Haggling in DFS?

Lemonsqueezer78

Anyone ever had any success haggling on price (or lets say "doing a deal") in DFS?

I want 3 x 2 seater leather recliner sofas and a couple of recliner armchairs and have seen a a couple of ranges I quite like in DFS which would end up being around £5,000.

I realise I am free to look elsewhere, but just looking for any experiences really, in terms of whether anyone has attempted to negotiate anything off with DFS before? As a large chain, I imagine people attempt this less frequently but interested in any experiences. I wouldn't hold out for a massive reduction - but a couple of hundred? Feasible or no?

Marcon

Whatever experiences other people may or may not have, there is only one way for you to find out if you can haggle successfully - try it and see! Good luck.

jonesMUFCforever

A local leather store would give you a better deal IMO - those interest free deals have to be paid for one way or another.

Lemonsqueezer78

Marcon wrote: »

Whatever experiences other people may or may not have, there is only one way for you to find out if you can haggle successfully - try it and see! Good luck.

Very true (and agreed) however anecdotal experiences do also help... whether they are successful - or even if folks have attempted it only to be told categorically that DFS won't negotiate further on prices.

Lemonsqueezer78

jonesMUFCforever wrote: »

A local leather store would give you a better deal IMO - those interest free deals have to be paid for one way or another.

Yeah, I do agree. Have never been a huge fan of DFS to be honest as I do think prices are pretty high and quality is pretty variable. Although I did see a couple of things I did like.

But as you say, I'm sure there are better deals to be had!

DomRavioli

DFS leather is not good quality - I'd suggest you find someone who specialises in leather sofas/chairs and go direct to them. The quality will be higher, and the amount of posts on the boards when things go wrong with DFS is astounding.

Paddee

If you go ahead and purchase leather furniture ask about the leather surface peeling, caused apparantly by oils in your hair. This happened to ours after 2 years and dfs covered the patches. When it happened this year after 3 years dfs refused to do anything despite having accidental damage cover for 5 years. We thought that the sofas and chairs must have been poor quality leather despite being persuaded to buy a better set of furniture than we intended. As a result we have spent £420 on getting the patches treated by a local firm. So be very cautious with your purchases.