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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 16th May 2024
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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
Bad customer service. The disk packs a thrown on the counter. The disks, when asked to be polished, are sprayed I've the top where the label is and after the bottom of the disk is touched with fingers. No respect for the items the are selling. They only like to show off how fast the can open and close the disk box.
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Posted 6 years ago
Bought a 12 months ps plus pass for £52 and some cds online from webuy.Com. Cds are scratched to hell. The Code was not activated at the till and wouldn't work. No contact number takes 24 hours to respond to you. Eventually they admitted shop who sent me item had a stolen inactivated batch and I should return via post or nearest shop. I've spent hours deal with this had to travel and pay to park. Got a refund then asked for a replacement which I'm entitled too. The online customer advisor won't do as they have gone up £3 and he wants me to pay more. Why don't they just send me another card for original price???. Bad customer service, no quality control.
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Posted 6 years ago
Ordered a Canon L lens on the website which was in the Watford store, finally arrived in a jiffy bag barely able to protect anything let alone a camera lens. When I checked, the lens they had sent me was a budget Canon Kit lens that comes free with a basic camera, not the L level professional lens which I ordered. Tried to contact them but they don't have a phone number to speak to someone so emailed, took a day to get back to me with a standard response advising I can get a replacement even though that their website is showing none in stock. Sigh.
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Posted 6 years ago
Where do I even start. I went to cex Leeds crossgates to trade in my Nikon DSLR 7000 with 2 lenses and a battery grip, all in pristine condition "GradeA" one employee said, but the other 2 that was behind the counter said no its Grade B as it has 1 mark, (fingerprint smudge on screen that they even wiped off) I could even add photos to prove condition. I'm a photographer/videographer hobbyist and take real good care of my equipment. I even told them I wanted to trade as i wanted to purchase a Panasonic 4k camcorder they had online. I left without a sale and sold my Nikon online elsewhere. I contacted Cex online (customer services) explaned my case shown proof of my equipment and how I felt like they was trying to RIP me off and was issued a £10 evoucher as a sorry, I accepted that and was great full. I ordered the Panasonic 4k camcorder online as a Grade B, expecting it to be as my Nikon Grade B give or take the box you no. It arrived today it a terrible state, viewfinder was damaged, the wind proof microphone mesh was packed with mud like it had been dropped in mud, the rest of the body and charger looked like it had been sat on a dusty shelf for years. I took it to my local branch Leeds crossgates and asked the head man in there what condition he would sell it as to witch he replied 100% Grade C an asked what I payed for it as he was checking on his computer, I told him £335.00, and he then said its sorted I've issued you a full refund into your payment method, I never instructed or asked for a refund I simply asked him what Grade he would class it as, and how we could resolve it. I even asked him if he could of refunded the diference from Grade B to Grade C, his reply after changing something on the computerhe was on was we only Grade camcorders as Grade A or Grade B, clearly lieing about that as there are Grade C Camcorders on there site. I Shocked as to why he would even lie about it. He mentioned the DSLR I had wanted to sell and I told him I had contacted customer support and they said from pictures I sent they would have had no issues as to list my Nikon as a Grade A, to witch he replyed, I don't care what some customer service employee said sat over in India behind a desk without a clue what hes doing. I asked why the remark about India, and his reply was that's where the idiots are. I was shocked even a couple of other customers laughed in shock. I felt uncomfortable been spoke to like that about a product I had purchased, this whole experience as left me wanting to take it further. I'm now unable to purchase a camera to film this weekend motorsport as my money's on hold with PayPal. I would give this no stars if I could. I'm not leaving all this as I'm now out of action for the next couple of weekends due to him. I'm really not dropping this.
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Posted 6 years ago
I bought a Samsung tablet in Feb 2019 from a cex store in bishop Auckland a and it suddenly started to get lines on screen whilst I was using it.i took it back today 7.5.2019 and told them that it started to get lines on screen whilst I was using it.was asked to leave tablet for a warranty check.went back to be told it was pressure damage I asked what they meant and was told it must have either been sat on or someone's put pressure on it.after I'd told them there's only me that uses it and I certainly haunt done either I was told there was nothing they could do.i am absolutely disgusted and so upset.ive bought a few phones from cex in fact the one I'm using is from there.this is the 1st time I've returned anything I paid 135 pound to have to be going home with a useless tablet that I've owned for 3 months.its a disgrace how cex can treat me like this I'm 55 years old and felt like they don't believe the truth.i can't afford another tablet it was a gift from my husband.
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Posted 6 years ago
not happy at all with cex as i traded in a grange hill box set and they only offered me 6 quid instead off 11 quid when on the web site it states 11 quid only to tell me by e mail as i checked with them they said i should have knowen this wrong its up to cex to inform customers this. all in all i wont be there again useless customer service and very bad for buisness.
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Posted 6 years ago
I bought GTA V for Xbox 360 and you'd better be sorry CeX because you gave a disc 2nd hand in good looking condition but not only that it doesn't work you get bad ratings because you give bad discs so please ensure the discs are looked altered with care
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Posted 6 years ago
No discs included with 3 bluray steelbooks. Avoid.
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Posted 6 years ago
Online service is a joke the delivery company they use is slow and incompetent their customer service is inept at best avoid using
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Posted 6 years ago
Ordered 2 games off of the website as they weren't available in my local store have been waiting at least 5 days now absolute shambles especially for the amount I'm paying. Shocking and disgusted.
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Posted 6 years ago
Terrible shop in East Kilbride.. Will never return to this shop. went in 11 days ago and asked for a samsung plug as I had found my phone was only charging slowly just using a wire pluged into an extension cord. Was sold a samsung plug and cable. Tried it but same problem with these. it only charges phone slow. Tried to return today to be told that I could only return for credit as it was more than two days. Under the low, as I was sold something unfit for purpose, I am entitles to a full refund up to 30 days. They dont even have a refund posted on their wall. Needless to say, I will never return to this shop again. I lost £11, but you have lost a customer.
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Posted 6 years ago
This is a joke. Poor customer service, rude and clueless staff. Bought an item from them, damaged and faulty.. to return it I had to wait an hour for their test.. was send back saying they could not test it because it had a lock. What kind of tester is it who does not know to test run an iPad with a lock on it??? Stay away.... this people are just here to cheat you. Do not buy anything from them.
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Posted 6 years ago
Place is a joke tried to tell me my Samsung s8 damaged was only worth £47 when I got double elsewhere avoid at all costs folks bunch of jokers
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Posted 6 years ago
Terrible company bought an ipod and the… Terrible company bought an ipod and the battery failed so quick. So took it back and was told I was sold an ipod with faulty battery, sent it back and was told they would refund me or swap it. Got an email saying I could have neither and worst of all said I could not have my ipod back either, they basically stole it, but you cant arrest a corporation. They said I am only getting £50 voucher or nothing, so basically they win either way!!! Sucj a bad company, so £50 voucher when bought ipod for£120 few months earlier, you can make your own mind up with this.
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Posted 6 years ago
CeX is terrible, it's just a joke you cannot phone ANY branch at all the online customer service is terrible and the people in store are polite and nice people but have no way of contacting any other store, so you cannot find out what type of condition a product is which is ridiculous when they only give 3 grading groups, that is nowhere near enough to accurately tell what condition your phone will come in, I received a phone with a massive scratch on the front as a b grade phone the cable it came with was in terrible condition too, definitely a c in my eyes, they also won't let you take the phone back then buy it again. For example if you want to buy a phone to test it out (because the grading is garbage) they will not let you take it back, trade your old phone in and then repurchase it so you have to gamble and give up your old phone before you even see their phone online it's cannot call itself a business
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Posted 6 years ago
My Xbox one ordered online came filthy honestly I don't even know what was on it it was just so dirty including hairs and all sorts
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Posted 6 years ago
AWFUL!!!!! RUN AND DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY. Purchased a phone which had an issue with the battery, took it back and was advised to use the phone and only if it was really bad should I take it back and they would run a diagnostic (Letchworth Store). When I did take the phone in I explained to the manager/supervisor (the most senior person in the Luton Store at the time) that I had been unable to back the phone up and that it should not be wiped. The manager assured me that this would not happen but to my dismay when I returned to the store they had completely wiped 8000 videos and pictures had been deleted. I received a full refund for the phone which this disguised as a 'goodwill payment'. I will never use a CEX store again and I will ensure that none of my family or friends EVER USE this useless chain again!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted 6 years ago
I put a consol/traded in a consol this Thursday, as per usual the Plymouth store didn't have enough money in etc. So selected for online transfer. Was told the money will be in your account by Saturday. Well now its saturday and it's not there. I now call BS to what I was told would happen. There music in there is always far to loud. Staff friendly. But wtf if I was told it would be there today and it isn't. Later found out it could be up to 5 days!!! F$#king fuming. There customer service is always unreachable!!!! Dont waste your time as they dont f%%$ing reply anyway. I'd give negative stars if possible
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Posted 6 years ago
do not sell mobile phones to cex . i placed an order to a mobile phone to them on 3/3/19 ,i sent it off straight away and was told when they recieved it would processed in 7 days. well 10 days later they told me it would be another 10 days, so from start to finish it would be 28 days. Its only a low budget phone.
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Posted 6 years ago
So I went pick up my surface pro 5 from Bromley branch. There are numerous scratches! (some scratch are 10cm long and deep) near the volume rocker is chipped, the touch screen isn't even working properly, there's dead zone on the screen where the touch doesn't work. The camera is partially covered by wire, speaker mesh is frayed/damaged, there's glue on the edge of the screen and there's some unknown dirt on the fold which looks like weed. They didn't just not fix my screen but managed to damage it even more, I am really disappointed and angry with the service!!
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Posted 6 years ago
CeX is rated 1.8 based on 678 reviews