Warning to Californians who wish to purchase the DSi XL: $8 recycling fee

Yesterday, I chatted with a customer service representative at the online retailer Newegg.com on whether California buyers of the upcoming DSi XL will be charged with the state's eWaste recycling fee. Newegg.com has a physical presence in California, Tennesee, and New Jersey. She replied that because the DSi XL has two screens each over 4" diagonally, it is subject to the $8 recycling fee. This fee also applies to cell phones or PDAs whose screen are over 4" diagonally. I orignally thought the recycling fee applies only to LCD TVs/monitors, plasma TVs, LED TVs, laptops, netbooks, eReaders, CRT TVs, or tablets. I was wrong.

As a result, I give this warning to fellow Californians who wish to purchase the DSi XL from a store within the state: you will have to pay the $8 recycling fee because its screens are each over 4" diagonally. Please consider buying out-of-state or buying online from a retailer who has no physical presence in California (e.g. Amazon.com) if you wish to avoid paying the $8 recycling fee.

$8 for the enviroment get over it

o well just an extra 8$ not to bad atall

Its good for the environment, who cares about $8

i'm with everyone, but i live in TX but i'd still pay it

Enviroment > Cheaper games.

How does paying more create recycling? What is this recycling fee thing?

How does paying more create recycling? What is this recycling fee thing?

Yoweeh

i'm with everyone, but i live in TX but i'd still pay it

darth-pyschosis

I don't think anyone will care about the $8... In fact I think the XL will fail about as hard as the PSP Go. istuffedsunny

I don't think it'll be quite that bad. It's geared toward specific audiences, and doesn't lose any features from the previous DSi, so it'll do alright.

Interesting...