<![CDATA[Greater London - Wandsworth - Balham - Home and Garden - Furniture Shops - Reviews]]> http://www.welovelocal.com Reviews from welovelocal.com en Dwell's non-existent quality control http://www.welovelocal.com/en/london/wandsworth/balham/furniture-shops/dwell-sw177an.html#r56421 You might have seen this review on other sites - just trying to prevent you from making a mistake by buying from them!

I recently ordered a number of items from the Dwell store in Angel and I am disappointed beyond words Extending Dining Table (102312): List price £395 TV Unit (102318): List price £149 Dining Chairs (6 units of 104107): List price £414 bedside table (2 units of 104368): List Price £158 Walnut Storage Bed (104393): List Price £495 Corner Sofa Unit Oban(104329, 105064, 105068): List price £1275 Total+delivery(£30) = £2916

All except the sofa units and the bedside tables were to be delivered within 4 days and the rest by Nov 20.

So far 3 out of the four items were faulty e.g. Table top was massively scratched, TV unit legs screw threads were faulty and the bed was delivered with wrong brackets and piston for the slatted base. Even the replacement table delivered today was faulty and returned.. Quality control is non-existent at Dwell

After speaking with customer services at least 10 times in the last week (keywords: unresponsiveness, lame answers and total lack of respect for customers) they are sending replacement items one by one at random delivery times.

I asked them what are they going to do about all of is? They initially offered to waive the the £30 delivery charge (the audacity is mindboggling!!). I asked again, what was the reputational damage that would be caused by me sharing my experiences with you all out there worth to them and they came back saying that they would give me a total of £205 off the faulty items (less than 7% of my total order)

We ordered everything to match, so we are stuck with them and have to wait for the sofas now with a huge amount of trepidation. Assembly instructions are atrocious and components were missing from all of the packs.

The customer service reps have no authority to do anything for you – and supervisors wont do anything

Don’t ever consider ordering furniture from this shop that believes that their reputation is worth exactly £205. I will update this post as I hear more from them

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Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:23:43 UTC