This place does exactly what it says on the tin. Well, not the tin, the front door. It is a…read morecomputer game store that sells all sorts of games, consoles, accessories, books and everything else that your inner nerd could possibly want or desire. As well as selling stuff they also buy your stuff off you once you have completed it or got bored with it or whatever so thats a pretty good service and they give you a pretty good price. If you like games and what not then you can't go bad at this place. The shop itself is nice and light and the staff are polite and really know what they're talking about.

Games sell as you would expect from such a shop sells computer games, consoles, books and any…read moreaccessories. The staff are friendly in this store and will help you out of you're not too sure what you're looking for. They also have games charts which help you pick out the most popular games. I've only really had reason to get anything from a Games store for a former boyfriend, when I tracked down an elusive (at the time) Nintendo Wii and the Zelda game, which looked pretty cool. I sat through it all Christmas!! I don't really have a clue about computer games, I once drove round the race track for mario kart the wrong way round. Although I did win a bunch of lads at Streetfighter one night, but I think it was cuz I was drunk and kept pressing all the buttons frantically and round-house kicked their collective testosterone into another stratosphere!

The idiocy of 'customer service' in Belfast baffles me, as readers of my reviews will know only too…read morewell. Into Cex I go to buy some stuff. I'm standing in the queue. There are two signs above the counter. One sign indicated that that particular counter with two tills is for people selling stuff. The other counter with two (or more) tills is for people buying stuff. I queue in the buying line, and quickly realise that all four tills are being used for people selling stuff. This is a process that takes time. The gadgets have to be hooked up, tested, examined, etc., so it's particularly stupid to have zero tills available for people to actually buy stuff. Then I see a customer who, upon observing that all four tills are being used to sell stuff, seems to presume that it must just be a free-for-all, and that all tills are available for buying and selling. This is not an unreasonable presumption, since no rational person could see the logic in a shop which is not selling anything, but only buying things. He, therefore, opts for the shorter queue, which is leading up to the tills which are officially marked for selling. Almost 15 minutes pass before I get served (there were no customers in front of me, by the way, other than the two sellers whose items were being tested). Ordinarily, I would have left, but I wanted to see how long it took, and I wanted to see if I was right about the unfortunate customer who joined the other queue. Yep, after waiting almost 15 minutes and finally getting to a till, the girl tells him that that till is for selling only. Marvellous. On top of this, there was a staff member standing near a vacant till in the 'buying' side the entire time. Did he, upon realising the folly of having a queue of customers with four staff buying and none selling, jump on the vacant till and seek to alleviate the unnecessary wait of the customers laden with products to buy? Did he think, 'If I were a customer waiting in the buying queue where people were selling things, would I want to wait unnecessarily?' Nope, he continued what he was doing. Wrapping. Masking tape, duct tape, bubble wrap...the guy just stood there wrapping the entire time. Maybe the staff here aren't privy to the business model of the company. Now, I haven't been to any Cex franchise meetings; I'm not Facebook friends with Paul Farrington; and I've never received a Snapchat request from Robert Dudani. But I know for a fact that an integral part of the Cex business model is to sell things. Maybe they should mention that in staff training?

I just don't understand this place. Maybe its because I'm not a gamer, I'm only looking at it from…read morethe point of view of the hardware. As other reviewers have pointed out, the checking process is the staff having a bit of an albeit structured 'play about' with the hardware with arbitrary conclusions drawn as to its value. What gets me is that quite often you se tablets/phones/laptops/consoles on sale here for high enough prices that if you put an extra £20 into your purchase you could buy a brand new machine from the manufacturer or, if getting it for the lowest price possible, eBay is going to deliver a much more competitive shopping experience....... I just don't get it.

A decent sized Game store in the centre of town. It carries all the latest releases as well as a…read morechoice of other games for all the popular consoles and pc. They also have pre owned games and consoles for sale. The staff are generally helpful, though sometimes you have to wait for assistance if there are a number of other people in the shop. If you get the right member of staff they can be quite helpful. One nag though, they now have no flexibility in the make up of the various console packages they sell, which is annoying if you don't like the game that comes with the console you are after.

A great store situated right in the centre of Lisburn Town. It looks small from the front but the…read morestore is very deep. There is a great selection of games and accessories for all of the most recent games consoles as well as a section dedicated to PC Games. The pre-owned section is a good size although some of the pre-owned games sell for practically the same price as the new games. The staff are knowledgeable and helpful and at the till have even pointed out alternate items that would work out cheaper to buy. All in all a great place to shop!

I am not a completely massive computer game fan but I enjoy a bit of a play from time to time and…read morewhen I have went through my phases of playing Zelda and Final Fantasty I have called in here lots to pick up games and hardware and always found it to be a pretty decent service. I once interviewed for a part time job in here and didn't get it because I wasn't into computer games enough. This tells me that all the staff know what they're talking about and are always up to the minute with what games and the like will be coming out soon. The staff, as I have said, are knowlegdable and polite. Always willing to help and go the extra mile. The shop itself is nice and clean and tidy and being in Connswater its really convenient with plenty of parking around.

game is my favourite shops to buy games there preowned games are pretty cheap and they have a…read morevariety of stuff to buy.

I bought a tablet online and it arrived broken as in it will not charge. I had to drive many many…read moremiles to bring the useless device back. I'm assuming im Getting a refund. Very unprofessional service.

CeX is a second hand game and electrical store with many branches throughout the UK…read more This one is one of their smaller stores, certainly the smallest I've ever been in. They do a decent range of second hand games, consoles, mobile phones, cameras etc. If you need to sell something, you'd be better off doing it elsewhere, via ebay/gumtree etc, unless you are desperate for money right now, as they don't pay much and you'd definitely be missing out!

This Game store is located in Bow Street Mall in Lisburn, so is very close to the town centre and…read moreof course a whole range of other shops. It has all the latest consoles and new release games. As it is one of the smaller Game stores though, it doesn't have as big a range as other stores, especially in the pre-owned section. The staff are friendly and helpful enough, with one fellow particulary helpful when we were looking to get the console package we wanted. In saying that I've also been there when one of the more senior members of staff was too busy chatting to a buddy to help us when we needed assistance. Needless to say we went elsewhere.

This store in the bow street mall is one of the smallest stores i've been to. Having said that they…read morestill had a good range of stock, including a good preowned section. Staff here were very helpful, and nothing was too much trouble. The thing i don't like about this store is because its so small you can't really take the time to just browse everything as you're contantly having to move to let people pass you.

I'm actually in Waterstones a lot without every buying a book. You see Waterstones houses one of my…read morefavourite coffee shops in the city, Ground Espresso Bar. The bookshop itself is always busy but don't worry there's also plenty of staff although sometimes I find it hard to distinguish between staff and browsers as they don't appear to have a clear uniform. The shop displays are always excellent - they often have featured books highlighted on a table and then related works nearby. I really like this concept as it makes it a really easy shopping experience. Waterstones has a really nice relaxed feeling about it - you won't get told off for having a good rummage and likewise if you want to contemplate your next novel choice the upstairs coffee shop is the perfect place to do that. I know this review wasn't exactly a thriller but hopefully it's a good non-fiction.

Waterstones does not strike me as 'mainstream' as Easons or WH Smith. There is more of a homely,…read moresort of old fashioned atmosphere at Waterstones which takes the shabby bookshop feel but invests lots of money and time into it to make it into a great store. It is a great mix of old and new. The shop gives you a feel of being a bit like going to your gran's house, but instead of old photo albums, you have the latest bestsellers dotted around instead. They have some great offers, particularly on children's books. I went in with a friend to buy books for primary school teaching and they had some great ones for very cheap. The shop also has some travel guides, a great section on irish history, and is a perfect stop if you need to get someone a Christmas present and you've already exhausted the CD and DVD route one too many times. The staff are really nice and smile and do everything you want from a bookshop member of staff. Remarkable how some shops not too far away have the most ignorant members of staff you can find, yet a quaint little bookshop has the most polite and pleasent people you will ever find. Although I don't like buying books and not ever getting round to reading them, I do like to browse bookshops and Waterstones is one of my favourite in all of Belfast.