"Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping.
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-- Bo Derek
Sofa.com
Sofa.com is the latest online venture for Rohan Blacker and Pat Reeves. It aims to sell very high quality sofas, the type of sofas that would cost between £1,300 and £2,500 on the high street.
Says Rohan "We decided to bring the world a new way of buying great sofas; fast, for not much cash, with the convenience and security of the web. We know a fair bit about the industry; our last venture www.deliverance.co.uk was all about delivering food to Londoners. It worked; we made over a million deliveries in seven years. But that’s all in the past; now we aim to bring to a similar audience something nice to sit on. Users can even send their sofa back to us for free if they don’t like it, but so far that’s not been the case."
And how about competition? “We invite you to take a wander through the streets, and visit such shops as Habitat, Sofa Workshop, Laura Ashley, John Lewis and The Conran shop. They are great brands and collectively produce some beautiful sofas. Our sofas are of a similar standard, quality and style to those sold by these retailers,” says Pat.
The public is happy too Anna from north London says, "“The whole process was great - there was really good info and pictures, so much so I didn't feel the need to go to the showroom.” And Jeff from Doncaster continued the praise: “Using the website was fine. I easily found the style and size of sofa I wanted; I confirmed the colour by means of a free swatch, and ordering was a piece of cake.”
As well as all these great customer-proved excellent reasons to visit and buy from sofa.com," target="_blank">www.sofa.com, there is also the five year frame and construction guarantee for added peace of mind with an extra option to purchase a further five year warranty to protect your fabric or leather cover. What’s more, if for any reason you would rather not live with your sofa.com sofa once it has arrived in your home, the lovely deliverymen will come and collect it (within 14 days) at the Sofa.com’s expense. So there really is nothing to lose!
Delivery issues have also been addressed as most of their sofas are constructed so that the arms are detachable or they split in two, so they're pretty confident that'll get it in. And Pat gives these helpful words of support "If we really can't get it in, we could always bring round the sofa.com JCB and quietly enlarge your door. Or if that isn't agreeable to you, we'll quietly take it away at no cost to you."
Sofa.com is always delighted to help with product requirements and is committed to offering free fabric samples as well as excellent discounts for makeovers, with each request handled individually. Simply select the style and fabric you require and, if in stock, delivery can be made within 48 hours. All others sofas can be supplied within four weeks or, for more urgent requests, an alternative will be offered.
- If their website doesn’t do the trick and you want to go round and perform a full comfy test on the sofas, you'll always be welcome. There’s coffee, cup-cakes and a fair range of all their sofas, as well as generous samples of all fabrics and leathers. Opening times at the Chelsea-based showroom are: Weekdays – 10am till 8pm Weekends and bank holidays -10am till 5pm.
To see Sofa.com’s entire range of fabric and leather options, as well as all the sofa styles, or to mock up your dream sofa (or to see the customer feedback in full!), please visit sofa.com" target="_blank">www.sofa.com or call 0845 400 2222 for further information.
