Poll: Was your 1st DS lite faulty ? (poll please)

dannyjo22 · 29 Jun 2006 at 21:01

A bump for the new buyers.

Kreeeee · 29 Jun 2006 at 21:35

No need to whinge really as nintendo have the best returns I have seen next to MS with the 360s.

Soulja · 29 Jun 2006 at 21:40

my 1st 2 have had dead pixels....off to gamestation again for another exchange :mad:

dannyjo22 · 29 Jun 2006 at 21:46

Kreeeee said:
No need to whinge really as nintendo have the best returns I have seen next to MS with the 360s.

Of course there's a need if the hardware is faulty.

Kreeeee · 29 Jun 2006 at 21:51

dannyjo22 said:
Of course there's a need if the hardware is faulty.

Nah, it happens everywhere and the returns are so simple.

Raymond Lin · 29 Jun 2006 at 22:02

I am technically on my 3rd, first one had dust behind the screen, swapped it before i even left the shop. I had to pay for it before i can open it thou.

2nd one had bright blue stuck pixel

3rd is great

Snow-Munki · 29 Jun 2006 at 22:08

Nope. Bought 2 and both were fine

dannyjo22 · 29 Jun 2006 at 22:10

Kreeeee said:
Nah, it happens everywhere and the returns are so simple.

Unfortunately they dont pay parking and petrol for when you have to take a faulty item back. If you seen it by post you are losing time with an item you have paid for to be working.

Just because the return sevice is good doesn't make it acceptable to be sold duff gear.

The $6m Dan · 29 Jun 2006 at 22:14

No issues with mine

Guy at work had a probelm with his first two though, one had dirt behind the screen and the other had a dead pixel.

XPE · 30 Jun 2006 at 09:36

first one had a dead pixels but the river sent me a replacement within 24 hours and that ones just fine

Spikey · 30 Jun 2006 at 10:53

Got mine on monday and has no dead pixels

GuruJockStrap · 30 Jun 2006 at 12:31

Got mine from Gamestation yesterday and its perfect. No dead pixels.

Sic · 30 Jun 2006 at 13:48

dannyjo22 said:
Just because the return sevice is good doesn't make it acceptable to be sold duff gear.

whist, in a perfect world, i'd completely agree with you; quality control can be good, but never perfect. if you think about how many of these things they shift out the door, their faulty rate is good. i expect they have a policy about the maximum number of dead pixels a unit can have before it leaves the factory. most people wouldn't notice one dead pixel, or a bit of dust under the screen. when you were 8, were you worrying about dead pixels? i wasn't.

it's not duff gear, it works perfectly.

R^T · 30 Jun 2006 at 19:46

1 st was one spot on. Clear sailing!

DeFrEaTs · 5 Jul 2006 at 23:02

All good with my white, but my girlfriend got a black at the same time and the touch screen is not attached properly. If you look closely, two sides are not glued in place and when wiping it gently you can actually feel it move

Going to return it tomorrow.

EDIT:Bought in hemel but can it be returned to the Watford Game shop? I assume this would cause no problem.

WatchTower · 6 Jul 2006 at 05:34

How fragile is the DS Lite? The PSP is a joke so I was just wondering about the DS.

Doohickey · 6 Jul 2006 at 12:16

Meh, just returned mine for an exchange (Gameplay), the left shoulder button was sticking. It wasn't broken, but just really annoying.

DeFrEaTs · 7 Jul 2006 at 10:31

Exchanged my girlfriend's one due to the faulty screen. Also exchanged Tetris for Sonic, and bought Mario Kart!

blairw · 7 Jul 2006 at 22:45

Traded in my blue ds today while at work - OH MY GOD this is amazing!
Addicted to brain training and ive only played with it for an hour - meteriod is a differnt game - the clarity is amazing.
No dead pixels thankfully!

danoliver1 · 7 Jul 2006 at 23:30

Got mine from gamestation today 120 quid for console + sonic + mario kart ds

Poll: Was your 1st DS lite faulty ? (poll please)

Was your first DS lite faulty?

Yes - Dead pixels

Yes - Dirt behind the screen

Nope - Good as gold