ShopTo to cut cost of DSi by £15

By Robert Purchese Published 4 June, 2010

GAME also set to announce "new pricing".

Following the drop in the trade price of the Nintendo DSi, UK retailer ShopTo has plans to cut the cost price to consumers by £15.

The handheld currently costs £149.99 on ShopTo, but the retailer plans to reduce that shortly.

"I can't disclose our official trade price as I will go against our supplier contract, but I can tell you that our cost price will be dropped by around £15.00," ShopTo's Igor Cipolletta revealed. "Therefore, we will be able to drop the RRP to £129.99 or less."

Nintendo announced a drop in the DSi trade price earlier this week, although exact numbers were not announced. The new cost comes into effect on 18th June. Specific pricing, however, will be determined by individual retailers.

UK mega-chain GAME wouldn't comment directly on how much it will be selling DS units for come 18th June, but did say there are plans for change.

"Price cuts from the manufacturers are always good news, and our customers will welcome the announcement from Nintendo," said Neil Ashurst, head of UK PR. "We will announce our new pricing in due course.

"There are already some great deals in our stores and online on the DS range and we have a lot more planned in the summer months."

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Comments (17) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • wizlon #1 2 years ago

    For some stupid reason I'm tempted to get a DSi despite hardly ever playing my Lite and being very interested in the 3DS. Must... resist...

  • Rufus #2 2 years ago

    So.....£20 then, not £15.

    /pedant
    Edited by Rufus at 04/06/10 @ 11:24

  • tomjoadsghost #3 2 years ago

    yeah, thanks for the shopto update but i think hotukdeals is over there -->

  • INSOMANiAC #4 2 years ago

    surely only an idiot would buy this over the XL these days?

  • Beano #5 2 years ago

    "surely only an idiot would buy this over the XL these days? "

    Bigger is not better for everybody. At least that's what I keep telling myself every day...

  • malexous #6 2 years ago

    Some colours are £119.85 at ShopTo.Net

    Some colours are £119.99 at Amazon.co.uk

  • makeamazing #7 2 years ago

    Is shopto owned by eurogamer?

  • erp #8 2 years ago

    SHAME ABOUT SHOP.TO'S CREDIT AND DEBIT CARD FRAUD THOUGH

  • dfish #9 2 years ago

    never mind the fraud debacle, what about ignoring important account balance emails until phone calls are made, a measure of a dodgy business if you ask me. i've heard too much bad rumours including about Igor having previously had his trading license suspended, no idea if there was any truth to it, gotta admit its an efficient operation with a fast turnaround but if you're going to buy there use Paypal for heavens sake. better still use play/amazon or the up and coming thehut.com
    To those thinking of a dsi bear in mind playing ds games on a 3ds will mean the image is upscaled with all the craptastic image quality that will entail. It will like playing wii games on a HD telly. the dsi xl screen is the definitive way to see DS games.
    Edited by dfish at 04/06/10 @ 14:02

  • Beano #10 2 years ago

    @erp : What fraud? Any info about this?

  • malexous #11 2 years ago

    [link url=http://www.eurogamer.net/forum_thread_posts.php?thread_id=76504
    ]http://www.eurogamer.net/forum_thread_po...[/link]

    "Igor's last computer company went bankrupt. A judgement in 2004 banned him from running another company for 5 years.
    http://www.gnn.gov.uk/Content/Detail.asp... amp;print=true
    His company use plants in forums to lie about their service.
    They lie to customers.
    They ship grey imports illegally and dont tell you."

    Similar posts by others on the internet, not just shoptosuck.

    "wont allow you to remove your card details"

    http://www.avforums.com/forums/xbox-360-...
    Edited by malexous at 04/06/10 @ 13:51

  • dfish #12 2 years ago

    Dont even mention their take money from the buyer dont pay the seller SellTo service oh no.( unless he gets on the phone and threatens them with legal action)
    Edited by dfish at 04/06/10 @ 14:04

  • Toadie48 #13 2 years ago

    For some reason I read it as 'ShopTo to cut cost of DSi to £15' lol, what a plonker I am

  • modo_komodo #14 2 years ago

    There was a very similar news story when EG made some kind of business arrangement with another company. Sorry for being vague. It was a while ago. Pretty sure it was about Swapgame.com though.

    Really smacks their editorial integrity in the balls, if you ask me.

  • erp #15 2 years ago

    @Beano, I know others have already given you links, but I'll also add that my girlfriend's debit card got unautorised charges made to it very soon after using it at shopto. She'd never used her card online at any other site, so we're pretty certain shopto (or their card handler) were the culprits, or at least the point of a security breach.

    (And boy do I feel guilty seems as she was buying me a birthday present...!)

    It was only after our experience that I started looking on here and elsewhere online and discovered other stories of woe...

    Needless to say shopto have not got another of our pennies since.

  • smelly #16 2 years ago

    3ds just around the corner then

  • Hexagon #17 2 years ago

    Of course Game didn't say anything. Their prices fail in comparison to ShopTo. :-/