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Collingwood Batchellor Your Home Furniture in Surrey

2.94
31 reviews
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Based on 31 user experiences

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Overall customer experience is sharply divided, with many reporting severe dissatisfaction while others praise excellent service. Service quality is a major point of contention, with numerous complaints about unresponsive, dismissive, and poor after-sales support, including ignored contacts and unresolved issues. Delivery problems are frequent, including significant delays, failed deliveries due to incorrect addresses, and drivers refusing to take back damaged goods. The returns and refund policy is heavily criticized for being difficult, with customers reporting unexpected fees like a 25% restocking charge and resistance to honoring guarantees. Product quality is often deemed poor, with items like sofas losing shape, mattresses having overwhelming smells, and furniture arriving damaged or with incorrect dimensions. Positive reviews highlight professional, knowledgeable, and friendly staff in specific branches who provide helpful guidance. Successful deliveries are noted for being punctual, with drivers who are polite, communicative, and careful with handling items. Some customers report satisfactory resolution of issues when they do receive responsive customer service support. Overall satisfaction is low for a significant portion of reviewers who feel misled and abandoned after purchase. However, a loyal customer base exists that values the company for smooth transactions, quality fittings, and reliable service when it functions as expected.

What customers love
  • Effective resolution of issues when customer
Common concerns
  • Poor product quality and durability
  • Difficult returns policy with unexpected charges

Last updated 4 months ago

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Not Happy At All

Bought a sofa which lost its shape become very uncomfortable and was ugly to look at Visited store to be told it s a sofa that needs regular fluffing and effort to reshape the cushions That was not mentioned at the time as I guarantee we would not have bought it if we d known Went to a professional upholsterer who s opinion was that the cushion covers were poorly constructed and that the foam inside was cheap and weak 2-3 weeks ago a technician was sent to examine the sofa He said the covers had stretched and did not fit the foam inside and that he would recommend they are replaced Weeks later with no communication a single replacement cushion cover arrived at our house 100 will not shop here again poor product poor sales advice lack of information that the sofa will need constant attention to keep shape and poor after sales care My parents were about to spend over 3000 on their new sofa not now Fuming within a few weeks
S

Bought a dining table on 3 March and

Bought a dining table on 3 March and paid in full for delivery at the end of April April came and went and I have chased 5 times with no-one getting back to me on 4 occasions On the 5th occasion someone responded out of hours to apologise and said that get back to me the next day I m still waiting I thought I would give my business to an independent in such trying times wish I d gone to John Lewis
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Appalling customer service

Appalling customer service it s like they are not interested can t be bothered If you can find what you are after elsewhere I would strongly advise you to do just that
M

Liars and cheats money grabbers aweful products

Ordered a new Sofa 1200 which I had to borrow Looked lovely in the showroom Then after it was delivered the Arms are totally different shapes the backs are filled with the kind of cheap rubbish akin to a 3 cheap pillow of hollow fibres They are misshapen and never return to their original shape They are lumpy clumpy misshapen and the stitching is not even straight The seats are some kind of really cheap sponge which just moulds under you and never returns to the original shape By Contrast our last sofa also cost 1200 and the cushions are the same shape as the day we bought it and it is 7 years old Customer service sent out a technician who turned up 3 weeks later at 0730 in the morning after arranging a visit at 0815 All he did was take out the cheap filling weigh it and leave Now we receive a letter stating the sofa is in good condition and I should consider unzipping all the cushions it even took the technician 15 minutes to do this complicated exercise and plumping them up SHOULD YOU HAVE TO DO THIS TO A NEW SOFA Just to then find the cheap rubbish they fill it with goes out of shape and lumpy and clumpy the moment to sit down again This is probably the worst experience we have ever had with a company who claim to have A1 products and customer services They are liars and cheats and I am stuck with a 2-bit sofa that I paid a small fortune for
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They sell to you then they ditch you

My furniture was delivered one month ago on a Friday I had a complaint about one of the items and texted an image of it to CB The person I spoke to said someone would contact me on the following Monday No one did I am still waiting I phoned again today The same person said he was with a customer and said he would ring back in 15 minutes He did not call back at all A very disappointing after-sales service especially since I have just spent almost 12 000 twelve thousand with them So once you ve paid these people expect to be ignored
A

Wrong address for delivery now no delivery

Had a replacement sofa being delivered after current sofa wasn t able to be fixed Delivery driver phoned to say he couldn t find my house Turns out they were in the wrong location and couldn t deliver to me today The store phoned and advised that they had an old address attached to the order even though they have delivered to my current address since I ordered sent the assessor to my current address and sent the repair team to my current address I have taken time out of work to accept the delivery and moved all the furniture out of the way I ve now been told I have to wait yet another two weeks this has been going on since earlier this year Now I ll have to try and take another day of holiday All I got was your address wasn t updated on our system unfortunately After all the purchases my late parents and I have made from this store it is not good enough
M

Terrible refund policy

Ordered four dining chairs which ended up being unsuitable for the space in our kitchen Promptly called to request a collection and refund expecting to have to pay the collection fee of course After four phone calls to see what they could do was eventually told that we have to pay a 25 restock fee as it was a cancellation This is very excessive and was not pointed out to us when we purchased the chairs The chairs were not bespoke - just average chairs We have returned much larger furniture to other stores without a penalty of hundreds of pounds The store policy is only in small print under point no 20 on the back of the invoice - so writing this review to make others aware before they buy
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Poor Customer service and Quality

I got a 6 seater - Brooklyn Extending Table x4 Dining Chairs Bench Set from the online store I had issues with a staining on my table without any hot appliance contact or any hard substance The Customer service team under a guy called James D does not seem to provide any resolution and admit the the issues with the product The Customer rep James is neither polite nor customer centric with no avenues to escalate The product costed 1274 00 and does not seem to be as durable and water resistant as marketed by the firm I wish I could have read all the reviews before making a purchase with this firm
L

Returned an office chair today

Returned an office chair today I had to roll it down Worthing high St back to the shop Just over one Yr old and used at home the plywood holding the wheels snapped in half The chair had originally been over 300 in the sale I paid 195 but it s not fit for purpose I was told as a good will gesture they would offer me a credit note I was told the chair was discontinued but it s still on their Web site I am going to fight for a refund I don t want another chair from this company
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Update

Update Collingwood have now stated they are doing nothing and closing the case I was asked to amend my comments so I guess as I didn t that s why I was told you weren t asked to take the chair into the shop correct but I was asked did your husband stand on the chair what an office chair on wheels I delivered the chair to the shop so they could see the prefect condition of the chair still with the labels attached but the broken plywood base A further email accused me of inappropriate use of the chair all tactics and even a comment about the chair leaving the store with no faults Their comments replace exchange arn t they the same I was told the chair was discontinued but no it s on their store website or I could have it repaired I would not trust this chair again The Gov site say a faulty item can be dealt with for up to 6 yrs I would not have the cheek but two weeks over a Yr for an office chair in a home environment is another matter On researching an office chair life expectancy 6 yrs I asked for a store credit this has been denied and they have closed the case The chair was full price 325 355 for a life span of 12 months 2 wks Glad I paid 195 a lot of money for an item not fit for purpose

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