CEX Sold me a Fake iPhone and will likely refuse a refund.

dumpster_fire2025

GDB2222 said:

Chief_of_Staffy said:

QrizB said:

Chief_of_Staffy said:

Sorry, I'm still stuck on the "I spent £1.8k on a phone" bit.

People spend £20k or more on wristwear, when you can get a perfectly adequate watch for 0.1% of that.

Spending £1800 on a phone is a valid choice of you've got that much disposable income.

How much is your Rolex worth in 50 years? Five times what you paid. How much is your phone worth in 5 years? Nothing. Your definition of 'valid choice' appears to differ from mine, and on a money saving site too.

People buy fireworks. Literally, money going up in smoke. They buy alcohol, and there's no level of drinking alcohol that is safe. What can you do...?

People also breathe, which causes cellular damage. The best option is to not be born at all, then you can never die.

Emmia

Ergates said:

Emmia said:

Desmond_Hume said:

Never heard of CEX? Do you walk about with your eyes closed?

I think like pawnbrokers, CEX stores are probably (and unfortunately) more common in certain parts of the country. 

That would be a baseless and inaccurate assumption.

Unless by "certain parts", you mean "towns and cities" - they generally don't pop up in the middle of fields or on top of mountains.

There is a CEX close to where I live in London. The wider locale has areas (streets) which are very poor (this is very apparent) which are cheek by jowl with areas of extreme wealth (also apparent) The pawn brokers and CEX shops aren't on the streets with chi chi boutiques... And whilst I wish it wasn't so, it would be inaccurate to pretend otherwise.

GDB2222

dumpster_fire2025 said:

GDB2222 said:

Chief_of_Staffy said:

QrizB said:

Chief_of_Staffy said:

Sorry, I'm still stuck on the "I spent £1.8k on a phone" bit.

People spend £20k or more on wristwear, when you can get a perfectly adequate watch for 0.1% of that.

Spending £1800 on a phone is a valid choice of you've got that much disposable income.

How much is your Rolex worth in 50 years? Five times what you paid. How much is your phone worth in 5 years? Nothing. Your definition of 'valid choice' appears to differ from mine, and on a money saving site too.

People buy fireworks. Literally, money going up in smoke. They buy alcohol, and there's no level of drinking alcohol that is safe. What can you do...?

People also breathe, which causes cellular damage. The best option is to not be born at all, then you can never die.

That was posted on Christmas Day. Sounds like you were enjoying yourself!

poppy10_2

GDB2222 said:

Chief_of_Staffy said:

QrizB said:

Chief_of_Staffy said:

Sorry, I'm still stuck on the "I spent £1.8k on a phone" bit.

People spend £20k or more on wristwear, when you can get a perfectly adequate watch for 0.1% of that.

Spending £1800 on a phone is a valid choice of you've got that much disposable income.

How much is your Rolex worth in 50 years? Five times what you paid. How much is your phone worth in 5 years? Nothing. Your definition of 'valid choice' appears to differ from mine, and on a money saving site too.

People buy fireworks. Literally, money going up in smoke. They buy alcohol, and there's no level of drinking alcohol that is safe. What can you do...?

From OP's other posts, his only income is from benefits, he has a history of CCJs, DROs and defaults, and was under investigation for benefit fraud earlier this year after frittering away a £15k inheritance on a £2k holiday to Amsterdam and a £2.5K Apple Mac Pro. It's legitimate to question whether a £1.8K iPhone Pro Max is really an essential purchase for him.

Silvertabby

Ergates said:

Silvertabby said:

Desmond_Hume said:

Never heard of CEX? Do you walk about with your eyes closed?

Ha ha - Google says there's one a town away, but I have never noticed the name or have been in.  All I've noticed, when passing,  was the window full of what I assumed was just  bric-a-brac.

Bric a brac?   What kind of weird bric a brac stalls have you been visiting?  Or do people you know primarily decorate their homes with electronic items?

To be honest, I didn't really take much notice of what was in there - it just looked like a load of old tat!   

Skiddaw1

I'd never heard of them either! Mind you, we are in rural Cumbria. 

sheramber

poppy10_2 said:

GDB2222 said:

Chief_of_Staffy said:

QrizB said:

Chief_of_Staffy said:

Sorry, I'm still stuck on the "I spent £1.8k on a phone" bit.

People spend £20k or more on wristwear, when you can get a perfectly adequate watch for 0.1% of that.

Spending £1800 on a phone is a valid choice of you've got that much disposable income.

How much is your Rolex worth in 50 years? Five times what you paid. How much is your phone worth in 5 years? Nothing. Your definition of 'valid choice' appears to differ from mine, and on a money saving site too.

People buy fireworks. Literally, money going up in smoke. They buy alcohol, and there's no level of drinking alcohol that is safe. What can you do...?

From OP's other posts, his only income is from benefits, he has a history of CCJs, DROs and defaults, and was under investigation for benefit fraud earlier this year after frittering away a £15k inheritance on a £2k holiday to Amsterdam and a £2.5K Apple Mac Pro. It's legitimate to question whether a £1.8K iPhone Pro Max is really an essential purchase for him.

How he spends his money is his business, just as his you spend yours is your business.

Do you only buy essential items or do you buy presents for others at Christmas or birthdays?

Do you treat yourself sometimes? 

Ergates

Emmia said:

Ergates said:

Emmia said:

Desmond_Hume said:

Never heard of CEX? Do you walk about with your eyes closed?

I think like pawnbrokers, CEX stores are probably (and unfortunately) more common in certain parts of the country. 

That would be a baseless and inaccurate assumption.

Unless by "certain parts", you mean "towns and cities" - they generally don't pop up in the middle of fields or on top of mountains.

There is a CEX close to where I live in London. The wider locale has areas (streets) which are very poor (this is very apparent) which are cheek by jowl with areas of extreme wealth (also apparent) The pawn brokers and CEX shops aren't on the streets with chi chi boutiques... And whilst I wish it wasn't so, it would be inaccurate to pretend otherwise.

There are CEX stores in (more or less) every high street in every town and every city in the UK.

So unless you class the *entire* UK outside of the most exclusive parts of London as "certain parts" then... no.

Emmia

Ergates said:

Emmia said:

Ergates said:

Emmia said:

Desmond_Hume said:

Never heard of CEX? Do you walk about with your eyes closed?

I think like pawnbrokers, CEX stores are probably (and unfortunately) more common in certain parts of the country. 

That would be a baseless and inaccurate assumption.

Unless by "certain parts", you mean "towns and cities" - they generally don't pop up in the middle of fields or on top of mountains.

There is a CEX close to where I live in London. The wider locale has areas (streets) which are very poor (this is very apparent) which are cheek by jowl with areas of extreme wealth (also apparent) The pawn brokers and CEX shops aren't on the streets with chi chi boutiques... And whilst I wish it wasn't so, it would be inaccurate to pretend otherwise.

There are CEX stores in (more or less) every high street in every town and every city in the UK.

So unless you class the *entire* UK outside of the most exclusive parts of London as "certain parts" then... no.

There is no CEX in my hometown (outside of London). My observation is that they are not on every high street... Whether that area is wealthy or not.

There are apparently 390 CEX stores in the UK. There are also 76 cities and over 1000 towns in the UK. So it is patently untrue that there is one on every high street.

Sainsbury's has around 1500 shops as a comparison. But I wouldn't describe that chain as being on every high street.

Arunmor

Desmond_Hume said:

Never heard of CEX? Do you walk about with your eyes closed?

Spot the townie! Some of us don't live in and avoid if at all possible towns and cities.  So how would we notice CEX shops?