“Within a couple of hours of opening the box I managed to spill metal polish on the desk on which the new handheld was sitting,” Alastair tells Kotaku. “It got in to the upper screen and has damaged the LCD and jammed the 3D depth slider.”
Nintendo UK is closed until later today, meaning that Alastair had to spend the whole weekend wondering how to get his 3DS fixed.
Adds Alastair, “It took me a couple of months to save for it, so I’m imagining that after waiting months for the release I’m now going to wait months to get enough money to replace it and I still haven’t played any games!”
Let this be a lesson to all: Keep metal polish FAR AWAY from your gaming electronics.
Powalen
Monday, March 28, 2011 at 5:04 PMPoor guy if they can’t fix it.
Whenever I have a shiny new electronic I always handle it like some sort of highly fragile gold trimmed ancient relic. Keeping it away from water, direct sunlight and never feeding it after midnight.
Mark Serrels
Monday, March 28, 2011 at 5:06 PMI’m like that, then the second I buy something new – even if it’s a totally unrelated product – I just don’t give a crap anymore.
Barnsey
Monday, March 28, 2011 at 6:33 PMso Gen Y’er then I guess
alcheim
Monday, March 28, 2011 at 5:22 PMSome people even sleep beside their new device, the same way kids do with their new toys.
Just imagine how many people slept with their ipad2′s within arms reach last Friday… along with those that will be sleeping with their 3ds’s this Friday.
Adam Ruch
Monday, March 28, 2011 at 5:31 PMAnd not with wives/girlfriends/random women.
>.>
Edward Luck
Monday, March 28, 2011 at 10:50 PMI slept next to an Amiga 500 once. The smell of fresh computer plastic.
Ahhhhh.
Robert (B-ob)
Monday, March 28, 2011 at 5:46 PMRemember people, accidental damage insurance for your contents can be a pretty good thing.
(This comment does not take in to account your personal circumstances. Always consult the PDS before making your decision or speak to your financial advisor. This disclaimer will self descrtuct in…)
Exaemo
Monday, March 28, 2011 at 5:50 PMMaybe he should stop polishing his metal so much
You can go blind
Ollycity
Monday, March 28, 2011 at 7:18 PMI laughed out loud.
TJW
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 12:43 AMAnyone else develop a desire to purchase Microsoft Azure even though they can’t program?
What would make them advertise a specialised product like that on a gaming website?
adam smolkowicz
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 2:40 PMHopefully they can fix it