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R4 DS Cartridge for DS Lite ,€24 Delivered

MisterAnarchy · 2007-04-05 12:28:16

Great price on a R4 DS at DealExtreme. Approx €24 for the R4 or €34 for the Cart ,1Gb combo. http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1202 Delivery is free and is sent by registered post from Hong Kong. I received 2 earlier on this week and they are the real deal.

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#152 23-08-2007 02:34PM

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I must dig out my fermenting bin

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#153 23-08-2007 03:40PM

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I ordered mine from dealextreme.com and it was sent from HK on the 16th and it still isn't here...is this normal?

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#154 23-08-2007 03:55PM

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FutureGuy wrote:

I ordered mine from dealextreme.com and it was sent from HK on the 16th and it still isn't here...is this normal?

Do you mean the 16th of this month?.
If so, yes that is normal.

How did you managed to get one shipped this month when they have been sold out for about four weeks.

They only shipped my four yesterday after ordering and paying a full month ago.

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#155 23-08-2007 03:59PM

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Ordered mine on gameyeahh and it arrived 2 days later.
Happy as a pig in shi*

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#156 23-08-2007 04:02PM

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FutureGuy wrote:

I ordered mine from dealextreme.com and it was sent from HK on the 16th and it still isn't here...is this normal?

16th of what? If July id send them an email, it might take them a day or so to get back but the always did get back! If august i wouldnt worry about it and i certainly would not go waiting out by the front door for the postman! Youll be doing well to get it before september. Its worth the wait though!

Where is the best place to find out about homebrew stuff on it? Completely ingore this question if its legality is questionable!:o

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#157 23-08-2007 04:08PM

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Apologies, I meant 16th August

TVDX, I ordered it and paid for it in July, but I got an e-mail stating they were out of stock and they will send it as soon as more arrives.

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#158 23-08-2007 09:29PM

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pissed wrote:

They are still in stock

http://www.gameyeeeah.com/r4-ds-revolution-r4ds-microsdtf-slot1-solution-adapter-p-190.html

Sale Price: $35.95
Availability: In Stock postage is $5.95 and takes about two and a half weeks.

Ordered this yesterday, thanks for the link. Got the DHL for a few extra bucks too.

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#159 24-08-2007 02:58AM

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for all of ye getting these without memory cards dabs.ie has a 1gb micro sd for €10.76, cost bloody €5 for delivary... but maybe if your getting something else at the time!!

http://www.dabs.ie/productview.aspx?Quicklinx=48JT&Quicklinx=48JT

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#160 24-08-2007 08:22AM

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Just checked Gameyeeah btw, says the R4 is out of stock. Seems to be like this in most places. Ordered mine 2 days ago and it says its shipped but who knows, its just says unavailable on the DHL site using the tracking number?

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#161 24-08-2007 10:18AM

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I read on the deal extreme forums that the crowd that makes those chips are under investigation or something and thats why theres a shortage of them, Kyle of dealextreme (sounds like a made up name to make him sound more american if you ask me!) said that they were selling them at a lose for the last few weeks as the price has went up 20-30 %, cant find the link now though sorry!

Edit: Ordered 3 of gameyeeah.com , Is right for my tracking with Dhl to say that the products destination is dublin? Is that just saying where Dhl's main depo is and it will be distributed from there?

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#162 27-08-2007 05:08AM

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Was helping someone to order this today - here is a summary of the cheapest deals found for the R4 card and a 2GB MicroSD card (All in stock right now):

2GB MicroSD

www.shop4memory.com €33

www.7dayshop.com €25.60

www.mx2.co.uk €19.59

R4 Card

dealextreme €30.72
($41.95) (P&P free) (Price has gone up since we first heard about this site - but still good!)

ConsoleUp €33.83

gameyeeeah €32.55
($35.95) (+ P&P $5.50)

Went for dealextreme & mx2, total = €50.31

Hope that helps! Git 'em while they're hot!

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#163 28-08-2007 10:07AM

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Dealextreme arent accepting anmore orders though, there sold out! good find with mx2 though! Gameyeeeah are a litlle strange. I paid them with paypal and after my order status hadn't changed i emailed them and the replied:

After we checked the Paypal record, it shows that you have made the payment. Herewith, we will ship out the items as soon as possibel. Thank you very much.

Best regards,
Rachel

And soon after my order status changed. So make sure you get on to them after you make payment. I recieved mine yesterday which was a week so i cant complain there!

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#164 28-08-2007 12:16PM

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Doodlebug wrote:

Was helping someone to order this today - here is a summary of the cheapest deals found for the R4 card and a 2GB MicroSD card (All in stock right now):

2GB MicroSD

www.shop4memory.com €33

www.7dayshop.com €25.60

www.mx2.co.uk €19.59

R4 Card

dealextreme €30.72
($41.95) (P&P free) (Price has gone up since we first heard about this site - but still good!)

ConsoleUp €33.83

gameyeeeah €32.55
($35.95) (+ P&P $5.50)

Went for dealextreme & mx2, total = €50.31

Hope that helps! Git 'em while they're hot!

Very handy. Thanks!

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#165 28-08-2007 05:36PM

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No problem.

Jeez, Dealextreme sold out again pretty fast! I guess "you snooze you lose" with these things! Thanks again to the OP.

Maybe its time to update the thread title though, to reflect the new prices??

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#166 29-08-2007 01:19PM

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are they bac in stock? i can add it to cart :S

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#167 29-08-2007 01:55PM

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Depends on the site were you looking at Placebo?

Using the links I posted above, Dealextreme comes up as Back-ordered, Gameyeeeah and ConsoleUp are showing In-stock...

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#168 29-08-2007 02:01PM

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Anyone know where I can buy the USB adapter to connect the microcard to the PC? I lost mine

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#169 29-08-2007 02:13PM

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If you have microSD to normal size SD card converter that probably came with your card, you could do worse than:

http://www.ledshoppe.com/Product/com/CA2018.htm
USD$3 (free shipping)

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#170 29-08-2007 02:17PM

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Ok, bit of a weird one. Link below says the have them in stock with the 1gb Kingston card?? Maybe they have pre-made packs http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1459

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#171 29-08-2007 04:24PM

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Thanks Doodlebug, €2.19 for a replacement and free shipping! delighted with that. Cheers.

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#172 29-08-2007 04:53PM

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matchthis wrote:

Ok, bit of a weird one. Link below says the have them in stock with the 1gb Kingston card?? Maybe they have pre-made packs http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1459

This one also shows up as in stock with the 2gb kingston card.
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.2397

Whereas the one with the noname 2gb card thats $10 cheaper is out of stock, a suspicious person would say their milking it a little. I ordered a 2gb pack for my new ds last night in any case. Shipped today, so they def have them in stock.

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#173 30-08-2007 01:23AM

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Got mine from Gameyeeah the other day. Took about 3 days not inc weekend with DHL, very pleased with it.

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#174 30-08-2007 06:23AM

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My second one arrived yesterday from gameyeeeah, took about two weeks

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#175 31-08-2007 01:20PM

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Doodlebug wrote:

ConsoleUp €33.83

Anyone buy from this bunch before? I bought an R4/card package from them a few weeks ago. It was shipped the following day but still hasn't shown up. I contacted them for a tracking number twice and they haven't gotten back to me. Getting a bit nervous...

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#176 03-09-2007 02:43PM

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I've assemled a starter pack for R4 cards, read about it here
http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=53886508#post53886508

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#177 05-09-2007 02:34PM

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Got mine ,it took about 5 days to arrive since it left hong kong

Am well pleased so far, thanks to OP for this.

Fair play witness ,was helpful to get starter pack

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#178 13-09-2007 12:02PM

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Popped this on the r4ds starter pack thread in the Nintendo forum also, but thought it would be good to put it here just in case...
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Word of warning for those considering ordering from gameyeeah - don't...

I ordered 1 r4ds from dealextreme and 1 from gameyeeah. Dealextreme were excellent - no problems whatsoever.

Firstly, gameyeeah sent me my shipping notification. When the package finally arrived, the postage from the franking machine was 8 days after the shipping notification - in other words, it never shipped when they said it did.

The R4DS from gameyeeah was quite obviously second-hand or possibly a repaired one. It had heavy scratching on the microSD USB adapter, scratching on the cartridge itself (from inserting/removing from NDS), and also label wear at the point where someone would be trying to remove the card, and plastic peeling back.

I contacted gameyeeah, and was told that I have to send it back. Checked out the price of registered post to China for a package - _not_ cheap (registered, as I dont trust them now). As I paid by credit card, and I know that I am entitled to return shipping costs refund, I pointed this out to them. They are refusing to cover the return shipping costs of the r4ds. Nothing left now but to contact the bank and raise an issue with the transaction...

Buyer beware...

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#179 13-09-2007 01:46PM

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fmul9798 wrote:

I contacted gameyeeah, and was told that I have to send it back. Checked out the price of registered post to China for a package - _not_ cheap (registered, as I dont trust them now). As I paid by credit card, and I know that I am entitled to return shipping costs refund, I pointed this out to them. They are refusing to cover the return shipping costs of the r4ds. Nothing left now but to contact the bank and raise an issue with the transaction...

Buyer beware...

Had a similar problem myself. Ordered from them via DHL, package arrived crushed, though I only noticed this after signing for the item and opening it. The cards were damaged and the metal usb readers were dented.

I had to take a picture of the damaged items and email it to gameyeeah before they even believed me. After several emails they promised to refund me the cost of the items and the cost of sending it back to them.

Sent it back by registered post. Got my refund in about a week, minus any additional compensation for the cost of sending it back. On top of that the exchange rates at the time screwed me over even more. Not a happy experience and I won't be ordering from them again... :mad:

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#180 13-09-2007 03:56PM

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In fairness I ordered some items from Gameyeaah last week and they turned up on tuesday morning with no problems. I was a little dubious about the microsd cards turning up outside of any packaging apart from the standard hardcase sd cards come with. Still they worked fine.

Overall I was happy enough with the order. It was a bit odd that the dhl delivery number had to be looked up via the forums but I get the impression they aren't a large scale retailer.

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#181 13-09-2007 04:56PM

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