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About Blum UK
Blum GmbH is an international company that produces hinge-, lift- and runner-systems and the appropriate assembly tools for the cabinet making and furniture industry.
Blum UK (blum.com) has 48 customer reviews on Folks Told, with an average rating of 4.4 out of 5.
Nach vergeblichen Versuchen, im Internet das passende Ersatz-Scharnier für meine Schrankwand zu finden, bin ich auf der Internetseite von Blum auf die Kontaktdaten gestoßen und habe mein Problem dargelegt. Innerhalb kürzester Zeit und mit zwei Emails habe ich sowohl die korrekte Bezeichnung bekommen als auch ein kostenloses Exemplar zugeschickt bekommen. Das nenne ich mehr als kundenfreundlich und habe ich bisher nirgends so erlebt.
CU
Customer
Exceptional customer service.
Ten years ago Smallbone of Devizes completed installation of a fitted kitchen that had sixteen fitted drawers running on Blum soft drawer closers. The oil seals on the damper pistons of three of these drawers failed recently with the result that oil leaked and the dampers no longer worked correctly.
I thought that I'd replace these fittings myself, rather than invoked the Smallbone warranty, but found that these units had a lifetime guarantee with the result that Blum UK customer services mailed replacement parts immediately without any fuss whatsoever.
I could not have imagined that these units would come with a lifetime guarantee, which in itself is quite extraordinary in my experience, but the quality of Blum UK's after sale service is not only exceptional it has to be second to none.
12 January 2023
JS
J.S.
Ausgezeichneter Kundenservice
Ausgezeichneter Kundenservice - hatte Rückfragen zu einem Alutür-Scharnier. Geduldig und sehr zügig hat der Mitarbeiter herausgefunden, um welches Scharnier es sich handelt und eine Lösung des Problems veranlasst. Wirklich ein ausergerwöhnlicher Kundenservice, den man meistens gar nicht mehr gewohnt ist. Danke!
BN
Burkhardt N.
Anfrage zu Küchentürbeschlägen…
Nach Anfrage zu Küchentürbeschlägen wurden mir 6 St. Beschläge gesendet, kostenlos. Kaum zu glauben. Es ist davon auszugehen, das Arbeiten über die Fa. Blum exzelent sein werden. Besten Dank für das ungewöhnliche Entgegenkommen.
Neumeier Burkhardt
MA
marko
BLUM doesn't always stand behind their product
Had their systems installed in all of my kitchen cabinets. 3 hinges failed after 4 years on one door. Contacted them and at first they were very helpful and ordered a change in warranty. However, it panned out as the item number i had, and the one they replaced me with were not the same hinges (eventho same part nr.) . Later found out my items are part of "industry line" (whatever that meant, however later found out what it means). Was directed to contact the shop i bought the kitchen at. They reached out to factory and factory has no warranty on it after 2 years (standard EU warranty) but wants payment. Went back to Blum asking how is that, they are now washing hands that "its not their product" so there is no warranty outside the warranty given by the factory.
Won't die for 50 euros, but it's the customer relations a company keeps. As little as that money means to me, they mean even less to them.
I would understand this if the kitchen came with "xxx" brand name hinges that are "based on Blum products". However, this is not the case. The hinges only have BLUM name on them. Kitchen is advertised by having BLUM (there's no mention of only 2 year warranty). They also advertise 100000000 (whatever number Blum uses) amounts of successful closing/openings of the door (same thing BLUM uses in their marketing). So in essence, it is BLUM name that stands behind those hinges. Me, as a customer has no idea if something is part of "industry line" or whatever other "lines" they have. I see a name that i presumed meant something, and i see the same marketing with xxxxxxxxx amount of opening/closings and went with it. When installed it only has their name so everything checks out. Well, until it doesn't as, as explained by the support person "industry line is not their product but only has parts of their product". Which is borderline scam as the product still carries their name and customer has no idea from which line something came.
Similarly, when you order computer hardware, some parts are OEM, some are retail, however, this is clearly stated in the product descriptions, and as such both have different warranties. In this case, you are not sure until you encounter a problem.
Have already ordered replacement from the factory, but feel moral obligation to write the truth on possible issues behind the marketing campaign.
MI
Mr Ian T.
Excellent service for replacement part
Our kitchen was installed 8 years ago. It incorporates a Blum larder style unit which has operated very smoothly until very recently when there became increased resistance when closing the drawer. I traced the problem to one of the runners and contacted Blum via their web site to see if I could purchase a replacement. In response to my query they couriered a replacement runner pair to me the next day, free of charge. Excellent service.
MJ
Mr J.
Customer service as it should be
Customer service as it should be. Replying almost instantly to my enquirey and subsequently to a further three emails. A very efficient and well organised service.