Same situation as Jordan B. Any company who closes without any warning and totally drops their current orders needs to be publicly shamed.
I spent a long time looking for a couch. Almost a year, actually. We needed a specific size, had a lot of preferences on shape and comfort, and couldn't agree on color. We trekked down to their showroom (as well as a few further away) and finally decided to go for it. They required payment in full (around $3400) which should have been my first red flag. I placed an order anyway and was told it would be delivered in 4-6 weeks. Maybe an extra week because we were slightly outside their delivery area. This was on July 30. And then, crickets.
6 weeks later (Sept 10) I get an email "We're closing!! Showroom sale all this week!"
I email back: what does this mean for current orders? Technically you should be shipping my couch by now, so even if you're closing in 3 days, the third party trucking company should already have the order.
No reply.
Two weeks later I write a furious email to the UK division. A few days later someone gets back to me saying they're understaffed and overworked. They say they are canceling my order unless I can get someone in the city to accept the delivery and then take on the task of getting it to me in NH.
At this point, I'm furious. They were going to cancel my order without even telling me? I do have unemployed friends in NY but before I started begging for favors, I emailed back confirming the final price with the promised discount and without the NH shipping fees. They responded saying "Oh, great news! We're going to ship your couch after all!"
How is this great news? This is your only job. This has been your only job for over 8 weeks. In that email, they said it would take two more weeks. I should have cancelled. I really should have. But I was so invested at this point and really didn't want to put in even more research and then wait another two months for another couch. I wanted the one I ordered. After this email, it was crickets again. I was getting ready to contest the charge with my credit card company.
Five weeks later (yesterday) I received the couch. It looks good. It feels ok. It gives me anxiety just to look at it. I can't believe the shit this company has put me through, and after all, there was no discount given, no apologies, and nobody to take responsibility.
TL;DR: 4-6 week delivery window actually took 12, and they couldn't have been more rude and condescending about it. The company closed after taking 100% deposits from customers and would have run off with the money if I hadn't chased them down over it.
I realize they're only in the UK now, but I would never recommend them to a friend over there and feel that I need to properly warn. Their employee reviews on Glassdoor are equally unfavorable. Beware! read more