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Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Scam - avoid
January 16, 2022

Purchased an item back in September and it's now January and still haven't received item. They responded twice saying item was shipped, but it was not. Never gave a tracking number. Some reviewers are nice and mention that they received product after months of waiting. Still feels like a scam. Avoid!

Date of experience: January 16, 2022
GB
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Very good
May 14, 2019

The card spent 4 days awaiting shipment before being shipped and then took 2 weeks to deliver my only warning is it takes about 12 to 24 hours to process the payment however it will eventually go through. Apart from that i was updated with an email every time the status changed, an overall good experience.

Date of experience: May 13, 2019
Alaska
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Very pleased
July 17, 2020

After reading many bad reviews I was sceptical, especially when it was a buy one get one free deal. They were slow to ship and accept payment, but overall was delivered in about two weeks for a VERY good deal. Great product!

Date of experience: July 15, 2020
Virginia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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They charged my card immediately. Two attempts to contact them resulted in two identical canned messages promising to ship right away. After a month passed, I had to contest the original charge with Visa to get a refund. Avoid this vendor.

Date of experience: June 13, 2020
Oregon
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Update... I might order something else now.
September 8, 2020
Updated review

I ordered on June 18 and finally got my package on Sept 8. I feel that these people will indeed ship your products, but don't expect to be updated or replied to in the mean time. If you are in a hurry, don't bother. I suspect that once Covid 19 is less of a threat, this process will speed up. Now that I know that they will eventually get around to shipping, I might go ahead and order more stuff. In the mean time, I didn't actually get what I ordered, but I feel they were at least trying to make it up to me. Pictured is what I received in the mail.

Date of experience: September 8, 2020

Don't order from these people
August 2, 2020
Previous review

Ordered a while ago. Absolutely no response in email. No change in shipment. DO NOT ORDER ANYTHING FROM THESE PEOPLE.

Date of experience: August 2, 2020
Virginia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Avoid them -- it looks like a scam. They charged my card immediately, then never sent the product. Four times trying to contact them, they responded only three times, very slowly, with the same canned BS message about how they've had problems, but everything is OK now and they'll be shipping in two weeks. I had to challenge the charge, they did not dispute the chargeback with Visa.

Date of experience: July 14, 2020
Spain
1 review
0 helpful votes
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People with no shame
August 29, 2020

You know... you can have problems in any company, the thing that makes you different is the way you solve it.
I purchased from them 6months ago 3 items they never shipped, i send 20 emails, they answer 3 times:
We are looking forward bla bla bla we will reship bla bla,

I asked them several times: if you dont have the item, refund me the money is very simple... no answer.

So the procedure is to contact with your bank, or card company(visa, master...)

Date of experience: August 29, 2020
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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So far I have waited 3 weeks for a product that the site claims should arrive in 5-10 days. It took 2 weeks before they even updated it to shipping and then claimed they waited 5-10 days to ship it because they were waiting to ship a newer product. If ordered the old product, then send me the old product. This is how business is conducted. It sounds more to me like they ran out of caeds or simply forgot my order. Either way, no need for radical stories, just tell me you forgot to ship it or ran out. I will give them 3 more weeks as others have suggested then call the bank to get my money if it does not arrive. Exactly 6 weeks. Not a day later.

Date of experience: March 27, 2019
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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SCAM
February 1, 2019

Never received the card after almost 3 month!

I`ve contact them 1 month after the purchase and they said that they will send me the card. 2 month after the purchase I`ve contact them again and they said the same thing. And now its almost 3 month since the purchase and nothing!

Don`t buy they will steal your money!

Date of experience: February 1, 2019
Japan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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They charge you immediately but it says "Awaiting Shipment" and STAYS like that. When you contact them they reply (sometimes) and the excuses are beyond ridiculous. The 3rd and most recent excuse was "we lost 2000 packages due to Covid, will reship immediately" 2000?!? After that "immediately", 3 months passed. Ignore the positive reviews, they are fake, probably by the scammers themselves. I ended up getting the same product from a legit website, for cheaper than what they scammed me for. There are plenty of honest websites that sell the same products, just do your homework first. Complete Scam, don't give them your money, you will not receive anything.

Date of experience: April 3, 2021
Japan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I ordered my r4 in April 2022, 27 months later, I can still see my order awaiting shipment on their website. They dont care. They just keep their website up, cash money and do nothing.

Date of experience: July 30, 2024
California
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Can't give these guys enough praise for their helpful customer service that walked my son and I through the entire purchase. We had replies to our emails sometimes within minutes and they were very helpful even after the fact when my son and I were confused with the setup steps. Steve there walked us through everything step by step and made sure we were up and running before he left for the night. Highly recommend them. I bought a similar product from another store that ended up not working and they would not even reply to my requests for help or assistance whereas these guys were great - even before we gave them any money.

Date of experience: May 4, 2018
Canada
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Bad Communication
May 24, 2019

I ordered the card but never received it. I tried to communicate with them but it was not pleasant. They said they have send another card to me but never received it and I tried reaching out again and never get back to me nor giving me a refund. AVOID AT ALL COST

Date of experience: May 24, 2019
Michigan
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Their brazen lack of customer service is appalling! After multiple messages with no reply and waiting for more than two weeks after my payment was successfully processed and my order marked as "Awaiting Shipment", I will be filing fraudulent charges against this scum. I wish I'd found this review site before I found their ungodly excuse of a business.

Date of experience: February 23, 2016
South Carolina
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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They are NOT legit!
April 19, 2012

They are NOT legit! Ordered on 3/12/12 and as of 4/19/12 still have not received my item. Finding things about them being fraudulent online. The same "excuses" they were giving me in the beginning (now they won't respond at all) are the same they give to everyone. SCAM. Just had my bank reverse charges - you should, too.

Date of experience: April 19, 2012
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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It took three months to receive the order via Canada post with the shipping address also being in Canada. Normally this should take three days.

I tried contacting them and didn't receive a response outside of the first week or two. The week after it shipped they finally replied to my requests.

From my own experiences? Worst. Service. Ever.

Date of experience: September 23, 2015
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Wish I could give this site NO stars. Paid for the product. It never arrived but they took my money fast enough. Sent dozens of emails and they have never replied even though I threatened to report them to the Federal Trade Commission... still nothing. I don't even know how to get my money back I mean, how do you argue with a company that wont talk to you?

Date of experience: February 2, 2014
Washington
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Update: 1 year and 3 months later - still NO product, still NO reply to emails. Tried to contact the bank 3 months after purchase; the bank would not give a refund because this site fought against it. Stay Away!

Original:
Same issues as everyone else, no product, no replies to emails. Contacting bank for a refund.

***Do not be fooled by the positive reviews, they are fake, look into these fake reviewers and it becomes obvious.

Date of experience: March 19, 2014
Indiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Just as everyone else as said they stole my money. They replied once saying they were preparing for shipping then never will reply again. My order is just stuck at "Awaiting Shipment." Terrible site and to top it off they are forging the Verisign seal (see bottom of page). I had to get a new credit card. Report them so they get shut down!

https://www.verisign.com/support/contact/seal-abuse/index.html

Date of experience: February 7, 2013
Canada
4 reviews
5 helpful votes
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I would say it's a decent product, I got it, and the delivery wasn't bad in time, ordered feb 3rd, arrived feb 20th

It came from UPS after it arrived in canada, looked like a new labeling too.

I ordered the r4-sdhc, they sent me the newest version for the 3ds and older models, that supported my ds lite, which was nice.

The weirdest part was their site's SSL cert expired right after I bought it, so I too thought it was a scam.

Be aware any support service requests should be sent to alltechgear.com, which apparently owns this site, that's how I ended up getting better service.

Date of experience: February 21, 2019

Overview

R43DS.org has a rating of 1.6 stars from 112 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with R43DS.org most frequently mention credit card, customer service and tracking number. R43DS.org ranks 62nd among Video Game Accessories sites.

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value
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shipping
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returns
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quality
11