I went ahead and shipped off my fat PS3 to be downgraded to someone on Ebay. I always feel like maybe my local post office overcharges or something. It was too big to go in a large flat rate box so I had to use my own box they charged me $24.05, and that wasn't even Priority that was Ground, Priority was $28, and that was without insurance or anything extra. The guy I'm sending it to charged me $29.99 and he is paying for return shipping, he would lose money on Ebay fees etc... if he had to pay $24.05. I don't get it.
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You have to hook up the console to a TV to know the firmware, they aren't going to continually hook up consoles until I found one on 3.55 or less. Maybe where you live but not where I live.