WARNING! Customer service on returns poor.
Here was the series of events
Purchased sofa bed online, delivered all fine, but the sofa was just slightly too big for the gap it needed to go in, so we had to send it back.
Up until now, everything about Terrys Fabrics is great.
Then, the problems commence.
So we filed for a return online on 19th July, bearing in mind that Terrys Fabrics marketing, and arguably a unique selling point of the company is their 'Quibble free returns, no quibbles, no hassles'. We were totally fooled by this, I'm still not sure what exactly that means, because we were awash with problems, and they charge £52 per collection...
We then received an email from Terrys that asked us which delivery dates would be suitable for us to have the parcel collected. We decided on a Thursday and Tuesday. That was on Monday.
Then, nothing. No contact. We then received an email on Thursday, the same Thursday that the item was 'supposed' to be collected! The email said that the item will be collected today, by that time we were already at work!
So we phoned up Terrys Fabrics, wasted a several hours trying to resolve the problem, but the lady on the end of the phone was aggressive, and at one point, completely shocked me when she proceeded to talk over me and put the fault on me!
So round #2, this time Tuesday, again we had the usual lack of email confirmations, this time i waited around for a few hours in the morning, just to see if we would get our same-day morning confirmation! Still nothing, so I decided that Tuesday's delivery wasn't going to happen, so I went to work.
We then phoned them at lunch, and they confirmed that it's being picked up today! Brilliant! No one is in, so the lady (a different lady from the first, this time much nicer) said they will see what they can do. I thought we might catch a break and get this sorted. Terry's didn't actually liaise with the delivery company XDP (who, by the way, claim to have sent us countless emails, of which we have received zero), they instead looked at the tracking information, and said its being picked up today. I then proceed to explain how we've received no emails from XDP (which she refuses to accept), and that I need to book time off at work otherwise I am throwing money out the window. By this point, the nice lady had turned rather sour, and began to start putting the blame back on my doorstep, and rather than £52 delivery charge I will now be charged £104 for a delivery. A totally unacceptable and frustrating experience.
So my advice? Avoid Terrys Fabrics, use Amazon. Life is too short. read more