Underlay Direct Reviews 

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TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

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  1. Furniture Accessories Supplier

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Largest selection of underlay and flooring, Underlay direct have an extensive online range of underlay, vinyl and accessories. Shop now for amazing value.


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TrustScore 2.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Underlay Direct in reply Fortunately Floorwise arranged for a brand-new box of gripper rod which is perfect. No rust on the pins or nails no damage to the wood hopefully you have learnt something from this Treat customers with respec

I have already done a review about this company
But they decided to reply with totally false information I have added to my first review but still got no apology
It is unbelievable that a company that gives such a bad service are Rude and totally unprofessional is allowed to get a way with this
But if anyone else has had a similar experience
You can report them to trading standards
Just see how many bad reviews they have on here all they had to do was provide the service you had paid for
instead they have made a very bad service and customer care even worse with the way they have treated customers and not once on here have they apologised to any of the customers that have left reviews
Unfortunately by you lying and making out I was aggressive you think you can get away with poor customer service
I was patient and polite at all times
I will say again i have both boxes of Grippers all rusty and Damaged
So impossible for you to say I had stored them incorrectly I’m happy to take photos of both boxes and send to you then you can apologise for the terrible service
And admit you sent out rusty damaged products up to you
If I read this review I would not use your company

August 1, 2023
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Reply from Underlay Direct

The response we gave to your first review is reproduced further down this page. It is not false information, it is simple fact. We did indeed provide the service you paid for - four months ago. Nonetheless, we dealt with a quality complaint after four months and sent a replacement as a gesture of goodwill - not many companies would have done that. But you are still not happy despite our best efforts.

We are neither rude nor unprofessional, but we do not tolerate aggressive behaviour either face-to-face or over the telephone. We can only assume your interpretation of good service and customer care is if somebody is prepared to tolerate aggression - we do not.

We went beyond our statutory obligations by dealing with your 'complaint' after you had delayed four months before reporting any alleged issue. We do not solicit reviews and therefore it is only the very few that we simply cannot help who leave online reviews. Thankfully thousands of customers are happy with our service.

I am sure that people reading this review will make up their own minds

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL REPLY:

It would be fair to say that most companies would not entertain a complaint of this nature after four months, but we did our best to help. We have no control over how products are stored after delivery and can accept no responsibility for any degradation of a product if not stored correctly. We consulted with our supplier to establish how best to assist, whilst checking that there were no similar complaints on this product, establishing this complaint to be of an isolated nature. It was agreed by the supplier with whom we have an excellent trading relationship that they would as a gesture of goodwill supply another box of this carpet gripper which would involve no cost to the customer, whilst we as a company would bear the freight cost of shipping the item. This would seem to have been fair all round a should have resolved the matter. The replacement gripper, from an entirely different batch, was inspected prior to despatch, to ensure that the product was of satisfactory quality.

It is not helpful when a customer telephones multiple times and plays 'he said / she said' trying to play-off one person against another and not is it helpful to adopt an aggressive tone, as experienced by both Brenda and myself (Pete). If you feel it is rude of us to take a firm stance against aggressive behaviour, then you are entitled to your opinion. We are here to help, not to be yelled at.

Thankfully, during the course of a year we serve thousands of customers, there are very few indeed whom we can not satisfy with our service and willingness to help.

UPDATE:

We have taken a screenshot of your updated review, where you accuse us of lying. That is potentially libelous and will be treated accordingly. Anyone reading your reviews will see the aggression in the way you write. Don't think we need to say any more, other that you seem not to have left any positive reviews for anybody that you have dealt with.

Thousands of satisfied customers, but there is always the odd one...........................

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Damaged products and no interest in customer service ...

Damaged products and zero response to emails ...
I bought a roll of underlay that arrived damaged and after having no response to my emails I called them. I was told to send the pictures to a different email address which I did but still no response after repeated chasing. As well as the damage the roll came with a tape join about 50cm from the end - I'd expected it to
be one continuous roll.

Reply to response below:

Really? ..... I actually rang and spoke to someone who told me yes you had received my original email but it had stripped out the pictures due to security and that instead I had to email a different address which I did. I've subsequently emailed both addresses to chase up but have had no reply. I've also not had any 'undeliverable email' messages either so I'm not sure why you're claiming there are no records when the person I spoke to on the phone confirmed you HAD received the first one? And your sarcastic comment shows your attitude to customer service - it's not unreasonable that most of my reviews would be one star as I use this platform to warn others about poor service.

Email sent on 4th to sales address email (the address that the order confirmation came from) followed by phone call on 5th and as per instructions given during call then emailed address given for uploading images on 5th. (Unfortunately this platform doesn't allow me to show the actual email addresses).
Emailed both addresses to chase on 10th and 30th.
No reply to any emails.

I note that the majority of the reviews for your company on here are one star - need I say more?

September 4, 2022
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Reply from Underlay Direct

In the event of a complaint we do ask customers to contact our Customer Support team by email. We would naturally expect to see some evidence of damage to ensure that the matter can be dealt with fairly and efficiently. All emails to Customer Support are logged, but as there is no email in the system from you, it would naturally follow that there is no response. We note that the majority of reviews you have left on Trustpilot for various companies are one star, need we say more?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent first class service

Ordered underlay Tuesday afternoon and it was here Wednesday morning before 9am.
Excellent service would certainly use again.

April 21, 2021
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Reply from Underlay Direct

Thank you for a 5-star review, as a family owned and run business, we really do appreciate this.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Awful customer service -they dont care

Ordered underlay and fittings on next day delivery. Underlay arrived, but fittings did not. Telephoned, and was assured they would be with me next day. 2 days later nothing. With the fitter coming the day after, told them I wanted to cancel, and get a refund for the fittings. Was told by a pleasant helpful man no problem.
Received an email from the courier the next day to say the items were on their way. again phoned undeerlay direct to ask them what I should do, and was advised to reject delivery. I asked what if in these socially distanced covid times, they just dropped the parcel (which they did). Basically this woman was high handed awful customer service, and effectively said it was my problem. I have worked in customer support most of my working life, and they do things exactly as they shouldnt

June 17, 2020
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Reply from Underlay Direct

Actually, as a family run and owned business we do care an awful lot. During the pandemic we continued to supply our customers at a time when others had closed their doors. Unfortunately, during the pandemic, all carriers have been a little less reliable and some minor delays have occurred, totally beyond our control. Once the goods had been despatched, they could not be stopped, hence the carrier delivering to you. If you have worked in customer support, you will understand how unpleasant it is when somebody just wants to have a rant, rather than listen to what is being said.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very quick to get order dispatched and…

Very quick to get order our dispatched and delivered, Time taken to ring me to arrange delivery to suit us rather than just send it out. Highly Recommended will defiantly use for the rest of the house when we get round to it. And most importantly a good saving on the high street prices.

Thanks for a brilliant service.

September 17, 2019
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered some underlay from them and…

Ordered some underlay from them and when it when it came late they just throw aload of T&C's at you that you accepted on order! You just want to simply get the goods when they say they will deliver and if they dont deliver ontime collect with out such a big fuss! DONT USE!

August 30, 2019
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Would not advise anyone to buy from…

Would not advise anyone to buy from this company. They sell sub standard goods, and charge full price. Their delivery service is also bad, although we ordered our underlay over a week before we needed it, with next day delivery, the wrong underlay arrive by two deliveries and then was changed via two deliveries, which made it that the underlay only arrived the day before and the day of the carpet fitting, which meant that we had to lay it even though it was faulty, as we were laying the underlay before the carpet fitters arrived. Underlay Direct would not then do anything about it as we had layed it and we had not option but to lay it as we had booked time off work to lay underlay and fitters were booked. Also we had guests coming the next day to stay for a week. We have paid full price for seconds underlay with no offer of compensation.

June 11, 2019
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