{"id":13115,"date":"2024-01-27T15:37:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T14:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/27\/the-joy-of-cex-how-to-spend-10-in-the-secondhand-gaming-mega-store\/"},"modified":"2024-01-27T15:37:27","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T14:37:27","slug":"the-joy-of-cex-how-to-spend-10-in-the-secondhand-gaming-mega-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/27\/the-joy-of-cex-how-to-spend-10-in-the-secondhand-gaming-mega-store\/","title":{"rendered":"The joy of CeX: how to spend \u00a310 in the secondhand gaming mega store"},"content":{"rendered":"

Entertainment (and thrill) seekers on a budget never know exactly what they\u2019re going to find in the ubiquitous technology shop. Just don\u2019t mistake it for a pawn shop<\/p>\n

Feel free to mispronounce Ikea (it should be ee-kay-uh<\/em>, from the Swedish) and Lidl (lee-dal,<\/em> from the German). But there\u2019s no arguing when it comes to CeX, the bright red secondhand technology shop you get in more or less every UK town centre, usually next to McDonald\u2019s, Primark and\/or Poundland. It may be short for Complete Entertainment eXchange, but it shouldn\u2019t be pronounced C-E-X, as you might say to your mum when explaining where you got her cheap secondhand mobile phone from. Officially, CeX is pronounced as sex. The pleasure of it is in the sheer incongruous irony \u2013 these stores, with their miles of metal shelving and threadbare carpets are as far from the erotic as it\u2019s possible to get. But somehow, they hold a special place in the hearts of all entertainment seekers on a budget.<\/p>\n

I am a regular visitor. There are five CeXs within a three-mile radius of my house and they\u2019re extremely handy. The thrill is in never knowing exactly what you\u2019re going to find. For the purposes of this article, the Guardian gave me a generous budget of \u00a310 to discover what bargains lay in store.<\/p>\n

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\nEntertainment (and thrill) seekers on a budget never know exactly what they\u2019re going to find in the ubiquitous technology shop. Just don\u2019t mistake it for a pawn shop
\nFeel free to mispronounce Ikea (it should be ee-kay-uh, from the Swedish) and Lidl (lee-dal, from the German). But there\u2019s no arguing when it comes to CeX, the bright red secondhand technology shop you get in more or less every UK town centre, usually next to McDonald\u2019s, Primark and\/or Poundland. It may be short for Complete Entertainment eXchange, but it shouldn\u2019t be pronounced C-E-X, as you might say to your mum when explaining where you got her cheap secondhand mobile phone from. Officially, CeX is pronounced as sex. The pleasure of it is in the sheer incongruous irony \u2013 these stores, with their miles of metal shelving and threadbare carpets are as far from the erotic as it\u2019s possible to get. But somehow, they hold a special place in the hearts of all entertainment seekers on a budget.
\nI am a regular visitor. There are five CeXs within a three-mile radius of my house and they\u2019re extremely handy. The thrill is in never knowing exactly what you\u2019re going to find. For the purposes of this article, the Guardian gave me a generous budget of \u00a310 to discover what bargains lay in store. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Entertainment (and thrill) seekers on a budget never know exactly what they\u2019re going to find in the ubiquitous technology shop. Just don\u2019t mistake it for a pawn shop Feel free to mispronounce Ikea (it should be ee-kay-uh, from the Swedish) and Lidl (lee-dal, from the German). But there\u2019s no arguing when it comes to CeX, …<\/p>\n

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