Does not meet the 'brand name' it sells
Sales service was all good, the sales representative knew what I was looking for and after explaining that I am very fussy with my products etc I was assured that Thomas Sanderson were the ones to work with.
Placed my order for wave curtains and blinds.
Three days before the fit I was called by Thomas & Sanderson to say the installer had left the company and my fitting would not be going ahead, I would be told in due course who would take over the fitting and when. I was disappointed that I had took time off work for the fitting and was now being told it was not going ahead, furthermore I was told I would find out in due course when the fitting would go ahead. I explained that I was not happy to just leave the fitting in limbo, I needed to know when I would get a re-fitting. I was told that the new installer taking over the workload was very busy with his own area and I would need to be patient and just wait. I asked to speak to a manger in Customer service but I was told no mangers were available to speak to me and this was just how it was.
I contacted my sales rep, who did chase this up for me and I provided another fitting a week later.
On the day of the fitting, more disaster news. The rail that was ordered was bent, the installer would make another rail from cutting down a rail he had in his van, this worked. However the curtains were too short and would need to be re-made again. We discussed how if we dropped the height of the curtain rail slightly this might work, it was worth a try since the curtains were going to need re-making anyway. We did this and although this did not look too bad, I could not believe the sight of the rail and ugly brackets on my wall. I had discussed a discreet rail for wave curtains that almost blended into the decor and this is not what I was getting. Oh and another problem ..the curtains were NOT wave curtains and in fact a normal pleat. They looked nothing like the beautiful wave curtains they advertise.
Blinds went up and although looked okay, upon closing them they did not meet the sill as requested. What a mess ! The installer explained that I needed to reject them and he would update CS to the same effect, he apologised but explained that he was only fitting another surveyors work.
I contacted CS the following working day, but they knew nothing of my situation and the installer had not explained the mess of my curtains and blinds. Unbeleivable ?
I contacted my sales rep and provided photo's, she agreed that my curtains were certainly not wave and told me to push with CS.
I contacted CS and explained my situation , I was told this would be escalated and I would be contacted.
A few days later, nothing. So I contacted CS and was told that nobody had logged my call and nothing had been done. This was another shocking event. I dealt with Richard who apologised and completed all the relevant process to arrange a refund and collection of my unwanted wrong items. However he needed an area manager to sign this off. I was told this would be escalated and the area manager had 48 hours to complete this. Four days later I am still awaiting an area manager to sign this off. I have £1600 tied up with Thomas & Sanderson and cannot arrange an alternative window dressing until I get my refund, their customer service is shocking and they don't care once they have your order. I choose Thomas & Sanderson for the high end brand, getting the best of the best ! Don't fall for it, go to the standard high street names and don't be fooled, also this group is also part of Hillarys blinds so really I am not sure your actually getting anything different apart from paying for the 'brand name' .
Thomas & Sanderson your high end 'brand name' does not live up to its expectations.
October 7, 2022
Unprompted review