What! Shops charging to downgrade!

**baracki96** · April 16th, 2007, 00:37

If they will replace the psp if they brick it then I think it's actually logical. You'r not paying for the downgrader persay as much as your buying a sort of peace of mind that your psp may brick in during the process of downgrading. Of course if you'r just lazy, and have extra cash to spare it's anice conveniance.

**J sims** · April 16th, 2007, 02:35

Im no more angry at these guys for charging to downgrade a psp than I am at mechanics for charging to change peoples oil.The way I see it is the 40 or whatever they are charging is for the larbor.And yes im aware that these toools were developed and distributed freely.But just like i can change your oil with the tools I acquired or you can do it your self. I can charge to downgrade your psp with the tools that acquired or you can do it your self. The only differnce is one guy's tools was made by dark alex and the other guys tools was made by snap-on

**psp411** · April 16th, 2007, 02:42

my schoolmate once offered to downgrade my psp from 2.5 down to 1.5 for $10 canadian.(he didn't know that I knew all I need to know about the homebrew scene and how to downgrade, etc.) as soon as i heard a cash value for his service, I immediately told him how to do it and boy, did he feel dumb. he told me not to tell anyone how to do it so that he could make cash. well, i didnt tell people how to do it but, i told them that i'd do it for them for free. anytime people at school need their psp downgraded, i do it for free... i didnt create the software to do it so why should i profit from it? lol i would love to charge for it but im too good (and lazy) to do that ahah

**froggie22** · April 16th, 2007, 03:07

Originally Posted by J sims

Im no more angry at these guys for charging to downgrade a psp than I am at mechanics for charging to change peoples oil.The way I see it is the 40 or whatever they are charging is for the larbor.And yes im aware that these toools were developed and distributed freely.But just like i can change your oil with the tools I acquired or you can do it your self. I can charge to downgrade your psp with the tools that acquired or you can do it your self. The only differnce is one guy's tools was made by dark alex and the other guys tools was made by snap-on

Yeh but all they do is push a few buttons to downgrade and changing oil takes time and u give the customer something (oil) so they should charge.

**djchk** · April 16th, 2007, 04:18

Here in Hong Kong they charge to downgrade in a lot of shops. They also sell memory sticks at a higher price with emulators and roms already installed on them.

**sourced** · April 16th, 2007, 04:42

in the philippines[i live there] theres a mall over here called greenhills. they offer alot of repair services ranging from cellphones to a variety of electronics. there are a number of shops here who charge for downgrading psp's and even for putting ISO'S on them! they charge anywhere from 200 to 1000 pesos. thats about 2 u.s dollars +

**Psyberjock** · April 16th, 2007, 05:08

Originally Posted by yoshinatsu

I've seen console shops here telling that they "modchip" your PSP, but all they do is downgrade it.
They charge 80-100 euros

What? Where? I haven seen those shops. Are they in Den-den Town? I'd like to go talk to those people. If they actually have mod chips, I'd like to buy one.

Originally Posted by djchk

Here in Hong Kong they charge to downgrade in a lot of shops. They also sell memory sticks at a higher price with emulators and roms already installed on them.

Uhh... yeah. We all know about piracy in China. It's the Capital City of piracy of intellectual property. While I personally don't have a problem with copying, selling copies is a big no no.