Cash Converters - Overpriced Secondhand Goods? (Cash Converters)

Member Name: spencer jarvis

Product:	Cash Converters
Date:	03/08/01 (1202 review reads)
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Advantages: Good way of getting extra cash, Ocassional bargains can be found, Lots of choice

Disadvantages: Untidy shop, Overpriced items , Badly trained staff

My local Cash Coverters is the Basildon Branch. The thing that struck me the first time I entered the shop was how untidy and dirty its was. There were products lying all over the place.

The second thing that struck me was how vastly overpriced the items were. On many occasions I have seen products in the window that were either comparible in price or sometimes more expensive than normal stores. The classic example of this seems to be the electrical goods.

I would be very interested to find out how the stores decide on a selling price. I would expect to pay a lot less for a second hand electrical item considering you don't know the background of the item, has it been repaired? dropped? running 24 hours a day for the last 2 years? you just don't know do you?

I would consider buying something from them but the shop really needs a facelift, the staff need a little more training, don't get me wrong I appreciate it's difficult to know everything about all the different items but a little knowledge would be nice, and lastly the price of the items needs to be reviewed and assesed. It has become a regular thing now for my wife and I to see how much they are charging for things!.

The shop needs to smarten itself up and get away from its pawn shop image.

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