Well..
1) NO Soldering skills whatsoever..
2)Can't trust myself near opened-up hardware
3)Not having a credit card and a country in which paypal isn't supported..
4)I'm 14 years old..
Oh, and I was going to do the 007 trick to flash the TSOP at a local computer shop, but my dad forbid me to do such a risky operation, and the homebrew modchips would do fine..