Sofas...are dfs any good?
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As we all should be, you just have to look at the small print these days (i think all places need to provide it) where it tells you how much the item sold for at the non discounted rate and how long for.
You quickly see that a lot of items were over priced purely to have a huge discount thrown on them to make them look more attractive later on.
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Just that when we were looking i spoke with the sales guy and he explained they have two ranges. Since we bought ours 18months ago, in all of the sales ours has only ever dropped by ~£50, whilst ones tht dropped by half are no longer avilable.
Just that when we were looking i spoke with the sales guy and he explained they have two ranges. Since we bought ours 18months ago, in all of the sales ours has only ever dropped by ~£50, whilst ones tht dropped by half are no longer avilable.
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theyre pap! 
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Bought one of our sofas from DFS, and the other from Harveys; not a problem here.
theyre pap!
because the internet told you so or from real experience?
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I have a very nice pair of brown leather sofas, got them from Harvey's - they were on a half price deal so we got them for £1100 for the pair.
Shame I then about 2 months later got a pair of kittens... my boyfriend almost cries on a daily basis at the cat mishaps we've had with our sofas, and all the scratches (a few of them pretty bad). Wish we hadn't got leather now really...
Shame I then about 2 months later got a pair of kittens... my boyfriend almost cries on a daily basis at the cat mishaps we've had with our sofas, and all the scratches (a few of them pretty bad). Wish we hadn't got leather now really...
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What I hated, and the reason I didn't buy from SCS, is that after hassling me the second I walked into the shop, every blooming sofa I then looked at prompted the same salesman to come running up to me trying to pressure me into buying it and telling me what great deals they had on it.
I got so fed up of him that I ended up just putting my complementary beakerful of fresh orange on the floor and walking out, after telling him that it was because of his pressurising that he'd lost the sale!
Went into Harvey's, who seemed to be completely staffed by pensioners
and the man just said, "if you need any help, just let me know" and then left us to it. That's the way to sell to me!To be fair I'm a snob when it comes to, well... everything.
That said, DFS offer reasonable value, they are made to a tight budget but also offer very flexible payment options. I know friends with DFS items that have lasted 3-5 years without too much hassle, a couple have wear on the material but nothing too serious.
For a first home, budget furniture with flexible payments? Go for it, I don't see the issue.
That said, DFS offer reasonable value, they are made to a tight budget but also offer very flexible payment options. I know friends with DFS items that have lasted 3-5 years without too much hassle, a couple have wear on the material but nothing too serious.
For a first home, budget furniture with flexible payments? Go for it, I don't see the issue.
no, because as others on here have said years after owning it, and the person i spoke to in the shop (we bought 18 months ago, and the range was a good year or more old by then) their ranges are still in stock, and never heavily discounted.
Either take the info i've given, or dont, i really dont care - but it is what i was told, and seems to stack up. The ones that have 50% off, are generally not very comfy, similar to each other in design and are their fast turn-over mega-sale ranges...