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Over 12,000 black Nintendo DS Lite Systems Stolen

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the is-that-retail-wholesale-or-government-contract dept.

Wowzer writes "$2.32 million worth of black Nintendo DS Lite systems stolen in Hong Kong when their shipment making its way from China, where the DS Lites are made, to Europe where the black DS Lites are launching on June 23rd. The Hong Kong police suspected that the black DS Lite units sold in Hong Kong recently were part of the same theft and offers one million Hong Kong dollars ($128,840 or 102,138) to anyone with a tip. So next time you see one being sold on eBay from Hong Kong, give the cops a call."

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  1. Currency symbol? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    one million Hong Kong dollars ($128,840 or 102,138) -- 102,138 what?

  2. Catch 22 by mfh · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This could be a PR stunt, because any thief stupid enough to steal ALL the black DS units would never be able to sell them without getting caught. On the other hand... maybe Nintendo should hold off on shipping more?

    Here's a mugshot of the evidence.

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  3. How can people tell them appart? by Ignem · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So how are people buying one on ebay supposed to know wether or not it was part of the stolen shipment?

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  4. Serial Numbers by Detritus · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Assuming that the police have a list of the serial numbers, the thieves may have a hard time unloading their loot without being caught. "I bought it from some guy off the back of a truck" is not a good defense to buying stolen goods.

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  5. Re:is a black DS included? by Webler707 · · Score: 1, Interesting

    http://cgi.ebay.com/DS-Import-Nintendo-DS-System-c onsole-Graphite-Black-NEW_W0QQitemZ8292690900QQcat egoryZ75555QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

    That didn't take long.

  6. Re:what is a MAC address by az_bont · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Even if your MAC address is not sent beyond the gateway, your unique gamer ID number for any particular game is a combination of your MAC address and a hash value associated with the game. As one of those is a known value which remains constant, it shouldn't require too much effort on Nintendo's part to generate a list of gamer IDs for each online game and match them up accordingly.