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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
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CeX 1 star review on 15th March 2024
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CeX 1 star review on 11th August 2023
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Took perfect condition phone into Lincoln branch only to be told it was scratched. When I questioned this and asked for second opinion told I couldn't have one as he was the manager. Pointed out he was looking at marks that I rubbed off with my finger. Then said there was a different scratch. When I said there was no scratch manager said he didn't like the way I was speaking to him. I showed the phone to a random member of public who said they could see no marks on phone. Manager said he didn't like my attitude, wiped phone with his t-shirt and announced it now had a scuff mark! Again I said there were no marks so manager handed me the phone and said I had to leave the shop. As I walked out he shouted out in front of the whole store I was barred as he didn't like how I spoke to him. I sent complaint to head office who asked for photos of phone. After 3 days I just keep being told this is being investigated. Absolute disgrace really. For catching the manager trying to rip me off and questioning him I've now been banned.
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Posted 5 years ago
Tried to scam me offered 17 pound for a brand new kraken headset which is easily worth 85 in its condition she then said it was a mistake and offered me 29 pound (like that's much better turns out that she marked it as a b grade headset I found out even though its brand new avoid this shop at all costs it's a RIP off
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Posted 5 years ago
absolutely the WORST customer experience I have ever had in my entire life. they sent me a filthy, broken set of speakers - BUT - to return them meant I had to come to their store in Bristol where I witnessed the most ridiculous display of incompetence imaginable. their poor clone at the register needed repeated help from his manager, still couldn't fix their failure. DON'T BUY FROM CEX. BURN YOUR MONEY, at least that glows.
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Posted 5 years ago
Terrible customer service, gave me a wrong disc in one of my boxsets and wont do anything about it, avoid this company at all costs.
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Posted 5 years ago
Same as many others. Purchased 2 items both in stock (about 4 of each). Stock picking went on for a few days and both orders eventually cancelled. Could not find item in stock! This has happened to me before. It is not difficult for a system to stop an in shop sale once an item has been purchased on line. We are in the age of the PC. On line sale is a bit hit and miss. I have received some outstanding items and others that appear to be dragged from bin. The grading system is poor.
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Posted 5 years ago
2 men who I understand are the owners where standing around a small table area watching everybody during the middle of the day almost all of their iPad had been turned around so that all you could see was the back when I tried to ask the two men they told me GO FIND SOME ELSE just rude from the people I'm giving my money to I'll never be back in the lisburn store again
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Posted 5 years ago
Shouldn't sell phones that are not in any stores. Ordered a Nokia 8 sirocco from their Southampton store only for them to cancel it. Got a email saying they couldn't find it!. They said a staff member probably sold it in-store or someone beat me to it online. Not happy.
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Posted 5 years ago
Bought a 18 55 canon lens was told it had been fully tested but when i tried it on my camera to auto did not work so i took it back to the shop and got my money refunded at St Austell shop very poor service
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Posted 5 years ago
The staff are always rude in their stores. The products are often not very clean.
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Posted 5 years ago
Fast delivery for an item with missing parts. They refused to part refund so I can buy the parts or even send me the missing part that they had in stock. Instead, I had to send the item back to them, so they could send me a replacement. Great, i thought, until the communication dried up, leaving me to chase them. And only now they tell me it takes 7-10 working days for them to send me a replacement!! Like why couldn't they have said before, as I would have taken my money back and ran! Crazy!
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Posted 5 years ago
Faulty Unusable Laptop Bought a (supposedly) tested laptop from CEX November '18 with a 2 year warranty - Order No: RB274051; directional buttons (up, down, left, right) have never worked; battery has been on it's last legs since day one, now died and only barely functional whilst plugged in. Terrible waste of (significant) money; never again - impossible to contact CEX directly so only option is to leave reviews elsewhere.
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Posted 5 years ago
Doesn't honour any past agreements or warranties
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Posted 5 years ago
Long story cut short,failed to listen to complaint properly just made sure that they could slip their responsibility’s rejected goods received back damaged,no help at all,in fact did not even acknowledge complaint properly, very disappointing now out of pocket through their negligence,Beware don’t sell to them.if any problems you’re stuffed, avoid
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Posted 5 years ago
Good when it's good, terrible when it's bad - be extremely wary of purchasing anything online from CEX/WeBuy. My company has purchased several Mac accessories from CEX over the past couple of years, mostly mice and keyboards. Though the service wasn't the quickest and the products weren't always the cleanest (had to scrub a few keyboards), by and large it was a good transaction. Recently however, I ordered another batch of a few mice and a couple of keyboards, we have them spare in the office for when new people join or old ones break down. Unfortunately, when we tested them (not immediately) the two keyboards were faulty, one had a key that fell off on first press and the other had several keys that didn't respond to pressing at all. Btw, the keyboards were category A and B, so meant to be in pretty good shape. I emailed CEX and they told me that we could take them into a local store, they would be tested and we would be refunded if there was an issue - here's the important bit, there was no mention of a timescale (the terms on their site mention a 24 month warranty). Returning keyboards being fairly low priority for a business, we didn't end up taking the keyboards in for several weeks. Taking the keyboards into the store (again, no meniton that the delay was a problem) they said the keyboards would have to be tested. We didn't hear anything for a while so we got in touch to ask what was going on - it turns out that the keyboards were broken, there were signs of wear and tear, so they wouldn't be able to refund us. I was obviously quite surprised by this because we knew they were faulty - that was why we had taken them back. The insinuation was clear, we had somehow broken the keyboards since we received them. When I suggested this was a little ridiculous (over email) the only response I have been given is that we should have taken them in sooner. There is no mention of how much sooner. There is, as far as I can see, nothing in their t&cs about an exact timeframe either. They say there's nothing they can do. The takeaway - if you want to buy something from CEX, make sure you go to the shop and test the product then and there. As far as I can tell the 24 month warranty is completely useless because they can always argue that you took to long to lodge a complaint or that the fault is your own fault. It's not impossible to get a good bargain from them but it comes with a lot of risk.
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Posted 5 years ago
Customer service is terrible If you have a problem do not expect the promise of a warranty to help you Your statutory rights do not exist!!!!
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Posted 5 years ago
I purchased an Xbox One from the Nottingham Victoria Centre shop. The Xbox was reasonably priced, so I went ahead with the purchase. The staff were unfriendly and unprofessional. They didn't speak to me at all during my purchase, and didn't answer my questions. I unboxed it at home, and found out that the controller was a cheap replica of a wired Xbox controller. Additionally, I only receive half of the power supply, and I received a cable which didn't connect to my Xbox, nor did it connect to my TV. I returned it the next day, only to be spoken down to. I received the correct cables, but I hadn't received the cable for the controller. I went back the day after, only to be patronized again. I ended up spending an unnecessary amount on bus fares, and wasted two days trying to sort these issues out. I emailed Cex to inform them of the issues which I encountered and to request some sort of compensation for the bus fares and the inconvenience. However, the reply I received was blunt, and spoke down to me again. I didn't receive a refund, because the situation "wasn't their fault". I've encountered other issues but this is the main one. DO NOT BUY FROM CEX.
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Posted 5 years ago
Wouldn’t buy any thing from you spent £155 on pc part second hand that didn’t work on my pc and kept crashing , so took it back they said they tested it and it worked tried to explain that it works for few hours then start playing up but they was so rude and ignorant would not recommend this company to anyone
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Posted 5 years ago
Please do not buy from any of these shops! They do no explain that they will not offer a refund when purchasing. We found the same game BRAND NEW for £5 less in Game. When I went to take it back they said they would only give store credit. This was my kids birthday money and £5 Is a lot of money to kids so of course they were really upset. Appalling service with no apology or explanation to why this is their policy. We will never buy from this shop again and we advise everyone else to do the same and check a real games shops before buying.
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Posted 5 years ago
GREAT YARMOUTH CEX store is a rip off they try and con money out of you, the staff are rude, I brought an Xbox for £190 and after 1 month wouldn’t read any disks, returned to the store only to be rudely spoke to and I was outright refused a refund-even though I was entitled to one, went to Norwich store and I got a refund immediately, STAFF AT GREAT YARMOUTH TRY TO RIP YOU OFF!
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Posted 5 years ago
My daughter brought a mobile phone with a so called 2 year warranty. It became faulty and the staff found the fault and we were offered a replacement. Eight months later the replacement phone developed a fault so I asked for a full refund. The staff asked for proof of the fault so we downloaded an app and recorded the phone glitching. A week later we returned the phone again only to be told by the staff member that we would not get a full refund. Despite CEX boasting about their 2 year warranty, she was only offered the current market value which was £120 less than she had paid 8 months before. This was despite having the original receipt. I have checked with other Companies who sell second hand devices and they have all stated that they would have given a full refund. DO NOT SHOP HERE.
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Posted 5 years ago
CeX is rated 1.8 based on 678 reviews