Please find attached the emails i have sent but in addition i have also been into the store and they completely waive responsibility..

esponse in the next seven days i will be cancelling all future direct debits and persuing this matter with the ombudsman.

Maria Carmen Francisco


From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: FW: Your ScS Website Enquiry
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 23:42:37 +0100


To whom it may concern,
please find to follow my fourth letter of complaint as regards the situation below and a reminder that i would like a response to my previous communications. I have this week recieved a 'follow up' phone call from the manager at the staples corner store where I purchased my sofa and he appeared totally in the dark as to my position. I reiterate that i am awaiting a satisfactory offer of rectification of the situation. i.e a sofa of the correct measurements i ordered or a full refund for the sofa if you are unable to supply what i was sold. I paid a good deposit and money has also been deducted from my account but still you have not responded effectively in this matter.
Should you choose to continue to ignore my complaints i will seek legal advice advice as to how to prsue this matter

Maria Carmen Francisco
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: RE: Your ScS Website Enquiry
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:12:57 +0000

Re Ref:S0058-881750
Maria Carmen Francisco

Please see attached previous letter dated 6th Feb for content and complaint.

I am writing following your letter dated 28/2/01 and received by us last week. the letter appears to bear absolutely no relevance to our initial complaint and to the conversation had with us and the adviser that attended the appointment to inspect the said sofa at our house last month.
It infact appears to be a standard letter and doen not deal with our query at all.
TO RECAP: WE WERE PROMISED A SOFA MEASURING 290CM OR THEREABOUTS TO QUOTE THE scs STORE MANAGER AT STAPLES CORNER "290 cm give or take a couple of cm" this being the advice we were prepared to take delivery whose measurement might be 10 cm either way, what we have instead received is a sofa measuring 260 cm, a whole 30 cm than quoted and only 30 cm bigger than the smaller much cheaper sofa we had seen in store ( please see below)
Once again i would like to explain that we feel quite adamantly that we were MISSOLD the sofa as it is not what we ordered and what we were assured it would be.
What we require is firstly and most preferably the sofa we ordered and were promised measuring 290 cm or secondly in the event that this is not a possibility a full refund for the sofa.
The secondary matter of poorly filled cushions is neither here or there and we have no idea why your letter only deals with this letter matter.
Please now take in to consideration the above and respond.
We are seeking legal and ombudsman advice and intend to cancel all future direct debit payments if this matter is not dealt with professionally and satisfactorily. Quite simply we have not recieved the good s we entered into contract to buy and had we wanted a smaller sofa we would have bought the one in the showroom at £400 less ( a standard 3 seater that seated 4) We have received a 4 seater that still only seats 4 and at 30cm bigger can not possibly be considered as having an extra seat
Yours in anticipation of a prompt reply
Maria Carmen Francisco


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Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 21:50:04 +0000
To: [email protected]
Subject: Your ScS Website Enquiry
From: [email protected]

New Website Enquiry ScS
A new enquiry has been made via the ScS website. The details of the enquiry are shown below.
First Name maria carmen
Last Name franvisco sabin
I am enquiring about... My Order After Delivery
Customer Account Number s0058-881750
Enquiry This is a follow up email to reiterate a conversation I had with a customer services officer called Jean Melechie on Wednesday morning 2/2/11 at aproximately 10.30am. rnrnAt this time I had gone into the scs store in staples corner london where I had previously purchased a 4 seater sofa (with a total cost to me of over £1500) to complain following the delivery of a sofa i was not at all satisfied with.rnThe maanager of the said store informed me that they do not deal with aftersales at all and suggested if I wished to persue the matter I contact yourselves. Despite the fact that our complaint was directly with him as we feel quite strongly that we were misold the sofa by him precisely he was not interested in helping us to resolve the issue at all and so on his advice I called the after sales team immediately(yourselves)rnOur complaint is the following: rnWe were assured that if we bought the aforementioned 4 seater sofa unavailable to view instore but there was a 3 seater version that we viewed that it would measure approximately 290cm 'give or take a couple of cm' (store manager) We explained that what we were looking for was a quality leather sofa measuring 300 cm in lengthrnbut he assured us that this would not be possible in the regular sofa range. Eventually after much kajouling the store manager convinced us that there was not a great deal of difference between the 300 we required and the 290cm version they could provide. At this point we explained that what we neede would be for it to seat 5 and that what he was uggesting was called a four seater to which he responded that the one in store was called a 3 seater and yet seated for which we tried out and this was indeed the case. The 3 seater sofa our purchase was based on at the time measured exactly 230cm and we could see that with an additional 60cm there would indeed be room for a fifth person. We checked measurement details again with the manager and he went away and then returned to say that exact measurements were' not on the system' but that the aproximate measurement he was showing us woulld be accurate to a couple of cm either way as was standard' Feeling confident that our sofa length would be somewhere between 285-295cm we agreed to proceed with the purchase. Following this we were hande dback to the sales asst who had originally shown us around and we spent nearly an hour sorting out paperwork as it was at this point that we wwere told this particular sofa was not part of the 4 years interest free deal being advertised all over the store ant that in order to secure interest free it was better to leave a good deposit. At this point the three of us who had not been expecting to pay a hefty deposit clubbed together to leave a £200 deposit and proceeded with the credit agreement and again were inforrmed that apparently we were not eligible for the free delivery they had offered earlier either. Eventually after also adding on another 160 for essential sofa guarding our bill was £1504. Eventually last monday afternoon after waiting in all day and just befor e my mother had to leave for the school run the sofa arrived immediately they placed the sofa aagianst the wall my mother could see it was too short and pointed it out to the delivery men. She was told that she should sign and take delivery and that they would write her concerns down on the delivery docket so she could call you up and get it sorted later as they were just delivey drivers. As she was running late for the school run she decided not to argue and agreed. On her return she carefullyset about plumping all the cushions which appeared mishapen and not properly filled and set about closely inspecting the sofa and it was at this time that we measured the sofa which actually measures 260cm, 30cm short of what we were advised, also there were scratches on the big cushion which appeared to have been repaired or covered. At this point we wanted to go and complain to scs but it was already quite late in the evening. On the tuesday morning i booked some time off work inorder to deal with the matter promptly and on the wednesday morning we went straight to the store first thing and infact waited outside for the opening to complain about the product. the rest i have outlined above.We did take the said cushions with us and the store manager did agree that somebody would need to come out and fill these for us. although clearly he was missing the main point.rnWe have since received a call to say that somebody is coming out to inspect the problem and that we are to use the sofa for now which obviously we must as we gave our sofas away to a neighbour the night before delivery to make room for the new purchase. Our main concern is this the sofa we have bought was missold to us as it is far too small and seats no more than four people as clearly 30cm more (which incidently has cost us over £300 ) is not an adequate amount of sofa to sell as an additional seat rn-The sofa is currenly 30cm bigger than the three seater in store. Clearly this is not an acceptable situation. rn-The sofa cushions are poorly shaped and two seem underfilled ( please see photographs) . rn-The sofa has scratches on the seatrn cushion. rnWhat we require is the item we originally ordered in a new and quality condition as sold.rnrnPlease advise me as to an email so I can attach the aforementoned photos for your information.rnrnMrs Francisco-Sabin & Mrs A Boast
Telephone 07793493049
Email [email protected]
Postcode nw10 3dp
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