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Buying DS Lite in China

  • 11-11-2008 11:02pm
    #1
    schumacher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 196 ✭✭


    Hi I know someone in China and they are thinking about buying as ds lite over there for me. I was just wondering can it work in Ireland and would i need a load of things to make it work? Also can i then buy games in Ireland and will they work in it? Just thought of this will the language on it be in chinese? obviously could not buy it if this was the case!!


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  • #2
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    schumacher wrote: »
    Hi I know someone in China and they are thinking about buying as ds lite over there for me. I was just wondering can it work in Ireland and would i need a load of things to make it work? Also can i then buy games in Ireland and will they work in it? Just thought of this will the language on it be in chinese? obviously could not buy it if this was the case!!

    They will work over here, unless its the new DSi which is region locked


  • #3
    IsThatSo?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 988 ✭✭✭IsThatSo?


    DS lite is region free so games are no problem, but you might need an adaptor for the charger. They are pretty cheap though :)

    Would be interested in seeing what price it works out at, if you dont mind telling. Its just curiosity on my part :P


  • #4
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    I got one from China on ebay, working fine.
    see my post here
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055398268
    language change is easy, the shop could do it there too, but it is simple.

    ds charger here http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.3650
    or just get an adaptor http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.2709

    and may as well get one of these http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.10401


  • #5
    schumacher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 196 ✭✭schumacher


    thanks!! if i get it il post back how much it was! prob wont be for a few weeks as the person whos getting it for me is currently travelling elsewhere and going to china in a week or two!


  • #6
    Rew
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,679 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rew


    I bought DS a game while over there, just check its working before you buy it and hagle alot and you wiull be fine. Im pretty sure the game is a fake but its a bloody good one.


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  • #7
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    If you are worried about fakes or not working, then go to the fortress chain of stores, like a currys/dixons in China. I have Chinese colleagues who brought me there, they are in hong kong airport and cheaper than the duty free, since it is really duty free anyway, they have stores all over China too I think. I got a camera in fortress, special world edition with all plugs etc, the guy took it out and tested it, taking snaps etc. You get free stuff thrown in maybe, not really a haggling shop.

    Also I wanted a sony camera for somebody, some shops had worldwide warranties some did not and told you up front if you asked, some even said it without asking. I found everybody very honest there.

    In other stores you could haggle more than fortress, they give you a calculator with a price, and you minus some off and hand it back, techno-haggling!

    There were 2 of us, a good tactic was my mate would ask a price, then turn to me, I would go "hmm, thats about 80 euros, it is actually cheaper to buy it on the internet, it is only 60euro on the internet". If they did not drop that low you can just walk off, they often call you back.


  • #8
    schumacher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 196 ✭✭schumacher


    thats good advice!! i want a realiable one so will probably get one in curry or dixons so long as my friend can find the place!! do they speak english?


  • #9
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,386 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    schumacher wrote: »
    thats good advice!! i want a realiable one so will probably get one in curry or dixons so long as my friend can find the place!! do they speak english?
    Yes, most shops speak english, esp. big ones like that.

    I just checked and fortress looks like it is only in Hong Kong, dunno about the mainland
    http://www.fortress.com.hk/fortress/jsp/sys/Sf_render.jsp?hf_s_id=FT11&hf_srv_id=Pv_fcu_home&hf_rand=188305611&hf_locale_id=en

    In any big cities there are lots of decent shops, better than here too. There are also not much difference in prices between them (the shops or markets), so avoid the backstreets. A DS price should be pretty fixed anyway.

    Just checked fortress though, it was HKD1299 which is €134 on xe, so probably more like 140-145 after C/C charges. Not a good deal at all, might be cheaper on the mainland


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