CeX Reviews

1.8 Rating 671 Reviews
19 %
of reviewers recommend CeX
1.8
Based on 671 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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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Terrible service. I would never order from them EVER again! Charged 2.95 delivery fee on a very small item to wait which is now the 9th July and i payed for them on 28th! I've been told to wait upto 14 days!!! Why am I being charged 2.95 then to wait upto 14 days. 2.95 should be first class but it's obviously not because they make more money out off you. Rip off service! They won't refund me or look into this until it reaches 14 days. Laughable! They tell me item is dispatched when actually royal mail are waiting on it, I've been told by royal mail they have not sent it. Cex are lying to me.
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Posted 2 weeks ago
terrible company. ordered an ipod and they sent an empty box with nothing in it, never gave me a refund. terrible service and a poor excuse for a company
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Posted 2 weeks ago
Bought an Iphone 14 pro in Jan 23 after trading in old iphone 11. Total cast £925 less trade in £210 , so paid £715. The phone suddenly stopped working and after consulting both Apple support and Vodafone I was told my phone was blacklisted - it was a stolen phone. I requested my money back and was told That I could only get vouchers and the value of these was far lower than what i had paid. The shop was not able to exchange my phone to another phone with the same quality eg. Storage and quality. I am disgusted with CEX
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Posted 3 weeks ago
Bought an apple ultra watch and strap worth £580 been told by one of the team I got 48 hours to return it if I change my mind to get my money back sadly I wasn't able to to try it in the shop so went home tried it and it was too big too heavy so went back to the store straight away properly after 1 hour to be told they can't give my money back it has to credit voucher so I can use it again in the store only . Really disappointed as I was left with my family short off this money on this difficult time when I did nothing wrong. Never again and be advised people once you pay them don't expect your money back it's going to be a credit note to use only in there store.
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Posted 1 month ago
Their website is hugely misleading. My daughter wished to purchase a refurbished set of Airpods, as her own had stopped working. She spent time looking through numerous websites, but CEX seemed to have the best deals. Both she and I looked at numerous advertisements on their page for 2nd Gen Airpods and the link below is just one example. We then proceeded to call into CEX Newbridge (Whitewater) to purchase the product... only to be informed by the staff that it was the charging case only!! I proceeded to show him the website page for this product and explained to him that the picture shows the airpods in the charging case and the title mentions the airpods, with the wording charging case in brackets. But the most misleading part of the page was written within the Product Description: 'The AirPods deliver the wireless headphone experience, reimagined. Just pull them out of the charging case and they’re ready to use with your iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad or Mac. After a simple one-tap setup, the AirPods work like magic. They’re automatically on and always connected. The AirPods can even sense when they’re in your ears and pause when you take them out. To adjust the volume, change the song, make a call or even get directions, simply say “Hey Siri” and make your request. You have the freedom to wear one or both the AirPods and you can play or skip forward with a double-tap when listening to music or podcasts. Powered by the Apple H1 headphone chip, the AirPods use optical sensors and motion accelerometers to detect when they’re in your ears. Whether you’re using both the AirPods or just one, the H1 chip automatically routes the audio and engages the microphone. When you’re on a call or talking to Siri, an additional speech-detecting accelerometer works with beamforming microphones to filter out external noise and focus on the sound of your voice' Nowhere in the title or product description does it mention 'Airpods not included' or 'charging case only' I know many reading this will say I surely would have known that the airpods were not included based on the low price. Well, I didn't, as I, until now, was not aware of the price of airpods new. To say my daughter was disappointed was an understatement. CEX in fairness have reached out to me about this, but have said they did not mislead in all the ways I mentioned, but only some!! Its such a pity this happened. CEX have definitely lost a customer here. https://ie.webuy.com/product-detail?id=888462858410wc&categoryName=apple-airpods-earpods-headphones&superCatName=electronics&title=&queryID=7820d18dd35e7d1c548031fd8e29bd77&position=10
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Posted 1 month ago
Worst company ever!!! I bought Samsung tablet today of them and it didn't switch for me in the car when I desided to check how it works but coming back an hour later saying that they said I dropped it and that was why it didn't work. I disn't get my money back which is disgrace. I didn't do anything to that tablet but I can't confirm!!! What should I do I don't know. I'm absolutely shocked and lost, and dipressed :( Never had such experiencw before!
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Posted 1 month ago
Zaterdag heb ik bij jullie een headset besteld. Even later krijg ik het bericht dat ik hem morgen (vandaag) kan ophalen. Google en maps en jullie website geven aan dat jullie vandaag open zijn. Ik kom naar de winkel (kost me alles bij elkaar 1.5 uur) om vervolgens tot de conclusie te komen dat jullie gesloten zijn (briefje op de deur). Deze manier van onjuiste informatie verstrekken en aanpassingen enkel en alleen te communiceren op de deur is niet van deze tijd. Zo zijn er waarschijnlijk meer klanten zoals ik geweest die voor niets naar jullie filiaal zijn gekomen. Bijzonder vervelend en van jullie kant super onprofessioneel.
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Posted 1 month ago
Ordered a camera on 10th May - CEX told me it was dispatched that day. The last tracking status I received was that Royal Mail were expecting to receive the camera on 13th May - Special Guaranteed Delivery by 1pm the next day by the way! Ie, the camera never left the store and CEX knew this... Well CEX continued to lie and actually kept my £330 for 21 days without having actually purchased anything with it...
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Posted 1 month ago
Put a MacBook pro in to cex to sell it as I hardly ever use it. They said they needed an hour to test it so left it with them. Came back to them telling me it hadn't passed the test as the battery power had dropped below 20% in an hour. This surprised me as I had never really used it but had kept it charged up as I charge a couple of torches through it. Went home and thought I must test it myself. So ran it for an hour with the TV on and it only dropped 8% over the hour . And when I actually looked at it in the daylight I could see they had scratched the cover in four places,they hadn't bothered to put the power cable in the tray under the computer and left it on the lid .
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Posted 1 month ago
Ordered amazon alexa dot which arrivedti with no power cable. Cex said they accepted this alexa from seller with no cable so therefore I hot no cable. They offered a refund but that wasn't satisfactory to me.
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Posted 2 months ago
Absolutely shocking for ordering online! I first order a product worth £30 to be delivered, said it’s in stock. Then get told 4 days later that they don’t have it available and got a refund. I wasn’t to fussed and just thought it happens so whatever never mind. But then I decide to order a second time and the product has good reviews etc and said is in stock (this is a different product worth £60). Waited a few days, the update was stuck on stock picking like the first time, like that for days until got a message saying not available and refunded. I don’t understand why they don’t keep the website up to date properly as it wastes people’s time, takes their money and then they have to wait for the refund when they don’t have the item in stock even though the website states that it’s in stock. It’s very frustrating as some people like myself are trying to purchase a birthday gift. Very bad service
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Posted 2 months ago
I ordered from you 2 lenses for my sony a7c. The first one (samyang 45mm) arrived but it has scratches and without hood and with replacement front cap that doesn't look good either. For this reason I want to return it as I can get better for the same price from other places. The second lens hasn't even arrived. Instead you have posted me something I never ordered (see the attached image). Taking into consideration that Cex seems to be not reliable anymore I want to cancel this lens too as it looks you haven't even posted it! In addition will give you many negative reviews online due to so much stress and wasting time. Order ID: 17181013 Placed on: Sunday, 12 May 2024 Status: Order dispatched Tracking Number(s): QJ670741120GB (Royal Mail Recorded), QJ664738033GB (Royal Mail Recorded)
CeX 1 star review on 16th May 2024
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Posted 2 months ago
Dropped it once and it broke. Not impressesd.
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Posted 2 months ago
The experience differs greatly between stores. I use the Merthyr Tydfil store. They used to be fantastic with a huge range of items to buy. They also had very friendly, helpful knowledgeable staff. Noe 2023/2024 they are utter garbage. They have new manager who is utterly useless and won't listen. There's a couple of members of staff who need glasses for sure. On several occasions IV brought either new or good as new items in to get told there's scratches on the screen fir example. Yet even with my glasses I cant see anything. IV then sold the item on eBay as new open box and had no issues and received positive feedback. IV bought items from the Merthyr store graded A. Brought them back untouched to have then downgraded to B and in one occasion C! When challenging the manager I was basically called a liar. Yes I don't have to sell to them or buy from them. But sometimes it's just easier and more convenient than selling on eBay etc. Iv used other stores such as Cwmbran and Pontypridd and it's like a different experience. Way better than the Merthyr branch. It's a shame really as it's the same 2 individuals letting the rest down.
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Posted 2 months ago
I ordered a keyboard and mouse and then changed my mind n cancelled the mouse n ordered a trackpad instead, received the refund for the mouse n then received the trackpad in the post but in the box which the keyboard from the original order was supposed to be in was the mouse that I had cancelled n no keyboard! I returned the mouse with a note explaining what had happened as directed by customer service and they have just emailed me saying their records show that both the mouse and keyboard had been sent so there’s nothing they can do so I have lost £60 n could have sold the mouse they sent me in error to make up some of the money I have lost but I thought they would just send me the correct product I had ordered but now they have got their mouse back and my £60 keyboard money and I have nothing! Never using this company again!!!! Absolutely disgusting!!!
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Posted 2 months ago
Been using CEX for 30 years with zero problems.eye to eye contact is certainly worth the price
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Posted 3 months ago
Sold me a gaming wheel and store manager lied to me and said if I’m unhappy I have 30 days to return it and he will refund my card. Untrue. Never ever buy anything in store you basically have no rights as a customer.. only order online so you have rights. The complaints process for being lied to basically they called me a liar instead. The most unprofessional company in the UK don’t buy there rusty dirty scratched up useless garbage for your hard earned money. Hope they get shut down soon.
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Posted 3 months ago
Last week I went to the shop in Stratford centre to exchange a couple of headsets for a voucher and received an offer of £430 for all of them which I accepted, on the same day I was told by the staff member who was processing my order that I could be charged up 10% of the value of the items since I was selling a couple of them and I said I was ok with it. Following day I received a call in the evening saying that instead of 10% I was gonna be charged staggering 30% which is absolutely unheard of (even admitted by their own staff), it's unbelievable how these scumbags try to find ways to rip you off when something doesn't go the way they want. The store manager promised me to investigate the issue but obviously never got back to me, absolutely useless disgusting costumer service.. some of these people deserve to be in jail. Today I returned to the shop and collected my items back, some staff members couldn't believe what happened as this was clearly a decision made by a coward low life human being from the head office who is too weak to talk or explain himself, absolute trash of society
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Posted 3 months ago
Absolute joke of a shop. Took my watch back to the shop in Washington because of battery issues. The watch was away for four weeks in which time they broke it so offered me a replacement. The battery in the replacement watch is worse than the one I returned which means it will have to be sent away again to the very people who broke the first one. To say I'm not happy is an understatement.
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Posted 3 months ago
Kunal who answers via fb messages is a rude and useless person! He needs to be sacked and get someone who isn’t a smart ass to do the job. I wish I could give him minus stars. Puts me off the entire store. I can’t say just how bad he is. Absolutely appalling!
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Posted 3 months ago
CeX is rated 1.8 based on 671 reviews