First of all, I do admit that I was really skeptic of Oki-Mod at first. A new modchip seller that I had never heard of (alas, no previous webshop or anything that I know of) AND FREE shipping? Sounded a bit fishy.
However I decided to give it a go after reading feedback from other users here at X-S, I notice that they had a quite a few posts and some of which I had read so I could pretty much strike out the possibility of clones (i.e. clones of ze_olc).
I felt alot more secure after receiving a few letters from Oki-Mod which I might add are very personal and polite. I got the first confirmation on the 27th of May, a short while after placing the order and the chip entered the country on the 1st of April.
Now, on to the main part of my feedback. I will split up my experience into catergories like yazeljr did.
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Shipping: Took seven days to ship between Taiwan and Iceland. That is pretty fast (I've waited longer for items from the US). And it's FREE!
10/10Packaging: Comes in a (official?) plastic box with a Xenium ICE sticker on it. Everything is well protected within the box. Box came in a bubble wrapped envelope. The envelope was well marked with all needed information. So no complaints here.
10/10Prices: Oki-Mod has the cheapest prices I have seen, and FREE shipping which really matters for me as shipping from modchip sellers in the US is usually $20 to Iceland. That's half or almost as much as for the modchip itself (Depending on what chip). Now, I'm not blaming them for this... just saying. A local seller here sells Xenium ICE at $115 (w/o SP.ICE adapter) so I saved myself $42 on this deal + whatever he would charge for the SP.ICE adapter.
10/10 Communication: Great. Really friendly, polite and personal. Fast to reply and always answers all questions fully, leaving nothing behind unanswered. No complaints at all here either.
10/10Product: Official product with all items included. My chip was missing the connector for the removable d0 (white small connector) but I was using the SP adapter from (1.6 Xbox) so it didn't matter for me. After a couple of problems I nailed the install and it's all good. THIS IS NOT OKI-MOD'S FAULT, IT'S A FAULTY CHIP FROM THE FACTORY (faulty as in.. doesn't have everything it should, it works flawlessly solderless though).
10/10Overall: I could not be more happy with Oki-Mod. Everything is tip-top (atleast from my first experience - not that I'm expecting it to change). I will order more from Oki-Mod in the future, without a doubt! And in my opinion, so should you! Especially if you don't live in the US, Canada or UK (i.e. if you live there, shipping is of course faster, dunno about the price difference).
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Finally, some pictures for the fun of it
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The whole package:
http://img237.exs.cx/img237/990/img001.jpgBackside of Xenium ICE:
http://img237.exs.cx/img237/6616/img002.jpgFrontside of Xenium ICE:
http://img237.exs.cx/img237/4739/img003.jpgPogo-pin adapter:
http://img237.exs.cx/img237/3373/img006.jpg1.6 PCB:
http://img237.exs.cx/img237/9821/img007.jpgVarious other items:
http://img237.exs.cx/img237/8670/img008.jpgThe box it all came in (and the bag inside):
http://img237.exs.cx/img237/8146/img009.jpg
