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Returns & warranty

30 days, and what it costs

Including the part most policies bury: what is deducted if you have already built it.

Quick answer: what is the returns policy?

You have 30 days from delivery. If the cartons are unopened we collect and refund in full, including any delivery you paid. If it is assembled and undamaged we will still take it back, but the return collection is deducted — S$89 for a single unit, quoted for more. Anything faulty, damaged in transit, or not what you ordered is replaced or refunded at our cost with no time limit argument, and the 5-year warranty covers the frame, hinges, runners and panels against defects for that whole period. The deduction for assembled returns is stated plainly here because a returns policy with an unstated deduction is worse than a strict one.

Returns at a glance

SituationWhat happens
Unopened, within 30 days Collected free. Full refund including delivery paid.
Assembled and undamaged, within 30 days Collected. Refund less S$89 collection for a single unit.
Faulty, damaged in transit, or wrong item Replaced or refunded in full, at our cost. No deduction, ever.
Within the 5-year warranty Part replaced or repaired free.
Made-to-measure, change of mind Not returnable — it is cut to your room. Defects still covered.

The 5-year warranty

It covers, for 5 years from delivery, in normal domestic use:

  • The aluminium frame and its anodised or powder-coated finish
  • Hinges, including loss of adjustment and failure of the soft-close damper
  • Drawer runners and the sliding-track carriages
  • Acrylic and mesh panels against manufacturing defects, delamination and crazing
  • Shelves and hanging rails against sagging under their rated load

It does not cover:

  • Accidental damage, or damage from moving the cabinet while assembled
  • Scratches and scuffing from abrasive or solvent cleaning — see care
  • A cabinet that was never fixed with its anti-tip bracket and subsequently tipped
  • Loads above the stated ratings (25 kg a shelf, 40 kg a rail, 30 kg a drawer)
  • Commercial or rental-turnover use, which is covered by the separate trade terms

The warranty is in addition to your rights under the Singapore Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act and the Lemon Law provisions of the Sale of Goods Act, and nothing here reduces them.

Starting a return or a claim

Email hello@alucent.sg or message us on WhatsApp with your order reference — it looks like ALU-XXXXXXXX and it is on your order confirmation. For anything damaged, send photographs in the first message; it usually turns a two-week conversation into a one-day part swap.

We arrange collection, normally within three working days. Refunds are issued to the original payment method within five working days of the goods reaching us. A card refund then takes another two to three days to appear on your statement, which is the bank rather than us.

Returns questions

What is the returns policy?

You have 30 days from delivery. If the cartons are unopened we collect and refund in full, including any delivery you paid. If it is assembled and undamaged we will still take it back, but the return collection is deducted — S$89 for a single unit, quoted for more. Anything faulty, damaged in transit, or not what you ordered is replaced or refunded at our cost with no time limit argument, and the 5-year warranty covers the frame, hinges, runners and panels against defects for that whole period. The deduction for assembled returns is stated plainly here because a returns policy with an unstated deduction is worse than a strict one.

It does not fit. Is that covered?

Yes — a change of mind and a mis-measure are treated identically, within the 30 days. If it is unopened, that costs you nothing. If you assembled it before realising, the return collection is deducted. The much better outcome is not to be in this position: send us the wall width, the clear floor in front and the ceiling height before you order and we will tell you whether it works. That check is free and it takes us about ten minutes.

It arrived damaged.

Photograph it before you do anything else, including before you finish unpacking, and send the photographs the same day. Transit damage is our problem entirely: we replace the damaged part or the whole unit at our cost, and you are not asked to return anything before the replacement arrives. A cracked acrylic panel or a scuffed frame section is usually a part swap rather than a whole cabinet, which is faster for everyone.

What does the warranty actually cover?

5 years on the frame, the hinges, the runners, the sliding-track carriages and the panels, against manufacturing defects and against failure in normal domestic use. That includes a hinge that stops holding adjustment, a soft-close damper that stops damping, a carriage that starts to bind, and an anodised finish that degrades. It does not cover accidental damage, scratches from abrasive cleaning, or a cabinet that was never fixed to the wall with its anti-tip bracket and then tipped.

Are scratches on the acrylic covered?

Not as a warranty claim — acrylic is softer than glass and marking it with an abrasive cloth or a solvent cleaner is preventable damage rather than a defect. It is also, unlike glass, usually fixable: light scuffing on a clear panel polishes out with an acrylic polish, and we will send you the right product and instructions free. A panel that is genuinely beyond polishing can be replaced individually at parts cost, without replacing the wardrobe.

How do I start a return?

Email hello@alucent.sg or WhatsApp us with your order reference — it looks like ALU-XXXXXXXX and it is on your confirmation. We arrange collection, usually within three working days. Refunds go back to the original payment method within five working days of the goods reaching us, which for a card is another two to three days before it shows on the statement.

Can I return a made-to-measure system?

Not for a change of mind, and this is the one genuine exception. A walk-in is cut to your ceiling height and scribed to your walls, so it has no value to anyone else and cannot be restocked. That is exactly why the process puts a 3D drawing and a fixed price in front of you before anything is fabricated, and why you can revise that drawing as many times as you want. Defects and workmanship are covered by the same warranty as everything else.

Island-wide delivery

Free over S$1,200. Dispatched in 3–5 working days.

Assembly if you want it

Two people, anti-tip bracket fitted, packaging taken away.

5-year warranty

On the frame, the hinges and the runners. Panels included.

Aluminium, not particle board

Endlessly recyclable, and it does not swell in Singapore humidity.