Posted Dec 28, 2006 at 06:09PM by Kristine C. Listed in: Off Topic Tags: eBay, Dark-AleX, homebrew community
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Hurrr....?


Tsk, tsk.

It seems that it's not just the devotees of the PSP homebrew community">homebrew community">homebrew community who are benefiting from the hard work of devs like Dark_AleX and his friends; it looks like some entrepreneurs are also cutting in on the action.

As proof, one of our readers, Lord Pleb, gave us the heads up about this rather awkward auction that he spotted over at eBay which promises to have your PSP downgraded in five minutes. The seller won't actually do the downgrading for you, but rather, he's compiled the applications and files that you need to downgrade your PSP yourself.


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   by Stan Smith (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » Wow

wow what people will go so far just to make money from something free


   Re: RommelTJ - 2006-12-28
 » buy it

buy it, leave negative feedback, and then don't pay. That should teach the a-hole.

   Re: ni99er (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » ya

im buyen 1 rite naw

   Re: Topato (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » j

There really is no license on the software, so what he's doing is perfectly legal. Even if it was Open-Source, GNU license allows for the software to be resold.

   Re: me (Unregistered) - 2006-12-29
 » me

well he is from *****ing sadwell town, west bromwich so it's hardly a suprise is it that the gypo's trying to make money on something that was free.
   by bob (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » gay

some cheap *****got

   by encg - 2006-12-28
 » Wow

Look at his feedback! WOW. I've seen a lot of these on eBay when I was looking to buy a PSP, but never knew people actually fell for them

   by poorwhitetrash - 2006-12-28
 » huh

It is amazing how pozers try to profit from others hard work.

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   by Buyer (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » wow

I'm buying it wright now THANK YOU GUYS YOU ARE TEH BEST I LOVE YOU !. I'M BUYIING 50 DOWNGRADERS THANK YOU AGAIN ILOVE YOU PSPUPDATES>COM YOU ARE TEH BEST.

Regardsm one happy buyer.


   Re: . (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » .

You're a moron.

   Re: PurpleShadow (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » @ Buyer

I'm pretty sure that he was being sarcastic
   by What an ass!! (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » Report the fudgepacker

Report any of these assclowns to ebay and they will remove the sale.


   Re: Paka (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » They Cant

Don't get me wrong, I think he is an absoloute ***** too. But technically hes not doing anything wrong. If you dont want to buy it you dont have to
   by axelixc - 2006-12-28
 » Ouch

dis sucks. ppl fallen into pray r real moron.

   by eyalien (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » hey

what the hell?? He should go to hell for selling someones hard work to help us do things on the psp..

   by Flight - 2006-12-28
 » how many

i just want to know how many he has sold for real

   by yay (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » yay

yay i bought it!! 1.5 here i come!! i have 1.5 and you dont!

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   by DaCap (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » why pay for the cow

why pay for the cow
when you can get the milk for free
whoever wins the auction isn't too smart
should auction a link to QJ.Net! start it at $1K...
the things you think are precious i just cant understand.

   by poorwhitetrash - 2006-12-28
 » ebay

ebay item 190066612667 is another d!ck trying to profit from someone elses hard work!

   by BUYER (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » Dumb&Boring

I JUST BOUGHT 50downgraders ! I"M SO HAPPY yous guys! I'm selling them at double the size !


Great deal !

   by blackmobb - 2006-12-28
 » Wow old news

People have been selling homebrew, emulators, downdaters, and so much more for a long time on ebay. This is OLD!!!! news....

   by ComposMentis (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » What they're doing is illegal...

Because you have to use the 1.5 files, which have restrictions on distribution. For that reason alone eBay can yank their listing.

   by Pholly (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » F'n b*tch

This pisses me off so bad, it's because of people like that so many coders leave the "scene". I'm reporting them to ebay, not sure if it'll do any good but if enough of us do it then it will.

   by BUYER (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » Excited !

I HAVE JUST SPOKE WITH THAT NICE GUY. ALL THE DOWNGRADERS ARE SHINY AND NEW.

HE SAID THAT HE WORKS FOR MIRCOSOFT AND HE IS A PROGRAMER ON PSPS. HE WILL MAKE ME A DISCOUNT ON WINDOWS XPSP (HE IS WORKING ON THAT, OH AND VISTASP TOO BUT THAT IS A TOO BIG A SECRET !!! )

HE IS A NICE GUY HE EVEN GIVE ME A 2$ DISCOUNT FOR THE 50 DOWNGRADERS THAT I BOUGHT !!

GET THEM WHILE IT IS HOT ! THE STOCK IS gETTING LOW AND THE GUY IS A REAL SWEETHEART !


   Re: Mr. Common Sense (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » ha

At first it could have been a little bit funny but now it's getting old and time to STFU. Thank you.
   by KRaCKA (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » wow.

I realise this is what the world is but this is sad. I think its horrible that that person could make money off of someone elses hard work. I dont think Dark_Alex is a god. But i think he is a revolutionary to the PSP Homebrew Community. He has helped my PSP be my only friend :( but seriously. The PSP would be nothing without Homebrew. Thank you Dark_Alex and all the others like Ookm and Art... theres alot to mention but some of these people are the ones that come to mind. LOL. What i said sounds so EMO.

   by Pal (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » Hmm

Let's not forget the many DVDs on sale filled with PSP ISOs.

I've even seen Wii/PS3 Tracker links for sale. A LINK to the tracker that they didn't make. Disgusting.

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   by Chewieshmoo - 2006-12-28
 » So what.........

Ya know, I have a different response to this. If someone is stupid enogh to pay this guy for info/files available widely online for free with just a little common sense then hell, good for the seller. I learned a long time ago BUYER BEWARE, there is a sucker born every minute and if you allow yourself to be taken advantage of then you have no one to blame but yourself.............

   by Chw42 - 2006-12-28
 » This is Sad

This mofo is stealin someone else's work! WTF? DAX and the other developers need to patent this stuff. This is plagarism for god sakes. Who in their right minds would buy it anyhow? There's hundreds of sites hosting the downgrader right now! O the dumb people in this world.

   by - (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » -

so far i've made about 1000 pounds selling downgraders and emulators. its the best. only been doing it for about 3 months.

Thanks qj.net

   by Lisa (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » Item number: 170063965774

Item number: 170063965774

Selling for charity 40%

still not right

   by . (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » .

Dark_alex should distribute his work with a license or something.

   by Task514 (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » Dumb buyers!! good for you!

I think I'm gonna start selling links to amazing search engines... yeah search for whatever you need!!

When the bidder wins... I'll tell them:"ok, don't tell anyone! the secret search engines are Google.com, Yahoo.com and Live.com... Thanks for purchasing"

Betcha some idiots gonna buy it...

   by kloy (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » Old news...

Ebay is selling isos...
look here: (just if you speak spanish)

http://articulo.*****.com.mx/MLM-13942803-paquete-de-reyes-pa-psp-juegos-y-peliculas-envio-gratis-nv6-_JM

and there is alot more...



   Re: kloy (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » this one

http://articulo.*****.com.mx/MLM-13942803-paquete-de-reyes-pa-psp-juegos-y-peliculas-envio-gratis-nv6-_JM
   by eyalien (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » hey

I don't know what they are doing selling someone elses work, but why do that?? Why can't they respect other people works.. I have respect for other peoples work and i thank them alot for their hard work on making psp the greatest psp in the world.. The only thing people can do is pay the people who does this kind of stuff for free my guess they want to help other and that's sweet but they need some cash because i guess they don't work and they stay in their house working 24/7 codec da psp... My point is why pay this punk for selling someone elses work if we can pay poeple like dark alex and the rest of the guyz some money for their hard work.. we all love u dark alex and the rest of the guyz.. keep up the hard work and o ya have a happy new years..



   Re: lol (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » psp

"i thank them alot for their hard work on making psp the greatest psp in the world"

lmfao!
   by CCS (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » Stupid Buyers

I bet some stupid person would buy a readme on downgrading

   by ANOCK14258@BTINTERNET.COM (Unregistered) - 2006-12-28
 » ANOCK14258@BTINTERNET.COM

ANOCK14258@BTINTERNET.COM

Send Hate Mail!

   by Uzumaki-kun - 2006-12-29
 » ...

mind your own business leave that person alone if you don't want it then shut up, quit whining and move on.



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