I've just bought a pirate?

[Mayhem]

Here's the real backside of a US version btw... (from mine)

http://img239.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sotcusarse3sq.jpg

[Velcro]

Serious question? It's either a fake, or Sony have started printing Chinese on the back of American games and putting a white box at the top of the Playstation logo strip

Well, there's been some odder things happen =P Also before I call him out I'd rather have some back up first. I dont have a clue about it working with out a chipped machine, dont really want to try it all just in case. If he wont take it back I have a new drinks coster though..

[buster_broon]

can you post a link to the auction or his user name

just so i can avoid him

[Lyris]

Yeah, I want to watch out for stuff like this - how was the auction worded?

[pace]

would this work without a chipped ps2 anyway?

Anyone know?

[NekoFever]

would this work without a chipped ps2 anyway?

I'm not entirely sure because I've never bought one, but I think a lot of the Asian copies like that are produced by professional operations with access to actual disc pressing facilities. An unchipped PS2 won't boot a burnt copy on DVD-R, but it will boot a copy that's been pressed onto DVD-ROM.

[wod]

you would still need a modded ps2 as the pressed copies dont have the boot code

[Velcro]

Here's a link to the auction, so you can see how it was worded & the user's ID.
http://tinyurl.com/z5doc Just used that to make it smaller. Been lucky to have not had any probs in nearly 5 years with ebay I guess, ho-hum. Now I just need to wait on him to get back to me.

[EvilBoris]

I actually think its probably an honest mistake, the other stuff he has been selling is just random stuff. He may of bought it/been bought it and known that foreign discs didn't work, so he bunged it on ebay.

[Mayhem]

Well nothing in there to suggest otherwise really regarding pirate or real. Though in general I never bid on auctions with stock photos; if it is something I'm really interested in, I'll always ask for a real photo. Some come back with one, some weasel out of it, so I just forget about them. If you can't take the time to demonstrate the quality of the object you're selling, you won't get my business.

Personally if he refuses a refund, file a complaint with eBay that he is selling pirate/copied games, they usually sit up and do something about that after the fact (if not before sadly, witness the swathes of pirate GBA carts about).

[Velcro]

I've picked up some good stuff with just the box type blurb for the saturn (a while ago mind) & nothing really seemed out of place on this one, feed back was good & legit. I do truely feel it was an honest mistake on the sellers behalf, thats why I went to him first to see if he's willing to sort it out & I do hope he will. Still, lesson learned & all that.