Name: Very
Rating: 1.71

“Placed an order for jeans wrong ones turned up!! But the wrongs one had been worn dog hair on them and screwed up.”

Posted 10 years ago

“Terrible service. Still awaiting my camera. No one can tell me where it is and when i will get it. I am going on holiday soon and Very's service has 100% let me down!”

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Posted 10 years ago

“Ordered two chest of drawers back in May 2015 and the delivery date has changed week by week since then and the estimated delivery date is now 6/9/15 !!! But I know that will change also. Have emailed them so many times and I just get a very unhelpful reply saying that they don't know when they will be back in stock !! When they changed the delivery date back at end of June I gave my daughter our existing chest of drawers so all the contents are now on the bed in the spare room. Having read all the reviews on here about Very I am now going to cancel and close the account. The worst Company I have ever had the misfortune of dealing with, a joke.”

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Posted 10 years ago

“This company is one of the worsts I’ve had the misfortune of using. I foolishly ignored their bad reputation to claim a good cashback deal on a Lenovo tablet. Very then proceeded to send me the wrong colour tablet (Yellow instead of black). I have no idea how they managed to do this as the item order clearly states black and the tablet box clearly shows a yellow tablet and is branded as such. Getting through to their customer services was a nightmare as their phone system kept dropping my calls regardless of where I was phoning from (house phone, mobile phone, work phone were all dropped repeatedly). I even managed to get through to them on a few occasions only for their phone system to suddenly go dead midway through the conversation. When I finally got through to someone for long enough to explain the issue it sounded like the person I was talking to was located at home as there was noise that sounded like children watching television in the background that almost masked the person I was speaking to. Ironically this isn’t what has annoyed me most about Very. It’s their handling of the replacement item and refusing to admit the mistake that they made. They insisted that my order had to be classified as a return and not a replacement even though THEY had sent me the wrong item. Normally this wouldn’t be that bad but I had £37 (about a third of the item price) of cashback on hold for this item that I couldn’t re apply for since the cashback offer had expired. The customer sales representative could not have cared less about this and made it plainly clear that this was the case even though they were totally responsible for me receiving the wrong item. She was insistent that the item had to be sent back marked as a return and they’d give me the money to re-order the item again from them again. I honestly don’t understand why she was pushing for this so much or why she thought I would bother to order from them after they’d messed up and had basically been very rude on the phone. The moral of the story is, don’t order from very. They don’t have a good reputation for a reason.”

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Posted 10 years ago

“I had a terrible time with Very. I ordered a sofa 3 weeks ago discounted at £250 from £479 to be delivered on 25th July (today) I had booked the day off work today and tomorrow for delivery and set up. Yesterday I recieved a text to say my item would be dispatched and to arrange delivery by calling. When I called them they they said that the item is out of stock and no longer available. I complained and they used patronising language on the phone to me like 'darling' when I started to complain about the fact that this had wasted alot of time taking two days off work and already got rid of my other storage units in preparation. They then said they would be able to order again but would not be able to let me know the new date. I complained again saying that I would need to know the delivery date as I work- they said this is not possible. Then later rang to give me 3rd August as a date. This morning I checked my order status and it said not available, so I rang very and the customer service person said that this item is not available for order and why don't I order something else. This is extremely annoying, as I asked them if I order something else could they guarantee delivery and they said no. I asked to make a complaint and she said she would log it and send to head office and when I asked about when I can expect to hear back she said that this is not the policy and no one will get back to me. This company is incredibly incompetent I will not order from them again- their complaints procedure appears to be non existent?! Does anyone have the name of the CEO? I would like to tweet them with my complaint. Very = rubbish”

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Posted 10 years ago

“Worst customer service ever. Ordered a laz-y-boy sofa and chair on 3rd & 4th June 2015. Was supposed to be delivered by 15th & 16th July 2105, so took 2 days off work to receive them. Items never turned up despite Very confirming on the phone that the items were with the courier for delivery. Apparently the courier Arrow XL claimed my order was incomplete and returned the items to Very, who then cancelled my order. The sofa has now gone up in price (by over £1,000 and is now out of stock & the chair price has increased by over £400). Customer services are useless and hung up on me when i started to complain. I requested callbacks from managers but never received any and had to resort to tweeting their Deputy CEO on Twitter to complain. So i have no furniture, have wasted 2 days holiday and have made numerous calls to their expensive 0844 number and got nowhere. Complete waste of time. Will not use Very, or any of the other associated Shop Direct brands again.”

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Posted 10 years ago

“I ordered minion items it after two weeks waiting I still havent received it and it says in my account it has been signed and delivered by who?? This company is scammer??”

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Posted 10 years ago

“Ordered a pair of trainers. Had to setup an account and go through a credit check, thought it was worth it to get a good deal on the trainers (big mistake). Very.co.uk emailed me saying they would take 2 weeks to arrive. I was disappointing by the long wait. 10 days later I log on to my account to see if there has been any progress. The account said the delay was now over 3 months. Now i am frustrated. I check the normal website and the trainers are still advertised as being delivered in 2 weeks. I call the call center, I was told that they were delayed by 2 months and that the sales website was wrong. I asked to cancel. The lady told me that I couldn't cancel. I asked to speak to a manager. I was put on hold for 10 minutes and then cut off. Called again, spoke to a more helpful guy but he couldn't resolve. I then got put on hold for 20 mins (no resolution). My advice would be to avoid this retailer for a more reputable one.”

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Posted 10 years ago

“A very unorganised company. I was delivered my sons kids divan bed with nails sticking out and obvo requested to return. I have waiting in 5 times for nobody to turn up and every time you call to find out whats happend its excuse after excuse. Once this has gone back i will never shop woth them again.”

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Posted 10 years ago

“I am disgusted! Shocking customer service, to be honest I don't think they understand the concept of good customer service or what good customer service consists of! Staff were useless, no one knew what was going on and kept giving me lies! No one there accepted any responsibility or ownership of their errors! I ordered a bed frame, wardrobe and bedside table, all on the same order. The bed and bedside table arrived but no wardrobe, despite receiving messages that they would be arriving on the 02.07.15 between 11:00-14:00 that day! No one knew why this was the case and made little or no effort to chase this up for me! I have chased this wardrobe for a week now with no success yet! Even the manager I finally spoke to had no idea what was going on-truly appalling! I'm more offended by the fact they e-mailed me with £10off my next order, as if they think I'd ever order of their website ever again! If I could could give a no star, I would. I advise you to not order off them ever. Worst customer service experience ever!!!!”

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Posted 10 years ago

“I have had poor communication from staff at very- I ordered a travel system which included a free car seat for that specific travel system, the oram came the car seat didn't. After phone calls and emails made by myself I just got a lot of mixed and misunderstood unapologetic messages from very customer service and they made me out to be a lier!!! It clearly stated on there website "free car seat with any cosatto 3-in1 giggle" then they told me I will get a car seat but it won't match the pram? Then they told me the car seat will be added to my balance, then when it arrives I need to phone to have the car seat taken off my balance, but upon checking my account it says the car seat was declined, so I'm not happy there not as good as there sister company little woods there customer services is awful-Very poor und untrustworthy and they don't follow through with what they tell you when they make the mistake very untrustworthy!!!!!!!!”

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Posted 10 years ago

“extremely poor customer service. I had brought brand new garden furniture. In one day the umbrella shattered the glass from a little bit of wind and Very called it accidental damage and they would not do anything about it. even though the product is and health and safety risk as the umbrella should not shatter toughened glass. If we were sitting at the table the glass would have gone straight through us.”

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Posted 10 years ago

“extremely poor customer service. I had brought brand new garden furniture. In one day the umbrella shattered the glass from a little bit of wind and Very called it accidental damage and they would not do anything about it. even though the product is and health and safety risk as the umbrella should not shatter toughened glass. If we were sitting at the table the glass would have gone straight through us.”

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Posted 10 years ago

“Appalling - DO NOT USE. Ordered a TV unit and sideboard. Called up on the day of delivery to see what time it would be due. Was told it had been cancelled as sideboard hadn't been sent to warehouse. No one told me! she didn't know why and kept telling me to just reorder. I can't be refunded because they need the item returned before issuing a credit. Nothing will be returned as they never sent it in the first place! Call center absolutely shocking and they can't grasp that nothing is being returned. They wont refund me. Tried emailing and writing but no joy as yet. She advised they are just a contracted call center so they can't help. no managers will speak to you and when I asked what I need to do she told me "I don't know i'm just a call centre". All issues must be put in writing! There should be a zero star option!”

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Posted 10 years ago

“Distugusting I ordered a jacket however it was big therefore returned it for a smaller size, however I couldn’t exchange it I had to wait 14 days until I get my money back and order it again in small size so I used live chat with very and there uselesssssssssss they don’t help you what so ever. disgusting customer service and never again am I ordering from this sh** hole.”

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Posted 10 years ago

“If I could give this company zero stars I would. I am not a person to complain but this company are by far am absolute joke. Please anybody who has not shopped with them do not waste your time. They have no loyalty to customers and will add charges onto your account which are impossible to remove. Stay clear!”

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Posted 10 years ago

“Absolutely appalling customer service!! 1 day EARLY paying so didn't show on statement, instead of just adjusting payment, now have a late fee that can't possibly be taken off my account, offered refund of 'over payment' but will take 2 weeks and will be issued in a cheque and still expect an additional payment in the mean time!!! Asked to speak to a manager, put on hold for and hour and 20 mins then cut off!! Completely incompetent staff with no idea of good customer service....avoid avoid avoid!!!”

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Posted 10 years ago

“Absolutely appalling customer service!! 1 day EARLY paying so didn't show on statement, instead of just adjusting payment, now have a late fee that can't possibly be taken off my account, offered refund of 'over payment' but will take 2 weeks and will be issued in a cheque and still expect an additional payment in the mean time!!! Asked to speak to a manager, put on hold for and hour and 20 mins then cut off!! Completely incompetent staff with no idea of good customer service....avoid avoid avoid!!!”

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Posted 10 years ago

“The whole company is a joke. The customer service is a disgrace. You cant trust the delivery to arrive and they will blame you if it goes missing. I received abuse and accusations because a neighbour kept a parcel for six weeks, I didn't know it had arrived. They refunded the amounts but then called me accusing me, added the funds back and made out I was some sort of criminal. I have spent £10k with them ha! Completely stupid. I closed the account.”

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