SpaceGhost2K
12-16-2007, 02:15 AM
There's a website called modchipman.com. I don't recommend the site for mods because I'm anti-mod, so let's not even go there.
Anyway, I used to shop there for faceplates when I needed one that was clear or if I needed one with the DVD bezel and eject button.
But they had this weird ordering system. Plates were $19.99, $16.99 if you bought 3+, and they went down from there. Well they put them on sale for $9.99 which wasn't bad. I'd put on in my cart and sure enough, $9.99. I'd put two, and voila, $19.98. I'd put THREE, and suddenly they were $16.99 each because the sale didn't override the quantity discount. I never got responses back by email, had trouble getting my card to work online, and when I got a guy, he never had the answer and had to ask the boss. He couldn't override the qty. discount issue so I only bought plates from him in twos.
Pretty ridiculous, but it was the only way I could meet my needs for these two issues.
Anyway, someone was talking about decalgirl.com in the xbox forums, about whether they should allow links to the site since they also have mod stuff (tho all of the links were about skins and not mods). Then I read about them again in that facepalte quality article someone linked to here. Anyway, I checked out the site, and they had a five pack of clear plates. Five different colors and only one crystal clear plate (the other four were tinted). They were on sale for $30.00 but there was no sign of extra parts. I emailed decalgirl about the pieces and emailed modchipman at the same time about some plates on their site that also did not have the extra pieces (some did, some didn't). To do THAT, I had to register at a different site, just to ask them a question.
Within a few hours I had a reply back from decalgirl that they did indeed come with the extra pieces. They also asked if I knew that replacing the eject button required opening the box, which was nice of them to MAKE SURE I HAD ALL OF THE INFORMATION I MIGHT NEED. This was a few days ago. I still haven't heard back from modchipman. I ordered two sets of five plates, which with shipping came to $75.00 for ten clear plates with DVD bezels and eject buttons.
I'll let you know when they get here, but even before they're here, I can tell you that I'm done with modchipman.
Anyway, I used to shop there for faceplates when I needed one that was clear or if I needed one with the DVD bezel and eject button.
But they had this weird ordering system. Plates were $19.99, $16.99 if you bought 3+, and they went down from there. Well they put them on sale for $9.99 which wasn't bad. I'd put on in my cart and sure enough, $9.99. I'd put two, and voila, $19.98. I'd put THREE, and suddenly they were $16.99 each because the sale didn't override the quantity discount. I never got responses back by email, had trouble getting my card to work online, and when I got a guy, he never had the answer and had to ask the boss. He couldn't override the qty. discount issue so I only bought plates from him in twos.
Pretty ridiculous, but it was the only way I could meet my needs for these two issues.
Anyway, someone was talking about decalgirl.com in the xbox forums, about whether they should allow links to the site since they also have mod stuff (tho all of the links were about skins and not mods). Then I read about them again in that facepalte quality article someone linked to here. Anyway, I checked out the site, and they had a five pack of clear plates. Five different colors and only one crystal clear plate (the other four were tinted). They were on sale for $30.00 but there was no sign of extra parts. I emailed decalgirl about the pieces and emailed modchipman at the same time about some plates on their site that also did not have the extra pieces (some did, some didn't). To do THAT, I had to register at a different site, just to ask them a question.
Within a few hours I had a reply back from decalgirl that they did indeed come with the extra pieces. They also asked if I knew that replacing the eject button required opening the box, which was nice of them to MAKE SURE I HAD ALL OF THE INFORMATION I MIGHT NEED. This was a few days ago. I still haven't heard back from modchipman. I ordered two sets of five plates, which with shipping came to $75.00 for ten clear plates with DVD bezels and eject buttons.
I'll let you know when they get here, but even before they're here, I can tell you that I'm done with modchipman.