My son waited (and waited and waited...) for the DS to be in stock. He finally got one this past Sunday. It worked for 3 days, and now it won't turn on. I tried charging it for 4+ hours, but no luck. Of course, the Best Buy we got it from is now sold out of everything but pink. They said bring it in to let the Geek Squad look at it, but someone told me that the GS is terrible and keeps your stuff for weeks just to tell you that they can't do anything. We are just so frustrated. Does anyone have any advice for us? Has this happened to anyone else?
It has the orange light on when its charging right? You should just call nintnendo and they will get it fixed for you/tell you what to do and stuff. You should only need to wait a week or o before you get it back if you send it in to them.
No, the orange light doesn't come on either now. It did when I first started it charging this morning, but when I came home it was off and the power switch does nothing. I guess I will send it in. It just stinks! Thanks to everyone for the advice.
Oh, and we did get a pack of the screen covers - our other son got his DS last November (before the weird shortage) for his birthday, and we discovered quickly how useful the screen cover is.
[QUOTE="earthking"]Where did you get it? I'm looking all over the place for one.Jaysonguy
The Nintendo number?
Where did you get it? I'm looking all over the place for one.earthking
No, the orange light doesn't come on either now. It did when I first started it charging this morning, but when I came home it was off and the power switch does nothing. I guess I will send it in. It just stinks! Thanks to everyone for the advice.
Oh, and we did get a pack of the screen covers - our other son got his DS last November (before the weird shortage) for his birthday, and we discovered quickly how useful the screen cover is.
Where did you get it? I'm looking all over the place for one.earthking
I assume you mean the DS. Our WalMarts and KMart had them in stock this week, supposedly the Best Buy does or did too. I've only seen pink ones and a few white ones for sale. I wanted a black one so I ordered it online. Should be here today, oh joy!
[QUOTE="earthking"]Where did you get it? I'm looking all over the place for one.MamaMiia
I assume you mean the DS. Our WalMarts and KMart had them in stock this week, supposedly the Best Buy does or did too. I've only seen pink ones and a few white ones for sale. I wanted a black one so I ordered it online. Should be here today, oh joy! Thanx...I would like to order them online...Do you know when Amazon or Best Buy get their shipments. Also, congrats.
Ok seeing as how your kids will always know at least 4.5 times as much as you about technology, ill put it this way.
The light was not on when you got home because it was done charging The screen/sound/everything does not work probably because of a bad connection from battery to everything else. By reconecting, you must open (or smash) your DS. By doing so, you lose all waranties. Always. By sending in your DS, you win. Ok?
NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER BUY 100 DOLLAR + HARDWARE FROM CIRCUIT CITY OR BEST BUY. 9 OUT OF TEN TIMES IT WILL BE BROKEN. okay? good. i hope everyone learned from this
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. He says he didn't drop it, but he is 10 and autistic (high-functioning), so I don't put a lot of faith in that. I am going to send it in to Nintendo and hope for the best. Poor kid, he waited so long to get one because they were out of stock, then he finally gets one and 4 days later it won't work! I was also one of those moms who waited in line for hours for a Wii and never got one (guess I should have camped out!) I am not too happy with Nintendo these days, although there isn't much I can do about it, since that's what the kids want. Personally, I'm happy with my good old N64 space invaders! (I grew up on Atari!)
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. He says he didn't drop it, but he is 10 and autistic (high-functioning), so I don't put a lot of faith in that. I amgoing to send it in to Nintendo and hope for the best. Poor kid, he waited so long to get one because they were out of stock, then he finally gets one and 4 days later it won't work! I was also one of those moms who waited in line for hours fora Wii and never got one (guess I should have camped out!) I am not too happy with Nintendo these days, although there isn't much I can do about it, since that's what the kids want. Personally, I'm happy with my good old N64 space invaders! (I grew up on Atari!)
Thanks again, everyone!
SamandMaxMom
don't mean to be picky, but this topic is so old.heehee
[QUOTE="ALASTOR_2065"]You just got it, so it still has the waranty, send it in to Nintendo...
... And get screen protectors! Off topic, yeah, but trust me... You'll regret it if you don't get some. Serraph105
I think you are wrong about that my ds has never needed a screen protectori can't believe people even notice this topic.it's kind of fun post on years old topics.
NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER BUY 100 DOLLAR + HARDWARE FROM CIRCUIT CITY OR BEST BUY. 9 OUT OF TEN TIMES IT WILL BE BROKEN. okay? good. i hope everyone learned from this
SGTNAPALM
never listen to statistics like these on the internet. 7 out of 8 are false.
NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER BUY 100 DOLLAR + HARDWARE FROM CIRCUIT CITY OR BEST BUY. 9 OUT OF TEN TIMES IT WILL BE BROKEN. okay? good. i hope everyone learned from this
the_wet_mop
never listen to statistics like these on the internet. 7 out of 8 are false.
that's what i thought.if this was true best buy and circuit city would have been out of business years ago.
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. He says he didn't drop it, but he is 10 and autistic (high-functioning), so I don't put a lot of faith in that. I amgoing to send it in to Nintendo and hope for the best. Poor kid, he waited so long to get one because they were out of stock, then he finally gets one and 4 days later it won't work! I was also one of those moms who waited in line for hours fora Wii and never got one (guess I should have camped out!) I am not too happy with Nintendo these days, although there isn't much I can do about it, since that's what the kids want. Personally, I'm happy with my good old N64 space invaders! (I grew up on Atari!)
Thanks again, everyone!
ABRABOY
don't mean to be picky, but this topic is so old.heehee any reaso to bring this topic back? no? thought so. dont do it again >_>
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. He says he didn't drop it, but he is 10 and autistic (high-functioning), so I don't put a lot of faith in that. I amgoing to send it in to Nintendo and hope for the best. Poor kid, he waited so long to get one because they were out of stock, then he finally gets one and 4 days later it won't work! I was also one of those moms who waited in line for hours fora Wii and never got one (guess I should have camped out!) I am not too happy with Nintendo these days, although there isn't much I can do about it, since that's what the kids want. Personally, I'm happy with my good old N64 space invaders! (I grew up on Atari!)
Thanks again, everyone!
ABRABOY
don't mean to be picky, but this topic is so old.heehee
Then why did you revive it? It's old for a reason...
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