Awesome 24pk (CAG) DS card case $9.67 with 12% off coupon at PenguinUnited

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UPDATE: CAG case now in-stock
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For those of you who haven't visited, PenguinUnited carries some pretty spiffy accessories. Well, I assume they're spiffy, I've only ordered their 24 pk DS card pouch...



Fellow CAGer dyreschlock posted a nice review of the case with some good pics:
http://www.theschlock.com/blog/?p=123

And fellow CAGer Strell has nice things to say about it...
[quote name='Strell']Indeed. This thing works very nicely, I must say. I'd venture to say it holds them a little too snugly, but that's being overly picky.

The only complaint I have is that the back most page is oriented differently, but this is like complaining "the fourth apple I got had a stem on it, and the others didn't."

It really is a nice little case. Zips shut, holds 24 games in a small space, looks stylish, and has a cute little penguin logo that my gf likes. I might get 2 more at some point (yes, I am a nerd with that many games).

Anyway, really recommend it if you can pay a slight premium on something like a games case.[/quote]
I'm not sure what he's talking about the back page... both of the ones I ordered were fine.

Anywhoo, onto the deal. I finally broke down and ordered a pair of these the other day (after failing to find a coupon anywhere). Once I received them in the mail, I immedatly noticed that they were very high quality. I posted on another forum about them and shot an e-mail off to the nice folks at PenguinUnited.com thanking them for the awesome merchandise, mentioning my SPAM post and asking if they had a coupon code they'd like me to hand out as well.

They hooked me up with the coupon code: 'thankyoufrompenguin'. It gives you 12% off your order (pre-shipping). These cases are a deal at $10 and a steal at $8.80.
 
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[quote name='Kerig']CAG Green case FTW! My original prediction may take a little longer than I thought, but I'm really excited to see that it will come to fruition.

PU Richard (lol?):, perhaps a pre-sell is in order?

I'd be more than willing to prepay for my CAG case today and wait the month it may take before seeing it. A prepaid preorder would give you a legitimate quantity to work off of, not to mention guaranteed up-front revenue. Something to the effect of preorder numbers + 20%-30% would be a minimum base to start at for figuring quantity to produce.

Of course, the main reason for my suggestion is so I don't miss out on the CAGCase if it sells out 3 hours after it's posted :oldman: (I can really see that happenening, no matter HOW many you make without preorders).[/quote]

I second the preorder suggestion - I'd be more than happy to pay up front for one, CAG-specific or not! Or is there anyway you could set up a mailing list to let everybody interested know when the cases are available?
 
[quote name='DeltaG']Is there anyway you could set up a mailing list to let everybody interested know when the cases are available?[/quote]

A mailing list would almost be completely moot for something like this since it'll more than likely be on the front page if they come through with the CAGCase. You don't check CAG every day??? :)
 
Oh man, I didn't realize everything that had been discussed so far, I thought we were SOL.

A CAG exclusive design? That would make me very very happy :)
 
[quote name='DeltaG']I second the preorder suggestion - I'd be more than happy to pay up front for one, CAG-specific or not! Or is there anyway you could set up a mailing list to let everybody interested know when the cases are available?[/quote]

I thought that this would be the best way of doing it, it is a lot more accurate to do it that way. I need 2 more of these things, but if they make a CAG exclusive, I will probably jump on 3, but DEFINATLY 2.

Damn, I mentioned that I was buying two already, right?
 
UPDATE...WE NEED AN UPDATE :(

It's been weeks and I haven't heard anything about any progress w/ the DS cases.

I don't want it to re-appear right after I reach my budget, which has happened oh so many times recently :bomb:
 
I would most definitely order another case, especially if it came in a darker color. The last one I ordered from PU just got filled to capacity from the TRU deal!
 
If they get these back in stock, I'd easily be down for at LEAST 1, probably 2.

And I'd HAPPILY pay up front for a CAG case, hell, I'd pay twice its original cost if I had to.


Cheapy! We need an update!
 
I know they are working on it...there will be a CAG case.
It might just have the letters CAG on it in green. I'm sure you'll get an update from the Penguin guys when they are ready to update you.
 
[quote name='CheapyD']I know they are working on it...there will be a CAG case.
It might just have the letters CAG on it in green. I'm sure you'll get an update from the Penguin guys when they are ready to update you.[/quote]

Chill...I was really curious on whether or not the CAG case idea would pass.

Would you happen to have any idea when they would update? days, weeks, months? o_O
 
Hopefully a pre-order or something is done, so the majority of us can get one without having to worry about a mad rush. I'm in for 2 and I got a buddy who may get 1
 
[quote name='yamas']I have their page as my home page so everyday I boot up firefox, I see if they are back in stock.[/quote]

Hot damn, that is a good idea, I'll be doing that from now on.
 
[quote name='Stoneage']It seems to me there's another company that should be making these.....Nin-ten something.[/quote]

Is it sad that I didn't get that for a long time? I kept thinking "nine... ten...?"

Also, I emailed the company a while ago to see if I could get a date on when they'll be available, and July 5 I got an email saying that they should be available "in a week or two." Richard also said that he'd notify CAG as soon as they're available, too. I think they're in production right now (or hopefully are on their way to PU HQ). I waaaant one! ...Or maybe two.
 
Yea I'm in for two. I'm continually collecting DS games for a DS system I don't have anymore :roll:

I wanna see what the CAG case looks like :D
 
Ok, I've set up both IE and FF to have the Case's description page as my home page, so I'm all set :)

Now, it's just the waiting game.
 
thats hardcore on the setting of the homepage and i think with the cag limited ones i think maybe a 1 per user limit maybe just so everyone that wants one can get one because i have found myself catching the end of every deal :(
 
[quote name='Animal7390']i have found myself catching the end of every deal :([/quote]

Same here...but this will be different! I will be all over the CAG case deal


And yes, the CAG case should be limited to 1 per person, just to be fair.
 
No, if they limited how many cases you could order, they'd limit the possibility of them selling the entire amount of cases. I'm sure we'll all get our cases...
 
[quote name='eastx']No, if they limited how many cases you could order, they'd limit the possibility of them selling the entire amount of cases. I'm sure we'll all get our cases...[/quote]
This is true. In that case They should make the limit 3 so people don't buy a ton and try to sell them for a premium when penguin ruins out.
 
I got one of these back in April and zipper is pooping out...the teeth don't line up anymore. I've emailed PU to excercise my warranty, but has anyone else had this experience with their case?
 
[quote name='bmachine']I got one of these back in April and zipper is pooping out...the teeth don't line up anymore. I've emailed PU to excercise my warranty, but has anyone else had this experience with their case?[/quote]

So they're cheaply made? Can you post a picture of what you're talking about?
 
[quote name='BizzaroSephiroth']So they're cheaply made? Can you post a picture of what you're talking about?[/quote]

I'm certainly not going to invalidate bmachine's experience, but I've had my case since early April, too, and after regular everyday use I've had no problem with mine. So I wouldn't call the case cheaply made just yet.
 
[quote name='BizzaroSephiroth']So they're cheaply made?[/quote]

It's definitely not cheaply made...I suspect this is a manufacturing fluke. It just won't zip anymore past a certain point, about halfway around the case. If I try to force it the teeth of the zipper don't line up and it "unzips" itself. I'll work on a pic.

I did email Penguin about this on Monday and haven't heard back. I'll post more as my experience progresses.

I am not advising against getting one of these cases. I want this one replaced and two more!
 
Erm, I can vouch for bmachine's problem. Mine did the same thing - zipper went all wonky.

I gave the case to my gf - well informing her of the zipper problem - and she uses it. Her solution is going to be to get a button/snap comp and sew it into the case one day, so it will still close.

I don't think these cases are cheaply made at all, and I'd get more in a heartbeat.

My gf also mentioned that there's a chance you can get zippers repaired at places were they repair luggage. I've never heard of such establishments, so if anyone has some information on that, let me know.
 
[quote name='bmachine']Just got an email from PU this afternoon: they're sending me a replacement case.[/quote]

...and it arrived in the mail on Monday!
 
[quote name='bmachine']...and it arrived in the mail on Monday![/quote]


They're willing to send you out a replacement but they can't make just one more batch of them for retail? :cry:
 
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