A lot of online stores are selling firmware 2.71 psps, which are brand new and easily downgradable to 1.5.
If you bother to read the readme files that come with downgraders or just browse their release threads on other sites you will have no issue in downgrading a 2.71 psp. Ive downgraded mine from 2.0 and several mates psp's of varying firmwares via the 2.71 generic downgrader without any trouble.
Most of those who have issues are 12 year olds who just do things without reading or even having a basic understanding of computers.
Bah has no love for ebay.
"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." —President George W. Bush
