“The customer service of DFS is extremely bad.
Placed an order for sofas on 29.02.2020 at Romford showroom and beginning of a journey of bad experience. At the time of placing the order I have informed that the entrance of the house is narrow. But the sales person Mohammad confirmed to process the order.
As we were little worried we had to visit the showroom again to be reconfirmed that the delivery will not be an issue. The store Manager advised there will be no issue with delivery and explained that the sofas can be can be takes as pieces and be fitted inside the house.
We can understand the production and delivery was hampered by Covid-19 situation. During this time no phone was answered to give us an expected delivery time. Had to email couple of times, no one bothers to response, though automated email suggested response time within 48 working hours.
On 15.07.2020 DFS made an attempt to deliver the materials but failed, the furniture can not be taken through main entrance or through neighbor's side entrance. I had to visit the store as no phone call was transferred to Romford showroom; we were assured that the furniture will certainly be delivered within a few days. Furniture will be dismantlement at depot and then a fitter will fit them at home.
Another failed attempt today. The delivery man told the entrance is not wide enough to deliver the materials. Was requesting him to use side entrance of our neighbor, but he denied to do so. In addition to that he has advised us to collect a written confirmation from the neighbor that they are allowing us to do so and then send to him, though no contact details was given.
I have tried a number of times, but no call was respondent.
Could anyone suggest what to do?”
“Great styles online, but I couldn't find any to view before I ordered. I was persistent with enquiries, and then got a call from Sales Central, with a guy essentially saying I must be mad to want to view particular styles: 'We've got loads of sofas in stores ...' or I could order my style choice sight-unseen! Sorry. -- Not the way I spend my money OR take chances on what I live with.”
“MBZKAOUET
Hands down the worst customer service I have ever dealt with. 12-16 week lead times for anything they stock and no staff member is able to tell you where your order is.”
“I haven't even visited a showroom and there's already slippage. I've tried to find out whether I can see in a showroom a style I've seen online, and by and large THEY JUST DON'T KNOW, adding 'But we've got loads of sofas and they're selling fast' (head office sales team who rang me up with that comment but NO assistance). What person purchasing a major piece of furniture, with an eye for how it will fit into existing decor will just breeze into a showroom and buy whatever is there OR buy online, sight unseen? Not me.”
“I wished I had read the BBC ‘Your Money Their Tricks’ before I bought my sofa
I ordered my sofa from you in February and paid for it on 10th March 2020. I have now emails you about 4 times and had 6 telephone conversations.
I managed to find your complaints email and someone did phone back from this recently.
Chronology of information:-
First phone call on 28th May I was informed that my sofa was being shipped and it was half way here so I should receive my sofa at the end of June 2020.
I phoned again on 18th June and was informed it was definitely in one of your warehouses and should be with me either the end of June or beginning of July. This sounded consistent.
I therefore phoned again on 23rd June and I was informed I should be getting my sofa on 22nd July and it was still being shipped - issues due to Covid19.
I therefore found the complaints email and someone rang me back on 2nd July and took details of my complaint and said they would get back to me.
They phoned again today to say that the sofa was still in transit and is being shipped so they are hoping it will be in the distribution centre by 22nd July but they could not give me a definite date and all of this is due to Covid19.
So they are more than able to blame all of the issues onto COVID and I dare say they will still be doing this, this time next year when I still don’t have a sofa! And they are fully aware there is very little I can do about this.
I have read the latest reviews on Trust Pilot most of which are saying the same thing as me.
This company does not have an effective complaints system nor an independent one. I have now emailed Citizens Advice who can either send my complaint to Trading Standards etc.”
“I bought a 3 and 2 seater Jenson leather suite just over 2 years ago. I noticed last month that the sides of the centre cushion had split in several places. The sides were made of vinyl and not leather. When the upholsterer came he said I would have to pay as the 2 year guarantee had expired. I understand that but did not think that after just 2 years with just me using it that it should have happened. My 2 seater one which is also a recliner does not have vinyl but all leather. I honestly thought good customer service would have been to repair free of charge. I think anyone would expect a leather sofa to be in excellent condition after 2 years. If you are buying sofas check if there is vinyl.”
“Nice salesman then a catalogue of delays and very rude customer service staff. The tracking facility is a waste of time has been saying waiting signed finance documents for last 8 weeks!! Being shouted at by Katie in head office with one excuse after another for the delay and when I challenged her attitude the fact that she is not allowing me to speak she threatened to terminate the call! Bunch of cowboys !”
“It is a shame you can't give a 0-star review!
I don't think I have ever written a bad review for a company before but the experience with DFS is one I will never forget.
We ordered our sofa 5 months ago, 4 weeks before we were due to move into our first home. Penny the saleswoman in Peterborough DFS was very positive and keen to get a sale. She told us that our sofa would be delivered in approximately 5 weeks, which sounded great! We got it ordered, specifically asked for finance and had a great discussion about whos name the finance would be in etc.. We were so pleased with how simple the process was.
5 weeks passed and there was no sign of a sofa arriving, we contacted the customer service team who repeatedly said 'we did not create coronavirus'... but reassured me that my furniture would be with me in 4 weeks, as I asked to cancel and order with another furniture company who would deliver within 4 weeks.. this happened multiple times. At one point they told us that because our sofa was in Poland it'd take a lot longer to deliver than the UK based manufacturers. For a company that prides themselves on making UK based furniture, this surprised me. After just over 4 months of waiting we had a call to arrange a delivery slot!! This, however, was not as good of news as we had thought, as they told us we needed to pay the ENTIRE balance before delivery.. As I previously mentioned, we'd asked for finance. We were told there was no mention of finance on our file and that we must pay our balance BY THE NEXT DAY, or lose the furniture and full 20% deposit. We were absolutely livid, after buying a new build and me being on a nurse wage, we had planned out our finance payments and were not prepared to fork out a grand at a days notice. After repeatedly talking to the useless customer service team, they did nothing to help us. This was an issue caused by DFS, but they had no interest in resolving it. We ended up having to pay the sofa off in full prior to delivery.
All in all, it has been a very stressful journey with DFS and they have made mistakes, not sorted their mistakes and lied to us. I would never buy with them again and it has been more stressful than actually buying our house!”
“DFS have the worst customer service I have EVER experienced - this is going on over 10 weeks with constant calls, emails, calling the store and customer service without any real response - unless you want to be shouted at over the phone and be refused any help/advise for a sofa DFS got wrong - fee free to shop here. Never again”
“Bought suppose to be leather settees paid £3.500 been complaining about them within a year of having them. Being fobbed off, then 3 years down the line the white so called leather started peeling all over contacted the insurance that I took out with them only to be told I'm not covered it's down to DFS contacted DFS who ignored my letters got a reply finally stating I'm only covered for frame work but warranty for the leather is only covered for 2 years which is ridiculous. I got in touch with trading standards who advised me what to do DFS was still robbing me off so I went to the furniture ombudsman who got the ball rolling finally DFS sent out someone to look at the settes he seemed shock said hes never seen it before he said he would recover the leather. But as soon as he got back to the office showed the photos he took they now want to put some kind of paint on my settees to peel the top layer of my leather I'm not happy with their decision as it's just making the problem an I paid slot of money for them I feel like dropping off the settes to the store and tell the costumers not to buy anything from them they are quick to take your money but dont want to help when you've got a problem I will never buy from them again I'd rather sit on cardboard then give them my money”
“Working for DFS, in my experience I find working for them in Belfast store is very poor, the store manager for DFS, not sofa workshop, not Dwell, not sofology, DFS store manager, I found my experience while working there very difficult, if he doesn't like you he will be very transparent and you will find yourself in a very difficult situation where he will use his bullying tactics to push you out and he will make you feel very uncomfortable in your everyday working environment, I personally found myself in a situation where he decided one day to had chiller talk, meaning out of sight of others and he personally threatened me, very hard to believe that in this day and age that still goes on in the workplace.”
“Ordered a wardrobe and 5 drawer narrow 48cm chest from web in June 2020. Delivered correct wardrobe in October but chest was twice the width as stated on description so sent back to depot on same day. Told that the correct chest was being reordered and that should be delivered by Xmas. Then told company in Germany had sent wrong item again. Eventually told that details were wrong on web and the chest was not available. To resolve situation I agreed to two 3drawer chests instead! Currently I am still waiting for delivery. DFS apparently are meant to be calling me today. Just told that they no longer deal with supplier so will not be fulfilling order so I have told them I want a full refund and they can the wardrobe away.”
“Before buying your leather sofa from dfs make sure it's all leather we paid a small fortune. To my amazement it's only 30% leather 1 year later all the cheap pvc is cracking when I spoke to dfs they didn't care the 15 years guarantee is a joke never buy from these sharks.”
“Mattress was 3 years old when I told DFS it had spilt at the seam ( see photo ).
No interest in helping to have the problem rectified as they say the warranty was a mere 2 years only !
How long would you expect a domestic mattress to last ?”
“I ordered a wardrobe from dfs and to say this was a shambles is an understatement. They delivered the wrong size wardrobe and wouldn't swap it for me unless I paid £160 even though I had a valid receipt and the goods were not opened and in the original packaging. I went I to store to resolve the issues and was branded a liar by store staff because apparently i had given the wrong sizes. I will never ever use them again. I advise all people who are thinking of shopping there to think again. If i could give them minus stars i would.”
“Shambles.
Only use DFS is you would like the following.
1) Waiting 4 months for the correct items to be delivered to your house (and i'm estimating at 4 months as it hasn't arrived, so could be longer!)
2) MANAGERS of a DFS store not amending your order from a larger seat to a smaller chair, a couple of days after the order was placed, so he can capitalise on his higher commission, hence leading to a massive delay in you getting the correct items.
3) Same manager not returning your calls on at least 7 different occasions. One of which you were told, "he is on a call but knows you are calling in so he will call you as soon as he hangs up. Should be 15 mins tops". I called them back 3 hours later when i heard nothing out of fear that something had happened to him. It had. He went for lunch.
4) No communication or updates regarding your delivery. The original delivery was due to be in my house on the 11th Dec. No show. called in and told it would be the 17th Dec. No show. Called in and told it would be the 22nd Dec. No use, I'm not here over Christmas, as explained when the sofas were purchased, deliver the 4th Jan please.Wrong items delivered. See above regarding greedy commission. Now today after being told the correct items would be delivered this week, i'm told it will be middle of March.
Shambles.”
“DFS STOCKPORT. The worst customer service I've ever experienced. Salesman, Nicky makes his sales and then refuses accountability afterwards. Spoke to numerous managers, complaints managers. Still nothing has been done. Had to sit on a poor quality sofa for over 4 months. Contacting the furniture ombudsman on Monday. Do not buy from this store.”
“Faulty sofa exchanged for a new one then that one was faulty after 2 months. Changed this fo totally different sofa £500 cheaper. Stalling on giving me my money back been waiting 10 days every time I ring the say it's just been raised and it will be another 10 to 14 days. And I'm still waiting. I have just emailed the CEO but I dont hold much hope”
“I bought the globe sofa in May in charcoal, by August it had gone really bobbly. DFS sent someone out and said nothing was wrong and it was just wear and tear. I complained again, they sent another person out who left me a bobble off machine, after 2 months he expects me to waste my time doing this every few months, absolutely disgraceful. They wont do anything else for me after only having the sofa for 6 months. Their customer service department is awful and complaints procedure non existent. I will never buy a sofa from DFS again, under no circumstance by the GLOBE SOFA IN CHARCOAL, it looks about 5 years old after 2 months. Why use such a unpractical material that goes bobbly on something that is used in a home more than most things. Extremely frustrated and let down by DFS. 1 star is being kind.”