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Rating Summary based on 34 reviews

  • 5 Stars
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  • 42 of 42 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    peterkinxl5

    4 Stars Bargains and Brickbats Diamond review 06/03/2005
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Great bargains to be had, layby payment system, buyback facillity when selling your goods.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages As they are a Franchise stores do vary considerably,Don' t always expect new goods at second hand prices, Don't expect near the new price for your goods, dubious elements attracted despite efforts to counter them.

    A little saying of mine: ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR-AND RETAIL. I've been a regular at various branches of Cash Converters since 1998 and have been prompted to post this review because of some of the quite unfair comments that people are placed. Now they aren't perfect but you can end up the winner IF you know what you are looking for and doing. Cash Converters were set up in 1991 as a single Pawn shop in Australia back and have since become the largest chain of second hand/pawn shops in the world . The UK currently has 96 stores and is expanding all the time. They major in second hand stock ... more
  • 123 of 123 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    mbmb11

    4 Stars Exploitation or a helping hand 05/10/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages quick and easy, no questions asked

    Disadvantages Disadvantages exploitative in some sense

    Cash Converters are a worldwide franchise chain of stores which serve as a shop where you can buy, sell, exchange or loan money on items of value, (although they tend to be electrical items and can be anything from TV's to Walkie Talkies). Their slogan is 'a better place to sell and a greater way to shop'. Each branch has its own pricing , buying and loaning policies when it comes to amounts paid and charged although the rules remain the same for all the stores located in the UK. The Premise for the shop is a straightforward one; You can buy 'cheaper than new' used items such as TVs, Videos ... more
  • 50 of 50 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    dickyj

    5 Stars The E-bay of the High Street! Review with images 25/10/2010
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Save money by buying second hand

    Disadvantages Disadvantages I couldn't find any

    I don't know about you, but I love a bargain and have been shopping on E-bay for years for everything from antiques to fancy dress outfits. The only problem with e-bay is that photo's are all well and good, but you never really know what you are getting until it lands on your doorstep. Don't get me wrong, most of the stuff that I have ordered has been good - you just never know! I was recently having a day out in Rhyl the other day, there was not a lot open and not a lot to do, so I stumbled into the Cash Converters (next door to Argos). I must admit that I have never been in a Cash Converters ... more
  • 26 of 26 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 3 wbafcben

    Member since 03/01/2005

    Reviews written: 23

    3 Stars Smarter bartering, cash dashing 21/01/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Get rid of junk for cash quickly, get cash easily / quickly

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Poor rates for your goods plus general bad aura about the place

    A few weeks ago, just after Christmas, we decided our humongous CRT (i.e. very big) monitor and old keyboard and mouse just had to go. We had a new set for the Christmas season, and so concluded that our old set just wouldn't be of any use to us. So we considered the options of selling / getting rid of the stuff. After a bit of deliberation, we decided that a good option to try would be Cash Converters - no need to wait like eBay, no need to send goods and charge huge P and P - but the cons of having to travel to the shop (twice in our case), lugging your (huge, heavy) goods around with you ... more
  • 33 of 34 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    BUBBLES171

    1 Star Please Sir, Can I have More? 15/12/2003
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages completely useless

    Disadvantages Disadvantages completely and utterly useless

    A few years back in our town a store become empty and all of a sudden builders were there creating shelves and an advert went out saying they wanted staff. It was to become Cash Converters. Now our Cash Converters really worry me and they seem to have a bad reputation and the turn over of staff is not vast, more like unbelievable, every week I go into town they are asking for staff for a smallish store. This worries me as they do not seem able to keep their staff and what I have heard from people I have known I do not blame them for leaving. The queues are always long, mainly as half the staff ... more

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  • clairebear28 1/11/2011 10:06:34

    extending my buy back

    what is the prices to keep something on buy back for 2 weeks or 28 days

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