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Hey guys,

I hope I'm posting in the right section, if not feel free to move it.


I'm trying to figure out if SudburyMods is legit a scam or just lazy.

I should preface this by saying I am probably not the typical guy looking for a modded XBox 360. I'm not looking to go online with it, shoot, I'm not even looking to play XBox games on it. The sole reason I wanted one was to have SNES, Genesis and MAME emulators / ROMs so me, my wife and my kids can relive some of my nostalgia in the comfort of our living room.

Long story short, a few Google searches took me to SudburyMods and Andre LeBlanc. I talked to him extensively before I ordered to make sure I got what I needed. I followed the links he supplied to purchase what I needed and then patiently waited. The shipment was relatively quick I ordered/paid on Sept 6th and the XBox was delivered the 26th.

I should note: at this point I have paid via Western Union, which, yes, was a BIG red flag - I always thought WU was limited to Nigerian scammers - but his reasons for using it made sense, and, well, I trusted him.

Anyhow, XBox shows up, I plug it in aaaaaand... nada, well almost nada. What I ordered was a XBox with MAME Emulator, SNES Emulator, Genesis Emulator and ROMs preloaded as what we discussed was a "plug and play" system. All that was on it was 2 XBox games and 4 XLA games.

I was obviously disappointed, so I e-mail Andre and asked if there was anything else I needed to do to make this work. He responded by saying:

"I was unable to copy all of the roms to the internal HDD, freestyldash and xexmenu would continue to give errors during the copy process due to the amount of files involved.

I tried also with xport360 on the PC but no go with that also.

The only way to add them would be to an external drive, there is 30 gigs of data to be copied, I can give you a link to download all of the roms that would of had been included."


What? No emulators, no ROMs and he tells me this AFTER I received the package. Come on, I specifically told him I am not tech savvy and wanted something plug n play... If he can't do it, WTF am I supposed to do? We go back and forth a bit, I tell him this isn't what I ordered and he responds by telling me "it's no big deal and you'd have to learn how to do this anyhow". Maybe so, but that's clearly not what I paid $400 for.

Anyhow, I try calling and he hangs up on me. I try e-mailing and he responds by saying to stop bothering him.

To sum it up... this guy is completely unprofessional. If you've had good dealings with him, great. But for me, it's been a complete disaster. FWIW: I ordered another system from CrazyP1980 and will await that and report back.
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Matt,

You forgot to mention that you specifically stated you did not want to spend money on the external drive that CAME with all of the games you mentioned.

You also forgot to mention that your calls and emails consisted of nothing more then threats (threats towards family members, and friends coming over to "convince" sudburymods to do the right thing?) and delirious rants.

You did receive the system exactly as it was described on the description page.

Any other support would of had cut you off with the childish way you acted over something that you could of had easily corrected.

The modding community does not support aggressive abusers, I would hate to be your wife or kids.

Sudburymods has hundreds of repeat customers, who when need the support do so in a calm positive manner and they are helped with there issues.

If you have an issue here is a tissue.

I would hate to be CrazyP1980 when he has to deal with you for support, which you will need, as you do have to be somewhat technical to use the modded systems.

All resellers avoid dealing with Matt Gold, unless you like being emailed with threats, and abusive phone calls.

The system was $300 not $400, just cant stop lying can you. ;)
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Easygo32 wrote Matt,

You forgot to mention that you specifically stated you did not want to spend money on the external drive that CAME with all of the games you mentioned.

You also forgot to mention that your calls and emails consisted of nothing more then threats (threats towards family members, and friends coming over to "convince" sudburymods to do the right thing?) and delirious rants.

You did receive the system exactly as it was described on the description page.

Any other support would of had cut you off with the childish way you acted over something that you could of had easily corrected.

The modding community does not support aggressive abusers, I would hate to be your wife or kids.

Sudburymods has hundreds of repeat customers, who when need the support do so in a calm positive manner and they are helped with there issues.

If you have an issue here is a tissue.

I would hate to be CrazyP1980 when he has to deal with you for support, which you will need, as you do have to be somewhat technical to use the modded systems.

All resellers avoid dealing with Matt Gold, unless you like being emailed with threats, and abusive phone calls.

The system was $300 not $400, just cant stop lying can you. ;)


Let's review what we ACTUALLY talked about Andre, because every time I e-mailed with specific issues, you replied with nonsense (like much of this post) and whenever I call you, you hang up like a frightened child... If you want to run a business, accept the fact that some customers might call you when you don't deliver what you promised.


For anyone that really cares, I have a 35 page PDF of ALL our e-mails back and forth I would share in a heartbeat. But, I will give the abridged version to keep potential customers (victims) from tuning out.

My initial message to SudburyMods:
"Hi there, I'm looking to buy a 'plug and play' MAME XBox360 console. I see a few different options, but I'm not sure which one I need. I have no need to go online with it, but if I *could* use it with my existing XBL Gamer Tag, that's a plus. Thanks!"



Me:
"Does the Xbox 360 RGH come with MAME already installed? I'm not that tech saavy and want something truly 'plug n play'..."


SudburyMods:
"Yes I can install the MAME emulator for you no problem. ;)"



Me:
"Will you make sure it has MAME for Arcade, NES, SNES, Genesis, etc, etc? WITH games loaded? Just like the video?

Again, I just want this to be plug and play."


SudburyMods:
"The games are included on the external hard drive which you can purchase also from the drop down menu. It includes 120+ xbox 360 games, 300+ XBLA games, 2000 snes\genesis games, and 4000+ mame games, and DLC content."



Me:
"Do I really need a 1TB drive for just:

2000 snes\genesis games, and 4000+ mame games?

Those won't fit on the 20 or 120GB drive?


I really have no need for the DLC, XBox Games, etc.

(sorry for being a pain)"



SudburyMods:
"I can copy the snes\genesis and mame games to the120gig hard drive."



Me:
"Ok... so that means I should just buy this one and call it a day:
Xbox 360 RGH [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]


SudburyMods:
" Yes with that model I can copy the SNES\GENESIS and mame games to the 120 gig. ;)"



Keep in mind, this was all BEFORE the purchase. No where did Andre tell me there was any problem, we even e-mailed back and forth before the system shipped about customs / shipping and he NEVER mentioned he had any problems. After I got the XBox, we went back and forth on e-mail again.



Me:

Hey Andre,
I got the console today and started to play with it.

I can get into the Freestyle Dash and load a couple XBox games (Arkham City & WWE). I can also load a couple XBox Arcade Games (Deadlight, Contra, Castle Crashers & Castlevania).

However, under Emulators, there is nothing.

Is there another step I need to take? I can take pics / send video if you need.




SudburyMods:
Hi,
I was unable to copy all of the roms to the internal HDD, freestyldash and
xexmenu would continue to give errors during the copy process due to the amount
of files involved.

I tried also with xport360 on the PC but no go with that also.
The only way to add them would be to an external drive, there is 30 gigs of data
to be copied, I can give you a link to download all of the roms that would of had
been included.



From there, Andre starts sending me torrents to "emulators" but these are PC emulators not XBox ones... starts sending links to ROMs... Then when I ask what to do with these, starts into telling me ROMs don't copy into External harddrives, and a lot of the banter he posted above.

The problem is, I ordered a system to be plug n play from the get go and followed all his instructions on what to do! I always ASKED what I needed, never told him what I needed, only what I wanted to do. I let him make the call on what I should buy, bought it, and he sent something I can't use. Then he tells me to go away. Awesome business.

As for any "threats" Andre perceived, AFTER he stopped taking my calls... actually he'd answer, then realize it was me and then hang up. I told him I had family in Sudbury, which is a VERY small town in Canada and most likely we had mutual friends even if they didn't know Andre / someone in his family personally - and I would use whatever leverage I could to force him to make this right... namely, telling his parents. Yes, taddle-taleing. I never threatened violence, but obviously a guilty conscious might perceive it that way.

Oh, and here are the e-mail confirmations of the $396 WU payment.

Sent:
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Picked Up:
[ Register or Signin to view external links. ]


...but I guess all this shows I just can't stop lying (technically, $396 isn't $400).

Andre, just learn to do business like a professional. You tell someone you are going to do something, just do it. Don't turn around and blame the customer for your lack of ability. Perhaps you really thought you were doing me a favor... well you weren't. It's people like you that makes people so nervous about buying online. They say one thing and do another.
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How Shady is SudburyMods?

Check out this thread:
Forums/p=21395161.html


Whoops! It's not there, is it?


It was someone {brandynb) asking if SudburyMods was legit.

"Easygo32" aka SudburyMods had replied saying:

<<thetechgame.org is very legit, I have purchased PS3 and Xbox 360 systems (fat and slim) from them

Systems work perfect as advertised, and if you have any questions they answer back quickly with the email support, or you can use the live chat support.

You get straight answers also as they know everything about modding systems etc. >>


Good thing Google kept a cache:
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What mod deleted that post?!

Don't believe me that a post was deleted? Easygo32 has a post count of "1" on that post back in March, he posted in this thread which should bring him up to post count "2"... but for some reason it's only at "1" (currently). Obviously a post (thread) was deleted.
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So the end result is that Matt Gold is a lawyer that is going to go to court because his modified system did not contain pirated software that he says was purchased with the system.

Avoid this individual at all costs.

After every attempt to walk this guy thru on how to add the content to his system he is still impossible to work with and is ridiculous.

Make what you want out of this, Have a good one.
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always use paypal better luck with crazyp
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CrazyP is legit, don't worry and the other console you may be able to sell?
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I-Grind-On-Moms wrote always use paypal better luck with crazyp


Thanks.

I know I messed up the second I sent that WU payment. It should have been a signal to run far, far away.

Infinity_Au wrote CrazyP is legit, don't worry and the other console you may be able to sell?


Yeah, so far CrazyP has been awesome.

I asked to return the system to SudburyMods (I even offered to pay shipping). He has 15 days to respond, after that there's the Consumer Protection Act (in Canada) that allows a customer to return a good within 10 days (they call it a "cooling off period") no questions asked ( [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] .

Selling is a possibility - I might just give it to CrazyP as a "thanks" when this is all said and done.
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Easygo32 wrote So the end result is that Matt Gold is a lawyer that is going to go to court because his modified system did not contain pirated software that he says was purchased with the system.

Avoid this individual at all costs.

After every attempt to walk this guy thru on how to add the content to his system he is still impossible to work with and is ridiculous.

Make what you want out of this, Have a good one.



We're at no point in which "going to court" is going to help or be an appropriate response. There are 100 steps between here and there. The most professional of which is for you to send me my money back I send you your system back. If it's an awesome system and you sell tons of systems, I don't see why this is a problem.

The modified system wasn't what I purchased, and you acted like a child once you were cornered... that's all there is to it.

I'd also like to hear an explanation of why you were posting positive reviews of SudburyMods as a "customer". This paints a perfect picture of who you are as a business person. *Dishonest*.


If this thread convinces one customer to NOT buy from you, it's accomplished it's goal.
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