Re the feedback on this seller! it none too good for me, and seems to be with some attitude, but no mention of a hacked player memory.

That's how my sellers where when I bought from them. I always check the feedback. They both had great feedback and then about a month or two later, the negatives started pouring in. Takes a while for people to figure out there's a problem, find out that it is hacked, and then find out that the seller isn't going to do anything about it.

If this is a good seller then maybe he got taken by his supplier, but I doubt it since he's trying to blame it on bclover for formatting. Looks pretty damned suspicious.

Yes I agree, but the seller also has stated to chuck the disc away if you don't use Windows 98, well we all know why this is, don't we?

I think perhaps he knows his players are hacked, and is trying to avoid the issue, and as you say put the blame on the customer for formatting the player.

It's not good enough to supply hacked players, and because you can't use the thing, you find yourself here asking for help.

Yes! and as you have advised it would be better to try with E Bay and Pay Pal to get some form of compensation, rather than send the player back, only for the seller to say after having inspected the player, that the customer has messed around with the firmware, so I'll null and void your warranty.

It would seem these sellers are getting very clever, and cover their ass very well indeed.

Ya i escalated it with Paypal 2 days ago.

Good luck with it then, but if Pay Pal find in your favor, they will ask you to send the player back to the seller at your cost, with a tracking number supplied to Pay Pal.

i hope not i feel that i shouldnt have to pay for shipping for the item becasue it wasnt my fault he hacked me.

bclover4ever - great to see a fellow Jerseyan on these boards! Did you ever manage to get your money back from the scamming seller?