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Leather settee and wearing

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  • daveyjp
    daveyjp Posts: 13,842 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Is this a branded product (G plan, Natuzzi etc or a generic DFS model?) as a decent quality leather sofa (and just because this one was expensive, doesn't mean it is quality) would not do that after 20 years, never mind 2.

    As above I'd pay for an independent inspection as it looks like a bonded 'leather' material which is failing.
  • LakeV
    LakeV Posts: 4 Newbie
    First Post
    Thanks everyone 
  • caprikid1
    caprikid1 Posts: 2,518 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Had multiple leather sofas that lasted many years, DFS sofa was showing extreme wear and colour loss, sagging after a relatively short time 2-3 years. Similar priced Sofa bought before lasted till long after it and still going.

    DFS are very poor quality and consequently have great experience at defending quality issues.
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