[READ FIRST POST!][Free Service!]I can install fmcb for you!

[spud42]

got my card back from corekid. does good work. now i'll need to find guides on how to find game ISO's to load onto my HDD.

finally got the custom MVC2 to run. colors need touching up, but most of the new music rocks.

warning mate they dont like talk of pirating here. you rip your own disks to your HDD ok?...

[andyhawaii]

Not a problem, man.

and andihawaii, you already got the instructions, don't make the mistake of not providing enough postage.

yes sir

[TehJawknee]

After careful hostage negotiations, I've decided to send skyone6 his card back. Again, one "forever" stamp will not cut it with my post office. They're anal about that. I've had to hold stuff for people who put a dollar in stamps and still nothing.

The post office only responds to itself. If you go to the person at the desk and tell them "I want a printed stamp with enough postage to make it back from such and such place.", they will print out a stamp that includes a bar code. Stick that on your self addressed envelope before shipping the card out. Once any person at the post office sees THAT, they can't argue about whether or not it's got enough postage.

I don't like being a dick about this, but the main reason the service is free is because you guys are taking care of the postage. I am not gonna be nickel and dimed simply because you guys are too lazy to go up to a post office worker and god forbid talk to them.

Anyway, skyone6's card is in the mail, as well as Pales Pilot, some guy who for some reason couldn't register here, so he cyber-stalked me and found me on myspace. (stalkerish? yes. surprised? no.)

Again, not trying to be a dick about this. It's just irritating to go to the post office to drop these off for you guys and have the postmaster say "I need $x.xx more, please." because the person getting the free service didn't do as they were told.

/rant

[Bootlegninja]

Apparently, the shipping requirements section needs to be revised again to include the return envelope must have proper postage stamped onto it by the their local postmaster.

I will do so when I can come up with a clear way of expressing it in written word.

[JNABK]

A simple solution to anyone who doesnt supply the correct re-turn postage will have their package stamped "re-turn to sender", without getting an installation.

[Bootlegninja]

I like that better, but I do have to clarify further on the postage requirement.

[JNABK]

I know there will be those who will say, "Hey, why not just install it and then stamp it as Return to Sender?", so i say to those people......If you cant pay such a small price of postage both ways, then you deserve nothing. Cheating the postage is stealing, remember its you who wants the installation and following the rules is your only way to get a FREE installation.

[Bootlegninja]

And if they do, I'd like the installer to tell me so i can add an idiot infraction to the user's account.

[TehJawknee]

A simple solution to anyone who doesnt supply the correct re-turn postage will have their package stamped "re-turn to sender", without getting an installation.

This works good on paper, but we must OPEN the original package to check the envelope and if we try to return to sender, the post office will refuse it because it's open. LOL

All I'm trying to do is make people aware that some post offices are more strict than others. I've sent packages without enough postage that when the person received it, got a message that they had to pay the extra postage because there wasn't enough on it. So if the people working at the post office see a bar coded stamp on it, they can't cry "we need more postage" I know it may seem like a lot of hassle, but I'm doing this because I got nickel and dimed a couple of times and thought to myself "Wait a minute, why am I paying for their mistake?"

Simply put, Joe Fongul made my job easiest out of all my installs because he used "Click-n-Ship" stamps from USPS.com these are used by people who ship stuff for ebay all the time and are pre-paid, insured stamps that can be printed at home and all I had to do was open the package, install, test, drop in the envelope and take to the post office.

Post office looked at it, said "okay, good to go" and that was that. No extra postage, no other things to worry about. Unfortunately, those stamps are not cheap, so the next best thing is to ask for a bar coded stamp from them rather than put a bunch of forever stamps for them to belittle later.

Just my personal thought.

[JNABK]

lol, i think just getting their card returned without FMCB would be more than enough 'punishment' for not following such simple rules.

TehJawknee

Yea, i see your point...i guess some packages cant be opened and resealed without showing they were opened.

That 2 way postage is how i sent my consoles to get modded and it was pretty cheap for the weight, around $40 for both and i had them insured too.

Well, if you find you get more people who dont provide enough postage for the return, i'd still send them back an UNinstalled MC, just for not following the rules. This might not be a solution for your 'nickel & dime' problem, but might give a little satisfaction for the cash you wasted. THEN bootlegs idea could come into play and list those who got thier MCs sent back uninstalled and make a notation for other installers they might try to get to do it, so they can decide if its worth the risk for them to take on that person.