CeX

I took my Xbox 360 in to sell it. Had powered it on less than an hour before to format the harddrive. They had it for testing overnight and when I went the next day they claimed it was broken and it just flashed with red rings. Took it home. Worked perfectly. Unplugged the AV cable. 4 red rings. These guys couldn’t even be bothered to plug it in properly while ‘testing’ it. Or do a brief google search. Tried to sell it to me for 25% of the agreed price because it was ‘broken’. Either incompetent staff or deliberately trying to scam me.

Top Marks! Staff are always helpful, they helped me find exactly what I needed with no fuss. Well done, thanks

CEX is at heart a great idea.
Its a small crammed store, that is a dealer for hi-​tech gadgets. That covers games consoles, and games, to pc’s, mobile phones, and just plain gadgets.
It only has 3 downfalls.
1) Pricing structure, for 2^nd hand hardware. I have no idea who sets their prices but in this store they quite often have 2^nd hand hardware for more or the same money as the same item brand new from elsewhere.
2) Its way too cramped, they could have done with a bigger unit, or less stock and a bit more space. Forget wheelchair access or a pushchair.
3) Staffing, this place seams to open late and close early quite often due to staffing issues. Once open the store is often only manned by one or two people, which means ques normally form from people wanting to sell there items, which in turn makes the cramped store packed and unshoppable.
However they do buy, sell and part exchange on most stock items which can be a nice way to unload all those old rubbish dvd’s or console titles your friends wont buy ;)

Recently opened in Basingstoke is the store chain CeX which is a new type of store. You can Buy, Sell or Exchange your Dvd or Video games, mobiles, laptops and cameras. I have found this store to be a valubale asset for exchanging my games for newer releases.
The store is very modern and new. Also i discovered it to be very reasonably priced. The staff are very knowledgeable and friendly. A must see.