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Let me start off by saying I love my current Crystal white 3DS, it's the first ever one I came to own back in 2013 when me and some lads of mine decided to go downtown and pickj up Pokemon X/Y, needless to say I've had fun with it despite only owning a few games, most of them being digital than physical. Besides that little snipped of history I have considered grabbing a N3DS model but put off buying one for some time, only now do I want one because a mate of mine is getting me back into Monster Hunter and with his Italian friend does that make us a trio for a guild and to me that makes it all the more worthwhile to get back into the franchise.

Getting to the point, I desire the N3DS for it's performance improvements along with it's design, faceplate customization and slight visual improvements, trouble is I'm trying to look for one that I can buy from an online UK storefront and it;s not as easy as I'd thought it would be, what with me trying to find a colour I like, a decent but not overly expensive price point and one that is willing to deliver to the IoM. I know there is always Amazon but the way that store looks these days, anyone can sell almost anything on there with dodgy names and prices as if it's trying to copy how Ebay started out, years ago it was easy to trust who was selling you something and it was always supposed to be legit, these days anyone can copy a simple photo and claim it;s the elgit product but ship you something phoney instead (cases like that have happened enough times before). 

Game UK is out of the question du to the limits on what models they sell and their pricing is just silly despite those models not even coming with a charger. I have a GAME UK store downtown but they have way less choice in store and honestly I don't blame them for the size of the store itself: 

 

We also have an HMV store but N3DS let alone regular 3DS hardware is even more limited in choice and price, you'll find more MP3 and smart devices in there than handheld/consoles.

Well that's enough rambling from my end, do you chaps have any sort of places you'd shop online for something like the N3DS?.



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I would go for Amazon, because of the high availability. Never had any trouble, not with Amazon itself, nor the Amazon Marketplace.



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Go with amazon. Simply put, you can find anything there. I'm sure someone has sold his life as well on amazon



 

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hershel_layton said:
Go with amazon. Simply put, you can find anything there. I'm sure someone has sold his life as well on amazon

You are correct, sir.

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You don't have Best Buys, Targets, Gamestops, etc. over there? I got my N3DS from Walmart.com for a pretty sweet deal. Also are you sure you really need one considering you still have your regular 3DS? Honestly the improvements aren't worth the upgrade, you'll pretty much never use the additional inputs, and the better performance only applys to games that were specifically made with it in mind, which is still only Smash Bros. as far as I'm aware.

Also, why the random WOY pic? :L



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Ka-pi96 said:

Nope, nope & yes (but they're very small).

OT: Not sure exactly what kind of colours or whatever you're looking for, but I've always used ShopTo.net http://www.shopto.net/search/?platform=&newsearch=New+3DS+Console

Not a huge selection, but the prices are decent at least.

 

I mean equivalents, not necessarily those same exact stores.



Peh said:

I would go for Amazon, because of the high availability. Never had any trouble, not with Amazon itself, nor the Amazon Marketplace.

I had an issue a few days ago where I ordered two Disney Infinity Stitch 2.0 statues for around £36 that had an estimated delivery of 15th May- 3rd June, now I found that to appear dodgy and sure enough I had to send them an email 2 days after the estimated date was up only to find that they responded back claiming they had already sent me an email (double checked and couldn't find zip), needless to say they also claimed that the sorting center (wherever that is) had apparently lost the package and that their own warehouse only had one Stitch left, they offered me a refund for one and send over the other but I'm still here waiting for the other to be delivered. To top it all off the package never came with any sort of tracking and the english of the one who replied to me was questionable. Like I said before, it gives me that Ebay type feel to it because anyone can sell anything and pull moves like this without any type of assurance.



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Einsam_Delphin said:
You don't have Best Buys, Targets, Gamestops, etc. over there? I got my N3DS from Walmart.com for a pretty sweet deal. Also are you sure you really need one considering you still have your regular 3DS? Honestly the improvements aren't worth the upgrade, you'll pretty much never use the additional inputs, and the better performance only applys to games that were specifically made with it in mind, which is still only Smash Bros. as far as I'm aware.

Also, why the random WOY pic? :L

On my island we do not, we only have a GAME UK (pictured)and HMV store that technically cover game hardware and software. Also the WoY pic was more of a my face when to show emotion (I do that a lot in chat rooms, calls and streams).



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Ka-pi96 said:

OT: Not sure exactly what kind of colours or whatever you're looking for, but I've always used ShopTo.net http://www.shopto.net/search/?platform=&newsearch=New+3DS+Console

Not a huge selection, but the prices are decent at least.

Really allI've been after is either the white or black models and the that site seems to have what I want, though Versus link covers free P&P, if Shopto does the same then I could choose either.

I tend to choose white handhelds due to smudges not appearing on the system itself. I still rememebr the times of my original black PSP and having to clean it a few times before/after play.



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Versus_Evil said:

Hiihii

Well i really only buy from eBay, but only from very good sellers. 

White  £129.99 Free P+P 

Also never go without this

Seems like a good deal, better than GAME UK's and free P&P is always a good thing. If Kapi's Shopto store doesn't cover free P&P then I could go for your link, if his does then I've got two choices. 



Mankind, in its arrogance and self-delusion, must believe they are the mirrors to God in both their image and their power. If something shatters that mirror, then it must be totally destroyed.