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Parents fear 'eating dinner on floor' this Christmas after DFS 'lose their sofa'

A family with two disabled parents are worried they may have to eat their Christmas dinner on the floor after DSF 'lost' their new sofa.

Samantha Catlow placed an order for a new couch for herself and her mum and dad for £1,587 back in mid-October.

The 34-year-old's turned up - but her parents Sharon Connor, 51, and Terrence Connor, 57, are still waiting.

The furniture giant told them their purchase got "lost in transit" but now DFS say their order should be with them soon.

But Samantha, from the Wirral, Merseyside, says she wants compensation.

Terrence Connor is hoping his new sofa arrives this week (Liverpool ECHO/Iain Watts)

She told the LiverpoolEcho : "They have a variety of health issues so I ordered something that would be more comfortable and easier to keep clean.

"I know these things take time. I kept checking online and on December 1 it said the sofa and chair had arrived at the depot, so I booked a delivery for Monday December 5."

In preparation for the delivery, Samantha's parents forked out £150 to have their old furniture removed the day before as it was "unsuitable". The charge was higher due to it being a Sunday.

However, at almost 6pm on the evening of December 4, Samantha received a phone call from DFS telling her they'd "lost" the sofa and chair.

DSF "sincerely apologise" for the family's inconvenience (SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

She said: "It's totally unacceptable. DFS keep telling me they'll get someone to call me back - they're still trying to find them."

Samantha said her parents have since managed to borrow a chair from her brother for her dad to sit on, as he can't sit on the floor for health reasons.

However, her mum is left to sit on the floor or the bed.

She added: "There's just no way they can manage on their own, we just want the sofa delivered before Christmas otherwise they'll be eating their dinner sitting on the floor.

"My mum has been in tears. She is very house proud.

"How they can lose something like that is beyond me. I'm flabbergasted. On their adverts, they say 'delivery before Christmas'. Maybe give it a couple more months."

A DFS spokesperson said: "We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused for the delay to their furniture order. Unfortunately there has been a system failure at our local distribution centre which has impacted our ability to deliver their order within the estimated timeframe given to the customer when they purchased the product.

"We have a team of professionals working hard to rectify the problem and we expect to be able to deliver the furniture within the next 24 hours."

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