I originally bought my first card from the guys on BritDS and raved reviews about them (and subsequently bought several more in time for Christmas!) but found out just before Christmas, after I placed my orders (phew!), that they're shut!
Now, I sent them an email and got two really interesting bits of info from them, which I thought I'd share here.
1. I think for some reason, management there didn't want the risk of R4 cards being made illegal halfway through 2009, so they wanted to stop the website, but the guy that was always on the end of my emails, John I think, got a contact to set up the old
http://www.NDS-Gear.co.uk site that existed before BritDS, and they're back up!
2. Some very interesting information confirming that the R4 cards are indeed legal; this is the link they posted to me:
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/ne...icle4484224.ece
In particular, this quote:
The problem is that the device itself is not illegal. “It’s the purposes that people use it for that’s often illegal,” says Rob Saunders, a spokesman for Nintendo UK.
So, if you use your cards to only backup games you legally own, they are indeed perfectly legal to own, and that's a quote from a Nintendo guy speaking to The Times!
Homebrew (and the concept of customer service on the 'net) isn't dead - hurray!
I also notice NDS-Gear put up a Legal page on the right hand side explaining exactly what's legal and isn't with a card, which is kind of useful.
I've never had an order take more than 3 working days from these guys though, so I can definitely vouch for them. I've been buying cards for my friends recently!