18-06-2024 01:51 PM - edited 18-06-2024 02:10 PM
Just wanted to share my experience with EE trade in team and their partner Likewize,
I've been a customer with EE for 5+ years, and truly disappointed with their service. I upgraded my device and chose to trade in my old device, Samsung S20 FE, sent via Royal Mail Signed For Next day Delivery (1pm). It was confirmed as delivered by Royal Mail to Likewize (EE's partner who facilitate all trade ins), this was confirmed by a signature by staff at Likewize, and GPS location. Royal Mail confirmed it was delivered, however Likewize have advised they "never received it".
Executive Complaints haven't been much help, EE have offered to apply the trade in discount and £50 credit for the reimbursement of a £500 device. Really wish I hadn't sent my device, and just kept it to sell on second hand!
Do not send your device for trade in! One quick look over the EE community, shows this has been happening for years! EE say they are "not aware" of this, which sounds to me like their aware and condoning this issue, as other customers have posted about it for 2 and a half years, all over their EE community hub, which EE staff have frequently replied to!
02-10-2025 01:22 AM
02-10-2025 08:16 AM
Good morning @freddyhayz.
Welcome to the Community, and I'm disappointed to hear you've been having so much trouble with this, too.
I would definitely recommend getting back in touch with our team, as they should be able to help you dispute the non-return charge.
Alternatively you can also raise this as a complaint directly with our dedicated complaints team, who will be able to review all the details of your case and work towards the best resolution possible.
If you remain unhappy it's absolutely possible to send this to the Ombudsman for independent review as mentioned above, but we would always aim to get this resolved from our end when possible.
You can find all the details you need on our complaints process in our complaints code of practice.
Peter
03-10-2025 11:11 AM
03-10-2025 11:29 AM
The problem is it hasn't been lost in transit, they are saying I sent a different handset back to them which is impossible. I even sent it in the original Samsung packaging.
So it's a case of my word Vs likewize/EE.
03-10-2025 11:33 AM
Im sorry to hear you're having trouble too. I managed to get a resolution via the complaints team and requested it was continuously raised to the highest level of complaints. I also advised that this is a case of stolen property and would seek to report as an incident to the police if they did not find me a resolution. To give them their due, they eventually were good but my situation was slightly different as it had been signed for tracked via GPS and had "gone missing".
@Peter_W I'm very disappointed to see as per the multitude of comments from other EE users that this is a very common issue and EE have not taken any steps to resolve what is clearly a common, ongoing issue with your trade in dealer, Likewise. I assume EE are just happy to continue shelling out cash for recompensating their customers rather than address the issue?
03-10-2025 12:50 PM
03-10-2025 12:53 PM
03-10-2025 01:56 PM
We urge anyone who has an issue, such as this, with a delivery to contact our customer support team on one of the methods that @Peter_W posted above.
Each case will be fully investigated individually by a dedicated team, who will let each customer know the outcome of their case.
If necessary, customers can follow our complaints code of practice to take it further.
Chris