Returns & Refunds
Returning your tech should be simple.
Eligible products can be returned within 30 days of delivery. Start your return with our UK-based team and follow the simple steps below.
Your return, in three steps.
Clear from start to finish.
Tell us what’s coming back
Contact our returns team with your order number, the product you’re returning and the reason for your return.
Prepare and protect it
Back up your data, remove account locks and package your device securely so it is protected throughout transit.
We inspect and resolve
Once received, our team inspects your device and processes any refund, repair, replacement or other applicable remedy.
Before you send your device.
A few quick checks help avoid delays.
Protect it for the journey.
Electronic devices need proper protection in transit.
Pack it securely.
Protect your device against impact, crushing and movement throughout the return journey.
- Use a rigid cardboard box
- Add suitable protective cushioning
- Protect screens, corners and edges
- Prevent movement inside the parcel
- Seal the outer packaging securely
- Keep your proof of postage
Don’t leave it exposed.
Soft or loose packaging may provide inadequate protection for fragile electronics.
- Thin polythene mailing bags used alone
- Unpadded mailing envelopes
- Loose devices inside oversized boxes
- No protection around the display
- No cushioning around corners or edges
- Damaged or poorly sealed packaging
If a returned product suffers new physical damage as a result of inadequate return packaging, Tech Market may, where permitted by law, make an appropriate deduction from the refund to reflect the resulting reduction in value. This may include newly cracked or smashed screens, impact damage, bent frames, damaged housings or broken components that were not present when supplied.
Returns & refund policy.
Everything you need to know.
30-Day Returns & statutory cancellation
You may request a return within 30 days of receiving your order.
For eligible online purchases, you also have a statutory right to cancel without giving a reason. You must normally notify us within 14 days of receiving the goods and return them within the applicable statutory return period.
Our additional 30-day returns period is offered in addition to your statutory consumer rights.
Change-of-mind returns
You may inspect the product as reasonably necessary to establish its nature, characteristics and functionality.
Please take reasonable care of the product while it is in your possession.
If a returned product has been excessively handled, excessively used, altered, damaged or otherwise reduced in value beyond what is reasonably necessary for inspection, Tech Market may make an appropriate deduction from the refund to reflect the actual reduction in value, where permitted by law.
For returns made under our additional 30-day returns period after the statutory cancellation period has expired, the product should be returned in materially the same condition in which it was supplied, allowing for reasonable inspection.
Secure return packaging & transit damage
All electronic devices must be securely and appropriately packaged when returned.
Phones, tablets, laptops, smartwatches and other electronic devices should be protected against impact, crushing and movement during transit.
We strongly recommend using a rigid cardboard box with sufficient protective cushioning such as bubble wrap or another suitable protective material.
Original retail packaging is not required in order to exercise your statutory rights.
A thin polythene mailing bag, mailing envelope or similar soft packaging used on its own may not provide adequate protection for an electronic device.
If a returned product suffers new physical damage as a result of inadequate return packaging, Tech Market may, where permitted by law, make an appropriate deduction from the refund to reflect the resulting reduction in value.
This does not affect your statutory rights where the product was already faulty, damaged or not as described when supplied.
Inspection, IMEI & serial verification
Every returned product is inspected when received by Tech Market.
Where applicable, we may compare the returned device against our order records, advertised cosmetic grading, testing records, IMEI number, serial number, internal stock identification and any available photographs or inspection records.
The product returned must be the same product originally supplied by Tech Market.
If identifying information does not correspond with our records, we may investigate the return before processing any refund, replacement or other remedy.
Tech Market may photograph and document returned products, their condition and their return packaging for inspection, quality control, fraud prevention and dispute-resolution purposes.
Faulty, damaged or incorrect goods
If you believe your product was faulty, damaged when supplied, incorrect or not as described, please contact us as soon as possible at returns@techmarket.co.uk.
Depending on the circumstances and applicable UK consumer law, you may be entitled to a refund, repair, replacement, price reduction or another appropriate remedy.
Where required by law, Tech Market will cover the reasonable cost of returning faulty or non-conforming goods.
Refurbished & pre-owned condition
Many products sold by Tech Market are refurbished or pre-owned and are advertised according to their cosmetic condition, including Pristine, Very Good, Good and Acceptable.
Reasonable cosmetic wear consistent with the condition or grade advertised at the time of purchase is not, by itself, considered a fault.
This does not affect your statutory rights if the product is faulty, materially different from its description or otherwise does not meet applicable legal requirements.
Refund amounts & processing
Where you exercise your statutory right to cancel an eligible online order, we will refund the amount paid for the goods together with the cost of our standard outbound delivery service where required by law.
If you selected a delivery service that was more expensive than our standard delivery option, any additional amount above the standard delivery cost may not be refundable.
Where permitted by law, we may make an appropriate deduction if the value of the returned product has been reduced through excessive handling, use or new damage.
Any deduction will reflect the circumstances of the return and the actual reduction in value.
We aim to inspect returned products within 3 working days of receiving them.
Where a refund is due, it will be processed without undue delay and within the applicable statutory time limits.
Where permitted by law, we may withhold a refund until we have received the returned goods or you provide acceptable evidence that they have been sent back.
Refunds will normally be made to the original payment method.
Return postage & proof of posting
For change-of-mind returns, you will normally be responsible for the direct cost of returning the goods where this was made clear before purchase, unless Tech Market has agreed to provide a prepaid return service or applicable law requires otherwise.
If we provide a prepaid return label, please use the label and follow the return and packaging instructions supplied.
Please retain your proof of posting and tracking information until your return has been received and fully processed.
If goods are being returned because they were faulty, damaged when supplied, incorrect or not as described, your statutory rights regarding return costs will apply.
Exchanges & replacements
Where an exchange or replacement has been agreed, we will normally need to receive and inspect the original product before the replacement is dispatched.
This does not affect any statutory remedy to which you may be entitled.
Preparing Apple, Samsung & Android devices
Please back up any photographs, contacts, files and other personal data that you wish to keep before returning your device.
Remove any SIM cards and external memory cards before returning the device.
Apple devices: Disable Find My and remove the device from your Apple Account where reasonably possible.
Samsung and Android devices: Remove your Google Account, Samsung Account and any applicable Factory Reset Protection or account locks where reasonably possible.
Account locks may prevent us from properly inspecting, testing, repairing or replacing the returned device and may delay processing. This does not affect your statutory consumer rights.
Tech Market 1-Year Warranty
Eligible Tech Market products include our standard 1-year warranty unless otherwise stated.
Our warranty is provided in addition to your statutory consumer rights.
Accidental damage, impact damage, cracked or smashed screens caused after delivery, liquid damage, unauthorised modification and other customer-caused physical damage are not covered by our standard warranty unless expressly stated otherwise.
Ready to start?
Send us your order number, product and reason for return. Our UK-based returns team will provide the next steps.
Contact Returns TeamOr call 020 3350 3555
Tech Market Returns
171 Cranbrook Road
Ilford
Essex
IG1 4TA
United Kingdom
Please include your order number or return reference inside the parcel.