I placed an order for something and it was ready to collect. I went there and showed them a photo…read moreof my driving license and they said that they needed a physical copy! Now if I was buying lets say an Iphone, then I would understand, however, I was trying to collect a £1 Keyboard! I mean come on CeX, it's only a £1 Keyboard, at least let me off with a photo of an ID on that one! CeX if you are reading this, please give me a way to contact you so that I can get a refund because I have given up. Good for value, but very stingy when it comes to try an collect something.

I love that I am still finding some awesome shops in Edinburgh that I never knew about before. Cex…read more(no idea how they want us to pronounce it) is tucked away on Rose Street, and is one of the best shops of its type that I have seen. It's a place where you can trade in games, DVDs, mobile phones and other electronic equipment. They also sell all of these things, with some great prices. You could spend £10 and come out with a lot of things if you hunt hard enough. People will so often discredit buying pre-owned items, but for prices as low as those offered by Cex, it's difficult to say no! This time, I just popped in for a browse, though I will be visiting there next time I want a cheap film or the like. I wonder how long it will be before someone trades in an iPhone 4? One can only hope...

I managed to dump a mug of coffee on my laptop keyboard Monday morning, and had to start trying to…read morescramble to find an emergency laptop repair place here in Edinburgh. Darius at Hex was the first person I spoke to that gave me any confidence that the laptop could be repaired. I took the laptop to him on Monday afternoon, and he was compassionate, transparent, and very professional in th communicating to me what the timeline and options would be. Hex fixed the computer well enough for me to use an external keyboard the next day and expedited ordering of a replacement laptop keyboard so that I had it back working this afternoon. Very reasonably priced and wonderful service. I could not be more pleased and I highly recommend Hex for your computer repair needs.

This shop is very good both for buying computers and related accessories, and getting any repairs…read moredone - they even repair mobile phones which is handy if you have a phone that is damaged, but you don't want to replace. The prices here are generally pretty competitive and you will be likely to struggle to find somewhere else that can match both its range of products and prices - I certainly haven't come across such a place. In addition you get very good customer service and the staff know what they are talking about. It's well worth a visit especially if you have any repairs that need doing. I'm no expert on computers, but this does seem to be a good shop.

My boyfriend nearly wet himself a couple of months ago when he came home in a taxi with a 42 inch…read moretelly. Which I still haven't got to watch one thing in non-blu-ray yet. It's a beast of a machine which we've had absolutely no problems with. There's two good things about Richer Sounds.. 1.) You can get a 5 year warranty for 10% of the sale price of your machine. Compared to the lengths and prices of other stores, this is a blinking good deal. 2.) If you park on very expensive Chamber Street and buy something, they'll bring you a handful of change as compensation... How lovely!

I've always been a fan of Richer Sounds because I do believe that they offer both very good value…read morefor money and superior customer service focused on your needs rather than on separating you from the contents of your wallet. Their strategy is to keep you coming back for more by ensuring high customer satisfaction and their strategy seems to work. The shop focuses on anything TV or audio based so it is a handy place to put together an entertainment system. You can actually put something good together using the items on sale here for a very reasonable amount making it great for those put off by the daunting prices of the ultra high end stores.

Brilliant friendly service, quality work, speedy repairs. After having disastrous repairs at other…read morelocal shops, I decided to give Source a go. I didn't use them sooner, as it is such a smart looking shop that I thought they would be much more expensive that the cheap looking places, but it isn't and the service and quality of parts and labour is different class. I'd had my iPhone 5s screen replaced at a cheap shop and it broke within days. I kept taking it back, but it never lasted more than three days. He even replaced it again, but that one just broke. They charged £35, but I found out they are using the cheapest possible screens that are £10 from China, and are rubbish. Source charged £45, but it is a great quality screen, it took them 30 minutes and I've not had any trouble in the month since fitting. I know that's just a month, but you can just tell that it is repaired properly with a quality screen and it will last. I then spilt something on my Samsung RV711 laptop keyboard and completely shorted it out. Nothing was working. They usually charge far less for a keyboard replacement, but on the Samsung the keyboard, palm rest and entire top of the base needs replacing. The cheapest I found a second hand one on eBay was £45 , new ones far more. I called around, and some shops wouldn't do it, and one central one quoted £99, just for the labour, and another quoted 3 weeks turnaround. Source ordered the part for next day delivery and then only took one hour to complete the repair. Total cost for the brand new part and labour £79. They said most keyboard repairs are £35, but this is the entire top due to the Samsung design, which is the palm rest, keyboard, tracking pad and right and left mouse buttons. They even fixed my left mouse button for no extra cost. My computer is now working perfectly. I'm absolutely delighted with Source Electronics and won't go anywhere else again. I highly recommend them. They are polite, friendly, very professional and the quality of the entire experience is 5 STARS! TIPS: 1. They open at 9.30am and told me this is the best time to drop off a repair as they have an additional staff ember in the morning and can do the job straight away. 2. Call first to ask if they have the part in stock, if not they will order it and call you when it gets in. My part for the Samsung took 24 hours to arrive. They had the iPhone 5s screen in stock. 3. Calling in advance you can also book in your repair, so you know they can do it while you wait on an iPhone. Plenty of great coffee shops near by. 3. They can also fit phone screen protectors. Even the most careful of us can scratch the screen of our phones, and if you have a screen protector it is that getting scratched instead. When you come to sell the phone take it off and the screen will be as new. The protector will pay for itself many times over through the resale value of a perfect screen. Scratched screens really effect sell on value.

Absolutely amazing! Managed to revive my water damaged iPhone and did so in only a couple of hours…read more-needing a battery and screen replacement. Cannot thank them enough. The staff there are also absolutely wonderful and cannot thank them enough for the amazing job they did.

I had a terrible experience. It wasn't the store's fault. I bought a Bosch dryer, and the delivery…read moredriver left it broken. They left so fast I didn't have time to catch them. I called, and they told me to call the store. I don't understand why they would leave me with a broken dryer. They removed the protective seal, and I could see it was broken. I've had to go to the store several times to get a refund. They did give me one, but now I have to find another store to buy from. This is causing me a lot of unnecessary stress.

I was SCAMMED at Currys Store in Edinburgh…read more I visited the Currys store in Edinburgh to buy an iPhone on January 20th. When I swiped my card, a charge of 963.99 GBP was deducted from my account, but it remained pending for confirmation. The salesperson explained that this pending status occurs when the amount is pre-approved but will be refunded later, so he couldn't complete the purchase at that time. I was given a deadline until Thursday (25/1) for the refund to be processed, but it's been a week and I haven't received any reimbursement yet. I tried to contact them through the website, but I was informed that I should go to the physical store, which is impossible since I live in Malta. Additionally, there is no phone number or email available to contact the Edinburgh store directly. The Currys staff member at the physical store also told me that I could resolve the issue online, but it seems that this information is not true. In summary, I ended up buying the iPhone again with another card and essentially paid double the amount, as the money from the first transaction was not refunded. The manager's name is Eric and the salesperson's name is Craig.

Dubstep Drum 'n' bass…read moreJungle Grime Techno Electro IDM House Funk & Soul One of Edinburgh's longest running record shops, Underground Solu'shn specialises in all forms of dance music. A firm favourite with local and visiting deejays, they stock a big selection of white labels, twelve inches and compilations imported from the U.S and Europe and have a number of listening posts. Handily, they also sell and rent turntables, mixers, speakers and headphones and stock deejay essentials like spare needles, cartridges and cool tee-shirts. To paraphrase an old floor filler: Everybody dance now!

My boyfriend says when he goes deaf from DJing then he'll walk in here and in a loud voice (because…read morehe can't hear himself) ask for everything this fine establishment has to offer that's round about the same speed. When you buy stuff from Hard to Find Records, other than the delivery option, this is the place in Edinburgh where you can go pick your purchase up from. Known for more of a club style music like dance, hip hop or dubstep, rather than your more conventional record shop that had 34 identical Roy Orbison 12"s.

This is an amazing little shop for buying darts. This man had a mountain of knowledge when it comes…read moreto darts and you can try them before you buy. I will definitely come back again and again.

If you take up darts don't go to amazon,This little shop at the top end of Leith walk is all you…read moreneed The man is a fountain of knowledge and will make buying a set of darts a pleasure. Nothing is any bother and you can throw any am out of darts before you make you mind up LONG LIVE BORLANDS

NEW ***** worst place don't recommend*****…read moreVery rude owner and customer service is horrendous !!! Please read all the one star reviews below and you can see a similar pattern they all have the same issue with the rude owner. And please read his reply's to the reviews and you will get the gist of what kind of people run this place The owner seems like he's just got off the boat from another country had no manner told me to leave the shop for no reason. Came to return an item, which was not working he refused to check if it's working and then refused to return it. He says I'm trying to fraud him etc Very unprofessional conduct coming from the owner. The items here are cheap and nasty and come from 3rd class products from China so not buy from this place

just wanted to buy some SIM cards and gaffer tape to mend a suitcase. Absolutely no complaints on…read morethat score. Chap seemed efficient, helpful etc. Cannot comment about some of the issues that others have raised with respect to phones and repairs.

Another cracking little outlet on my favourite street in the whole city, Adeel's is one of those…read moreelectronic stores that does pretty much everything, including services that appear to be of dubious legality such as phone unlocking. Filled with bits and bobs from computer hard drives to obscure mobile phone accessories, it's a charmingly shifty store and the kind of place that becomes a godsend when your archaic old computer breaks down again.

I've already reviewed the fantastically bizarre Adeel's on Easter Road, so I was delighted to find…read moreanother one in Leith, although this one seems to be Easter Road's bigger, more mature brother. For a start, the whole shop looks more sleek, less like a jumble sale. It sells mainly electrical goods and computer hardware, so it would be a handy place to take your laptop if you were experiencing problems. They also do mobile phone repairs and all that unblocking and locking Sim nonsense that I have no idea about. As well as that, you can buy sims and phone covers, and they sell cool Blackberry covers which are sometimes hard to come by elsewhere, for good prices. Ideal if you need some technological help, which I usually do!

From the time I walked into the store greeted by one of the friendly sales guys then to David a Tec…read moreguy who couldn't have been more helpful he explained everything he was doing to my phone excellent service all round Highly recommend

I have bought several phones from this location over the years. The salesmen are very knowledgeable…read moreabout their product line and are friendly and patient with what must be repetitive questions. They do not get paid on commission but they still manage to spend as much time as needed per customer. I had the option of a closer phone store but this is worth the drive. They always have everything in stock as well. Will definitely buy from then again.