The standard retail price for the n3ds moving forward is 99. Walmart in store if you can find one is 99. Look at brickseek. Amazon got some in stock three weeks ago at99 too. There's zero point in paying 180 for a new 3ds or 190 for an XL.
You missed the point of what I was saying entirely. There's no reason not to buy an XL if the price difference is 20 bucks.
I imagine it's because it's so close to switch release. My store is high volume and they were only allotted 4.
Well, that and GS.com is forcing you to buy a third party AC adapter or other junk to even purchase the 3DSXL and charging shipping. I know that's not the case in-store, but that's probably why online is still in stock.
Brickseek =/= retail automatically. Never has, never will.
It's not official but it's a gauge. Look at brickseek and Nowinstock. As recently as 3 weeks ago amazon had them at 99.
What you just bought was a used 3DS that someone boxed up and lied to Amazon about when they returned it and said it was new. With the 3DS there's a ton of people who buy them, open 'em up and check for IPS screens, and if they don't get it, they box it back up and return it as new.
$190? What the hell gamestop...
The issue is that there's no edict declaring $99.99 is the new suggested retail price for N3DS handheld bundles.
like i said i preorder one hoping to flip it for the cash i paid for it... hate having all of this credit at gamestop.... same with the switch just flipping it for what i paid
It's really obvious when you're holding a 3DS in your hand. With the screen on, turn it away from you at various angles. If the screen is very clear from all angles, it's an IPS screen. If it fades out as you turn it, it's TN.
Most people don't open them and return it if they have an IPS screen. They return them when they get double TN or TN top and IPS bottom. You could get lucky and someone just returned it because they had a noisy hinge or a creaky backplate. Or you could get super duper lucky and it's an actual legit return that's never been opened.The IPS screen will look just as good on my shelf.
I traded in my link between worlds 3dsxl before black Friday. It was in immaculate condition, includes all the original packaging, and it probably had less than 20 hours of use. Anyways I traded it in to GS for a little less than $110. I check Amazon a week or two ago, and I calculated the fees, shipping, etc. and I guarantee I could have got back at least $200 for it by selling it through Amazon's marketplace. Made me feel sick, especially since I had had it sitting around for a few years before I traded it in. Just really bad timing on my part.
For most people? No, but the 3D effect works better for the IPS screens in general, and that's the main reason why I prefer them. The quality of the TN panels vary too.. some TNs are close to IPS quality while some are completely washed out crap.
Really? GameStop is almost always a ripoff when it comes to hardware and even games unless it is a trade-up promo. You almost always get better prices on Amazon if not EBay.
eBay or Amazon.. in many cases, you will get back way more for your stuff than Gamestop will ever give you. That's how they make a lot of their money, buy (very) low and sell high.
Crazy, traded in my new 3dsxl before black Friday and got $155. The only reason I did that was so I can get a new 3ds for 99 which I did. I'd be sick too!
It will probably be a case of some will, some won't. because, y'know, Nintendo. If something makes sense, they won't do it.
How much more sick would you feel had you sold it on Amazon, spent the cash, and then a day or two before Amazon's mandatory return period is up the buyer wants to return it. Then when you get it, it is no longer in immaculate condition and has a month of peanut butter jelly kid hands of use on it. Extend that to 6 months if using ebay.
On eBay I would tell them to go
themselves. I always put "no returns" and when they try that shit on me, I immediately call eBay and explain the situation. Hell, I've had negative feedback removed from my account because the person was mad I refused a return.
If the viewing angle on the lower screen deteriorates much more quickly than the top screen, does that mean the top is IPS and the lower is TN?
But those aren't the official NA models. Supposedly they still play NA games but buyers are still wary of it I know i would be
exactly.
I had had it listed on amazon for the longest time at around $175 or so, it wasn't selling, and the TIV that amazon was offering hadn't budged forever (it had been at $92.xx or so for months on end), so when I saw that I could get $100+ for it at gamestop I jumped at the opportunity. Mind you I never really paid attention to the TIV of 3DSXL consoles on GS's website, so I guess I should have been a bit more wary.
I should have known better, but I think I was so caught up in the moment of trading everything in that I turned a blind eye to common sense.
True. I would say in the past I've had 1 or 2 issues with buyers on amazon in the past, and that was when I was selling 200+ items a year, but generally the buyers on amazon are straight shooters. eBay... well those buyers are a whole other story and I'm lucky if I don't have at least 1 issue a month (and I sell considerably less stuff than I used to). I do get what you're saying though, you can't beat the convenience of GS, and in the end there definitely is that peace of mind.
There was a dual IPS one on ebay, so there might be a chance. That one was a UAE/Singapore/Malaysia version though (but plays US games), so I don't know for sure if the US version will have have them.
