City New & Used Office Furniture Reviews 

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TrustScore 4 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

The guys delivered a large office cabinet to us today from Hull to our Lincoln home office. They were clean, tidy and respectful of our home. I'm part disabled, so they carried it upstairs and install... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

City New & Used Office Furniture at Harlow were excellent throughout the entire process. We inspected the desks and chairs in the showroom, found what we wanted and did a fair deal including delivery.... See more

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Have used these guys a couple of times when kitting out a new high street coworking space. Easy to use, responsive and decent quality items - desks, chairs, lockers. Shout out to Chakotay for sorting... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Completely untrustworthy. Happy to communicate until they have taken your money then items not delivered, repeatedly not responding to messages, fobbed off on the phone, unreturned calls. Like gett... See more

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  1. Office Furniture Store

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City New & Used Office Furniture is the UK’s leading supplier of use second hand desks, office chairs, boardroom tables and office storage (including filing cabinets, cupboards and pedestals). We have four used office furniture showrooms (Harlow in Essex, Chester & Warrington in Cheshire and Hull, East Yorkshire). We are the UK’s largest supplier of used office furniture and offer free site surveys.


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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Great office furniture service

Great range of furniture, very good value. Small mistake over price quickly rectified without any fuss.Delivery was efficient, on time and with good communication. Pleased to have a proper desk!

May 10, 2023
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Great value and service

Great selection of office furniture at very competitive price. Viewing and suggestions for size of room were very helpful and sorting the order was quick and efficient. Delivery took a little longer than expected but was on time on the day and the delivery team were happy to set the furniture up in the office. Would definitely use again if the occasion arose.

May 5, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great prices and service

Great prices and service, desks excellent condition and also so environmentally sensible to buy used ! Delivery guys were friendly, polite and nothing too much trouble on sales/aftersales support

May 5, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent

Delivered on time, politely and with care. Units as described and in excellent condition. Would recommend.

April 13, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
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Reply from City New & Used Office Furniture

Hello, apologies for the delay. You ordered on Saturday 25th March. It's now Wednesday AM 29th March. I've asked the sales team to contact you ASAP.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Just kitted my new tattoo studio out…

Just kitted my new tattoo studio out and wow what can i say about these guys , George in the Hull office delivered my furniture and went above and beyond of everything i asked for.
*****HIGHLY RECOMMEND*****

March 1, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Second hand furniture

Excellent service
Delivery staff polite
Prices extremely good
Quality products

March 22, 2023
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Reply from City New & Used Office Furniture

Thank you very much

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant showroom

Brilliant showroom

Well worth the visit if you’re looking for an office kit out!
Brought four office chairs here today. Excellent service.
Friendly staff who go out their way to find you exactly what you are looking for at the right price.

March 20, 2023
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Reply from City New & Used Office Furniture

Thanks for dropping in, glad you are happy with your purchase

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I put a quotation request through the…

I put a quotation request through the website and had a call back within 10 minutes, staff are very helpful and delivery was really quick! Item come as described and was in perfect condition.

March 20, 2023
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Reply from City New & Used Office Furniture

Pleased to hear you had a good experience

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid!! Con!

Just like to reiterate they try and con you by offering you a VAT free cash option, I have since reported them to the VAT office.

Avoid! they bait you in saying theyll offer you a VAT free cash price upon delivery then want to charge £195 to DELIVER A CHAIR! and then you have to pay the full amount including VAT

Also took over a week to get back to me on my purchase

Cant help but think this is a scam

March 6, 2023
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Reply from City New & Used Office Furniture

It is clearly stated in our terms and conditions that VAT is added to the final price and on every product it says + VAT. Our terms and conditions are found easily on the website and the product pages. If a customer is based within 75 miles of our showrooms in Harlow, Hull, Chester and Warrington the delivery price is much cheaper than stated by the reviewer here (nearer to approx £30-£45). If a customer resides a long way from our showrooms, we offer to ship via a pallet service which is more expensive depending on the items ordered and the costs will vary considerably depending on the customer location and items ordered. Highlands / Islands and Northern Island will be more expensive than the UK mainland. All our quotations are non binding and it is up to the customer if they wish to proceed.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Lied to time and time again

Our company purchased numerous items from this company, one of which being a coffee table. The process of receiving the purchased items was nothing short of laughable with failed promises and me having to chase time and time again just to find out when the items would be coming. Despite two deliveries they failed to bring missing parts on two occasions and took me to complain 3 times for them to send the missing items in the post (but only two of the four items). It took another complaint and excuses from their end to send the other missing pieces.

'The coffee table' I mentioned, the rep at COF called George Wormald continually told me he was waiting for the table to be shipped from one of their 'other warehouses'. After numerous complaints and weeks and weeks of waiting, it turned out that COF had already sold the table and didn't have it any more!! Despite this they took our money and dragged the saga out rather than just owning up to it.
George then stated on email that a refund had been processed... one month later, we are still waiting for the refund!
Not once throughout this shambolic experience has any person from this company apologies for their actions, the service is absolutely disgusting.
DO NOT go near this company, they lie and deceive and mislead their own customers with zero customer service to back it up.

August 10, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

These guys use Gumtree to pretend to be…

These guys use Gumtree to pretend to be selling used furniture in specific areas though when you contact them to go and see the item, the item they are selling doesn't exist there as they are really (REVEAL!!) a warehouse that pretends to be a local seller. This abuse of the local ads system at Gumtree is rife with them and it makes it miserable for people that actually believe these people about where the item actually is. I brought this up with them in a Gumtree message and the owner just ended up trying to make fun of me in his messages.

Ironically, I was at the pub a few days back and was talking about a Herman Miller chair with a friend who had just bought one. I asked him how much and from where and he said, someone on Gumtree. I told him about this company that abuses Gumtree users by deceiving buyers as to the whereabouts of the items they sell and after showing him an ad on my phone he told me that it was the same company. I asked how the delivery went and he said it was awful. He said once they take your money (you have to phone them) then they don't care any more. He said the chair had a load of scratches on it as well. After speaking with the owner on Gumtree I can tell that their dishonesty and disrespect was likely to spill over in to other areas of their business. I personally recommend buying items off a company that is likely to have a stronger connection with the truth as you won’t find much of it here.

June 9, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent replacement chair

My old office chair had the frame snap, a friend found me a cheap chair and that literally went sideways, so needed a bums on seat shop and not an online shop.

The warehouse is in harlow and easy to find, it is not a smart funky place, but they do have lots of stuff and they know their stock.

I explained that was very close to 110kg which meant I needed a metal base instead of plastic.

Gave a price of £150 and found a couple of chairs that did not seem right, then was shown the managers chair - Easy Ergo

Fitted perfectly and did what I wanted to.

But it was twice the price and figured that was ok.
Couple of options to do with paperwork and was essentially cash only. Gave a £20 deposit and went to the local Tesco, but there was a £250 limit on withdrawals, but had some cash in the wallet so not too bad.

Got an estate car, so the fully assembled chair popped in the boot, no need for self assembly :)

Looked at the price online and there were a few companies online only who were cheaper, and some another £100 or so.

Being able to sit on the chair was the key selling point for me :)

March 6, 2022
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Reply from City New & Used Office Furniture

Thanks for your review, we are delighted to hear that you are happy with the chair

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Products okay but didnt accept PayPal payments despite site stating otherwise. Poor comms

Wanted to buy a couple of chairs for study. Cost about £270 Inc delivery each so not a small order for us but clearly not worth a sale for City Used Office Furniture. Have been given no explanation why PayPal isn't possible, just silence. Taking our business elsewhere now.

Edit after writing complaint had a call from a manager who said they didn't take PayPal due to the charges. He then offered a fair deal by credit card but couldn't guarantee a delivery date other than 5-10 working days.

Additional edit. Fortunately the manager was able to offer next day delivery for £50 however I was supposed to still receive a £15 and I have now had to chase four times for the discount. The chair arrived and it is good but there is a mark on the seat. Of course I appreciate the product is used but we should have been told the product is marked.

Also PayPal is still showing as an acceptable payment method which is fraudulent. I will be advising PayPal of this.

I finally got a refund for the overcharge after several followups.

September 23, 2021
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