Respect for CEX

[DSLiverpool]

From never going in to visiting weekly as son tried games etc I had a think about the business model. I do this for most businesses I interact with.

It’s so dependent on the staff and the updated central IT system creating a mini stock exchange of games and products.

So the staff only have to decide the condition and if it works then the computer central hub decided on buy and sell.

Just think how complex and data hungry that central hub will be.

Huge respect for whoever’s running this. I wouldn’t know where to start.

Ps I love the sweat, biscuits, curry air freshener they use.

[Aunty Pasty]

Glad these sort of places still exist. I use it to pass on my old phones. I'd rather see them reused rather than ending up as more electronic waste. They even take on some older phones.

[Silverage]

DSLiverpool said:

From never going in to visiting weekly as son tried games etc I had a think about the business model. I do this for most businesses I interact with.

It’s so dependent on the staff and the updated central IT system creating a mini stock exchange of games and products.

So the staff only have to decide the condition and if it works then the computer central hub decided on buy and sell.

Just think how complex and data hungry that central hub will be.

Huge respect for whoever’s running this. I wouldn’t know where to start.

Ps I love the sweat, biscuits, curry air freshener they use.

It’s the smell of used stuff, its former owners and of the people who buy secondhand stuff. Go into a Cash Converters for the extreme version.

[TroubledSoul]

Silverage said:

It’s the smell of used stuff, its former owners and of the people who buy secondhand stuff. Go into a Cash Converters for the extreme version.

Some say the items taken to cash converters often smell of a different person to the one taking them in...

[skwdenyer]

DSLiverpool said:

From never going in to visiting weekly as son tried games etc I had a think about the business model. I do this for most businesses I interact with.

It’s so dependent on the staff and the updated central IT system creating a mini stock exchange of games and products.

So the staff only have to decide the condition and if it works then the computer central hub decided on buy and sell.

Just think how complex and data hungry that central hub will be.

Huge respect for whoever’s running this. I wouldn’t know where to start.

Ps I love the sweat, biscuits, curry air freshener they use.

I used to use their Tottenham Court Road store in the late 1990s. Impressive they’ve flourished, perhaps helped by never floating or involving private equity A lot of their early success was thanks to Charlie Brooker handling the advertising!

Extending it to a franchise model was smart given - as you say - the reliance on the infrastructure to power the underlying business logic. Many have tried and failed to make this stuff work.

[Jamescrs]

Bought at least three phones from them in the past and all have been excellent, they offer a better warranty than most high street stores do whether new or used.