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I just ordered a 3ds from AliExpress - Wish me luck.
(lemmy.world)
I hope this isn't perceived as advertising.. I'm quite apprehensive about making this purchase and will absolutely update with my progress if/when the console arrives.
In the meantime, if anyone out there has any experience buying through AliExpress I would love to hear from you. This is my first purchase and I feel like it's a total gamble.
If this is somehow perceived as advertising, mods please delete immediately. I do not want to violate any rules. This community is too awesome to lose!
I’ve ordered various things from AliExpress before, I’ve never had any major issues. One item was DOA, and another never arrived, but In both cases I got refunded quickly and easily.
It seems no worse than any other online marketplace now.
I assume these 3DS units are some sort of refurb. Are they Chinese region units?
True and incredibly distressing.
Yeah, I've had a few sellers among a lot of orders try to pull a fast one, but by-and-large they've been good and the few that arrived bad I did get refunded for. The main thing I'd say is to be careful of things that plug in but don't meet electrical code in your country (Amazon is getting bad for this as well) as that's definitely some janky stuff you can find