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SCS Reviews

1.5 Rating 1,878 Reviews
10 %
of reviewers recommend SCS
1.5
Based on 1,878 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Own Driver, Courier
Average Delivery Time
Over A Month
On-time Delivery
Greater than 34%
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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Phone:

0800 731 0048

Email:

scsonline@scs.co.uk

Location:

45 49 Villiers Street
Sunderland
SR1 1HA

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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
I can't give SCS a rating 1 out of 5 except - 10. Most unreliable company I've ever purchased from never again. Delivery dates booked an no items delivered. Twice. No call to say items not in warehouse. Just don't turn up. This company doesn't give a monkeys about the people spending money in there stores. A JOKE.
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Posted 7 years ago
If I could give minus I would have please do not buy from these the quality is awful I could have made my sofa in my garden better quality I should have listened and gone dfs awful awful awful
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Posted 7 years ago
Paid for the carpets and fitting service to keep the cost down. Booked them to take the measurements. However, end up with paying nearly the double of the carpet cost, due to incorrect measurements. I have some spare carpet left, which is good enough re carpet my 2 bedroom. This is absolutely wasting of money. I’m still waiting for them to finish my stairs. This also, I can see there are two much carpets they already delivered to my house. I paid cash for my carpets and new sofa in ScS, but money I paid for the carpets looks double the actual cost due to wastage. I advise please get few quotes before you decide, ScS is not the only place do carpets.
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Posted 7 years ago
Poor quality cheap made. You'll be stuck with a useless product that'll last month's. Rubbish so far do not buy
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Posted 7 years ago
Order was late and still waiting on items . Incorrect information given at time of order . 4 different dates for an item and still waiting . Will not shop there again
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Posted 7 years ago
Warranty not being accepted by SCS as given at the time of purchase of 10 years. The Lazyboy corner unit purchased December 2012(£3400) and after 3 years Lazyboy came out to add extra padding on part of the seating area. But again the same part that has now gone again. I paid(£60) for one of the technicians to come and see for themselves, but he said it was fair, wear and tear and would not do anything about it unless I paid more money to get it corrected. So I think the warranty that is given is absolutely rubbish and I will make sure that I will not purchase anymore furniture from SCS as being this had been my 3rd purchase and I will make sure that any of my friends do not buy from SCS
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Posted 7 years ago
Badly fitted carpet and delivered sofa ripped. Still not soreted and happened coming up to three weeks ago!
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Posted 7 years ago
Everything!
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Posted 7 years ago
Absolute disgrace and so unprofessional! I ordered my sofa a YEAR ago ! Once it arrived we noticed tape marks on the suede where it had been wrapped up incorrectly, we had to then have a day off work for an engineer to tell us it couldn't be fixed so we had to wait another 6 weeks for a new sofa. We had a 4 seater and a Swivel chair. The new sofa arrived and the Swivel chair was a different shade of grey to the rest. Over months of going back and forth trying to sort this they eventually said they could work out the batch and replace this. They said they'd send the material out but that never turned up and then they sent a square cushion when we needed a circular! We then had to speak to SCS birstall where we orgianlly ordered the sofa from to try sort this out. After many phone calls speaking to a manager they just kept saying we'll get someone to call you back and never did ! When I spoke to one manager he said i'll never have to speak to anyone again he'll sort this, 10 days later he moved to another branch and I had to start from the beginning and speak to someone else! I then spoke to Richard at Birstall who was so unhelpful ! This has taken a year and they eventually decided to give me a new sofa only becuase i then had to email head office! It was wrong so they should fix it, no way this should have taken so long ! If you call someone numerous times and they say we'll call you back, i expect that ! so rude and unprofessional ! The receptionist even lied to me saying we've called you today and I had to show my phone log to prove that no one had called. Do not trust them at all ! There quick to sell you the sofa but if theres anything wrong with it you've got a battle on your hands! I will never ever walk into an SCS store ever again, its the worst company ! They really need to learn some customer service skills ! if there managers are so unhelpful then theres no hope for any of the staff ! AVOID !!!!!
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Posted 7 years ago
We ordered a carpet 2 months ago and STILL not fitted. Phone calls not answered . 3 different managers in that time . Carpet hadn't even been ordered until this week! Now had a call saying fitter has a bad knee and can't come - no alternative suggested! Very unhelpful,unprofessional ,and an upsetting experience all round. £1000 carpet and the order was just forgotten! They charge extra to help move furniture and won't remove old carpet. later found Dovetail do for free. Avoid scs at all costs .
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Posted 7 years ago
Lovely carpet and great customer service at Scs in Cardiff. However, two gentleman who came to fit the carpet left a very inappropriate surprise in our toilet. Feces were left in and around the toilet and they used flannels and towels to clean themselves which were found in our been. Not happy at all.
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Posted 7 years ago
If we could give a minus review we would have. After 5 months of sheer INCOMPETENCY, we cancelled our order, the manager is quick to sell then ignores you. Back in December we ordered a 3 and 2 sofa, paid our deposit.. We were given an initial 12 week lead time.. Nearer the date we called for an update, the delivery dates had been pushed back... After 3 additional changes to the dates we then discovered they had ordered the wrong sofas, they also had our details incorrect on their system. I spent 6 hours on the phone to their head office being bounced around different department answer machines... Eventually the regional manager got on the phone, promised the world apologised, then he himself messed up our details and told us there would be further delays. This went on for weeks, we then escalated the complaint to a senior manager who in turn ended up being equally incompetent. ScS sells sofas and carpets, yet they can't do a simple task such as order and deliver a sofa. If you have got this far, we ended up cancelling the order and getting a refund. There is light at the end of the tunnel, we happened by chance to bump into Sofa Club who had a pop up location in Redhill mall, we spoke to James the sales manager, told him our story. We went to their store in Crawley mall, within 7 days we had a new 3 and 2 sofa, which has turned out to be far more comfortable that the Scs one... Even better it was a third of the price. My vote goes to James at Sofa Club Crawley. Up yours Scs!
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Posted 7 years ago
This company is an absolute disgrace. Found defects with my lazy boy sofas which because I reported it less than a week before the 1 year warranty ran out they were totally in interested in helping as was lazy boy. Even though you can see the defect had not just happens and was like this for some time which I was monitoring to see if this improved which it didn’t. Had previously Bought a DFS sofa and they even come out a year after the warranty had finished at no additional cost. There call centre is extremely rude and closes before there advertised time when trying previously to claim. Refused to escalate my issues to a manager. There salesman in there showroom advise you with lazy boy you are covered on everything for years but I would suggest checking the small print as we have now been miss sold insurance. approach this company with caution
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Posted 7 years ago
Ordered vinyl and carpet...2 weeks later had a phone call "vinyl out of stock"... chose another and in anticipation of fitting day removed all old flooring, cleared rooms of furniture etc. Fitter turns up, vinyl doesn't fit! Despite having one of their guys come round to measure up! SCS ordered vinyl with new measurements and it took another week to have that fitted, had to take another day off work! 3 weeks in total! Not good enough and customer service do not care! Used SCS in the past but never again in the future!
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Posted 7 years ago
Avoid at all costs!! they dont even deserve 1 star, we ordered a sofa in January from the hull branch and its still not arrived! The store manager doesn't seem to care about customers or can 't be bothered to return your calls. We have been told different excuses each time we ring up, even the staff have told us not to hold your breath about the manager contacting you back. They need a better manager, better staff training and better customer service. Save up the extra money and go to a better company.
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Posted 7 years ago
This company needs to be reported to BBC Watchdog asap. Ordered 2 sofas and received a call from Coventry last Wednesday stating delivered would Be on Friday. Got a call today stating the sofas haven’t arrived as yet!!! pathetic... this company just be the worst... it’s my first and last time I ever shop here and I must stress to all others to stay away from SCS.. I will be taking this further through solicitors but once again BBC watchdog must be informed can’t wait to see SCS on there
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Posted 7 years ago
Purchased a carpet from SCS a month ago. Luckily had the shop sample and when the carpet arrived I was able to check and it was sub standard and no where near the sample quality. Complained to the store and HQ twice. had one call from a so called acting manager who says I have to prove it's not the correct standard. a bit rich when I have paid up front and in full. Two of SCS employees advise that it is sub standard. Never used these guys before and never again. Court proceedings next as this company needs to be exposed. So much for good old Yorkshire Victorian values. Non existent
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Posted 7 years ago
Ordered sofa in January. Given a delivery date that got delayed 3 times. Finally delivered after 16 weeks. This was a corner settee, and it was sent with the wrong end. Workmanship and quality of finish, generally shoddy:- gaps at back of settee and different pieces are different heights. Was asked by store to look for codes underneath faulty furniture that was left here, and to take photos of faults - I said that was not going to happen as it was impossible for me to lift the unit - so eventually someone was sent out from the store to do what was needed. I've been told it will be another 10 weeks until the replacement will be ready for delivery (that will be 6months!) So I'm hoping that it will be here by Christmas! I do NOT recommend SCS at all.
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Posted 7 years ago
17 weeks to deliver ,waited in all day for delivery. Scunthorpe store ignorant and decietful about delivery times Next time i will go to a good store DFS OR SOFA lOGIC,
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Posted 7 years ago
Absolutely atrocious customer service, once they have your money that`s it you will never get to speak to anyone again...
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Posted 7 years ago
SCS is rated 1.5 based on 1,878 reviews