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[demi]

HA HA MADE YOU LOOK

Ok seriously, I got some questions though.

Do you need everything? Box/instructions/whatever? Or can I just walk into a local EB and plop down my DS like "yo trade dis in"?

Also, do they do any checks on it to make sure it works?

My DS' L trigger doesnt register (it does, but not as perfect/common as the R), so I was thinking of stashing it over at a store and using the credit towards a sexy blue DS.

thx

 

[Timen]

send a mail to nintendo, they'll fix it for free

 

[demi]

Doesn't it need to be under warranty? This isn't a brand new DS, I've had it for a while.

 

[AniHawk]

Besides this way, it counts towards NPD sales.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Doesn't it need to be under warranty? This isn't a brand new DS, I've had it for a while.

Warranty is a full year. People talk about how good they are with returns, but I don't know if I've heard of someone doing so based on not-quite-perfect-L.

 

[cvxfreak]

Besides this way, it counts towards NPD sales.

I agree. We should all do this once a week.

 

[demi]

Ok let's just ignore the whole warranty angle, since I'm pretty positive that this DS is more than a year old. And my serial number is faded to the point where I can't see it (it's just a white square!)

Let's focus more on the store. How do they do things. Where are my EB/GS/FUCKALL employees!

 

[Date of Lies]

funny this just happened to me too, the exact same problem this is how I fixed it

but now it also only works about half the time, too bad though, I dont feel like doing anything about it.

 

[demi]

I could do that, but I'm just looking for a reason to get a Blue DS, you see.

 

[ethelred]

I never traded in a DS, but I did trade in a PS2 a few weeks back. I gave them the console and all of the cables -- no box or manual -- and they gave me the credit, without checking to see if it functioned.

 

[cvxfreak]

I could do that, but I'm just looking for a reason to get a Blue DS, you see.

You might as well Ebay.

 

[demi]

Ehhhh, I've never eBay'd anything before.

 

[cvxfreak]

Ehhhh, I've never eBay'd anything before.

1. Sign up for an account.
2. List the item at the price you want, or auction it at a range you'd like.
3. Collect payment via PayPal.
4. Send it off.
5. Blue DS FTW.

 

[demi]

How about I just sell it right here on GAF instead.

GAF, buy my DS. I'll even autograph it with a Sharpie and doodle on the meebles for you.

 

[Blackbird]

I could do that, but I'm just looking for a reason to get a Blue DS, you see.

Your DS has totally died. Now buy a blue one.

 

[demi]

 

[byproduct]

My DS' L trigger doesnt register (it does, but not as perfect/common as the R), so I was thinking of stashing it over at a store and using the credit towards a sexy blue DS.

thx

If you wanted to do the right thing you could ebay it but be up-front about the crappy trigger. Otherwise throw it in the bin and buy a new one.

I don't know how it works in the US but in Australia if you trade in a machine at EB they take your licence details so if you sell them something that's broken or stolen I imagine they would contact you about it.

 

[demi]

What do you mean "the right thing"? I just offered it to GAF and was up front!

You're making me sound like some sort of...SWINDLER or something.

That hurts.

 

[Idioteque]

All you need to give them is the system and charger.

you'll get $50.

 

[Fuzzy]

How about I just sell it right here on GAF instead.

GAF, buy my DS. I'll even autograph it with a Sharpie and doodle on the meebles for you.

Because GAF loves to buy your stuff. So how's that Saturn and Game Gear?

 

[demi]

 

[byproduct]

What do you mean "the right thing"? I just offered it to GAF and was up front!

You're making me sound like some sort of...SWINDLER or something.

That hurts.

:lol Well trading it in to EB and hoping they don't check if it works OK doesn't really sound like "the right thing".

I just had this image of some poor widowed washer woman splashing out her year's savings on a 2nd hand DS for poor little 5 year old Kevin, housebound after having his legs amputated and going through 5 weeks of chemo, and little Kevin's washed out pruny face lighting up at seeing his new DS with MarioKart, and then tragically losing all his races to that bitch Princess Peach because he can't use the mushroom.

Poor, poor Kevin.

 

[demi]

Hey man, you buy used, you better know what you're getting yourself into.

That's always been the way it works.

Little Kevin just needs to learn the hard way, I guess.

 

[Blackbird]

I just had this image of some poor widowed washer woman splashing out her year's savings on a 2nd hand DS for poor little 5 year old Kevin, housebound after having his legs amputated and going through 5 weeks of chemo, and little Kevin's washed out pruny face lighting up at seeing his new DS with MarioKart, and then tragically losing all his races to that bitch Princess Peach because he can't use the mushroom.

Poor, poor Kevin.

Luckily, the R button still works...
And that is how snakers are made.

 

[Myoclonic Jerk]

Blue DS fucking ROX

the best color next to pearl

 

[Helznicht]

So.... How many bas pixels do you have to have before Nin says its defective?

 

[Mihail]

I suggest not to buy one until they redesign it. I'm also poor.

 

[Fuzzy]

So.... How many bas pixels do you have to have before Nin says its defective?

1

 

[Nathan Barley]

I haven't read any of this thread properly, because I'm a very busy man.

But.

I agree with trading in broken consoles, it's always worth a shot.

And so, thanks again to Shekhana Consoles of North London. I traded in my 'self-modded' Super Famicom because after I took a hacksaw to it to 'expand' the cart slot for US games, it never worked again. They didn't even ask questions when I traded it in for another SNES.

And they had my details (for the last 10 years + ), and never contacted me to call me a sneaky piking bastard. Which was a result.

To do this successfully, you'll need:

1) To be outrageously handsome like me. Even very heterosexuals will do what I ask if I give them the look

2) To find an employee with a lazy eye. If they are lazy and/or blind they won't notice defects.

3) To bang on about the fact you really want a blue DS. If you convince them you're the kind of freak who trades in a machine at a crap rate in order to rebuy one that's a different colour, they'll assume you don't have the wit to be so corrupt.



Advice imparted.

End.

 

[truffleshuffle83]

i believe the serial has to be readable for them to take it. because they have to scan it

 

[Musashi Wins!]

i believe the serial has to be readable for them to take it. because they have to scan it

no, they'll just pop a number in if it comes to that. trade it in.

 

[truffleshuffle83]

last time i was at gamestop i heard them telling a guy they wouldnt take his sons gba because of that

 

[Spazbiohaz]

So this is what you do.

1. Find the box and all your equipment.
2. Go to Best Buy or EB and go to Customer service.
3. Say " I got this as a X-Mas present and I would like to buy a warrnty"
4. Pay 20 dollars for a 2-year warrenty.
5. Next week (or new Store) remove the battery pack, or point out the broken L button.
6. Bring up the Blue DS for a even exchange using the warrenty.
7. Rinse and repeat every time a new color comes out.

The way of Nintendo, and a poor boy.

 

[Prospero]

It's worth noting that Nintendo is really good with exchanging faulty systems, as well as ridiculously lenient. I sent a GBA SP in to them that had an R button that only worked half the time, and they just went ahead and sent me a brand new SP within a week or so.

Now, if your primary aim is to change the color of your DS for free, then they probably won't help you there.

 

[jarosh]

GAF, buy my DS. I'll even autograph it with a Sharpie and doodle on the meebles for you.

But but... I thought YOU were GAF.

 

[AniHawk]

It's worth noting that Nintendo is really good with exchanging faulty systems, as well as ridiculously lenient. I sent a GBA SP in to them that had an R button that only worked half the time, and they just went ahead and sent me a brand new SP within a week or so.

Now, if your primary aim is to change the color of your DS for free, then they probably won't help you there.

Yeah, but if you lie