I have a launch/ambassador 3DS, and it died from a water spill. I know it's not covered under warranty, and I don't really expect them to cover it, but sometimes companies will do you a favor if you say the right things.

Just wondering what the experience was sending it in, if there's anything you can say to get a warranty exception.

 

a friend sent his 3ds in, it was under warranty. the issue was of course a bad shoulder button. they said that the warranty doesn't cover drops and that the charge port was broke. he called and they didn't really say why his 3ds wasn't cover for a simple shoulder button fix but they did say that they put it under broken charge port because that is something that apparently wasn't covered. so they sent it back and the shoulder button worked. I don't know what to think.

 

I bet that if you send in a brand new 3DS, they will try and make up excuses so you'd have to pay repairs.

I never send in anything for repairs.
Nothing broke on me as well.