Sofas...are dfs any good?

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Hai guys,

I need to buy a large sofa.

Now unfortunately, I don't have the funds to pay outright for one, but financing it I have no problems with (can pay off large chunks each month to) but anyway, the only real place I know of that do nice looking sofas is DFS.

Are their sofas any good? or should I look elsewhere? I'm after a 3 seater leather one and maybe a matching 2 seater as well.

Any suggestions to buy from are welcome :)

Cheers,
Jake
 
No they aren't good. they are cheap though and you would have to be very unlucky to not be in a 'heavily discounted' period of the year.
 
No they aren't good. they are cheap though and you would have to be very unlucky to not be in a 'heavily discounted' period of the year.

[FnG]magnolia;18614903 said:
The quality is in line with the price. I'd only ever buy from there if I was going to put it in a house I was renting out.

Right'o. In that case, where do I look? :)
 
you are going to be limited by budget tbh. leather sofas can be cheap or bloody expensive.
 
for your first home, dfs could be perfect tbh. cheap and will look ok.
cheap being the main thing!
 
Why the wink?

You are talking to someone who is buying furniture for his first own home...so I apologise if I am being ignorant.

because i forgot to hold shift.

My Parents went to Reids for there recent sofa and got an ex display model for half price was suppose to be £2400 and got it for £1200 and that includes a 3 seater, 2 seater, chair and footstool.
 
for your first home, dfs could be perfect tbh. cheap and will look ok.
cheap being the main thing!

Hehe. Well its not rented but bought, so will be there a while and I want it to last, so I'd rather buy once kinda thing :)
 
because i forgot to hold shift.

My Parents went to Reids for there recent sofa and got an ex display model for half price was suppose to be £2400 and got it for £1200 and that includes a 3 seater, 2 seater, chair and footstool.

Ah kay, cool :)

Really? Nice...looking on their website now, some nice stuff on there. Shall have to checkout a local showroom. (Just seen they are at the other side of the country...dammit!)
 
Hehe. Well its not rented but bought, so will be there a while and I want it to last, so I'd rather buy once kinda thing :)

I can understand that, but having another monthly bill for a long time can be a pain in the ass, hence mentioning the cheap side (dont they do 0% finance or something?!).
 
Cheap junk for desperate people - avoid.

If you cant afford to buy a sofa is trying to finance a leather one really a good idea? Just find a less exotic sofa that you can afford? :confused:
 
[TW]Fox;18614978 said:
Cheap junk for desperate people - avoid.

If you cant afford to buy a sofa is trying to finance a leather one really a good idea? Just find a less exotic sofa that you can afford? :confused:


Ah the voice of experience. How many new home owners can go out and buy a sofa outright that would last for a few years?
 
I think my point was pretty reasonable - I'm sure you can buy a decent sofa that wont fall apart but costs less than a leather one!
 
[TW]Fox;18615002 said:
I think my point was pretty reasonable - I'm sure you can buy a decent sofa that wont fall apart but costs less than a leather one!

Of course you can, but you are still looking at a significant outlay for a half decent new sofa. Something that a lot of new home owners cannot afford to do.
 
DFS aren't that bad. Some sofas are cheap crap, others are ok.
Some alternatives are:
CSL
SCS
Harveys
 
Of course you can, but you are still looking at a significant outlay for a half decent new sofa. Something that a lot of new home owners cannot afford to do.

Phate is not a new home owner, he is moving into a house bought by somebody else, at least thats what he said last time :)

I'm not sure why you are arguing with me - all I'm suggesting is that perhaps a leather sofa isn't the best idea, especially if you have to buy it from somebody like DFS, where they rack the price up high to fund the fact it's 'interest free'.

If he was a new home owner a leather sofa would make even less sense, not more :p
 
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