Dalby Living Reviews

Name: Dalby Living
Address: Dalby Hall, Dalby, Lincolnshire, Dalby
Rating: 4.79

4.8 Rating 1,579 Reviews

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4.8

Based on 1,579 reviews

Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods	Courier
Average Delivery Time	Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery	97%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders	Greater than 92%
Customer Service
Communication Channels	Email, Telephone, Live Chat
Queries Resolved In	Under An Hour
Customer Service	4.8 out of 5

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mail@humberimports.com

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Dalby Hall, Dalby, Lincolnshire
Dalby
PE23 4PN

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“Delivery was poor, was advised by Darby customer service that delivery could be rescheduled but that wasn’t the case. Received notification at 10am, when already at work, that delivery would be in a couple of hours. Dalby use XPD which if you check out their reviews is a very poor choice. The item was delivered into my front yard, not a secure location and as it was pouring with rain it the packaging was saturated by the time I got home so it was very difficult to carry in. I contacted Darby who weren’t particularly bothered a £200 item had been left in an unsecured place. This was my first order with them and it’ll be my last. As for the item itself, the steamer chair is sturdy but the brass hinges were very scratched on receipt - is this a returned item perhaps? As for the cushion that came with it, it’s not good, the material is very cheap looking so will be buying a replacement. For the price it’s ok but wouldn’t recommend the company or item, there’s probably better quality out there and a firm that has better customer service.”

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Posted 9 months ago

“Ordered a teak sun lounger, a table and 4 chairs. Prompt delivery, all rosy. Decided against the table and chairs, even before unpacking, due to space restrictions. Called to arrange a return after initial email went unanswered. I was advised a collection had been booked and to expect a call to arrange. 4 weeks later, still nothing, and calls, voicemails, emails, all unanswered and can't get hold of anyone at Humber Imports!”

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Posted 1 year ago

Hello Jonathan. We emailed you before you posted this review regarding the collection and for some reason the couriers hadn't arrived to collect, we did send a screenshot of the collection manifest, a new collection had also been generated. You replied to the email appreciating the response which renders the review a little confusing. We did also fully refund you for the table and chairs that you didn't want to keep. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Posted 1 year ago

“I bought the Monte Carlo about 6 years ago and after a while I noticed some chairs were wobbling. Now 6 chairs have collapsed and only 2 left which I doubt will last long. The table is fine although I had to repair the drop down extender. In my opinion there is a fundamental design flaw with the chairs in that the rear legs are not splayed back to add stability but less than 90 degrees so any slight leaning back on them will deteriorate the joints until they collapse. It’s a shame because you can see the rear chair legs are an obvious design fault. They are strong for a year and then deteriorate until collapse. Very disappointed as I had hoped they’d last much longer .”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I would like to be writing a review of the Lutyens 3-seater bench but I can't because you won't deliver it - despite the 'free UK delivery' being plastered all over your website. Why? Because the house is on Skye and what you didn't mention is that, according to the person I've just spoken with on the phone, you don't deliver to islands - even ones with a fully functioning and free bridge which, for every other company we've ever dealt with is enough to make it effectively a mainland location. The only reason you have one star from me is that your review system won't allow me to award none.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Patio set and chairs had been poorly stained and the teak was not Grade A. Avoid at all cost.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Had the 10 seater set 2 years now. One chair completely collapsed while I was sitting on it, timber has split on another and the fixings are coming apart on a third. Very poor quality.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“The delivery was fine. Less than two years after purchasing two chairs broke. I contacted HImports...they were not interested. I spent a fortune buying full 6 seater dining set with parasol and proper covers. The remaining chairs continued to fall apart and the parasol struts broke. We are not obese and have treated the furniture carefully and teak oiled it regularly. We have taken parasol apart...it is shoddily made and recently collapsed nearly hitting me! As it is very heavy, I was extremely lucky! I expected the furniture to have lasted at least 8-10years with care. It has been the biggest waste of money in my life!”

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Posted 4 years ago

“What a dreadful experience There are four elements to this review of a purchase of a 5 ft Oxford garden bench Order and delivery. After taking the order online there was no communication regarding delivery etc; the courier just arrived one day with the item. Not very good customer service by today's standards. The bench. Delivered flat packed as expected. All the troubles began when trying to put it together. Instructions made no sense whatsoever in terms of the order of construction. It just would not have worked putting it together as per the instructions. The labels supposedly allowing for ease of construction were actually all the wrong way round. It was as if someone had gone out of their way to do so. All the following difficulties I wrote down at the time. The side rails on the seat were too long to fit behind the front legs. The rear tenons on the seat were angled too much to fit into the mortises on the back. The tenons on the front ends of seat struts did not properly align with the mortises in the front seat rail. Resulting in the pushing out of the front seat rail such that it bowed out. Also on the front seat rail the tenons would not go fully into the mortises of the front legs. Something not cut correctly. At the top of the back the tenons did engage properly with the mortises but none of the dowel pin holes In the mortise lined up with the holes drilled in the tenons. Two of the pre-assembled rails had splits one to breaking point. All in all this was a catalogue of manufacturing errors which I would have found difficult to have expanded on even if I had tried. The return of the bench. After my initial phone call, what now follows is a word for word copy of the email exchange. Please read it all. Me “ Hi, I spoke with someone, name not known, half an hour ago. I was told you would arrange collection of this faulty bench and arrange a refund. Can you let me know when it is likely to be collected and how you want me to prepare the bench for carriage. It was part assembled but now it is back in the five pieces” . Humber - “Please pack up as best you can, the couriers will contact you regarding the collection. Please ring me when it has been collected and I will issue the refund”. Me - “I have it all boxed up and ready to go. I have heard nothing from the couriers. But the courier has just turned up. But I have no labels, no address, no phone calls, no emails, etc. He said I should have had all that from you by email. He could not wait and said he'd come again after presumably getting fresh instructions to collect. Quite embarrassing really. Can you advise please”. Humber - “You do not need labels just give the courier the bench, you do not need anything just give them the bench!” Me - “Well I'm sorry but the courier would not take the bench. It's in the original box without a label. What was I to do? In case it happens again can you just give me the address anyway and I'll write it on the box. Are you arranging for them to call again and to let me know next time when they are going to call as you had said previously?” Humber - “Couriers create the label at the depot, the box does not need a label. As I said give them the bench then ring me and I will issue the refund. I couldn't have made it plainer.” Please draw your own conclusions on the level of customer service that prevails here. And bear in mind this was a 5 foot long, 25 KG box. Well eventually, cutting an even longer story short, the item was eventually collected. Thankfully, the one thing that did work as promised, was the refund. All quite extraordinary.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“There are four elements to this review of a purchase of a 5 ft Oxford garden bench Order and delivery. After taking the order online there was no communication regarding delivery etc; the courier just arrived one day with the item. Not very good customer service by today's standards. The bench. Delivered flat packed as expected. All the troubles began when trying to put it together. Instructions made no sense whatsoever in terms of the order of construction. It just would not have worked putting it together as per the instructions. The labels supposedly allowing for ease of construction were actually all the wrong way round. It was as if someone had gone out of their way to do so. All the following difficulties I wrote down at the time. The side rails on the seat were too long to fit behind the front legs. The rear tenons on the seat were angled too much to fit into the mortises on the back. The tenons on the front ends of seat struts did not properly align with the mortises in the front seat rail. Resulting in the pushing out of the front seat rail such that it bowed out. Also on the front seat rail the tenons would not go fully into the mortises of the front legs. Something not cut correctly. At the top of the back the tenons did engage properly with the mortises but none of the dowel pin holes In the mortise lined up with the holes drilled in the tenons. Two of the pre-assembled rails had splits one to breaking point. All in all this was a catalogue of manufacturing errors which I would have found difficult to have expanded on even if I had tried. The return of the bench. After my initial phone call, what now follows is a word for word copy of the email exchange. Please read it all. Me “ Hi, I spoke with someone, name not known, half an hour ago. I was told you would arrange collection of this faulty bench and arrange a refund. Can you let me know when it is likely to be collected and how you want me to prepare the bench for carriage. It was part assembled but now it is back in the five pieces” . Humber - “Please pack up as best you can, the couriers will contact you regarding the collection. Please ring me when it has been collected and I will issue the refund”. Me - “I have it all boxed up and ready to go. I have heard nothing from the couriers. But the courier has just turned up. But I have no labels, no address, no phone calls, no emails, etc. He said I should have had all that from you by email. He could not wait and said he'd come again after presumably getting fresh instructions to collect. Quite embarrassing really. Can you advise please”. Humber - “You do not need labels just give the courier the bench, you do not need anything just give them the bench!” Me - “Well I'm sorry but the courier would not take the bench. It's in the original box without a label. What was I to do? In case it happens again can you just give me the address anyway and I'll write it on the box. Are you arranging for them to call again and to let me know next time when they are going to call as you had said previously?” Humber - “Couriers create the label at the depot, the box does not need a label. As I said give them the bench then ring me and I will issue the refund. I couldn't have made it plainer.” Please draw your own conclusions on the level of customer service that prevails here. And bear in mind this was a 5 foot long, 25 KG box. Well eventually, cutting an even longer story short, the item was eventually collected. Thankfully, the one thing that did work as promised, was the refund. All quite extraordinary.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Please do not take notice of the price match, it is a scam and you should be aware. They take your money at the point of order then confirm the goods are on the way, great you think ! Then you get a mail telling you they cannot they are short on stock, bad enough, but 3 days later still no money returned circa £700. And to make it all worse a call the next day to the office tells me they have plenty of stock. Stay away its not all it seems by any means, use a reliable supplier who stands by their promises.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Rather than being "Teak Garden Specialists" Humber imports are specialists in cheek. I made an enquiry of Humber Imports for one of their items about which I was unsure of their rather confusing if not misleading description. I received a reply which called me a buffoon, and idiot, a halfwit. It asked if I have senile dementia (which was spelled, dementure) . I was called me a Prick. This is not the kind of language nor behaviour one would expect from a serious business. It make no pretence at even a modicum of manners, rather foul mouthed ignorance.”

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Posted 6 years ago

“Bought an 8 piece patio set in 2011. Six years later all but 3 of the chairs have fallen apart. They were certainly not made of teak! You get what you pay for!”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Bought Versailles 2 Seater Teak Bistro Garden Furniture Set (without free cushions) in August 2016. One chair split. I twice emailed Humber Imports in November 2016 about it and got no reply from them.”

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Posted 7 years ago

“Ordered a teak bench and unfortunately one of the slats was damaged (see attached photo). Contacted Humber Imports via email which they initially didn't respond to until I contacted them by phone. Although they couldn't see any damage from photo provided they agreed to issue a full refund although I would have preferred a repair or a replacement. I have subsequently contacted Humber Imports on three occasions requesting confirmation of a refund and they have not responded.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“Ordered a teak bench and unfortunately one of the slats was damaged (see attached photo). Contacted Humber Imports via email which they initially didn't respond to until I contacted them by phone. Although they couldn't see any damage form photo provided they agreed to issue a full refund although I would have preferred a repair or a replacement. I have subsequently contacted Humber Imports on three occasions requesting confirmation of a refund and they have not responded.”

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Posted 8 years ago

“brought "top quality teak " garden furniture. chairs cracked within months they claimed that some one to fat had sat on it (all family have bmi less than 23) . totally disinterested -within 2 years fit for the dump”

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Posted 8 years ago

“None of the fastenings fitted, the holes to bolt the legs onto the table had to be drilled out. The two droop-nose pivot pins are 14mm in diameter with holes drilled through the wood are 12mm. The clown I spoke to on the phone told me to hammer the pins through the the holes . Not wanting to wreck the table legs by splitting them I purchased a round wood rasp for £7.99 and worked the holes out to a size where the pivot pins can be inserted and removed without damaging the legs. This company can be listed under two headings: Don't know and don't care. Give them a miss”

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Posted 9 years ago

“Ordered was significant;y delayed, and when I chased it at the Depot I was told the table was delivered to them damaged, but Humber Imports told them to deliver it anyway! Eventually cancelled the order and went elsewhere.”

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Posted 10 years ago

“I received a faulty product, a bench with extreme woodworm. After sending pictures and politely explaining the problem I was met with a really rude, nasty email. I again stated the problem, and asked for a replacement to be met with a really rude, sarcastic response. I did not get a replacement. I didn't have the time to take the matter further, so treated the bench and hoped for the best. It is honestly the worst response I have ever had from a company, really quite shocking. I would really try to put anyone off dealing with this company in anyway.”

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Posted 10 years ago

Dalby Living is rated 4.8 based on 1,579 reviews