Damn you, Nintendo.

[Toaster]

My Nintendo DS was one of those early models which had the defect on the hinge where it would crack. Unlucky me, it didn't crack until AFTER the one-year warrenty expired. I called in and they said for 90 bucks they would repair it for me, eff that. I could practicaly buy a new DS for that price I said. I called again the next day and they said they would do it for 60. That still wasn't good enough because it was a defect and the way I saw it was that if it's a defect that Nintendo admits then they should honor their original claim to fix it for free--even if the warrenty had expired. Flast forward about 4 months and now the crack has gotten much much worse. It started out small and spidered all the way down until a portion of the hinge actually ended up breaking off earlier today.

So I decide to buy some KRAZY Glue and try to fix it myself. The crap would not bond, and all I ended up doing was smearing some of the glue on my DS, on my hands, and making my DS look like utter crap. It still works, but damn. I wish I could get the thing to bond so I could hope to sell it off to GameStop but unless I can do that I'm screwed.

[Caciss]

Re: Damn you, Nintendo.

But... the warranty is expired.

[Toaster]

Re: Damn you, Nintendo.

The way I see it if there's a recall, or an admitted defect then they should fix it no questions asked.

AND NOW MY DS WON'T EVEN TURN ON. HAPPY DAY.

Anyone have any suggestions as to what I should do with this paperweight?

[Caciss]

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Make garbage art.

[Toaster]

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I just want to play Phoenix Wright.

Now I'll never know if Maya did it.

[Valkysas]

Re: Damn you, Nintendo.

The way I see it if there's a recall, or an admitted defect then they should fix it no questions asked.

Well, as far as I know, there was no recall, and an actual defect has not been proven. there are a ton of launch units that have no crack even today. one of my friends has a launch DS lite, plays it every day, it has scratches everywhere, the shoulder buttons are a disgusting shade of brown, and there's no crack at all.

which means that it's most likely caused by the different ways users handle it, not a manufacturing defect.

nintendo was being quite generous when they extended the warranty and did all those repairs for free.

[John Mora]

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You didn't push the top half all the way out so that the halves were parallel... did you?

[Nixon]

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I'll take care of it for you~

[Red Dragon]

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Yeah, I have a DS phat that one of the hinges is... GONE. It's to the point where I can make it into a DS pac man when it's open.

It looks fine anyhow, I can't see how a little crack is of any concern, but that's just me.

[JLaCroix]

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Well I just got my DS, I bought three games (Sonic Rush, Ultimate Mortal Kombat, Final Fantasy Tactics A2) and I already beat them all, so now I need a new game but first I need a job so I can get a new game. I play Ultimate MK the most right now but since none of you have it all I can do is play single player or random unknown online people.

[Toaster]

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Now look what Ive been reduced to browsing the Pav on my PSP oh well money down the drain

[DarkwingChuck]

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I got the Best Buy replacement plan when I bought my DS Lite. Still not sure how that works and the expiration is getting pretty close. I'm planning on getting it replaced so I have a shiny, new one to play with. I've got enough legitimate reasons to want it replaced: dead pixels or dust in the screen, major scratches, often doesn't recognize a game is inserted, power switch is janky, bit of a dead zone in the corner of the touch screen.

[gray]

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are we talking about the ds like? cause my day 1 ds brick has no hinge problems

[Toaster]

Re: Damn you, Nintendo.

I got the Best Buy replacement plan when I bought my DS Lite. Still not sure how that works and the expiration is getting pretty close. I'm planning on getting it replaced so I have a shiny, new one to play with. I've got enough legitimate reasons to want it replaced: dead pixels or dust in the screen, major scratches, often doesn't recognize a game is inserted, power switch is janky, bit of a dead zone in the corner of the touch screen.

I almost feel like doing that. Buying a new DS, with the replacement plan. Swapping out the bar codes. And going "WTF it's all messed up I want a new one" a few months later.

But that would be FRAUD.

Looks like I'm gonna have to make it honest and just throw the thing away. Unless Valk wants it or something.

[Valkysas]

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Looks like I'm gonna have to make it honest and just throw the thing away. Unless Valk wants it or something.

I've been interested in getting a DS lite, but not a broken one.

Then again... how messed up is it, exactly?