[KillerBug]

Review: Circuitrework.com

I just wanted to warn everyone about this company and their fraudulent practices & high prices.

First, the prices they quoted:
To reball a CPU, a GPU, or a Southbridge, they want $200 per chip, with no price break for multiple chips. This is high, and the price goes up considerably if you want the work done in less than 3 weeks.

Second, the real problem:
They are liars. I contacted them multiple times, each time they confirmed that they can replace the CELL on a PS3 with a new chip if it is damaged. They confirmed that they could do this before I sent the board to them when I mentioned that I didn't know if it was possible, they confirmed that they could do this after they received the board when I told them that I was almost certain it was impossible, and they even confirmed this after I explained that the metldr would not work with a new CELL, and that I was 100% certain that it could not be done without rewriting the metldr; a service that they do not offer.

I understand that businesses exist to make money, but this particular business is more concerned with charging $600 for reballing than with repairing anything. Even if the prices were not so high, I would not trust them to do anything as they clearly don't care if their work leads to a functioning repair or not.

I am currently giving them one last chance; here is the last email I sent:

I have received the quote and I have a question about your guarantee. As I have explained multiple times now, I believe that the CPU cannot be replaced as it is locked to the metldr, and the board will not even boot with a different CPU. It is common knowledge that the metldr is encrypted, board-specific, and cannot be modified. If you can give me a full money-back guarantee that replacing the CPU will in fact make the board work and that my information relating to the metldr is in fact wrong, then I will have this service done. Otherwise, I will have you send my board and replacement part back to me.

As far as I am concerned, they have received an "F" for their services and prices. If they admit to their repeated mistakes I will upgrade them to an "F+" for their service. In the spirit of my signature, if they confirm it is possible and in fact make a working repair, they will be upgraded to an "A"...but I doubt this severely.

[Annelies]

Thanks for the review.

[Señor_Striatum]

@KillerBug , what ever came out of this? Did they return your board & part? Thanks.

[KillerBug]

Originally Posted by Señor_Striatum @KillerBug , what ever came out of this? Did they return your board & part? Thanks.

Still waiting for them to return it.

[KillerBug]

They never actually admitted that they couldn't do the repair, but they did say that they won't guarantee that a repaired board will work if they didn't repair the problem...so I assumed that meant they couldn't do the job. They are shipping the board back to me on their dime, so I guess they get upgraded to a D-.