Wickes Reviews

Name: Wickes
Address: Wickes Building Supplies, Rhosilli Road, Northampton
Rating: 1.51

1.5 Rating 1,720 Reviews

11 %

of reviewers recommend Wickes

About Wickes:

Wickes continues to be one of the major brands in the DIY and Home Improvement sector. We have a range of over 10,000 products (98% own brand), and are able to offer our customers everyday low prices by sourcing the best quality products at the lowest possible cost. Most of our products are available for next-day delivery, including big & bulky stuff. At Wickes you can discover a whole host of inspirational ideas for your Home and Garden, with some of our key products being doors, flooring, tiles, kitchens and gardens. Launched in 2006, the Wickes transactional website features product details covering the complete Wickes range. Our website is constantly being enhanced to help improve customer satisfaction, so why not be a part of that journey by helping customers find us.

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0330 123 4123

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enquiries@wickes.co.uk

Location:

Wickes Building Supplies, Rhosilli Road
Northampton
NN4 7JE

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“Everything went wrong.Wickes must have the worst fitters out there.less than a week after fitted my kitchen started falling apart literally.now I fear for my life as basic screws are coming out.nearly all doors are damaged because the fitter does not know to screw the handles without damaging the doors.the doors are not closing .the hinges are coming of.well ,the pictures say it all.those parts that are holding are fitted to a bad 19th century standard. I wished I never heard of Wickes”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Wickes Bathroom up to 50% off what a scam Bought bath 50% off for £225 delivered today different name on bath ? Went on web site to check same bath normal price £190 !!!”

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Posted 7 years ago

“After 3 months of trying to get all the problems with our Wickes kitchen sorted out we were promised a fitter today to finish the snags in our kitchen. I had this confirmed and we emptied the relevant cupboards and left the day free. We awaited the fitter who was due to arrive at 9am. By 10.30 no one had arrived and we then had a phone call from an installation manager who had been contacted by the person who told me a fitter was coming, I presume to ask how things were going. This man knew nothing about it. No fitter came. My husband tried to fit a shelf liner himself but that was the wrong size. We have wasted a day and now have to put everything back in the cupboard and we are back to square one. What else can go wrong with this kitchen. Again i warn everyone to steer clear of a Wickes kitchen. I am awaiting a phone call to tell me what is happening next!!!”

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Posted 7 years ago

“10 weeks & kitchen still not finished”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I placed an order with Wickes some six week ago to install an en-suite facility. I was given a date in September this year and to expect the installer to visit my house to asses the work. This he did, but thought that he found a slight problem with the proposal compiled by the lady who gave me the original quote. I visited the Bridgend store to explain what the installer had said. The lady there (Janet) informed me that she would sort the issue out by the time I returned from a two-week holiday. On my return from holiday, I contacted Janet, who told me that she would arrange for the installer to get in touch. After a week with no response I contacted Janet again, who informed me that she would be on holiday herself but that the store manager (Kraig) would arrange for a firm installation date. Another week went by with no response from the Bridgend branch, so I travelled to the store in person on Friday (15th), and spoke with Kraig himself. I explained the whole sorry state of affairs and informed him that, unless I was in receipt of a firm installation date by 17:00 today (18th) then the order would be cancelled. Early on Saturday (16th) I received a telephone call assuring me that someone would be in touch 'in a day or so' with a firm date. This I accepted but reminded him of the firm date deadline that I have advised Kraig. Finally, today (18th) I got in touch with the Bridgend branch to remind them of my expected confirmation by 17:00 today. A lady phoned me back to advise me that the fitter would call me some time to arrange a date sometime during the end of November. I reminded her that this was not what I required. I require a firm date and nothing else. To my astonishment, she hung the phone up on me!”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Waiting for a replacement bathroom panel since early June, told no longer available then it was, just lip service and excuses, demoralise the customer enough and they might give up it seems, sent an email to Simon King on the complaint site department but I'm not holding my breath.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“We purchased a new kitchen and utility room from Wickes approx. 6-7 years ago. Around 3 years ago the gloss laminate began to detach from the cabinet door. I contacted customer services that asked me to send in photographs which I did. They then blamed the issue on moisture and that it was a batch fault. Eventually, they replaced two of the affected door. A year or two later, the same thing occurred on other doors and yet again I had to jump through the same hoops only for Wickes to argue that black is white. Eventually, they sent replacements. Skip now to 2017 and my pan drawers are starting to de-laminate and although I have provided the exact same information and they should be able to see previous correspondence, they are now refusing to replace the faulty items. The customer service contact that I had to deal with was ambivalent. The person that I spoke with on the telephone insisted that ‘he go with his colleagues judgement', talked over me, refused to put me through to a supervisor and was reluctant to give me a name and address so I could write to complain!! If my experience is anything to go by – you will have to replace your kitchen every 6-7 years!!!. Utterly disgusted with Wickes – never again!”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I bought a product from them, it was broken. Their customer service was absurdly bad.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Simply the worst company I have ever had to deal with! if you have to buy anything get it from instore and do not buy anything that needs to be delivered. purchased lots of items in store but a door had to be delivered, it turned up broken so had to call to get it collected and replaced. long story short after over 20 calls and 3 weeks I have still not got my door and even had a call yesterday from wickes asking if my complaint was dealt with and resolved!! WTF!!!!!! I still dont have the door”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Delivery did not arrive”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Horrendous experience with customer services at haverfordwest store when trying to order a simple product online. Had soooooh much trouble and actually had to get it picked up ourselves in Cardiff. Never will bother with wickes again. Complained and had the same bad customer care from the haverfordwest manager. They do not care about how they treat customers.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Everything. Wickes Delivered the incorrect doors. Refused to admit they had delivered incorrect doors.(asking me to send images of me measuring the doors) Then failed 3 times to collect wrong doors and redelivered my product , wasting three full days of my time unpaid waiting for deliveries and endless phone calls. Collected the wrong item with no delivery of the correct product. The correct product was then missing for a few days and no one could explain why it had not been delivered. I was Promised it would be redelivered knowing I had taken a day off work and Yet again they did not turn up. Eventually turned up to redeliver the wrong product that had initially been delivered along with HALF of the correct product. At this stage I paid for someone to take the doors to the local store as I couldn't afford to spend any more time dealing with this incompemtant company.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I have had an absolute nightmare after placing an order online for delivery . the order was supposed to be delivered on Wednesday the 9th/ 08/.2017 no delivery turned up to cut this story short I honestly made 12 phone calls to customer services at wicks all ended with a promise of a call back no call back ever came . it is now the 14/08/2017 and still no delivery and it is impossible to get an answer as to why this as happened . I have never in my 57 years come across such a pathetic uncaring company I feel as if I have been mugged £321 order and no one cares about even answering your questions pathetic truly pathetic they need to shut down the customer services dept and start again I will never trade with these idiots ever again”

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Posted 7 years ago

“I have placed an order online on the 1st July, however, no delivery turned out on the delivery date. I have contacted the store several times and then found out there was no stock. I have then cancelled the order, however, I noticed afterwards that I have actually been charged for £287.98, and no refund since. Also contacted their customer services and have been promised would received cancellation email, but nothing happened. Worst company and service!”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Dreadful customer service. Make promises and commitments they do not live up to and then lie. Avoid dealing with this company if you want to get what you ordered when you want it without the lying and truly dreadful customer service”

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Posted 7 years ago

“5 weeks and work nowhere near completed. Holes in walls, sockets hanging out, tiling promised over a week with nobody turned up as yet. Don't do it people, go elsewhere”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Do not choose Wickes if you need your goods delivered on time. Ordered timber goods for a project to be delivered. Paid £30 delivery charge too! No delivery, no call from a driver, no information from customer services. A whole day wasted waiting through their 1/2 -day slot until one pm, and again through the afternoon since I wasn't able to learn whether the delivery was still coming or not. Spent more than 20 minutes on the phone on two occasions today and been promised a callback each time - nothing. Their excuse is that they needed to inquire with the store handling the delivery (Catford) but couldn't get hold of anyone there. Upon learning this, I looked up that store - the worst reviews I've seen for a serious, national retailer. Cancelled the order on the last call as I have no reason to believe that Wickes can actually fulfill my order AT ALL. There are plenty of brands in this market - don't put yourself through the Wickes experience.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“We ordered a bathroom suite from Wickes with 4 weeks’ notice, the delivery day comes and no cistern for the toilet! We were only informed of this by the delivery driver when he handed us the note stating “cistern to follow”, not a great start! We contacted customer services and were told by John in the Chorley store and customer services that they had sourced an alternative cistern that would fit, next day delivery, great! Did it fit? No, not even remotely compatible. After raising my concerns a cistern for the pan was found in the Chorley store, I took the replacement that didn’t fit down to the store to swap them over, once in the store I was told everything had been checked and that’s why the box was opened, at 70 years of age I instinctively asked to see the cistern in store before leaving, low and behold the cistern was cracked! So much for being checked by staff. The day after in the afternoon the cistern for the pan does arrive via courier, finally the plumber can start. Toilet and sink in, next the bath.. oh wait, the corner has been damaged in transit. I spoke to Tom at the Chorley store on Sunday 16/7/17 and I was assured it would be his priority on Monday as customer services weren't open. Monday 17/7/17 I hear nothing so ring the Chorley store in the morning at approximately 11am, Wendy advised me that Tom was out on sales calls and the bath would be Thursday! I stated that absolutely would not do due to the delays and difficulty getting the plumber back, Wendy spoke to customer services and assured me it would be Tuesday 18/7/17 in the AM and that she would liaise with Tom and have him ring us. At 15:45 Monday 17/7/17 we visited the store to speak to Tom, he wasn't available as he hadn't finished his appointments, queue Jack the 'operations manager'; Jack stated he would have to contact Tom, upon questioning if he could ascertain if the Bath would be coming tomorrow as per Wendy he stipulated that, and I quote.. "he didn't have the authority to check the system and would need to speak to Tom". I found this odd, an 'operations manager' without the authority to speak to his own customer service or supplier? Come on! After waiting fifteen minutes in store, Jack couldn't contact Tom so Jack took our details to call us once Tom arrived back at the store, Tom was due back at 16:30. Guess what, no call, this is beginning to become a regular thing with Wickes Chorley so at 17:51 I call the store and ask for Tom, he still isn't back, so I ask for Jack.. After waiting ten minutes Sam eventually manages to get Jack to answer his extension, Jack stated that the Bath would be delivered Thursday, no word of why they couldn't get the replacement to me Tuesday as stated by Wendy and customer service or any word of an apology, just the contact number for customer services, clearly Jack was as interested as he was instore. I do ask myself what Wickes Chorley have actually done to ensure the expediency of a replacement bath. The showroom didn't have a member of staff available with Tom out on sales calls and Wendy finishing half day and with John presumably on a day off. How on earth do you run a showroom like this? I asked Jack the question and received a rather nonchalant response of "we don't have the budget for it, today is only Monday and it’s not Peak”, my response was its peak anytime there’s a customer waiting for a response, Jack said he didn’t wish to discuss Wickes operational systems and policies and seemed disinterested by his demeanour and body language, I pointed this out at the time. I can only conclude that the premium Wickes charge is to cover the staff commission and once the sales done, so are the staff. The whole experience of dealing with Wickes after the initial sale has been horrendous, I've shopped with Wickes for years and also Travis Perkins but moving forward this will not be the case due to the lack of honesty, disinterest and ultimately the extra costs I’m incurring from Tradesmen for having to come backwards and forwards on Wickes timescale. I now wish I’d ordered from Victoria Plumb who offer next day delivery, it just goes to show that loyalty is never rewarded.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Bath, curved glass shower screen and bath legs were on special offer at our local store, all stacked together and shower screen and legs boxed, so my son bought them as he is moving into a starter home. Delivery charge of £30 extra. Delivery date and time agreed but despite my son taking time off work they didn't turn up. It turned out Wickes cancelled the delivery but forgot to tell my son! Arranged another delivery date and they did turn up. One day later my son, after unpacking the legs, discovered that they were for a shower. Nothing on the box to signify that the legs did not go with the bath. Now the tricky bit. Went back to the store and after some discussions with store staff eventually talked to the manager. He gave a refund for the legs but not for the other two items. What!!!! Of what use would a bath be without the support legs? He scoured other stores but could not find any and they could not find the items on their stock list either. I stated quite forcefully that we would not leave the store without a full refund. After a while, by luck or by a phone call from the store, the operations manager came down and we were initially asked to deliver the bath and screen before we had the refund. What!!! After more discussion my son received a full refund for the bath and screen. This took up more than 2 hours of our time. Extremely disappointed.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“ATROCIOUS! Where to start? Order placed or delivery from Maidstone store, now waiting over three weeks since original order was placed. What's the point in providing an option of a delivery date when the store can't even print the delivery note to provide it to the drivers meaning the delivery is delayed again for the 4th time...the store's attitude stinks; it's along the lines of 'there's nothing I can do' Store staff lying about delivery date despite going to the store in person to confirm dates and times. I'm surprised the staff can manage to get themselves to work everyday given the state of the shop floor - items in the wrong places, no clue about how many items they have in stock. Large advert outside the store mentioning one hour delivery time - I am sure they must be referring to the delivery slot rather than the option to choose as I am waiting well over four days since the original date. An absolutely shocking system - couldn't organise the proverbial!”

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Posted 7 years ago

Wickes is rated 1.5 based on 1,720 reviews