Viking Direct Reviews

Name: Viking Direct
Address: -, - -, Ashton Under Lyne
Rating: 1.22

1.2 Rating 302 Reviews

5 %

of reviewers recommend Viking Direct

1.2

Based on 302 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Courier
Average Delivery Time	Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery	Greater than 15%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 70%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Email, Live Chat, Telephone
Queries Resolved In	Over A Week
Customer Service	1.1 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process	Difficult
Returns Process	Could Be Better

About Viking Direct:

Viking is Ireland’s leading supplier of office supplies, we offer an extensive range of office supplies, first class customer service and unbeatable prices.Our range of office supplies includes everything from office furniture, computer desks, and filing cabinets to ink cartridges and office stationary. Whatever you need for your office, we’ve got it covered. Free delivery is available on all orders over €75, Visit our delivery page for more information on our same day delivery and next day delivery service. Browse our wide selection of office supplies and order online today. Viking has all the inspiration your office needs!

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Viking Direct 2 star review on 17th March 2022

Jitendra Patel

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“Worst customer service department, left on hold extensively, call centres in South Africa and Romania with bad phone lines, i waited seven days for my 3 orders to arrive (all confirmed accepted by email and showing as confirmed on my account, when i phoned them to enquire i was told none had been processed and i would have to pay by Bank transfer even though they had excepted all my card payments without comment? i have now cancelled orders in excess of £4,000??”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Viking direct have the worst customer service I have ever experienced, they claim they offer ‘hassle free returns’ this is far from the truth. They claim they have a pick service that will collect your order for a return, however over a week has passed and they claim they will come the following working day, yet the collection service have still not come to this day. Honestly terrible”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Very poor service and no interest in rectifying its own admitted error. Would never use Viking again.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“They used to be great Awful customer service, Order placed over a week, wrong items delivered, arranged collection failed and no one turned up to collect, Cancelled all outstanding orders. Avoid”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Shocking bad customer service, fail to comply with GDPR, aware of GDPR obligations yet just say the problem will be resolved next year. Over priced products, can but many of the products in the local supermarket for considerably less. Carelessly sending out 10 magazines per year despite the many in the world declaring an environmental emergency. FAIL”

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Posted 5 years ago

“They used to be great now I am going elsewhere. Suddenly prices have really increased, deliveries are delayed or disappear.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Made an order on 22/07/19 for next day delivery and it still has not arrived on 30/07/19. I have called Viking on five occasions and they keep saying it is due that day. No apology at all.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Only gave one star because it was not possible to give zero. Ordered and paid for a cabinet with extra shelves online and paid up front. Was told assembly was included. Item was eventually delivered but no assembly was possible because the person delivering did not offer that service. 2 Extra shelves were missing but strangely a 4 door filing cabinet was delivered and refused as I had not ordered it. The Filing cabinet clearly stated a different customer although the paperwork was correct. It was duly returned and the replacement shelves requested from Viking. Today I got a letter telling me that I owed them for the shelves!!!! Turns out they had refunded me. I would NEVER use this company again, the whole thing has been a shambles and their customer service is appalling.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Viking Direct used to be the easiest way to order office supplies, backed with great service. Recently items fail to arrive or turn up damaged, that coupled with the customer service being terrible, it takes several calls or emails to resolve their issues, meant i had to move supplier.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Placed an order for a Henry Hoover on June 28th, and since then everyday the customer services lied to me about the delivery. I contacted them 4 times and each time they said my delivery would come that day but no one ever showed up. 10 days without my order, this morning they told me they don't actually have the stocks.. Oh well, don't think I will ever buy anything from them. Asked for a cancellation and was told that refunds take 15 days too...reading the reviews here, I would consider myself lucky if I ever get my 100 GBP back. Great.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Next day delivery is still on its way 7 days later. Told it was delivered this evening which it was not. Provided with a useless tracking number that is as long as the bad amount of reviews this company has. All in all I should have read the reviews before purchasing. Now how do i return a product to a company that I have not received?. They will respond with the usual: "Good Afternoon, We are very sorry to hear that you are not happy with our service. If you could please contact us at: blahblahblah quoting Trustpilot in the subject line, along with your account number, we would be happy to discuss this further. Many Thanks The Viking Team" I have discussed this with you for the last five days but you do not have the smarts or the will to be able to help me here.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Item on order did not turn up. Still waiting for a refund after more than a month. Truly dreadful customer service. No-one returns emails or calls.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I can't begin to describe the abysmal level of customer service this company has. After 1-week calls (which cost me £25 cause they don't have a free phone number) and emails with no results, I decided to cancel the order. After which I received an email confirming the cancelation. 20 minutes later I received an email saying they can't cancel the order. They have customer centers in Romania and they clearly aren't communicating with the rest of the company. AVOID purchasing from this company.”

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Posted 5 years ago

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Posted 5 years ago

“I have placed 2 very simple orders in the past 2 weeks but still no delivery. Viking asked me to stay indoors for THREE days just in case the goods turned up. This is not the first time their delivery chain has messed up and no tracking information is available. What a shambles! I have been using Viking for almost 20 years but in the past 2 years the service has moved from excellent to extremely poor. So poor that they are failing to meet their contractual duties. Hopefully my refunds WILL happen.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“GOOD UNTIL SOMETHING GOES WRONG … GOOD UNTIL SOMETHING GOES WRONG incredibly useless customer service! Placed order for 20 reams of paper arrived badly damaged, returned and still waiting for a refund 3 months later! made 17 phone calls and numerous e mails, each time to be told that the matter is in hand and the refund will be in my account with 3 - 5 days. Stupidity got the better of me and I placed a further order one month ago as they offered me a £20 good will credit on my account. Order arrived, but charged full price even though I ordered on phone and operator assured me that the £20 credit would be deducted from the balance. Made further phone calls (0844) so chargeable on both landline and mobile (cost £17) yes you get put on hold and transferred between several departments! Well they have WON, I'm giving up (owed a total of £77) but just not worth the stress! GOOD LUCK UNTIL SOMETHING GOES WRONG!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Awful returns process. Collection driver arrived on wrong day then did not turn up at all on another day. I received no call back when I raised a complaint the first time. I would not recommend”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Awful, I ordered and was then told the company already had an account and they would merge it. Now they can't find my order anywhere.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Delivery was really fast and reliable, but the horrors if you had to use customer services. Every single representative gave me different conflicting information, about when my return will be collected, what is the status of my return when my refund was issued and when it will be paid. Can't decide if they are set up like this or just incompetence of customer service.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Viking direct will not let me publish even a moderately poor review , it will only accept good reviews when I have published good reviews on their review site. Need I say more!”

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Posted 5 years ago

Viking Direct is rated 1.2 based on 302 reviews