1st 4 Signs Ltd Reviews 

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.3

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I highly recommend 1st 4 signs . They made a pet memorial for my beloved cat of 17 years. It was very difficult finding a suitable pet memorial company that produced a good photo & wording. I chose 1... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Rapid email response. Sign beautiful, the picture or graphic of the sign planned they send you is white font on a black background, its actually a subtle attractive light grey lettering when it arri... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I ordered à memorial sign for a pet and due to difficulty with website I tried ringing them.I never got to speak to anyone but Hung on.I didn't réalise that their phone number was a service number.... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This is the third time I have ordered from 1st 4 signs. Each purchase has been exactly how I have wanted them to be. All the slates I have ordered have been gifts to loved ones who has sadly lost some... See more

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1st 4 Signs Services: Personalised funeral products Made by Master Craftsmen Beautiful made to order photo urns, grave markers and memorial cemetery crosses. Solid Oak Urns for Ashes with Slate Photo Plaques, bespoke made for people (adults & children) and pets. Can be made to any size for larger requirements. Cremation memory plaques, ash boxes and scatter tubes. Dog, Cat, Parrot, Horse burial marker and urns. Perfectly made by and unique to 1st 4 Signs. House Signs: Slate, Oak Wood, Acrylic and Metal Made to Order and Personalised to your requirements. Many Years experience in the sign manufacturing and making business. Vehicle Graphics and Trailer Signs and Wraps. Bespoke vehicle signage from design to fitting. Large portfolio and hundreds of reviews. Your sign is the face of your business! What does your sign say about you? Let us help you to make the right impression and get the job you want. 1st 4 Signs Guarantees you the highest quality products, produced in our workshops by master craftsmen, we have many years of experience in this industry and run a very reputable professional company based in the heart of Kent. .Top Quality Product .Top Quality Service .Satisfaction Guaranteed We are positive you will love the products and service you receive, we are a proud company and pride ourselves on excellent customer services. Our House Sign range includes Slate House Signs | Oak House Signs | Aluminium Name Plates | Perspex Acrylic Plaques & Enamelled Porcelain Signs. We provide Full Vehicle Graphics service from start to finish, including logo design, large format printing and fully fitted vehicle signage. We supply and fit graphics for the commercial and domestic market and for all vehicles small to large, motor bikes - scooters - cars- vans - pick ups - trucks - lorries and trailers, we also supply vehicle magnets. We would love to hear your feedback on how you have found your experience using our company.


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A big thank you from Wales

Thank you for the 2 wonderful Pet memorial Signs you kindly made for me. I lost both my chocolate Labradors in the same week So I was very down. You made a difficult time much more manageable and showed great care and professional throughout. Thanks for all your help and advice. Tony

16 June 2020
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Reply from 1st 4 Signs Ltd

Thank you, for taking the time to leave your great review Tony,
We are so pleased to hear you are happy with your purchase, and we hope we did, Molly & Max, plus Tess & Ben who were lost much earlier, proud.
Thank you, for choosing 1st 4 Signs.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Received our memorial plaque today for…

Received our memorial plaque today for jasper absolutly beautiful will be buying some more stuff from 1st4signs that iv seen thank you so much

2 June 2020
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Reply from 1st 4 Signs Ltd

Thank you, for your great feedback Kathryn,
We hope our memorial does Jasper proud, such a handsome boy in his photo.
Thank you, for choosing 1st 4 Signs.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very happy with our new house number…

Very happy with our new house number sign,and family Heart plaque.
Product is amazing.
Thank you for your amazing customer service. Arrived very well packaged and will definitely recommend and use your company again.

7 May 2020
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Reply from 1st 4 Signs Ltd

Thank you, for your lovely feedback Elizabeth,
We are so pleased to hear you are happy with the products that you purchased from us.
It was lovely speaking with you on the telephone when taking your order, and hope you are keeping up the walking during this strange lockdown time. You will soon be able to be with the grandchildren again, next years Easter egg giving will be much better. Stay safe, Best regards from all the 1st 4 Signs team.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent service

Excellent service, very happy with my plaque, will be a lovely tribute to our two dogs, will definitely recommend your company.

8 April 2020
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Reply from 1st 4 Signs Ltd

Thank you, for taking the time to leave your lovely feedback John,
We are pleased to hear that you are happy with your plaque for Presley & Scruffy, it was our pleasure to be able to assist you with this purchase.
Best regards, 1st 4 Signs Team.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have used 1st 4 Signs a couple of…

I have used 1st 4 Signs a couple of times and have to say their products have never disappointed. They can't bring our beautiful boys back but certainly ensure that we won't ever forget them. Perfect product. We would not hesitate to recommend this company. Customer service is also great

30 March 2020
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Reply from 1st 4 Signs Ltd

Thank you, for your lovely feedback Julie,

Thank you, for choosing 1st 4 Signs to assist with your memorials for Blakey and Kobi. We are pleased to hear you are happy with your purchase, and we are glad we could help.
Your beautiful fluffy doggies, deserve beautiful memorials, and we are pleased we are the company you chose to supply those. Thank you from all the 1st 4 Signs team.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

the delivery was late but that was not…

the delivery was late but that was not the sellers fault. Order has been delivered and I am very happy with my purchase. Thank you

22 January 2020
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Reply from 1st 4 Signs Ltd

Thank you for your feedback Jennifer, we are sorry Royal Mail delivered your parcel a day late. We are pleased to hear it has now arrived and that you are happy with your purchase. Thank you for shopping with us.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I am full of appreciation for 1st 4…

I am full of appreciation for 1st 4 Signs Ltd and their Customer Service, It has been exemplary and I would recommend them and their products to anyone.

22 December 2019
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Reply from 1st 4 Signs Ltd

Thank you for shopping with us, we are very pleased to hear you are happy with our service. Thank you for taking the time to leave your review.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/10 for customer service

Excellent quality sign at a very reasonable price & 10/10 for customer service.

Thank you.

1 December 2019
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Reply from 1st 4 Signs Ltd

Thank you for shopping with 1st 4 Signs. We are so pleased to hear you are happy with your sign. It is such a great thing to when customers take the time (especially on a Sunday) to write reviews. Thank you again, and we hope to be of service to you again in the future. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

signs

I've had quite a few Signs from this company over the years and can honestly say that I’ve been more than pleased with them .
I’ve been treated respectfully, professionally and politely.
They always arrived on time with amazing packaging .
Thankyou

28 November 2019
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Reply from 1st 4 Signs Ltd

Thank you for shopping with 1st 4 Signs. We are over the moon to have received your review, and we thank you for taking the time to write this. We hope to be of service to you again in the future.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

House Sign

We wanted a new house sign for our property and 1st 4 Signs did not disappoint! Great, friendly, and professional service from start to finish. Our new sign is just perfect and the attention to detail is spot on. Have already recommended their services to family and friends and will continue to do so! Thank you 1st 4 Signs!

28 November 2019
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Reply from 1st 4 Signs Ltd

Thank you for shopping with 1st 4 Signs and thank you for taking the time to leave us your amazing review. We are so pleased to hear you are so happy with your order.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Used this company for new vinyl signs…

Used this company for new vinyl signs on our confectionary stands . Excellent customer service throughout the order . Design and quality of the product more than met my expectation . Will be using you again! Highly recommended

28 November 2019
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Reply from 1st 4 Signs Ltd

Thank you for your review. We hope business is good for you all at Make it Sweet
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We look forward to being of service to you again in the future.
Many Thanks from the 1st 4 Signs team.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

We have used this company for many…

We have used this company for many years as their signs are great quality with a fantastic, quick and friendly service

28 November 2019
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Thank you for your review Tara, hope business is going well for you. We are very pleased to have been of service to you over years. Thank you from all the team at 1st 4 Signs.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Lovely signs

Lovely bespoke house signs and very friendly service.

28 November 2019
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Thank you for your great review and your order. From all the team at 1st 4 Signs.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Casket

Bought a casket from this companie excellent service brilliant quality quick delivery. They were very professional and sympathetic could not have received a better service elsewhere.

28 November 2019
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Thank you very much for your lovely review,
We are very pleased to hear you are happy with your purchase.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Confusion and lack of empathy

I ordered a personalised memorial plaque with this company via Amazon, and I asked to approve the design before going ahead. Obviously under such sensitive circumstances people would want to ensure that everything is correct and as they want it. The company did send me an email with the design, however I also received an 'item dispatched' email BEFORE their design email. At this point, I had already sent them another email asking a question about adding some details to the text. They didn't respond to this question, and with the dispatch email I had just received, I assumed that they had ignored my question and just sent the item off before I could approve it. Under the circumstances, and with a lot of pressure on me from the grieving family to get it right, I was very upset and decided to send the company a further email to complain.

Here the company did respond to me properly. However, there was no personalisation to their correspondence – they did not include my name, and to this day I have no idea of the name of the person who emailed me. They were extremely defensive from the outset and made no effort to empathise or give any attempt to understand my confusion. After my complaint, they immediately turned my order down. They acted offended and hurt, but never once tried to help or rectify the confusion. They told me that they hadn’t sent the item off at all, and that they were waiting for my new details – but had ignored the fact that I’d asked questions in my previous email, that they didn’t respond to.

Basically, the automated email process and subsequent impersonal communication was disjointed and confusing. They referred to my response as ‘sudden and abrupt’, blamed the confusion on me, and insisted – even though I had asked them to continue - that they would cancel the order.

They implied in their final email to me that my complaint and subsequent bad review was going to stop them feeding their children. I should think that their business will survive one bad review, but lost loved ones are irreplaceable. They neglected to take into account that I was just trying to order a memorial plaque on behalf of a grieving mother. I'm just thankful that I was the one dealing with all of this, and not her.

They ended their email by telling me that they do everything that they can to please their customers, but it appears that empathy, helpfulness and completing my order was not included. A simple (non-defensive) explanation, and an offer to complete the order would have the simplest way to deal with the confusion. Instead I received a barrage of blaming others and their instant resolution of cancellation. I am now faced with trying to find a new company and explaining it to the family.

I am sure that this company's products are of high quality (not that I've ever received one), and if you want a simple sign made then perhaps this company is worth a try. However, if you are grieving for the loss of a loved one and would like to purchase a memorial plaque, then you might want to try somewhere with a more personal service. This company does not possess the higher level of empathy and understanding that is required when dealing with grieving customers.

(I cannot see a way to answer the company's response below, so I have chosen to edit this review to say that their words sum up my entire interaction with them. I don't need to say anymore).

28 November 2019
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Reply from 1st 4 Signs Ltd

Dear Suzie,

Again we are very sorry you feel like this, and we have said this in all the messages that you have corresponded with us in. We are a very sympathetic company, and we really do feel heart felt sadness for every memorial we make.

We did send you the proof you requested, and we did await your response, the very top line of the message we sent you with the proof explained that due to the Amazon order process we have to mark your order as dispatched while we wait to hear from you, we were not blaming you when we pointed this out but just trying to clear up the confusion you expressed in your messages.

From the first message you sent us regarding your confusion and before we had a chance to explain or rectify the situation you said you had already left bad feedback and how much you disliked our company. We were shocked to hear this as we had at this point only sent you the design that you had requested, and we never have responses like this, we usually hear the exact opposite. We did point out that your actions were rather abrupt and this was obviously taken the wrong way also, again we are very sorry as we had no intension of this. Bad feedback does affect online sellers very badly especially small business, and we did write in our message that when a customer reacts so suddenly and aggressively without giving a company the chance to explain, these actions can literally take the food off the table of small family run businesses, we were only trying to point out that the action you took so quickly maybe could have had a little more thought and to hopefully help future companies from receiving the same response from you.

We totally understand that you are grieving and how feedback affects companies is not something that you are concerned about, we can clearly see this as you have made the effort to leave this review after receiving your full refund and are still unhappy. All of us are very sorry that you are still unhappy. We received your order on the 25th November and you had a full refund on the 27th November, as you can see this has all happened extremely quickly.

We wish we could have resolved your problem for you, and that you could have been one of the thousands of customers we do make very happy every year, and we really hope you do find what you are looking for. All of us here are very sorry to hear of your loss, and wish your whole family support and comfort in this hard time.

Kind regards,
Bentley.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Do what they say when the say

If you need a pet memorial these are the people to buy it from ..
good communication great product delivered quickly when they said it would be .. 👏👏

29 September 2018
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Thank you for your feedback and thank you very much for shopping with 1st 4 Signs.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very sympathetic sign .

Very sympathetic sign for our departed dog.The slate material is a good quality and well etched.Nice to put over a loved pets grave.Very pleased.

16 September 2018
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Thank you for shopping with 1st 4 Signs. Thank you for taking time to write us your review, we really appreciate your review and are very pleased to hear you are happy with the product your received..

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Beautiful sign

Beautiful sign. 5*****

11 September 2018
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Thank you for shopping with 1st 4 Signs.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

5 STAR

Ordered a memorial plaque for my pet cat and it is absolutely beautiful and made to a very high quality, it makes for a stunning tribute to my beloved boy. Would recommend this company 100%

11 September 2018
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Reply from 1st 4 Signs Ltd

Thank you for shopping with 1st 4 Signs, we are happy to hear you are pleased with your order.

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