining that he was feeling really unwell - no you’re hung over 😡😡😡 despite SCS telling us about Covid expectations, he rambled up, no face mask or hand sanitiser, then asks to use our bathroom - needless to say was sick! 🤢🤢🤢🤢 He shouldn’t have been driving let alone working. Sent an email of complaint to head office right away, received a reply stating would be back in touch 3/5 working days, heard nothing. Resent, got another reply… guest what? Heard nothing - laughable. The show stopper happened today though. Got a telephone call late SUNDAY afternoon 😳 with the advisor telling me that they hadn’t received my complaint emails after me asking (bearing in mind both had been acknowledged) and the last drunk technician has kindly reported there is absolutely nothing wrong with the recliner. He needs to go to Specsavers - mind you, he was still drunk, so I suppose anything would look good to him! I have now been advised to contact our finance company - SCS told me that, I didn’t suggest to go to arbitration. It’s going to be an expensive business for them as the camera doesn’t lie! ( photo of the chair is my profile picture) Utterly disgusted and fuming! They have the cheek to send a drunk idiot to our house, then he submits an inaccurate report which causes more hassle. Honestly will never buy from SCS again. Nearly £900 wasted. Was going to pay in full in cash but so glad we chose to opt for finance for the added protection. Note this wee tip guys - it’s invaluable! So, in lieu of SCS seemingly shirking full responsibility, it’s over to Hitachi Capital. …. Unless of course an SCS manager reads this and decides to eventually do the right thing! Come on SCS - it’s time to stand up and be counted! Oh! And don’t send a drunk technician 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡”

SCS 1 star review on 19th September 2021

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Posted 3 years ago

“I cancelled my online order within minutes as the delivery time was too long.y You need to pay upfront before getting an indication. 3 weeks later I have not had a penny back. They admit was their error but i am being charged interest on my credit card for nothing. They just fob you off.....beware when ordering online”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I have just spent 9 days working for them in their delivery call centre. I have never worked for such an unprofessional company. I asked the managers to keep the swearing and noise volume to a minimum when I am on the phone. and I was told that's how we work The day after I left they brought a new thing in that mate that ever changed of delivery has to be authorised by a manager which is most calls which create delays and more anger. so many of the deliveries were very late. The main manager Chloe never once spoke to me in that 9 days even though it's a small room. They found out that I was leaving so they sacked me to save face with the agency as most of the agents only last a day or 2. I hope the managers go on staff retention courses. and finally, the reviews are mostly good on here because the store gets them to do a review in store but that before SCS mess up with the delivery. I could say more but I will leave it at that.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Told deliver date stated in all day was told 12 3 phoned told 3 till 7 phoned told 7 9 Friday didn’t arrive until tue as they going to deliver next Friday I told I would cancel it and deliver it on Tuesday the cleaning material gave me was for cloth seater not a leather on the phone for half hour told I will get it on Friday still waiting phone back told they have none left good not give a day when they are coming in”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Still waiting for sofa, 5 months!”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I have been waiting since 10th of May 2021 for 2 sofas. I was not told untill all the paperwork was completed that there was a 10 to 12 week wait. I am still waiting ! and not happy as my room was decorated in April ready for the new sofas.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“very poor service, on the purchase date they lied to me saying that the sofa set I ordered will be ready in 4-5 weeks. When received the contract in email, it was stated that the delivery is approximately 8 weeks. It is now 4 months passed and Items are yet to arrive. They also lied to me about the guarantee offered for the foam, they said it comes with 10 years guarantee, while in the contract it states 1 year. Chased up this order so many times, each time the staff gave promises that never stick to. It is now 10 days that I am trying to cancel the order, but they do not respond properly, in the past 3 days they completely ignored my emails and phone calls.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Absolutely joke of a company. Must of e mailed dozens of times and they don’t reply. The odd time they do , it’s to say store manager has been trying to phone me which he never did. Paid deposit on carpet and sofa and due to delays and lies asked for refund. Store manager said no, I have been contacting customer Service by e mail regularly since May, yesterday got a call to say they are processing my refund which is now in my account. The strange thing is I then got an e mail saying store manager can’t get hold of me to tell me he refuses my refund. What an idiotic company, left hand don’t know what right hand is doing. At least I got a refund but would never ever use or recommend this joke of a comoany”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Ordered mid June with the promise of an install 3rd week in July, delay after delay means currently the carpet will be received Sep 14th who knows how long after fitting will be. There is a known issue with this supplier I have now been informed so clearly I was given an unachievable date of install just to get my order. Currently talking with trading standards and urge others to do the same.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Terrible. A long delay, followed by a last minute price increase, followed by two failed deliveries/fittings (flooring). Please please please don't use this company. Bought from Hull branch, pricing very unclear. I question the legality of how they price their products too. Misleading.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Absolutely terrible my mam who is a pensioner has waited 3 month for carpets fitted and they still carnt tell her when.. my son also is waiting for sofas that's been months and they have been put back. We are going to see how we stand about getting money back.. not happy”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Terrible service I waited over three months for delivery constantly ringing change the dates to many times .customer service was a joke I highly recommend to stay well away”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Don't buy the sofa . i see the sofa in shop last month , the shopkeeper said this can deliver at 2 week and need to full paid + delivery cost . however at first delivery day , item was not send to my home , i call the CS , they said this change to 1 week later , and i wait 1 week more ,before the day of target day , i got the SMS and reply the delivery day is cancel . i phone to CS again , the CS said need 2 more day to internal check , however 1 more week no body reply to me , cannot refund , cannot get the Sofa. Just take my money. If you full paid , no body will follow up and give the item to you , so honesly speaking Don't buy anyhink in SCS !”

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Posted 3 years ago

SCS is rated 1.5 based on 1,845 reviews