Johnw1104 said:
It's a shame they don't open up a couple repair centers in the states/europe etc to make shipping cheaper for the consumer... it seems rather unreasonable to punish the owner of the console for built-in-faults. In fact, I feel like I remember them having repair centers here at one time. I'm not sure what the line is in regards to price for me, but since I'm 99% sure I know what the problem is and that it's a problem that would normally cost a few dollars to fix, I can't bring myself to ship it to Japan lol So damn frustrating... I know there's warranty reasons for doing it but I miss the days when hardware shipped with simple screws and such so that you could repair it yourself. Virtually everything was designed with repair in mind at one time, and now everything is designed to make it impossible for the consumer to deal with it themselves. |
It goes to a repair center in Washington. I know because I've sent in my Wii, a USB LAN adapter, my first 3DS and my Game Pad.
You can go to Radio Shack, Home Depot or any hardware store and buy a screwdriver kit for no more than $20. It'll contain a head for every single type of screw you'd need to deal with. I tried repairing my Game Pad's jacked up left analog late last year. The only reason I was unsuccessful was because the replacement analog unit I ordered online was a faulty, cheap piece of shit I ordered online that came from China. I tried sending it to Nintendo afterward, but Nintendo sent it right back and wouldn't repair it because I opened it, so I had to just buy another one wholesaie.
