I came out of lurk mode to say just trade the system to Gamestop. They'll give you trade credit minus a refurb fee. They'll harvest whatever parts off of it to rebuild another.
There's a $15 additional credit promo for trading in a system if you're a power up pro member
Also, pre owned 3DS's...
leo @'d me in a thread about his last dream, stating he was passionately making out with a guy he used to know and then woke up while reaching for his crotch, and said that i would "know who 'tf' it is"
and of course i know, it's luke