Got my R4i Gold 3DS from www.r4town.com a few days ago for €10.95 w/ €2.50 registered airmail to Ireland. Received in about 9 days so quite happy :)
Supports the Wood Kernel, as its from www.r4i-gold.eu.
So far so good and haven't had any problems as of yet. Running fine on FW 5.1.0-11E :-)