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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
Texas
1 review
3 helpful votes
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BEWARE! It is a scam!
October 22, 2015

Not only do they not reply to messages but you never receive your order. So if you purchase something from this site you might as well say goodbye to your money. It has been around 5 months since I ordered my package and it has NOT arrived.

Date of experience: October 22, 2015
Singapore
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Complete scam.
April 4, 2016

Ordered a card on March 3 2016 and it is still marked as awaiting shipment as of today (April 5 2016). I sent a few emails and messages to them and haven't got a single reply thus far. Their complete lack of customer service is simply disgraceful.

Date of experience: April 4, 2016
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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It took just over 4 months to the day to get my order.

They emailed about a month and a half in, said my order was shipped, must have been lost, and they were sending it out again. 2 and a half months later it arrived. They also "upgraded" my order to another card type.

None of the three cards work. I tried all three. I'm not entirely sure they are compatible with my system, so thanks for the 4 month wait and the "upgrade" to something that doesn't work with my old DS.

Do not order from these jokers, they are amateurs and don't listen to anything you say and hardly respond.

Date of experience: May 25, 2015
South Carolina
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Complete scam. Took them 24 hours to manually process my payment and after 2 plus weeks still awaiting shipment. Messaged them 6 times over the last two weeks with not one singe response. Finally filed fraudulent claims against them with my bank to get my money back. Be sure to report them and press charges if you can. Stay away from them. If you want to lose your money than just throw it in the garbage as you will not receive anything from them.

Date of experience: February 22, 2016
Arizona
3 reviews
2 helpful votes
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I have bought two cards from them i agree they do take longer then usual last time i ordered mine they said it would be here in 7-11 work days it took 15 but that was in the Christmas rush i asked them about it and they sent me a message no more then 15 mins later this time they said it would come in 1 or more work days it came in 2! And id like to remind people be patient it has to fly here and about the 24 processing your payment delay 1st off its manually done and if you ordered from 2:00 on they were probably off work by then because they are three hours ahead of us. i rate them 5 stars and tell a friend to order at this site but thats my opinion

Date of experience: March 3, 2016
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Awesome service!
January 2, 2017

Extremely good service! Very quick delivery from China (1 week to the UK). And very responsive to messages! Would be more than 5 stars if that was possible! Would recommend to anyone! Thanks again r43ds.org!

Date of experience: January 2, 2017
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I recommend this company and their product. They kept in touch with me whenever I had a problem. They did right by me I'm sure they will do right by you. You just have to be patient on the arrival since it has to go through customs. Jamie C

Date of experience: June 14, 2015
Canada
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Guys, calm down!
February 9, 2015

Guys, calm down! And please, take time to come back and post if the site resolved your issue.

For me, it went like this. I ordered a card on December 25,2014. Then, on February 4, not having received anything, I googled and found this review site. I was scared that my money was gone! But it wasn't...

I immediately wrote an email, using the form on their site, and politely asked for a status. The following day, I got this message "I have arranged to have another order sent out to you, from our Canada warehouse - which went out for you yesterday. You should receive it in about 5-9 working days."

And today, February 9, guess what? I received the card.

So, I'd say give it some time. Shipping from Asia can be long, delayed at the border, or get lost. If after a reasonable delay (I'd say approx 6 weeks) you have no news, just send them a message. It worked alright for me. I hope this helps other customers.:-)

Date of experience: February 9, 2015
Canada
4 reviews
8 helpful votes
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I had no issues with this website other then my parcel taking a little bit longer to arrive than I would have liked but as it turned out the problem wasn't with the shipment but with HM Revenue/Customs taking a long time to fully clear the package. I initially yelled foul and contacted them and was helped by a gentleman named Jim, who ended up tracing the parcel and determined that it was stuck in customs. Don't know what he did, but about 5 days later the parcel arrived. I would urge anyone to contact him directly, as he seems to know his stuff. Jim(*******@AT)r43ds.org (remove the brackets and extra AT of course. Bear in mind that if the parcel is coming to you from out of country customs can take however long they please before finally clearing a parcel for entry to the country at which point it goes in to the postal system.

Date of experience: March 2, 2014
Canada
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Have not had any problems with this store and have ordered from them 3 times in total. Each time i received exactly what I ordered without any hassles. One of the 3 packages took somewhat longer to arrive (around 18 days) but the issue was with customs and not with the shop. I recommend them to my friends regularly and have no heard of anyone having any major issues whatsoever.

Date of experience: January 30, 2018
Missouri
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered my R4 3DS unit in January, and just received a brand new unit that was not out when I ordered. These units are made overseas and shipping can take a long time for any seller.

R43ds.org kept in contact with the and replied whenever I had a question about the status. Talking with them, I found out they put a stop on my 2014 model because it would not work with the latest 3DS system update, and they upgraded me for no charge.

The unit I received was in excellent condition and was shipped carefully. I was able to begin using it within 5 minutes of opening the contents.

My only complaint was an initial lack of communication on why my order was resubmitted, but I was very happy with the explanation.

Again, most of the negative reviews are about shipping time. There is no way anyone ordering this item from any seller will ever correct this.

Date of experience: March 13, 2015
Australia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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This is the worst site... biggest rip-off... lost my money and have not been able to get a response from them despite sending them an email every second day... its been over 3 months and still nothing.

AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE

Date of experience: March 5, 2014
Washington
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Avoid this site like the plague! I ordered back in September and had money taken from my bank immediately. I was told shipping can take up to 21 days so I waited and received nothing. I contacted them and they told me that there is a delay and to wait a further two weeks. I waited and still nothing. I sent them further emails and now they ignore all my messages. I have now had to go to the bank to get a refund which is now becoming a further hassle with them needing further proof that they screwed me. It angers me that this site is still up and running because I can't even add negative reviews to my product to try and warn others.

Date of experience: November 1, 2014
GB
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Don't waste your time
October 5, 2015

I ordered on back in August 2015 and went through the stages from awaiting shipment to order being shipped out but it never arrived. I ordered despite reading all these reviews! I've got my credit card company to do a charge back and I got my money back! These guys are a joke!

Date of experience: October 5, 2015
Iceland
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I'm very happy with my purchase from r43ds.org On April 18 I bought the r4 3ds rts card for my 3ds XL. The card was shipped promptly and the package arrived in just over 12 days in total. I had some trouble setting it up and getting it running, but a quick email to the CSR over at the site fixed things right up when they took the time to send me a step by step email on how to setup the card, and to diagnose my problem to find out where the error was. As it turned out, it was me putting the wrong firmware on the card.

As a side note, my cousin ordered one on April 15, and it just arrived to him 2 days ago. So sometimes, depending on the post office, it can take longer. His cards were shipped 3 days after he ordered, and mine were sent 4 days after I ordered, and mind came in sooner.

I'd recommend this site to anyone looking for a real genuine r4, 'cause there are way too many fakes out there, and site peddling obsolete versions of this card.

Date of experience: May 11, 2013
Malta
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Completely satisfied
February 18, 2017

The R4 arrived somewhat late but there was a notice notifying me that R4s were replaced in order to prevent possible compatibility issues! R4 works completely as it should, the only problem I had was finding the proper firmware required to run the R4 but it didn't take very long. Other than that, great service! :)

Date of experience: February 18, 2017
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Awesome Customer Service
November 6, 2016

The customer server is awesome... they responded back to me asap and helped me with my problems. You will be lucky if someone even responds back if it were the other sites. I'm in the USA, i bought a Gateway3DS from another site, it took over a month and a half to get it. I bought from R43DS on 2 different occasions and i got my stuff in 2-2.5 weeks. I strongly recommend buying from these guys, they are good.

Date of experience: November 5, 2016
Ireland
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Still Waiting
April 25, 2017

I've been waiting 3 weeks. I've had them email me at first for a while but they stopped and I'm still waiting. I'd give them a 4 star when or if it arrives. 5 stars if they didn't take so long. How are other people in these reviews saying they got it in a week? To UK? Im in Ireland, shouldnt take 2 extra weeks

Date of experience: April 25, 2017

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