Carriers, breakages and XDP

We're not people that winge or complain much, but thought we should highlight a company that as carriers go offer a great service in demolition. So we thought that should our competitors want us to recommend someone that will break their stuff, XDP in Birmingham are definately worth a look. There are distinct phases to the way they work:

Break goods in transit
Deliver to customer
Collect from customer
Offer full compensation to supplier (us)
Keep supplier waiting for months while claims mount up
Deny all knowledge and send out to supplier (us) claim rejected form

The front man, James Bond (yes really!) is always polite, but not backed up at all by the company. We can only assume the ISO9001 is in its early self assessment phase. We have come across a number of other companies who have suffered losses at the hands of these expert carriers.

On a more positive note, we now have an excellent service, delivering all over the UK, Ireland, France, Belgium and Northern Italy. We will get your order there in about 14 working days. And as for breakages, well in the words of one of our very careful carriers, "furniture should be handled as you would a woman".

Beds on TV

We were very excited to have two of our beds selected, by ITV and a Living TV production team. These will be making their appearance during the Autumn. See if you can spot them... One is from our very popular Versailles french painted collection Louis bed, which will be used most weeks in a reality TV programme. This retails at £595

The other one - our imposing mahogany Victorian Gothic Bed is being used in a detective series later in 2007. This bed currently retails at just £495 on our website the Repro Furniture Company

More on this as both TV series are announced...

Business as usual despite the floods

Although our warehouse was marooned on an island for a few days, business was unaffected. We still managed to get orders out, ferrying goods back to the van in a 4x4 - the offer of a tractor was made if needed.

One enterprising customer attempted a visit, but decided that they would come back when it was a bit drier! Our neighbour, an antique dealer, reported that he had ridden his bicycle under water while coming into work. The water had apparently risen to his handlebars, but he couldn't risk dismounting as he has his wallet and mobile phone in his pocket. The joys of summer....

Our TV appearance on Discovery Channel

We are very excited to tell you that our furniture was selected for a TV Series documenting the restoration and furnishing of an old house near Coventry. The series (Discovery Realtime) is being broadcast in late April 2006 onwards. And the furniture selected? - our Rococo bedroom furniture which is available in a three different finishes. For more information on the Rococo collection go to www.reprofurniture.biz

What finishes does your furniture come in?

We are asked frequently about alternative finishes. We are pleased to tell you that many finishes are available from our current range, which include

• Mid mahogany
• Antique cream
• Antique white (some with gold detail)
• Distressed antique white
• French Blue/green

To special order we can offer a range of shades of mahogany to suit providing you are prepared to wait a few weeks for that special piece to arrive.

Special orders for bespoke designs

We are frequently asked for special version of our furniture. For example a four poster bed without the canopy, or in a different colour/finish. We will always talk through the possibilities of customer design/bespoke furniture and will give you an answer as to whether the item requested can be produced. Give us a try, you never know we may be able to make just what you are looking for!

Can we come and see you?

We are frequently asked if it is OK to come and see us to have a look at the furniture we supply. The answer is yes you can. You need to bear in mind that we don't have a traditional showroom and operate from a warehouse with all the furniture packed up and not displayed. We will go over the collection with you, and answer any questions you may have.

If you would like to visit us we are open during normal working hours Monday to Thursday, and Friday morning. Visit our website for our contact information at www.reprofurniture.biz