Hi,
We are hoping to get some advice. Against everybody's recommendations, six months ago, we decided to go ahead and buy a lovely corner sofa, with footstool and armchair from DFS. The interest free credit offer seemed very good - as was the customer service. We had just got married and this was our first (and only) big, brand new purchase. It was nerve wracking to do, but we were really excited.
When the sofa arrived it looked great, we were really happy. But within a few months we began to notice it looking a bit tired and that the seat cushions seemed to be flattening right down. Now six months on, our sofa looks maybe two years old - the seat cushions are so misshapen they don't properly fit the chair, everyday I have to pull them off and rearrange the whole sofa to try and make it more comfortable. The material on the seat cushions looks worn out and old and slightly discoloured. I can't believe this a six month old sofa! And we have interest free credit for 4 years… I can't even see it lasting that long.
We contacted DFS and finally a service manager came out. The guy was not what we'd expected at all. I was at work, so my wife met him. She ended up calling me to speak to him because they were just going round in circles. He completely and point blank denied there was anything wrong with the sofa. It is not, in his opinion, faulty - that when you sit on it you can feel the wooden bars underneath, and the fabric isn't worn out, it just 'needs a brush'. It was an incredibly frustrating experience, I eventually said to him that he'd clearly been told by DFS that he could not agree that the sofa was faulty. However, in our conversation (which I sincerely wish we'd recorded), here are a few things he did say:
We're so disappointing, and pretty disgusted too with the whole thing. I'm going to ring Barclay's Finance on the weekend and ask their advice as our credit is with them. As far as I'm concerned DFS are more than aware their sofas are not of a good standard and not fit for purpose.
Anyone got any advice on where we can go from here? At this point, we just want to return it as I can't see it lasting the four years.
Thanks,
Kate and Nic
We are hoping to get some advice. Against everybody's recommendations, six months ago, we decided to go ahead and buy a lovely corner sofa, with footstool and armchair from DFS. The interest free credit offer seemed very good - as was the customer service. We had just got married and this was our first (and only) big, brand new purchase. It was nerve wracking to do, but we were really excited.
When the sofa arrived it looked great, we were really happy. But within a few months we began to notice it looking a bit tired and that the seat cushions seemed to be flattening right down. Now six months on, our sofa looks maybe two years old - the seat cushions are so misshapen they don't properly fit the chair, everyday I have to pull them off and rearrange the whole sofa to try and make it more comfortable. The material on the seat cushions looks worn out and old and slightly discoloured. I can't believe this a six month old sofa! And we have interest free credit for 4 years… I can't even see it lasting that long.
We contacted DFS and finally a service manager came out. The guy was not what we'd expected at all. I was at work, so my wife met him. She ended up calling me to speak to him because they were just going round in circles. He completely and point blank denied there was anything wrong with the sofa. It is not, in his opinion, faulty - that when you sit on it you can feel the wooden bars underneath, and the fabric isn't worn out, it just 'needs a brush'. It was an incredibly frustrating experience, I eventually said to him that he'd clearly been told by DFS that he could not agree that the sofa was faulty. However, in our conversation (which I sincerely wish we'd recorded), here are a few things he did say:
- "Your expectations are too high to expect that much from DFS"
- "This sofa is designed to be pretty". When my wife asked 'So not functional, just pretty' - he said nope, it's designed for the way it looks
- "You can feel the wooden bars underneath on ALL sofas"
- "Whether or not the quality isn't great is not my decision, it's not FAULTY. I look at if it's faulty."
We're so disappointing, and pretty disgusted too with the whole thing. I'm going to ring Barclay's Finance on the weekend and ask their advice as our credit is with them. As far as I'm concerned DFS are more than aware their sofas are not of a good standard and not fit for purpose.
Anyone got any advice on where we can go from here? At this point, we just want to return it as I can't see it lasting the four years.
Thanks,
Kate and Nic
