AVOID FOR YOUR OWN SANITY

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“AVOID FOR YOUR OWN SANITY”

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written by on 01/03/2021

I am writing this email in response to an absolutely appalling and distressing experience I have – and am still – going through over the last 10 months.

FIRST ORDER!
This first started on 12th June ‘20 when my husband had ordered a Pemberton Mink Velvet Bed King Size from you. Prior to ordering, we called cust service & were given a delivery time of 2 weeks.With that info, an order was placed.
We then received an email on 18th June to inform us of a delay and was now due on 30th June. It arrived on 7th July.
Aside from being late, there was a bigger issue with the bed–it was not the colour we had ordered or what was advertised.‘Mink’ (which was a light shade of pink) was what it was being sold as, it was actually grey.I contacted you via email to arrange for the correct colour to be delivered.From this time onwards – 7th July 2020 – we have been sleeping on the floor.
I was then responded to by someone who told me the bed was only available in Mink and Black and that you did not even sell a grey in this bed. I responded to her straight away with links to your website that show the grey bed (which she had told me didn’t exist) for sale, as well as the mink.
After conversations, on the 15th July it was agreed that the bed was grey and a replacement would be sent. On the 22nd July, I was notified by email that the mink bed was back in stock for delivery. I received it 2 weeks later on the 3rd August.
When received, I was enraged to open it to find another grey bed. I emailed to find out what was going on. The response I received said that the item may have been incorrectly boxed.I chased again on the 3rd Aug and did not hear anything until 13th Aug after once again being forced to chase.
I eventually had a response, who told me that the correct bed will be in stock on the 21st Sept. There was no recognition of being totally ignored for nearly two weeks, just a very generic robotic response. After speaking to some staff with zero common sense or empathy, I had to take the bullet and wait as I had no other choice.
I then received the replacement bed on the 10th October – it was still grey.Totally exhausted by this situation, I requested a refund. I received a phone call the lady said that a delivery of packaging and collection were ‘arranged’. Nothing appeared, so on the 21st Oct I had to chase again. After more aggravation via email and telephone, they finally arranged packaging to be delivered – on the 2nd of November! The bed was finally collected on the 18th November.
There was never any real explanation from anyone as to what the problem was caused by. I was bluntly told that the mink did not exist and it was either this grey bed or nothing. Now fed up, I did not delve any deeper as I was sure I would have been fed more generic answers and patronizing comments over and over again.

SECOND ORDER!
Firstly, at this point, we have been sleeping on the floor for five months. We have been desperately looking for a bed that matched the room we had planned for – the room that was decorated around a ‘Mink’ bed that didn’t exist. After searching for a long time, we saw the same Pemberton bed, but in black, which showed as in stock and available for next day delivery. We called the office to confirm this and were told that the bed was in stock and delivery would be as advertised. Against our better judgement and in desperation, we ordered from your company once more on 7th December 2020.
We had now committed to a black bed and purchased furniture accordingly. Black bedside tables, a black cabinet, black frame for a painting and most frustrating of all, we had our parquet floor sanded and reconditioned in black.
The first issue was that the bed did not turn up in time. When we called the office the day after we expected the delivery, we were told that the bed was not in stock and we would have to wait until 11th January 2021 to arrange delivery.
On the 8th January we received an email to say there was a delay and it was now due on the 25th January. We then called closer to the 25th January, to be told that there was a delay until mid-Feb. We then called mid-Feb, to be told it would be delivered at the end of February. We were eventually delivered the bed on Wednesday 24th February – nearly three months after we were assured it would arrive.
The next issue and more importantly, to our absolute amazement, the bed is not black. It is dark blue. I now have a bed that does not match my room and am extremely out of pocket.
ADVERTISING OF PRODUCTS THAT DO NOT EXIST, 5 DELIVERY DATES NOT MET, SENT THE WRONG BED ON 4 OCCASIONS, AVOID AVOID AVOID AVOID!!!!! WORST EXPERIENCE OF MY ENTIRE LIFE.

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