CeX Reviews

1.8 Rating 656 Reviews
19 %
of reviewers recommend CeX
1.8
Based on 656 reviews
Shipping & Delivery
Delivery Methods
Courier, Postal Service
Average Delivery Time
Within 5 Days
On-time Delivery
Greater than 65%
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
Here is a company who will pay a member of its head office staff; Imran; hundreds of pounds to reject warranty claims despite the cost of handling the claim exceeding the cost of the goods. Why they continue to be aloud to trade or why anyone in their right mind even darken's their door steps is now a mystery to me. If you want to have a bad experience 'Buy from CeX'.
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Posted 4 years ago
Wrong items and unworking items sent, the whole order ruined of an expensive games system, ordered and sent during corona crisis so they obviously purposely tried to mug me off knowing I couldnt go in store to rectify their mistakes or return
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Posted 4 years ago
Total scam artists, avoid like the plague, will sell you faulty items and the only refund you a voucher which is worth half what you paid! AVOID!!!
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Posted 4 years ago
They’re alright depending on what staff and store you get I go to the one in East Ham and trust a young lad to always serve me has helped me sort out issues other staff cannot a really good worker
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Posted 4 years ago
Been fined £1000 because of Cex and there wrong doing, you should do the correct checks, goodness knows how this company is still running is beyond me.
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Posted 4 years ago
I ordered a microphone kit and if you want to search it up it is the zingyou kit b mic. all that came was the microphone no kit not even a wire to plug it in.
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Posted 4 years ago
So far my experience is not good I bought a phone from them 5 weeks ago. I used this phone for a week then it's not charging I return the phone 4 weeks later the phone is waiting a repair! Refused a refund! If I buy another phone I wont be able to get a refund! The customer service is poor in future I will be avoiding
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Posted 4 years ago
Disgusting company and rude staff. I have been fined due to CEX's fault, they did not do the right checks on my products, fined 500 then added another 500, i am taking this further. Avoid this company at all costs..
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Posted 4 years ago
I bought a NOW TV box, which itself was fine. The description was not clear fi it included remotes, so I checked and it did. It's all to do with their ABC rating where A is newest, but I assumed C was latest model. Upon arrival, it contained no HDMI cables, so I had to order these separately elsewhere. Try as I might, I could not get these points over on their review page as they kept rejecting it. So, if they only allow positive reviews, how can they be trusted?
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Posted 4 years ago
Under value your goods, and will try and find absolutely the smallest things possible not to trade in. Ended up taking my Nintendo DS Ato Game store instead when they refused to treads in and ended up with £18 more. Advise to use Game instead for trade in.. at least the Cardiff store anyway.
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Posted 4 years ago
I RETURNED A FAULTY LAPTOP I BOUGHT ONLINE FROM CEX, FOR £250 . I WAITED OVER A WEEK FOR THEM TO TEST IT AND THEN THEY LIED THAT IT DOESNT MATCH THE SERIAL NUMBER OF THE ONE THEY SENT ME..... SHOW ME EVIDENCE OF THIS AS I TOOK PHOTOS OF THE LAPTOP . WHAT A DESPICABLE WAY TO TREAT CUSTOMERS. I WILL NEVER BUY OR SELL TO THESE CROOKS EVER AGAIN
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Posted 4 years ago
Not even worthy of 1 star!!! Don't bother buying second hand through them, you will live to regret it and be out of pocket. Bought a laptop from them a year and a bit ago, have barely used it as was given a work laptop. Now it won't turn on at all. Dell suggested a coin cell battery change, I did that but that wasn't the issue it made no difference. I contacted CEX and because I changed a battery the warranty is void. They won't even look at it to see what went wrong even though this has NOTHING to do with whatever fault there is. £350 down the drain and now have to buy a NEW laptop!!
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Posted 4 years ago
(Gallowtree Gate, Leicester) Offensive and rude standard of service. I've been using Cex for about 10 years & have witnessed their level of service deteriorate however today will be the final straw. Having a clear out at home & took a wireless keyboard / mouse set. Right from walking in the door it seemed the 'customer service advisor' (a term used very loosely..) was determined to find fault. Offensive as it would hardly be worthwhile for me to try & sell a faulty low value item. Firstly he seemed to insist that there was a problem with the battery cover until the supervisor stepped in & confirmed it was fine. Then, probably out of small minded spite, he found a small cosmetic crack in the bottom of the keyboard & rejected it on this basis. Took it to another nearby shop who brought it straight away. I appreciate you are brand complacent Cex & so you assume that minimum wage customer service advisers are ok to offend customers. I can tell you however this is not acceptable.
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Posted 4 years ago
5 members of staff 4 customers and i still waited 14 minutes to buy the one game i had in my hand.
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Posted 4 years ago
Sent me a console out it was faulty they swapped it for another once again faulty
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Posted 4 years ago
I ordered an Apple accessory which was supposed to be delivered on 22 Jan. On 22 Jan courier left a calling card after a failed attempted to deliver per tracking. However per the same tracking, in 3 minutes time, the item had been marked delivered. Seeing this, I went home later and saw that a calling card had been left, but no sign of the package. Tracking chat on the courier website said that it would have been scanned wrongly. Next evening, I went to the courier depot only to be told that the package hadn't been returned to them and that they'd pass it on to senior management for investigation. Assuming that it might have been mistakenly not returned to the depot, and naively believing the chat, booked for a redelivery for the following Saturday through the courier website. Next day however, got a call from courier saying they still couldn't trace it. Seller sent me a review request on trust pilot. In this, the missing package issue was noted and a customer support executive emailed me. They wanted the copy of the reverse of the calling card which was sent to them on 29 January. Then I was sent this email on 30 Jan. The customer support executive eventually, after a few back and forth emails, wrote back saying "...Based on the conclusion, they have stated that the package has been handed over to you by the courier team." I am completely flummoxed by this reply from the seller and unsure what to do next. It appears that only sender can claim for insurance in the case of the type of delivery booked. I had asked for further information on means to recourse but customer support wrote back repeating their last email saying it was delivered without providing clear information on how to escalate the issue. So having paid nearly £50, I am now left without the item, and a seller who won't acknowledge this, leaving me without any recourse to a refund/reclaim. Lesson learnt: Should have gone to apple store and bought it full price :(
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Posted 4 years ago
I sent them a question by email in November about a particular item of mine. They confirmed that they received my email. Despite several reminders, they still haven't bothered to reply. Useless company
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Posted 4 years ago
Wasted Journey I saw an item that indicated it was not available on CEX online but stated that the item was available at the Ellesmere Port store (x2). I checked online prior to travelling to the Ellesmere Port store to be informed that this item had already been sold online! This therefore resulted in a wasted journey and a cost to myself! The online website should be updated more regular to reflect what is available online and in CEX stores.
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Posted 4 years ago
How can they really justify doubling up on their prices I just looked at what I could sell my note 10 plus 5g for and even if I went for in store credit I still couldnt afford to buy the basic iphone 11 when clearly the note 10 plus 5g is a much better phone so I wouldnt want to swap for 1 of those anyway but how could you not even be able to do that if you did want to their buying prices are shocking and so are their selling prices tbf
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Posted 4 years ago
When i bought an iPhone I was told that it wouldn't work immediately because it needed charging. I took it home and it wouldn't charge up.I took it back to the shop and they couldn't fix it. So two completely wasted journeys and my time just because CEX put an iPhone up for sale that didn't work. Very poor service.
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Posted 4 years ago
CeX is rated 1.8 based on 656 reviews