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https://www.ebay.com/itm/116130596791

Not just a conversion, but a bootleg, remake of the PCB. Check out the silk screen vs a real pcb, the soldering on empty pads vs a real pcb and probably a few other things. He's selling a bunch of these. Also think about it...what's the point of converting a CV1000-D when all the boards are $$$$$$$$$$$$.

A couple of us concluded there is evidence to confirm that people have remade the PCB.
 
XtraSmiley said:
Well, to me that's very cool IF he could mass make them without damaging real PCBs and they weren't as much as a real PCB in cost.

$1600 for a bootleg? Sheesh!

I'd pay $200 though!
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It would be, but at this point he's passing them off as real, except a conversion. I would def pay a few hundred...not 1.5k tho.
 
CoolFox said:
It would be, but at this point he's passing them off as real, except a conversion. I would def pay a few hundred...not 1.5k tho.
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Yeah that's my point. Lying about what it is, is weird. Maybe it's b/c eBay would cancel a "bootleg" auction?
 
CoolFox said:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/116130596791

Not just a conversion, but a bootleg, remake of the PCB. Check out the silk screen vs a real pcb, the soldering on empty pads vs a real pcb and probably a few other things. He's selling a bunch of these. Also think about it...what's the point of converting a CV1000-D when all the boards are $$$$$$$$$$$$.

A couple of us concluded there is evidence to confirm that people have remade the PCB.
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Sadly, that looks like a repro. I dont remember ever seeing any of the D pcbs with gold enig fingers, there are other little things too, like no label (you would leave that if it was simply a conversion) silkscreen, etc... I have only ever seen gold enig being used in like one game and that was on the B boards.

I guess this will test the waters to see what happens. Are we about to get flooded with a whole bunch of repro/bootlegs. Does Cave take action, if they can, because this is coming out of China. I guess now we will have to be extra careful when buying/selling these pcbs.
 
Much better than what folks are already doing converting them, honestly. And at least it's clearly labeled as not authentic.

Definitely means paying a lot more attention buying them moving forward. Though it's kinda been that way for a while now anyway.
 
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Seller has SDOJ too.... 1.6k usd is a hard pill to swallow for a bootleg though.
 
Very interesting. I'd be all about it for even $500-800 if it's 1:1. $1600 is out of control, and passing it off as just a conversion makes it worse. The listing is gone so I can't double check to see if there was any verbiage indicating it was a repro/boot.

Not something I expected to see today. I want one, though.
 
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I mean, people are willing to sell CPS2 conversions for roughly the same price as their original counterparts, anything's possible nowadays.
 
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