⚠️ URGENT WARNING
⚠️ URGENT WARNING — PLEASE READ BEFORE SENDING MONEY
Potential customers should exercise extreme caution when considering ordering from Sam Dunkerley or businesses associated with him, including:
Sawdust Monkeys
South Devon Tabletops
Reclaimed Nation
These businesses have been associated with the Ivybridge, Devon area.
There appear to be multiple customers reporting similar problems — orders being only partially fulfilled, goods not being supplied, promises of refunds or outstanding items not materialising, and communication eventually stopping.
The concern is that partially fulfilling an order may make what is essentially a serious complaint appear to be nothing more than a normal customer/trader dispute.
In one reported case, the customer paid for eleven complete tables but received only eight table tops, with three tops and all eleven sets of legs missing. Despite assurances regarding the missing items and a refund, neither materialised.
The matter was reported to Devon & Cornwall Police, but the response was that because part of the order had been fulfilled, the transaction appeared to be from a legitimate business.
This is exactly why more people need to report their experiences.
If you have experienced similar circumstances, DO NOT simply walk away and assume nothing can be done.
Report your experience to Trading Standards/Citizens Advice, retain all evidence and make a formal complaint.
You should also consider contacting the local councillor for Ivybridge:
Councillor Victor Abbott
The more documented complaints, invoices, payment records, messages, advertisements, photographs and delivery evidence that are brought together, the harder it becomes for a potential wider pattern to be overlooked.
It is particularly concerning if changing trading names allows the same problems to continue affecting new customers.
PLEASE CHECK BEFORE YOU PAY.
And if you have already been affected:
SPEAK UP. REPORT IT. KEEP THE EVIDENCE.
One complaint may be treated as a dispute.
Multiple documented complaints can demonstrate a pattern that demands proper investigation.
Please share this warning so that other individuals and small businesses have the opportunity to make an informed decision before handing over their money.






