Which Playstation 2?....... American or European....you decide.

[chris007]

Just to keep people informed with my situation......

After MANY hours searching for the best deal on American PS2 consoles I came across a site in Hawaii (www.toysnjoys.com) they sell consoles for (around) £220 plus you also get Gran Turismo 3 with the price. I actually phoned this company up and spoke to a guy called Alex who said they had consoles in stock.

Sounds good so far.

However having rang Customs and Excise I was told there would be a charge of around 20% when the PS2 arrived in the UK.

Therefore the £220 price tag with £30 postage and package plus VAT etc would finally come to around the £300 mark.... still not bad.

Do users know ALL warranties/guarantees are VOID as soon as soon as electrical goods are shipped from the USA to the UK?
Therefore your dream machine, which might be faulty the day you receive it, might as well be put in the bin.

There is light at the end of the tunnel:

Having found only a handful of stores online, which are UK based and sell US PS2 consoles the best of these must be:
####://www.anotherworld.co.uk
The site is very good with a HUGE amount of JAP, US AND UK games.

I finally ordered my console today: £350 + £10 for a step down transformer (these are as much as £50 elsewhere). + P+P = £375
***PLUS A 12-MONTH GUARANTEE!*** I will receive this on Saturday.

You can get a CD from www.kanection.co.uk, which will allow you to play UK DVD's on your US PS2 machine. NO CHIPPING!

I would finally like to say that I read on a site today that to play UK copied/back up games using the SWAP trick you actually need to open up the PS2 (!)
The site had pictures of exactly what you are supposed to do.
This looks VERY risky and as most stores who sell MODchipped UK PS2 consoles DON'T give a guarantee I would advise people not to risk your PS2 unless you know what you are doing.

I hope I have helped one or two people make their minds up.

Cheers
Happy gaming
Chris