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CeX Reviews

1.8 Rating 678 Reviews
18 %
of reviewers recommend CeX
1.8
Based on 678 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Courier, Postal Service
Average Delivery Time
Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery
Greater than 63%
Accurate And Undamaged Orders
Greater than 62%
Customer Service
Communication Channels
Email, Live Chat, Telephone
Queries Resolved In
Over A Week
Customer Service
1.5 out of 5
Returns & Refunds
Refunds Process
Difficult
Returns Process
Could Be Better
CeX 1 star review on 26th July 2024
Daz
CeX 1 star review on 16th May 2024
Slawomir Gromadzki
CeX 1 star review on 15th March 2024
HamptonRoad
CeX 1 star review on 15th March 2024
HamptonRoad
CeX 1 star review on 8th January 2024
Paul
CeX 1 star review on 11th August 2023
Perry
CeX 1 star review on 11th August 2023
Perry
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Anonymous
Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
So I’m currently experiencing an extremely frustrating issue with CEX. I sold them an Xbox one with 12 or so games, reaching a price of almost £200. I waited nearly 3 weeks for a reply from them, only to be told that they need personal information from me (E.G. my phone password, my PC login info, my network password, etc.) I sent them a email to ask why they need all of this personal info as I factory reset my xbox, and I’ve heard nothing back since. I know there’s less staff working due to COVID, but this is ridiculous I needed this money two weeks ago, but thanks for messing me around CEX, I’ll be sure to take my business elsewhere next time. Selling and Buying.
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Posted 4 years ago
They don't even deserve half a star. I Went down to buy Doctor Sleep 2 disc bluray + UHD for £25 which contains an extended directors cut on the second disc so asked to look at the discs and it was the normal edition with 1 disc and 1 UHD. They had this in HMV new for £14.99 and also at zavvi. They blamed it on the seller and said thats how they got it but the tray was only for the 2 disc so it was obvious they was just trying to sell it off as the rare limited version. It still remains listed on the site as well so they are still trying to sell it. Ive also had problems in the past with photo copied covers and missing booklets which was printed on the cover that it contained. I always double make sure of everything if I ever buy from them but really they are to be avoided.
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Posted 4 years ago
Got a phone of these theifs said I got 1 year warranty no you don't my phone broken after a bout 2 months went after ock down or we can't do nothing it got a crack on screen lairs ya don t get no warranty what so ever why don't you put a sign there to tell people this now I'll report you to trading standards
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Posted 4 years ago
CeX don't even deserve 1 star. I took an iPhone back the same day I purchased it with the receipt and they would not exchange it or refund me. It was locked to an iCloud account and unusable and they just said we checked it so no. It's obvious they did not check it before they sold it and I'm out of pocket. They are not a ligit company, more like a criminal outfit.
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Posted 4 years ago
Ripping customers off with cash sale prices, buy a DVD from you 3.00, sell for 10.00, buy a DVD from you for 0.01 (yes really), sell for 2.50.. I understand they have operating costs and profit, but never used to be this bad, in the past they would buy a DVD at 4.00 and sell for 6.00 for example. Be wary and check the sale price, often they are the same or more than a new one!. Ripping customers off both ends.. Just saw they buy an iphone for 117 and sell for 235.00. Come on. Taking the pxxx or what?
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Posted 4 years ago
I sent a mobile phone which was in pristine condition and perfect working order but they claimed it had a cracked case and classified it as "non-working". The value was thus reduced from £15 to 1p. It was sent well-packed so unless it suffered very rough treatment and had arrived in damaged packaging which would have been claimable against Royal Mail I do not understand their response. Beware!
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Posted 4 years ago
would not recommend buying from here , my item came completely broken and they did not offer a replacement even tho it had a guarantee . over all bad experience. do not buy from here
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Posted 4 years ago
They no longer seem to be checking whether items are in good condition or even work properly when buying things from people. We've purchased two very expensive Xbox One controllers and they've both been faulty/damaged/missing original pieces. Customer services have no connection to the people sending things out. If you can inspect the item in store then that might work, but ordering online from them is a raffle.
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Posted 4 years ago
Sent an Xbox one off with some games to sell ( was using the voucher and paying and extra 30 to upgrade to Xbox one s) Took 4 weeks and multiple emails to finally get my voucher. I knew I’d have to wait due to covid, but was quoted 2 weeks by the lady at customer service. In a rush ordered the wrong item, the Xbox itself was perfect but didn’t come with the original controller. So I emailed and asked if I could just pay the difference in package price and send the controller back for the proper one to be sent out..... You would of thought I had asked for them to sign the business over to me, I was meet with the policy wall. I tried explaining it seemed very anti-productive to send the whole order back (wait another 4 weeks?) to re order the correct package. But no one seemed to understand this or just didn’t care. Tried to complain but the ‘manager’ was even more useless and seemed to give less of a s**t than others I spoke to. Have decided to speak to ombudsman and will not be using Cex again.
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Posted 4 years ago
Ordered a HDD was sent won't disk and it was dead!
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Posted 4 years ago
- fake reviews on mainstream sites eg google / trustpilot - will do anything to ignore retail law and avoid having to refund - remember your bank can charge a transaction back even if CeX refuse to refund. they think they can make their own rules up eg 'you can only have store credit'. i had to follow this route after getting nowhere with customer services.
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Posted 4 years ago
I wanted to sell my ps4 pro. got a price quoted by cex online, printed my label off etc, packed it well. Posted it friday got there monday. Got paid by bank transfer on Friday and thats in covid. Don't know what all the complaints are about. Amazing service. Stuck to their word, maybe people are not using good packaging etc. Ignore the complaints, people will always complain. Cex are the Best! And no im not an employee.
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Posted 4 years ago
MUY MUY MUY DECEPCIONANTE EXPERIENCIA… MUY MUY MUY DECEPCIONANTE EXPERIENCIA CON CeX España. Impactante. Los auriculares comprados de CeX en Cádiz para mi iPhone 7 cuestan 15 euros y luego, un par de semanas después, dejaron de funcionar debido a daños internos. Regresé a la tienda para quejarme, luego los auriculares originales se cambiaron por auriculares muy viejos que cuestan 12 euros, después de un día o dos me di cuenta de que los auriculares que obtuve de la tienda a cambio eran de muy mala calidad, así que pregunté en la tienda muchas veces y contacté a la oficina central para obtener otro reemplazo o me devolvieron mi dinero (15 euros) y luego la sede confirmó por escrito por correo electrónico que los auriculares que tengo ahora (una vez reemplazados) están en garantía y puedo reemplazarlos nuevamente, pero no pasó nada y la tienda así La sede central de CeX está tratando de convencerme de que esté contento con lo que han reemplazado independientemente de mi satisfacción. De hecho, me dijeron que me están haciendo un favor incluso si soy cliente y estoy comprando con dinero propio, pero eso no significa nada para CeX, ya que comprar en la tienda es un favor para mí. Impactante de nuevo. Se han negado a devolverme mi dinero o reemplazar los auriculares, incluso bajo garantía. Si este no es el peor servicio al cliente en el planeta, entonces no sé qué es.
CeX 1 star review on 21st May 2020
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Posted 4 years ago
Item bought: Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus 128GB Lilac Purple, EE B Returned and replaced due to severe screen burn in Unfortunately I had to return due to severe screen burn in. Half of the screen was permanently shaded purple and included features of a WhatsApp messenger screen at the top and bottom. I returned it and was fully refunded for the item and my postage cost. I used Royal Mail Special Delivery as the value was over £100 and was later refunded by cheque. I then ordered another similar item of the same Grade B category and am happy with the condition and quality. It was a lot of hassle but I'm satisfied to have been refunded. I suggest checking the quality of the screen thoroughly when you receive an order.
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Posted 4 years ago
I sale game online 1.5.20 (fast service and payment) Weeak later after I left bad review on Trust costumer service informed me "Thank you for your review. I wish to inform you that we are processing orders as fast as possible and aim to test and process payments within 14 days, however, due to reduced staffing during the current pandemic, please allow us a time frame of 21 days." Today is 20.5 and still wayting for my payment.
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Posted 4 years ago
In April I sent my I phone 8 to C ex after getting an estimate of £208 as it was in mint condition and had never been used without a case and protector screen. After a week contacted them and was told that the phone was being regraded and the offer was now £133 without an explanation. After enquiring was told that there were deep scratches of the face of the phone. I told them that that was not possible as I had taken a picture of the phone before sending it and it showed no damage. The tried to say their engineers were trained and would not damage a phone and suggested it may have occurred in transit. I had packed the phone in two separate boxes and there is no way that would occur. They asked for photos of the phone which I gave them and after e mails back and forward they now ask again for photos and are clearly delaying matters. I have informed them I will contact trading standards and the police re damage to my property. I have since had to sell the phone at a large loss as there is a scratch on the screen. Do not deal with this crowd.
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Posted 4 years ago
Ordered a wired xbox 360 controller for pc gaming. Description was very vague and didn't mention which plug it had so I've now had to buy an adaptor. Controller arrived very dirty which was very gross, and not very reassuring in the current pandemic.
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Posted 4 years ago
I ordered a phone online as unlocked but found out from my phone provider this was locked to another network. Sent phone back but no update on whether it reached destination. Lucky I sent this via special delivery and having to wait up to 23 days for postage to be refunded. Still waiting! Kept chasing up my refund and had to go another route to get it eventually. Orders shouldn’t be allowed to be made until they are up to date on returns and people selling through them. I wouldn’t make this mistake again!
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Posted 4 years ago
Will not do anything when I try to reset my password when I click log in nothing happens also few months ago I sold a hard drive that said they would give me £40 6 weeks later they said all they could do was £2 The website is terribly designed and I think a 12 year old with some computer knowledge would be able to do better website designing than this utter trash I have just sent a wii of to them and the email address I put in didn’t exist so I tried to set it to my main one and it doesn’t do anything when I try log in or reset the password so I’ve just lost £80 probably
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Posted 4 years ago
Totally get that you are working with less staff but why not close orders so you can cope? At the moment you are buying and selling and getting inundated making a pretty poor experience for everyone involved. It's totally unacceptable to keep taking in orders and trades with no ability to actually complete these in a reasonable and quoted time frame, They are now saying payment will slip from 7 to 14 to 21 days and even then I'm not convinced. ZERO warning on website. This seems more like a cash flow issue than a staffing issue. They never 'test' games in store just check and pay. I fear they may be struggling for for-fill payments hence delays. Support only responded as I called them out on Twitter. In short: Slow Service Poor Customer Service Wont use again and COVID19 excuses only go so far
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Posted 4 years ago
CeX is rated 1.8 based on 678 reviews