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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
CeX 1 star review on 26th July 2024
Daz
CeX 1 star review on 16th May 2024
Slawomir Gromadzki
CeX 1 star review on 15th March 2024
HamptonRoad
CeX 1 star review on 15th March 2024
HamptonRoad
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
Perry
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Anonymous
Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
I bought a spider-man 2 game and half way through the installation it said it was dirty. I gave it a little clean and it still said it was dirty
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Posted 5 years ago
I bought an iPhone 6s for £170 and it does not charge properly it crashes and does not work properly It’s scratched and trying to contact them through phone and email with no response is terrible! It’s a lot of money I paid out for a phone like this especially when no one gets back to ne! I’m taking it further as twice this has happened now and the staff are rude and do not seem to know anything they look at you with a dumb expression Absolutely disgusting
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Posted 5 years ago
Do not buy from this company sold me a faulty wii board then couldn’t reach them to complain as my emails failed due to their inbox being full - presumably full of complaints
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Posted 5 years ago
This is the worst company to do any sort of business with, after buying an item costing £1000 and staffs don't even know anything about the item they're selling and telling me they looked it up on youtube so the item seems to be working fine, I was gobsmacked is that the so called testing they did to come to the conclusion that the item is fine? Well further action to be taken cos they do not want to replace the item after 20 plus days.
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Posted 5 years ago
i had ordered a very cheap graphics card, a nvidia geforce 9500 1gb but instead they sent some POS nvidia geforce 7400 64MB absolute joke the cards are very different and anyone with half a mind could see the difference. the card is not even worth the price of the postage
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Posted 5 years ago
We visited your lakeside branch on Saturday 25/01/2020 we exchanged some dvds for a voucher and with top up purchased a honour 10 mobile phone, after using the phone my partner noticed that the sound keep going while watching YouTube and Spotify, we new it was still in warrenty so brought back the phone on Saturday 15/03/2020 they had to do the usual checks on the phone we returned after 40 minutes to be told the phone was tampered with and the bottom right hand side of the phone had been 'pulled off' we explained that the phone hasn't been touched and because we still had warrenty we come back for you to fix it! Or a refund/exchange the staff members decided we're very rude and didn't want to help in the slightest! After reading alot of reviews on your website I have seen similar responses that it is the customers fault when the product hasnt been touched! I would like a responses and aren't checking the products correctly before being sold on and then blaming the customers for the damage! I would like a response back on the matter other wise it will be taken further action. Shauna
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Posted 5 years ago
Awful , Xbox one overheating, repair jumps from £60 to £93 , paid and collected, 3 days later stinks of burning and red hot , took back staff could smell it as could customers , returned to tech no fault found , still sealed in their own bag with security seal and he says sell us it and proceeds to tell us they need to test it for 20 minutes before paying us , God help who ever buy this from them
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Posted 5 years ago
abysmal customer service over a 24 hr delivery thats still not here 6 days later, in future will use ebay or amazon,
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Posted 5 years ago
Got sold a iPhone that didn't work, took it back the same day with all the receipts, it was clearly a faulty phone staff were rude and unhelpful. Don't use this company again for their attitude is revolting
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Posted 5 years ago
Avoid if possible, the staff there r all tattoo twats, not one of them knows what to do, not one there is intelligent or sensible, U ask one a question they go round asking the other staff for help! all there after is ur money and once u’ve purchased something they don’t want to know u after that! I’ve had a horrible experience with them! Go to the shop GAMES the people there r so nice and respectful I love there shop! ‘AVOID CEX’ 🙄 And if u do buy anything u don’t get cash refund but get a voucher instead, but with other shop they give u certain amount of days for ur cash back . Avoid ppl
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Posted 5 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 5 years ago
Buyer beware!!!!!!!!Worst retail experience my wife and I have ever experienced. I bought a second hand I phone 7 from from the Dunfermline store around 6 months ago. It was rated by them as a B grade product due to the scratches on the screen and to the back of the phone which I was happy with as It would be in a case and have a screen protector so they wouldn’t be visible. After some time the screen began to show fault, flickering at the bottom intermittently. I thought this wasn’t a problem as I had a years warranty??????!!!!!!! Nope!!!! I took the phone back to the store in the Kingsgate shopping centre where the staff were so absolutely useless and completely unhelpful. The manager was off that day so I was asked to contact him the next day. After speaking with him he told my wife and I that they couldn’t do anything because there is a crack on the screen. They insisted that I had damaged the phone in some way and this issue was due to a crack on the screen that I had caused. This is not correct. That’s exactly how I brought it from you! Does this meen you shouldn’t have sold it in the first place? Absolutely mental. I am in discussions with the financial ombudsmen currently. You will here from me very soon!
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Posted 5 years ago
AVOID!!! This store sold me a dvd box set with defective discs and when i went to get a refund i had to wait an hour for the "tester" who looked to be high to "test" the discs and tell me that they work fine when they don't. Will be reporting them to trading standards for selling defective items.
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Posted 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 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 5 years ago
CeX is rated 1.8 based on 678 reviews