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CarpetRight was situated right next to Allied Carpets and as such we were able to directly compare things, we decided to go to CarpetRight as their range appeared much better.
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A review by josarah on CarpetRight (Shop) May 20th, 2004
Author's product rating:
Price
Reasonable
Value for money
Good
Selection & range
Good selection
Availability
Goods are nearly always in stock
Quality
Good
Staff knowledge
Good
Advantages:
Convenient, Good Offers, Good selection
Disadvantages:
Wait for fitting
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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We have recently moved into a house with a lounge/diner. When we went to view the house the vendor informed us that their dog had recently had puppies, all together now, awwwww. When we went back for our second viewing we picked up on the fact that the carpet was a bit grotty in the lounge. We went away, made an offer and eventually bought the house.
Picking up the keys was really exciting, this was my first house, a real big step in life, we approached the house, with 2 cars loaded with stuff, after we had found the correct key and taken down the for sale sign we entered our new home. What greeted us was the unmistakable smell of dogs p*ss, and general doggy smells, eugh.
After living with the lounge carpet for a couple of weeks the decision was made that we should think about changing it. Money was an issue so we had to wait longer than we originally wanted to, however during the time while we were saving up we visited lots of carpet shops to see what we could afford.
CarpetRight was situated right next to Allied Carpets and as such we were able to directly compare things, we decided to go to CarpetRight as their range appeared much better.
As you walk in the shop you are bombarded with carpet and flooring everywhere you look. There are carpet samples all over the walls, in neat little rectangles, carpet samples in book form dotted around within the first 10 metres of the store, and then there is what we were aiming for, the ‘on a roll’ section. The reason we were looking to buy carpet off a roll was primarily because of cost. Carpets on a roll can cost anything from around £4.99 a metre. The quality is nothing special, but this represents good value for money.
We had visited the shop a number of times and thought we had decided on a carpet we both liked, on Good Friday we beat through the crowds, found a parking space and went to buy our new carpet. On looking around the store we were struck by some new signs, ‘What’s this’ we thought ‘50% off, this can’t be true!’ After ascertaining that CarpetRight did in fact have a massive sale on we decided to have another browse around, on the assumption that we would be able to get better carpet for around the same price. We found one and went to find the man, who had already clocked us looking and already asked if we wanted assistance.
The sales assistant was very helpful; he explained that over the Easter Bank Holiday they were adding another 10% off sale prices. ‘Woo Hoo’ we thought more savings. I specifically asked what the cost for fitting and delivery was, as we had got a cost for these from Allied Carpets who volunteered the information. Our fitting cost was just under £70 and delivery was £20. You pay for the carpet and delivery when you order, and pay for the fitting when the chaps come along with the carpet.
Armed with the figures we went to ponder the prices and see whether we really could afford it (indecisive… moi?). We decided we could, and on Easter Monday we went back to close the deal. We had already decided that we needed underlay (the original was soaked in aforementioned Dog urine) but that we would use the same gripper rods. We plumped for the cheapest underlay at £3.99 a m2 , carpet, at an original price of £13.99 and fitting and delivery.
Our final cost was £302 for the carpet (7.6mx4m) and 70 for the fitting. We gave our credit card details away and went off to the beach for the day happy as larry.
We had been told that our carpet would take about 2 weeks to arrive, this was because it would be the soonest the carpet man could fit it. We received a call from the store in the week before our expected delivery, they said that our fitting had been booked for the Saturday (we had requested this), and we could expect a call from the fitter on Friday night.
Lo and behold, on Friday night a phone call came, it was the fitter arranging a time. He said he would be at our place at 8:30 the following morning. We negotiated that we could leave some of the furniture in the room (the order form asks that you clear all carpet and furniture before the fitter arrives), and said we would see him in the morning.
8:30 came and went, 8:32 the doorbell rang. On time, and smiling, how refreshing!
The fitting went swimmingly and all was going well until… on rolling the carpet towards the end wall we all noticed a gap. Now this is not the fault of CarpetRight, we gave them the measurements for the room and thought we had had them accurate. Obviously not. Fear not the man said, ‘I can cut a bit from the off-cuts and join them together, it’s only under the window, no one will notice.’ So that’s what he did, and no one has!
All in all I had a very good experience of CarpetRight, the staff were very helpful and the fitter was extremely good. I would however recommend that you take them up on their offer of a free measuring service
I thought that we had good value for money as well, and we weren’t on the wrong end of a hard sell for expensive underlay and grippers. The carpet feels nice under the feet and has quite a thick pile (we still don’t walk on it in shoes).
Hurrah for CarpetRight, quick, easy, cheap and they were even cheerful.
Advantages: Great selection, year round offers, minimal waiting time Disadvantages: None
Yes, I know bit of a lame title but I cannot think of anything better than that...
The store that I will be reviewing will be our local store based on Sealand Road in Chester. For those of you not familiar with this area it is a small retail park approximately 15 minutes walk from Chester City Centre and contains many of the poular stores such as Currys, Hobbycraft, TK Maxx, Dunelm Mills, Rosebys, DFS etc
After 6 months of redecorating our home ... ...a neutral scheme we decided to go for a fairly substantial carpet having a living room with the stairs leading to upstairs it was going to take a bit of wear and tear.
*~*Why did we choose Carpet Right*~*
My parents had always used our local branch of carpet right when I lived at home and they had always had no complaints and were happy with the service so when I moved into my first house I knew Carpet Right would be the company to opt for. We ...
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Advantages: Had the floor covering that I required at the right price! Disadvantages: Not many staff.
...to name but a few). CarpetRight also offers a large and varied range of rugs Prices start from as little as £16.99, as well as wood look laminate flooring.
As the customer, there are two options available when purchasing from CarpetRight. Firstly there is the take away rollstock carpet from a comprehensive selection of carpet collections. Secondly there is an ordering system so CarpetRight allows there to be a carpet to fit every taste and budget. ... ...at excellent prices) to rollstock, CarpetRight has an unprecedented range of international brands plus styles and in a multitude of colours. Rollstock is very popular because it can be used for any room. Once cut from the roll, it can be folded up and loaded into the back of a car, a task with which the sales staff will gladly assist. Shane and I witnessed this during our visit.
CarpetRight guarantees a superb choice of floor coverings. I wanted ...
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Advantages: BEST RANGE IN THE UK AND LOWEST PRICES Disadvantages: EVER WONDERED WHAT CHEMICALS THEY USES ON THEM?!
...reduced by upto 60%)
Carpetright offers 4 different kinds of flooring
CARPET from 2/3/4/5m width rolls Just about every style and colour you could ever imagine is avalible some of these include
TWIST PILE - The most conventional type Thousands of fibres are twisted together on each tuft then injected into the backing separately these are suitable for any area of the house they offer a good mix of wear and comfort,
normally made from polypropylene ... ...just be more careful :) Carpetright offer this for free most companies will charge £1.50 m2
*Most ot their carpets come with a hard hessian type backing which can only be fitted onto an underlay and streched onto gripper rods round the edge of the room
*Expect to pay £3.99 - £7.99 for underlay and £1.75 per meter for gripper rods also gold or silver door bars are avalible at £5.99 each
* Also expect to pay £1.99 - £59.99 per meter sq for carpet
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Advantages: Speedy fitting, good choice, cheap, plenty of offers Disadvantages: Shop assistants seem a bit clueless!
~ Choice ~
The first thing I noticed when I walked into Carpet Right was the amount of stuff in there. There was endless rolls of carpet, lots of rugs/runners on display and a laminate flooring section so I'd felt straight away that I could find my carpet. (It had to be cream and very soft!) Browzing through the aisles I was impressed by the amount of choice. There was all sorts! Loads of different colours from white to black and different patterns ... ...some old fashioned carpets which I won't describe as I don't want to offend anyone lol. There was a wide range of laminate flooring avaliable too plus lots of rugs. Big ones for the lounge, ones you just stick in front of your door to runners as well.
~ Price ~
Most of the prices in there were quite good. On average we saw lots of carpets priced at 5.99 per square metre. There were a couple of 4.99 ones but I must say these were not as good quality ...
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Last week I visited my local Carpet Right Showroom in order to take advantage of a 50% off promotion.
We decided on a carpet to the value of £17, minus the 50% discount, meaning that we pay £8.50 per sq metre. We decided on an underlay at a cost of £8 per sq metre, and middle cost fastenings. We duly arranged for a free estimation visit for next week. The salesperson requested a deposit "..to ensure the discount, as the promo ends this Tuesday", ... ...I placed the paper work in my pocket and thought nothing more of it.
I received a phone call from a relative during the week, who could not believe the quote that they had been given by a Carpet Right estimator. To carpet their front room, hallway, and stairs would amount to £1400! This started to ring warning bells, so I checked my paperwork. The first thing that I noticed was the lack of detail - all I had was an appointment slip and a line stating ...
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Advantages: Good prices, good customer service Disadvantages: Check dimensions of furniture before you buy!
...And I don’t mean the bits of metal shot from a staple gun to hold pieces of paper together, although they do sell them. Staples sell staples you see. Let me explain.
Staples is a supplier of all things for the office from paper to computers and from furniture to, well, staples and paperclips. They do have a mail order section and a website at www.staples.co.uk, but I intend to talk about the shop itself and our experience in this opinion.
Staples stores tend to be on the large side and found at out of town shopping areas along with the likes of Currys, Comet, CarpetRight, Homebase etc., and usually a Burger King or McDonalds thrown in for good measure.
The stores are well laid out with all types of stationery, furniture and storage solutions for the home office, school or workplace. There is also a facility to set up...
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Advantages: Very good quality of vinyl, excellent fitting service Disadvantages: Store devoid of customers, hidden charges for delivery and carpets uplifting and disposal
...thought that they would take them to a recycling centre or somewhere like that. Instead they simply used our skip.
FINAL THOUGHTS
The title of this op was the Oscar winning theme tune to the animated film 'Aladdin'. I think that Sir Tim Rice wrote the lyrics. The song was sung when Aladdin and Princess Jasmine were travelling on flying carpets. Dealing with carpetshops was a whole new world to me. Perhaps my father was right in suggesting that I should stay put in cloud cuckoo land.
I hope that this op has helped the first-time carpet buyer in some way. Looking back I would have selected the vinyl by surfing the Allied Carpets web site. I would also have uplifted and disposed of the carpets myself.
I have now exorcised all my carpetshop ghosts in this op. The word count is just over 2300. This proves that I can pad out an op...
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We had just moved into our new house in October 2002, boxes were every were and the place was a total mess, while trying to sort things out a rap came to the door, I answered it to find a man there offering me £100 worth of high street vouchers and in... more
