Scallywag Kids Reviews 

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TrustScore 2 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I am now wanting to sell my Scallywag highsleepers which I bought about 8 or 9 years ago and they are strong sturdy beds. Would carry on but kids are adults now. I just found this. So sorry to hear th... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Ordered 3 beds at considerable expense on the 12 of March, no communication or beds. Their stock is now mostly showing as sold out on their website bar a few items - unacceptable that they’re still ta... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Scallywags by name Scallywags by nature. Order placed in March, nothing delivered. Have emailed, no response, have phone, answerphone with no callback, live chat on website is dead with no response... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Expected delivery was 16-18th April. Bed hasn’t arrived and unable to get in touch with anyone via call, email or web chat. I called and spoke to a company on the same business estate who confirmed th... See more

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We are proud to be a family business that has been designing and manufacturing children's beds & furniture in West Yorkshire since 1956.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No option to leave a 0 star

No option to leave a 0 star. Do not use this company. Ordered my son’s bed weeks ago, heard nothing. Emailed and got ignored completely, finally heard from them to tell me it would be a week or so - 3 weeks have past and no bed - I have emailed numerous times and phoned and neither have been picked up or replied to. So far £500 down and nothing to show for it. Fuming

April 19, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Abysmal company

Exactly the same experience as the below reviews.

Ordered mid March, was estimated to be delivered early this week but nothing has arrived.

Have tried emailing, live chat, calling - no response at all. Zero communication since the initial order confirmation email.

Looks like the company ran into financial difficulty last summer and is now running under new owners as far as I can tell. Which coincides with when the reviews plummeted. Being open for just a couple of hours a day shows how seriously they are taking their business.

It’s bordering on criminal that this company takes significant sums of money off their customers, doesn’t deliver the products, all whilst offering zero communication.

Genuinely disgusting behaviour from this company, first negative review I have ever left in my life but it’s well warranted for these frauds.

April 19, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Have you received your beds?

Has anyone who posted below received their beds as yet? Ours was due on 12th April and I’m wondering whether it will ever show up or if we need to buy an alternative and request a refund. Many thanks in advance.

April 19, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Another similar review unfortunately

Another similar review unfortunately! Order placed 28/02/24 and full payment taken. Estimated delivery 18th to 20th March. No contact from Scallywags at all. Finally a delivery date of 10/04/24. Contacted on the 09/04/24 to say it wouldn’t arrive and rearranged for 15/04/24. No delivery arrived, finally got hold of them and told it would be delivered today, 18/04/24. It’s 2pm now, no bed and no contact and nobody is answering the phone or replying to any messages or emails. Please be very careful!

April 18, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I am currently waiting for response to…

I am currently waiting for response to when my daughters bed will be ready, expected delivery march and am currently not getting any response to calls and email.

My daughter is vey upset about not having her new(from )bed as was ordered in enough time for a birthday present.

please can someone contact

March 5, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

There seems to be a running theme at…

There seems to be a running theme at the moment!
I placed an order on the 22nd February with an expected date of 19th-21st March that date came and went.
I chased it up on the 22nd March finally getting through to someone on the phone after several tries over the day, stated we were going away at Easter. It was then confirmed my order would delivered after we got back on the 12th April.
No further communication from the company. I have left 2 voicemails and an email this week with no response!
Very very poor customer service.
Honesty and communication is key and unfortunately your loosing valuable customers!
Will be asking for a refund

April 18, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Been waiting two months

Been waiting two months for my daughters bed that has not arrived and no update and no communication from the company to tell me why! Eventually got hold of someone to be told they are struggling to get parts, but failed to put this when I ordered the bed which told on website was 5-7workings days. Took the money. False advertisement. Not happy at all

April 16, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

No customer service at all

I ordered a bed beginning of Feb for my daughter. The estimate delivery date has come and gone and I had no communication from this company at all. After numerous emails, live chat and everything else I could think of I finally get a response saying there is a delay in manufacturing. Since then nothing, no update at all so I am back to chasing again. This is such diabolical customer service for a company that charges serious amount of money for a bed. There is absolutely no communication and I have wasted so much time chasing. I have already paid for part of the order but I going to ask for a refund and cancel the order as it's just ridiculous

February 1, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Zero communication on delayed order

Order placed on 23/01/24 for child’s bed, mattress, cupboard and drawers. Original delivery estimate 16-20th Feb.

Chased for an update on 12/02/24, to ensure someone would be home on the delivery date. Told there were delays in the factory, and that we would receive a call soon with a delivery date.

Tried calling numerous times, phone is never answered irrespective of what time of day we call.

Follow up email on 21/02/2024 asking for a delivery date, or just a call back and explanation. No response.

Numerous unanswered phone calls and then a further follow up email on 28/02/2024. No response.

Our son keeps asking when his big boys bed is going to arrive, and we keep having to say we don’t know, and he gets upset by this.

My wife is also heavily pregnant, and we are waiting on these items to be able to then sift furniture around to our new arrivals bedroom

This lack of response is totally unacceptable. I do not care if they are spending 16 hours a day in the factory making the beds: you need instead to spend 15 hours making the beds and 1 hour responding to your concerned customers. That would be good customer service. No one likes bad news, but that it always preferable to radio silence.

It makes you wonder whether this company is in financial trouble and is about to go bust and they are just collecting cash from people with no intention of ever providing the goods purchased. Luckily we have purchased on a credit card.

Hopefully my poor review of your business will actually help it get on top of orders by reducing future custom to a level where the business can actually deliver on its promises.

February 29, 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Had to give 1 as I don't give 0

Had to give 1 as I don't give 0. Do not use this company. I placed an order online and received order confirmation email. Subsequently I received an email to say the order had been cancelled. When I reached out to find out why, I was told it was due to a pricing error and I could reorder at the correct price. No offer to rectify the situation or fulfil my original order that they had accepted. Rubbish and left me and my son feeling extremely disappointed.

February 1, 2024
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Reply from Scallywag Kids

Dear Katie,

Please accept our apologies once again for the disappointment and inconvenience.

Unfortunately, due to a glitch in our website, the variant of the bed you chose was incorrectly listed as Free of Charge, which is why the order was cancelled. 

We truly wished there was a way to honor the mistaken pricing, but as a small business, fulfilling orders at no charge is something which is just not possible.

In situations like these, we aim to communicate as transparently and swiftly as possible to prevent any further inconvenience.

We hope for your understanding regarding this matter and would love the opportunity to make things right. If you're willing to discuss this further, please feel free to reach out to me again via email directly.

Again, we're truly sorry for any upset this has caused. 

Kind regards,

Victoria
Scallywag Kids

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A great product from a special company

It was time to redecorate and update my grandchildren's bedrooms. They both wanted bunk beds and whilst this was possible for the eldest, the youngest has a much smaller room which would have been totally overwhelmed by a standard bunk bed. An ordinary bed would have been a huge disappointment so we decided that the best way forward would be a Cabin Bed.
Sadly Cabin beds also proved to be too large until we found the Scallywag Kids website. We were able to buy both boys beds from this company which displayed reviews suggesting that their products were exactly what we wanted. We were not disappointed. The company were excellent and the beds we received are fantastic. Easy to build and the quality was excellent.
I just want to say a huge thank you to the team at Scallywag Kids. You have made two little boys extremely happy. I would not hesitate to recommend this company and indeed use them again in the future.

May 25, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant

Brilliant, went few nights with my grandkids they loved it (especially priory ) pirate was fantastic for kids would go again ❤️

May 4, 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great kids bed

Great compagny to deal with unit arrived in great condition.
Build quality up to standard very my little boy was so happy early xmas present

October 3, 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Richmond storage bed (narrow) Excellent

Ordered the Narrow Richmond storage bed (as box room is very small). Extremely pleased with the quality and ease of assembly of the bed. From the very start Gary was very helpful with the measurements and construction queries we had. Delivery was on time. Would highly recommend Scallywag kids to anyone looking for a well constructed, smart looking bed and will definitely last for years.

October 10, 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I just received my sons bedroom…

I just received my sons bedroom furniture from scallywags. This is such high end quality I'm amazed. My son had a tiny bedroom which I felt wouldn't be enough for anything more than a bed. It really is tiny.
Gary the manager took the room measurements then hand picked the furniture so there would be enough walking space!

I bought a high sleeper, so a wardrobe would fit underneath and the frame had built in shelves and a desk. I also bought a two chest of draws, to fit underneath, and a mattress.

I'm so pleased with this purchase and the quality.

This bed will last him well into late teens and still look appropriate.

I wish I could post a picture!!
My son usually has insomnia and struggles to sleep. The first time he slept on the mattress he was gone like a light!

So many problems were solved with this purchase.
I think the most important fact is the quality of the items.. its more expensive but looks and feels like luxury.

Many thanks to Gary for everything!

September 3, 2022
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Absolutely fantastic company

Absolutely fantastic company. Purchased a bed and there was a problem with the sliding draws underneath. Mailed them and a real person actually called me, apologised and sent me the parts needed to fix next day! So good to deal with a company that values its customers

August 6, 2021
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Reply from Scallywag Kids

Thanks Christian, glad we could get it sorted for you promptly after our CNC machine had a 'senior moment' :)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

5 Stars All round

We wanted to utilise the space in our house and make use of the box bedroom. The space does not allow for a standard sized bed and therefore I was delighted to come across the Scallywag shorty bed! After doing my research I quickly concluded that no where makes a shorty bed like Scallywags, with a wide range of associated storage/furniture options!

When my order arrived I quickly realised that I had accidentally ordered the standard sized bed instead of the shorty! I frantically rang the customer service team and was greeted by Siobhan! The customer service was excellent! They were reassuring and quickly resolved my issue, agreeing to exchange the bed! Given the beds are made to order I did not expect this generous offer!!

We have previously had other cabin beds and the Scallywags quality is beyond comparison!! The bed is solid and the paint work is literally perfect! The bed has turned an unfuctional box into a bedroom with a bed, a desk and a sofa bed/chair!

We have one happy little boy!! Thank you so much to the Scallywags Team!

August 3, 2020
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Reply from Scallywag Kids

Thank you for your lovely review of the Scallywag Shorty High Sleeper Bed.
We are glad that we were able to help & more importantly, your little boy is happy with his new bedroom!

Best wishes,
Scallywag Kids.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Absolutely brilliant customer service

Absolutely brilliant customer service!
We had a slight issue with the delivery time and Siobhan in the customer service team, very quickly resolved it, by ensuring that the delivery arrived at a specific time, that suited us. Our bed arrived at the time promised! Fantastic customer service and delivery!
Thank you!

July 30, 2020
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Reply from Scallywag Kids

Thank you for your kind review. We are glad that we could help & hope that your little one is thrilled with their new bed.

Best wishes,
Scallywag Kids

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