Paulsimon Reviews 

I had the displeasure of buying blinds from these rip off merchants. Got home and discovered that they had drawstrings which aren't suitable for homes with young children. Took unopened blinds back and they refused to give a refund and after a lengthy argument they offered vouchers. By this time I'd had such a bad experience that I decided to put them on the floor in store and stamp on them to pieces. Good riddance to bad trouble I say!

I an writing this review 5 years after my purchase of curtain poles.....I never got down to writing a review, and every time I see my curtain poles, it reminds me to write a review so to warn other customers, so today, I have made the time. I bought curtain poles for my whole house. The normal windows are fine....the issue is with the bay windows. The rep sold us the version where each corner of the bay has a bracket, and the rings with a small gap pass through the brackets....that is the theory anyway. After I installed it following instructions (I am a very competent DIY'er), my wife noticed the rings keep on getting "stuck" on the corner bay brackets, and requires pushing back the curtains and then trying again, until rings goes pass the brackets. Also, the rings keep on coming off, ripping the netting This was frustrating...I changed the position of the brackets in the corners, went against the poor instructions...and situation improved, but still rings get stuck, either come off or rip the netting. I recognised this was a poor design...unfortunately, I could not return. When I went back to store and mentioned it to the rep, she perfectly understood what I was saying, and she mentioned other customers related similar experiences. She then very honestly told me that the products were to be withdrawn, and I was the last customer they sold it too. How unethical is that....knowingly selling the product which was not cheap! Well, I promised to myself never to buy from PaulSimons....never....and to write this review after I change my polls by buying from another retail company....I had to get my money's worth by keeping them, otherwise, would had got rid after 2 months! PaulSimons....shame on you!

I do really need to change all my net curtains in 4 rooms. Went to Paul Simon, now taken over by Lewis Home Retails (not John Lewis). The store was empty, no customers on sight. I approached the curtains side where a sales assistant was I looked around and could see a very unusual net curtain, asked him, and my god I felt as I really disturbed him, he told me there were not in stock, another one.... yet not in stock, well most of them were on display but 'were not in stock', so ok I could have them made but oh horror the sales assistant left the counter without one word, waited... waited... for his return. About 10mn later he was back and as I was asking him how long it would take to make some net curtains, he stared at me and screamed 'what'. At this point I told him what I thought and left.
Still the same rough manner!

I Bought carpets for the whole house from Paul Simons.i paid £1.200 deposit in January 2014, and another £806.77, was taken out of my debit account. Plus I had to pay approximately another £400 for fitting. I didn't move into my new home until 9th May, 2014. I now find the carpet on my stairs in now going in holes and all the pile is coming out. Not knowing that Paul Simons had gone into administration, I rang their Number in St James Retail Park, Northampton, 01604 620677,left a message with a brief explanation, and a guy from Carpetright rang me back and was extremely rude, why he should be answering Paul Simons number if they are separate companies I do not know. I am an old age pensioner, there is just me and my husband at home and this carpet should not be wearing out as it is, in a matter of 10months. I am gutted.

Short version it has taken so far over 3 months to get the bed we have ordered. First bed was wrong second bed was broken third bed no idea when it will turn up. We are doing all the chasing no body cares at the lakeside shop. Furious with how we are being treated.

I bought a carpet from paul simon. Very bad workmanship from there fitter. He wasent a fitter he was a carpet butcher. My carpet keep lifting up at edges. The worst thing is i had all my house carpeted from them. I had them back once allready to sort it now carpets lifting again. Terrible. Disgracefull

You can go to the shop to to get ideas but always buy from someone else. They are a company in receivership but present themselves as a regular store which is misleading. I was sold a curtain rail that was not suitable and not what I asked for. I realised this mistake and they refused to refund even though I brought it back to them just two hours after the sale.
Not only that the product they sold me was double the price of every other major store, the customer service is appalling. They are trying to shift out of date stock that similar businesses in that situation would auction or wholesale sell in a 'closing down sale' situation.

-Inital sales rep seemed very professional and knowledgable, and as soon as handed cash over started to go downhill, whenever calling the slough store regarding the orders they would always say that they are busy and will return your call and of course never did! Provided a bed with extremely shoddy basic workmanship, customer service terrible and lady at head office incredibly rude and happy just to ignore your emails, still awaiting for an email response after photo evidence sent from day of delivery. Mentioned Paul Simon to others and they all seem to be aware about avoiding this company and their very poor customer service!!!! This is not a company to trust! If only I had done my research before, lesson learnt!

I ordered a wardrobe and chest of drawers from their Watford branch. When the furniture arrived, it was damaged and scuffed with splashes all over it. I called then and told them of the problem, they let me know a 3rd party company deals with the furniture and I had to call them about it.
The other company was totally unprofessional and did nothing regarding replacing the furniture so I contacted Paul Simon head office. They were just as useless as the 3rd party company so I told them I wanted a refund as nothing was being done about the furniture and I hadn't even been given an apology. They never bothered to respond to numerous emails, just sent a standard letter refusing to give me a refund just telling me I have to accept the chest of drawers.

I have received a refund from my credit card company luckily but Paul Simon are refusing to collect the furniture so I am still fighting with them 3 months on.

Warning: Do not part with hard earned cash with this company. You will regret it if anything goes wrong as their customer service is absolutely terrible.

I ordered carpets from their orpington branch and arranged a date for them to be fitted a couple of weeks later - all fine so far. On the day of fitting I called late morning to ask when they would be arriving, to be told they were delayed a week. They claimed to have left me a voicemail but in checking they had the wrong mobile number - strange when they had called me on my mobile previously. Maybe if you are going to rearrange something like this you should make sure the other party is informed. This has effectively cost me a week's rent - cancelled the order and am now left with a refurbished flat with no carpets!

I had been assisted with a laminate flooring by Nav and Wayne in Watford, both gentleman were very helpful and knowledgeable that was one of the reasons why I decided to stay with them. However when went back to the shop to place order after my floor was measured by Gav all obstacles just started: I was told by other two gentelman that I need to waith for Nav to get all estimates and even place order as he was dealing with me initially and Wayne was out with customer at that time...Fine , I thought to myself if I can order everything over the phone that does not make any difference....So I placed ordered over the phone with Gav (as Wayne was not available again and Gav- man who measured my floor esured me that all had been calculated and receipt will follow in the post). I waited 1 week and no contact had been made with me, thus phoned shop in Watford (spoke to Gary again) who again assured me that floor will be with me on Thursday (it was Wed) and I can come to the shop to pick my receipt up not like he initially told me that they will post it tome!
Floor had not arrived and I phoned again spoken to someone from furniture dept. who said that everyone is with customer on the floor (like Im not their customer!) and someone will call me back.No phone call received.
Finally after 10 days waiting I went back to the shop and Alleluyah had been assisted by Bupesh- lovely man who arranged everything for a next day delivery/fitting wit a follow up phone call in the morning.
Fitter- Daniel Mill- lovely , professional chap!
Overall experience from Paul Simon- POOR DO NOT BUY there, uless served by Bupesh!

I was greeted by a lovely gentleman who was the only man to be even seen on the shop floor who was dealing already with another customer, I was finally helped by Shirley who offered to get me a quote which after 10 minutes I was still waiting for her to work it out after which she said she had to get another colleague to do it as she doesn't know how to do it...he who didn't have a name tag on and even he couldn't work it out, they suggested I can wait for the person who deals directly with carpets to come off her lunch or take my number and they will call me later!! I'm sorry but I went in for a quote expecting to have one with the intention to buy there and then not wait around for half hour...I found the service to be appalling I waited in the store 15 minutes and had no help what so ever all staff should be trained the same especially for situations like this the customer service is disgusting..the staff must not be fussed to loose a sale or must not be fussed about keeping the customer happy....So I gave it the benefit of the doubt and visited the Gillingham store which at first I was greeted by a lovely gentleman who COULD ACTUALLY WORK IT OUT but there was two different styles we liked as he showed us a good quality carpet so we did mention we would have to go away and have a think at the style we wanted and come back in an hours time as soon as he heard this he couldn't wait to get us out of the store all because we said we wanted to think about what style we wanted yet again another store which was only bothered about the MONEY....So I took my service TO CARPPET RIGHT WHICH WAS ANOTHER DISGUSTING SERVICE WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THEIR REVIEW PAGE!!

We ordered a Millbrook bed from Paul Simon Aylesford, it arrived a week earlier than expected which was great. The delivery men set the bed up, they did forget the headboard but Paul Simon arranged for it to be dispatched, not their fault but grateful that they contacted Millbrook on our behalf. The mattress is very good quality, it feels luxurious. The divan is very nice and very pleased indeed. The bed was in a blue cross sale not long after ordering and after contacting Paul Simon they gave a discount so we would definitely recommend Paul Simon. I've never used them before as I recently moved area but of all the furniture stores I visited there wasn't any hard sales tactics either, a bed is such an expense it's really nice to have got it right.

They will be polite and agree to everything until your payment or deposit goes through.
After that everything changes.
they can delay deliver the wrong color but noway you will get your money back.
Basically after getting your money they can do anything they like but no Cancellation or refunds.
Even off the shelf items once bought cannot be returned because on the back of the receipt it says no cancellations.
The Watford Manager says no cancellation means no returns.
Sofas beds or any other furniture they can delay or deliver similar products but you have to just except it weather you like it or not.

I placed an order on 6th January for a bed and mattress. Before finalising the order the salesman, Winston, said it would come as 2 separate orders. I said that was no use as needed the 2 to be delivered on same day as couldn't waste 2 days hanging about from 9 - 6 waiting for deliveries so not to bother would get elsewhere. He was adamant that it wasn't a problem to co-ordinate deliveries to the same day and that I would be contacted to arrange.
I then got a phone call from the mattress company saying they would deliver on the 17th but I had to ask them to put on hold as hadn't heard anything about the bed being ready. I phoned the Croydon store on the 16th and spoke to Winston and asked him if he could find out when the bed frame was likely to be ready for delivery. He phoned back and said it would be the end of the next week at the earliest that I would have this information. I asked if he could contact the mattress company to say this as they had told me that Paul Simon would have to re-arrange delivery. He said he would phone them to clarify and phone me back. He didn't. I then got an email the next day from Network 4 saying the bed frame would be delivered on the 19th so I phoned Croydon store to speak to him again but he wasn't there. I spoke to Hannah and asked her to check if the mattress could come on the 19th. She phoned back to say no it couldn't but it could come on
the 24th. I said that was fine and asked if she could contact the bed frame company to try and change that delivery to the 24th also. She seemed totally clueless and kept confusing the bed frame and mattress but I was confident she had eventually understood and she left a message saying I had to rearrange bed frame delivery myself so I did that.
The bed frame came on the 24th after lunch so I phoned the mattress company to find out if they could give me an indication of when mattress was coming as in did I have time to pop out or not as I had been in all day. They informed me the mattress re-delivery hadn't been re-arranged.
Phoned Paul Simon yet again and spoke to Winston who said he would phone me back after speaking to mattress company. He phoned back and said was up to me to arrange despite it supposedly having been done by Hannah on the 17th and my being assured that all sorted out and arranged. No apology for his not phoning me back on 16th which I raised nor any explanation as to why he insisted that it was all not a problem to do when placed order.
Basically by that point I was sure that all he was interested in was getting his commission and not the slightest interested in customer service and would have said anything to get the sale and then Hannah was equally as uninterested in customer service as it wasn't her sale and she wasn't getting any commission so why should she bother either. I asked to speak to the manager.
I spoke to Fran who was most sympathetic and agreed that the situation was unacceptable (I had a child expecting a bed and had dismantled/disposed old one as was assured both frame and mattress would be delivered on 24th). She offered to have the mattress delivered to the store and redeliver on a Saturday or evening so i didn't have to take any more time of work (which was why going to cancel when ready to order as was not prepared to take 2 days off work for a bed). She asked me not to do anything about having to go and buy inflatable airbed until she phoned me back. In the meantime I phoned mattress company to arrange delivery to the store as discussed. This was arranged for Tuesday. Fran phoned me back and said she had spoken to them and that was what was agreed - the mattress would be delivered to the store on the 29th and she would phone me when it arrived to arrange delivery in the evening. I asked if it was possible to get a display mattress from the store until the 29th and she said she had spoken to area manager about the whole fiasco but she wouldn't agree to that. I asked if she would get area manager to phone me to discuss as when I mentioned was of a mind to cancel whole order Fran replied area manager had said that wasn't an option as it was on my contract that I couldn't cancel? No phone call from area manager.
I phoned yet again on 29th at about 7.15 as I hadn't heard anything about the supposed redelivery. I was told Fran was with a customer and would be a few minutes so I left my phone number and order number and asked that she call back. No call so phoned just before closing time but phone rang unanswered.
Emailed head office customer service at this point!
Spoke to manager Claire who blames courier and says mattress lost but another one will be received and delivered next day. Mattress eventually received 2nd Feb. Manager supposed to call me to discuss but that is now 3 days ago without contact and no response to email to custmer complaints dept after a week either. They are obviously assuming now mattress received everything is fine without addressing customer service issues re incorrect information, unreturned phone calls and offical complaint which wanted answers to. Needless to say I am not impressed and wanted to know what, if anything, they proposed doing to put right. This was just a catalogue of errors and bad customer service/untrained or uninterested staff and I have never experienced anything like it! I am still not happy about sales staff saying something and then not doing it or giving out incorrect information then this is compounded by area manager not interested and assistant manager (who I thought was reliable and understood why I was so annoyed) then also not calling back or keeping me informed that there has obviously been yet another delay. Who knows, maybe the message was not passed on to her but I stressed it was a complaint she was dealing with so you would think the male who answered the phone would have passed on but as customer service does not appear to be a strength nor indeed high on anyone in the organisation's agenda maybe not!
A quick search on forums brings up countless similar experiences and if I had read before making the purchase I never would have even visited the store. I had hoped that customer service at their head office may have actually cared about customers experiences and would contact me to resolve but obviously not so my very negative experience is now being added to the long list of others published on the web as warning to other unsuspecting future customers.
Don't do it! Go somehwere/anywhere else they are a shambles and a nightmare

I Purchased a wardrobe from Paul Simons, end of Nov. 2012 for delivery Jan. 2013. I is a four door wardrobe where one side had one shelf and a railing and other got one sheld, railing and few small shelves. I asked sales girl if this is what I will get for the price displayed and she confirmed as yes " This is exactly what you will get".

I took picture to show my wife, paid and waited for delivery just to find both side only came with one rail and a shelf. On making a formal complaint, head office told me to pay extra for extra set of shelves in the other and told that they display to show varations and told I was advised about this which is completly a lie.

We bought a coco sofa and cuddle chair from them with their insurance just over 2 years ago for just over £1200. Over time the sofa and cuddle chair became lower and lower and and the arm cushioins mis-shaped and unsightly. We put in a claim through the insurance. The assessor came, tried to improve by "plumping" the cushions which we did every 2 weeks or so anyway but no real improvement.

The report was filed and the insurance company came back and said that the "feather" filled cushions were not covered and as it was all down to "compacting", it's not covered anyway. The Ts & Cs of the insurance contract did not say that feather filled cushions were not covered so I put them straight on this and they said this was an error.

So I called Paul Simon head office and they asked me to complain in writing. I did and received a letter back saying they couldn't do anything. Not even replace the insides of the arm cushions (which was the sort you'd get in a cheap pillow and once it's out of shape, cannot be returned to it's natural shape). Seriously, if they'd just replaced the filling on the arm cushions, it would have cost them next to nothing and that would have appeased me!

I'm no pondering processing a claim through the small claims court as I'd say the sofa was not fit for purpose. It's had average traffic although the cuddle chair is only really used when people come over so low use on that. I purchased via Barclays finance which I paid off early but am also pondering contacting them for advice. They probably won't do anything as it's all paid off though.

The store manager was distraught to hear about my complaint but said he was powerless and that I had to go through head office who quite frankly were rude and useless (spelling on the letters was awful).

So basically, Paul Simon sell poor quality goods and have awful aftercare. Don't waste your money on their insurance policies either.

You are better off buying a cheap sofa from Tesco, at least with that you don't expect it to have a long lifespan.

My experience with Paul Simon I ordered two beds 2 mattress and a dining room set
The beds turned up without the mattress I had to wait another 2 weeks for them 1 head board had to go back as it was damaged that only took 2 months to sort out and my dining room set still hasn't turned up and won't be until November now , this company are quick enough to take your money but not quick enough to deliver the goods and if you do have a problem they won't phone and tell you what's happening its only when you go back to the store yourself you then get told NEVER AGAIN

We took possession of a bed from Paul Simon in March. Went away on holiday for 2 weeks, when we got back and were sleeping on the bed for awhile we noticed we seemed to be falling out of bed. After about a month of this we lifted the mattress up to see what was going on and noticed dampness and staining to our brand new mattress! We also noticed that the sides of the bed were warped. We went in to complain to the staff at Paul Simon and they gave us the run around for a couple of weeks about showing up to investigate our complaint. When they finally showed up and took pictures and sent off their findings to the company, we got a letter back stating that the bed was warped due to us sweating on it! Not only is that offensive to us and not true, a bed that can't even stand up to sweat is not fit for purpose! Upon further investigation I have found that beneath the liner, there was all sorts of mold growing and cobwebs! They took a frame that was left outside to get wet and moldy and covered with filth to be reconditoned with new lining etc to cover it up all up and passed off as new! They don't seem to care that this bed has made us sick for the past 3 months sleeping on it. Has ruined our brand new mattress because now mold has started growing on the underside of our mattress. We are now having to take this shoddy company to court to get satisfaction since they will not admit to any fault but just blame the consumer. I'm enclosing photographs to show the next unwary customer what they may have to face if doing business with Paul Simon!

We ordered a black sofa, and black snuggle chair from the Gillingham store in February 2012, They arrived in April, but the snuggle chair arrived in (brown) spoke to Store who said the manufacturer had made the mistake, and that the chair would have to be made, which could take up to 5 weeks again.
5 weeks later we contacted store only to be told after chasing the Manager all day, that the chair had not been made, and we were to wait a further 5 weeks.
Trying to speak to someone in Paul Simon who cares, is impossible. They only deal with complaints through e-mail, then they write back to you and state it will take ten days to look in to the issues raised.
My advice is stay clear.