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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 15th March 2024
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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
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Anonymous
Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
I sent phone to Webuy/Cex on 26th Feb and was received 28th. Email sent stating were processing, we are now on 14 days and still no payment. Are they selling the phone before I get my money, I don't think so, time for action, going to small claims court to recover my money, all they offer is excuses?
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Posted 6 years ago
was told my ps4 controler that i purchased a week ago could not be bought as the analog sticks moved by themselves. Rediculace excuse as ive never used the controller would much rather be told they can't afford to buy it.
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Posted 6 years ago
I work abroad i bought an Samsung Galaxy s7 for a work phone witch was broke and kept ending my important calls so i returned it after a week as you do only to be told because its out of the two day warranty there is nothing they can do made a formal complaint to head office to be told the same thing don't buy from this company if your item breaks and you spend £200+ like me your well and truly out of pocket even with my receipt.
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Posted 6 years ago
I work abroad i bought an Samsung Galaxy s7 for a work phone witch was broke and kept ending my important calls so i returned it after a week as you do only to be told because its out of the two day warranty there is nothing they can do made a formal complaint to head office to be told the same thing don't buy from this company if your item breaks and you spend £200+ like me your well and truly out of pocket even with my receipt.
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Posted 6 years ago
Awful. Sent wrong disc. Fair enough. Used my time to print the return stuff. Great. But no reply given to me, just refunded when i was told the correct disc would be sent out once returned. Like i wasent worth their time So is that what you do? Send special edition boxes but just insert any discs you please and hope they dont notice and be all nicey nice but once you issue your redund thats it sorted when you didnt even request it, well i hope you dont plan on sending wrong disc and correct box to some other victum. Would not surprise me. DO NOT USE ONLINE. YOU ARE JUST A NUMBER WITH £ NEXT TO IT.
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Posted 6 years ago
I brought a unlocked I phone 7plus in Bournemouth. I tried to put my french SIM card and told me phone was locked. I went back to the shop and they guarantee d me it was unlocked. Back in France still does not work. Finally on advice of Apple l called all the big UK phone companies until O2 confirmed the phone was locked to them. I contacted CEX several times via messenger and basically they said tough. 😡 l have now had to pay a company to unlock the phone. So will know in next 24 hours. Awful service via messenger. Still no answer since 9 hours
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Posted 6 years ago
My daughter purchased a phone from the kings Lynn store back in November,unfortunately a week ago the battery developed problems as the phone will only now work with the charger plugged in.I took the phone to the kings Lynn store and upon examination a very small crack was found in the top corner of the screen and I was then told it was accidental damage and nothing could be done.I find this despicable as the phone is in very good condition and the small crack does not have any effect on the operation.It is the battery that is faulty which needs to be plugged in to the charger then it will function perfectly.My daughter saved very hard to but this phone which was £95 and she is now very upset as she has only has the phone since November.I also feel very upset that this attitude has been adopted and as a very good customer I will be seeking an alternative to your stores in the future. yours D Fountain
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Posted 6 years ago
My mother called in the cex store for me to buy two memory cards that I bought quite a few of in the past and always £15 each but when my man went in one card was £18 and the other was £16 and two 32gb cards that are usually £8 but now £12 , so what happened is then seen an older woman come in their shop and took advantage , so I called back to the stops myself less than 30 mins later and asked for a refund because they just ripped my man off , but they could only give me a voucher for cex and I demanded my money back and they said can't give refunds on 2nd hand items ?? I'll never shop there again and I'm stuck with a £58 voucher because I won't by another thing from them again , they change prices for who enters the store , a con shop stay clear is my advice .
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Posted 6 years ago
Beware I’ve lost a lot of money with this company compared to eBay eBay might actually be better last two weeks I had 2 iPhone XS Max with problems only was able to get a refund on one because one was blocked but the C grade 1 they sold me had a cracked screen and I didn’t get any refund fact that one cost me £400 to swap in for a different one but eBay would’ve given back my full cost
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Posted 6 years ago
first time using cex and will be the last time, tried buying a xbox one controller a few days ago for £42 and it was clearly second hand, didn't even last one day as the left stick wouldn't work, we tried getting a refund of which we couldn't so they offered a exchange .. it took nearly 2 hours to do because they had to carry out checks on the controller of which they said everything was ok which it clearly wasn't … so we were given another controller in exchange and that too has problems , the sticks are stiff, rusted and have a delay on them. it is absolutely scandalous how they can charge £42 for second hand controllers they should be valued at £15-25 its just a scam that we cant get a refund for.
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Posted 6 years ago
I ordered an iphone, I paid £115, I waited two weeks (when a special one day delivery was “promised”). Nothing came. I found out my order was delivered to someone else! I found out this MYSELF. Nothing was sent to notify me. No one from CEX was interested in the case. I had to investigate everything myslef. So much HASSLE! Every time I was approaching cex, Puneet from customer sevices was sending to me automatic responses that “we are sorry your product was delivered to a wrong person. Allow us 48 hours”. And this continued a week and a half. Then, I had to change my attitude in order to make them act. Two weeks and a half after I paid, after their “one day”special delivery and after my 10 emails, they refunded me. Based on my nightmare personal experience, I Do NOT RECOMMEND using cex at all!
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Posted 6 years ago
Unprofessional service and untrustworthy. I have waited 8 days, only to find out that they had described my product (AirPods) as unhygienic condition. I had only used them once. AirPods are basically brand new. Watch out folks for these propagandists. Don't waste your time.
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Posted 6 years ago
Cex falsely advertisment Cex bought some very high quality items off me for exchange of me purchasing some DJ decks that got sent to me. Not only where they in horrible condition when originally purchased as B grade but they were completely the wrong model. I'm now stuck with either them of a £300 voucher that I don't want to spend in cex. Not happy
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Posted 6 years ago
Queue out the door. Waited 30 mins before abandoning shop. Staff spend an age with people trading in so there is nobody to serve straightforward quick sales. The company obviously isn’t interested in making money or customer service. Staff are rude and pretend queue not there. No apology or attempt to acknowledge waiting customers
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Posted 6 years ago
Was ripped off by CEX. Went in on first day and spent about an hour going through various items to sell them. Play station, dvds, ps3 games, Nintendo wii and games.. you get the gist. At the end I was told in total £73 for all, which was a bit disappointing, none the less decided to sell as was no use and didn’t want hassle of selling myself. At that point the staff member asked if I wanted to sell them the ps3 ( as they were only offering £19 for it less £15 as they said they would need to replace one of the remotes as it had a small crack in it) so basically £4 for a perfectly working ps3 console with working but small cracked remote! Anyway I said yes again so total was £77. They then said I would receive my money in a couple of days once they checked it was all working. Well after 4 days nothing so my parter went in to chase them up, at this point they put £55 onto her card, with my partner not knowing the amount they put on the card she left the shop. ( have to mention my partener didn’t know any of the discussions or monetary values for the items and she was just going in to ask when the balance would be paid). When I later spoke with her we then learnt that the amounts were different. When I emailed the complaints department to explain I was basically told that the £55 was the correct figure and that was final. Completely robbed and lied to. I know it’s only a difference of £22 but for what they got from me and the fact it was agreed the figure of £77, I was told shop was correct and I would not be getting my money and would no longer take my complaint. Do not use this company as they just rob you. I certainly would never use them again and I will be making sure to be sharing my experience.
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Posted 6 years ago
3 times i wrote a review on there website and 3 times it was deleted along with a message stating "well this is embarressing"... erm what is embarressing is how shockingly disgusting your company is.
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Posted 6 years ago
8 months ago I bought an AMD RX580 from CeX. It seemed faulty almost straight away, the mouse was stuttering across the screen. I tried everything I could think of to troubleshoot but it still didn't work properly. I brought it into a store and described the issues. They tested it and claimed that no fault was found. Miraculously it worked for a while after that, but then I started having issues again. I troubleshooted again, reinstalled Windows and bought a new CPU from them. I brought it into the store again, and was told no fault found, again. This winter I gave up and decided to trade it in, for half what I paid (for a card that never fully worked, no less). Just now, I looked at the test receipt from trading in the graphics card. Nothing is ticked on the checklist, but handwritten is the following: "No fault found Comments Over heating while idle Stuttering mouse movement". So in other words, when they test a graphics card for a refund, they don't find the fault described. But when I want to trade it in for half the money, they claim no fault found yet acknowledge some of the issues I described, twice, to staff in the same store.
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Posted 6 years ago
Delivered item to god knows where- why use Royal mail? "Your item was delivered on 01-02-2019." NO CONFIRMATION OF WHICH ADDRESS IT'S BEEN POSTED TO. NO CONFIRMATION OF HOW TO CONTACT ROYAL MAIL / CEX TO RECTIFY. PATHETIC WEB SUPPORT WHICH DO NOT REPLY - ONLY REPLY IF I LEAVE BAD FEEDBACK. When things go right at CEX fine - no problem, but when things go wrong... absolutely dyer service. I'm still awaiting a response and will continue to bad review this company until issue is resolved.
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Posted 6 years ago
Selling a boxed game&watch was told they would only pay unboxed price as the polystyrene was in 2 pieces I call shenanigans cos of the amount of games I’ve bought from the same store “complete in box” only to find out they have fake inlays So in summary selling a complete in box item is apparently a term you only use to rip people off Website says £66 Staff member says £19 You should be ashamed of yourselves Dirty little con artists
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Posted 6 years ago
DO NOT SELL TO CEX. I recently took my 2012 MacBook Pro in to sell, which was in great condition with no scratches or dents, as well as functioning very well too. I took it to CEX and they gave me a quote of £250, assuring me that the laptop looked in good condition and so there should be no problem. I had wiped and reset the laptop, and so the worker was setting it up right in front of me, and it clearly was functioning well. They told me I would hear back from them within 2 working days max. After 6 days of absolutely no contact, I receive a call saying that I have to go and pick up the laptop as it "won't turn on". I was shocked by this as I knew for a fact the laptop worked fine. Upon arriving in the shop, I saw within seconds that the laptop had not even been charged! This was strange as I had handed it in fully charged. After leaving the laptop to charge for an hour, they said there was nothing they could do as they have been "trying to switch it on for days but nothing happened". What was particularly ridiculous was that they were in fact able to set up the laptop enough put a brand new password on it... I am greatly convinced that they took my laptop for parts and then claimed it was already broken when I gave it in, a clear lie. I wouldn't want this to happen to anyone else as now I can't even try to sell the laptop elsewhere as it is broken. Definitely use a more reliable shop or site!
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Posted 6 years ago
CeX is rated 1.8 based on 678 reviews