Homebase corner sofa - advice please!!

latecomer

We bought 2 cheap sofas from Homebase in a sale when we were selling my OHs flat as the sofas we had were old and too big for the room. They collapsed within 12 months and hence I wouldn't recommend them to anyone. Cheap and distinctly nasty.

vansboy

tortoisesaver wrote: »

Hi all

you get what you pay for :-)
We've decided to head to DFS instead as a few friends/family have recommended them. Has anyone got any advice when dealing with them as a company? Or horror stories!? Prob gonna get something in the £400-500 range and they've got a sale on at the mo.....
I'll keep you posted!

thanks

DFS & all the other sofa sheds, aren't offering you furniture - they're offering you FINANCE!!!

The products are, as you'd expect, built to a price, but the confusink marketing, of sale price reductions, interest free credit & lonnnnng delivery times, mena I certainly wouldn't buy from them.

Homebase actually have their products at normal price, advertised in their brochure, available within a fast/reasonable time scale & don't have interest free built into their selling price. Any offers are periodic & reasonably 'genuine'.

& as I mentioned in my earlier post, combine the purchase with a 10% weekend AND their Spend n Save card, you'll get as good a deal as you'd expect, for the price you'll pay.

& I certainly wouldn't want to spend £1000's on a sofa/suite, to give me a long lasting product, 'cos it would be worthwhile, as far as I'd say!!

VB

Inactive

latecomer wrote: »

We bought 2 cheap sofas from Homebase in a sale when we were selling my OHs flat as the sofas we had were old and too big for the room. They collapsed within 12 months and hence I wouldn't recommend them to anyone. Cheap and distinctly nasty.

Indeed, Homebase / Argos suites are all Chinese imports, made from chip board and plywood, fixed together with staples and not much else.

I purchased my suite from a local company and was invited to watch it being made in the factory, hardwood frame, glued and screwed fixings, very impressed with the attention to detail.

It was under a grand delivered for a 3+2+1 suite.

One of my friends works for DFS, he advised me against buying from them as well, most of their cheaper suites are also poorly made imports from China.

tortoisesaver

I purchased my suite from a local company and was invited to watch it being made in the factory, hardwood frame, glued and screwed fixings, very impressed with the attention to detail.

Any chance you could say who the company were, Inactive?
Ah, that doesn't sound good about DFS.....really can't afford expensive independent company, there must be value-for-money places?! :eek:

3 bean bags are looking more and more attractive.... :rotfl:

Ladybird20

my leather sofa is from DFS i have had no problems ,,in fact its well comfy ,,but i have heard some horror stories

tortoisesaver

I had a quick look on the internet at local shops and found this
looks good - has anyone had any dealings with this company? Any thoughts on the value of this?

Cheers!
:money:

lisahobden

try sofasofa - their prices and quality are excellent

tortoisesaver

thanks everyone for your advice

in the end we bought these

they are nicer than they look in the picture and very comfy :j

to be honest, the trauma of buying sofas with my BF - we're glad it's over!

and yes, I do know about the DFS horror stories....fingers crossed :rotfl:

cheers!