jbehrends Posted March 13, 2020 Share Posted March 13, 2020 Just sent in my two old and partially working controllers for re-conditioned controllers and figured I'd post my experience here for others who might be curious. Started the process by sending them an email asking about exchanging two controllers, and getting a quote. Got an email back within about 15 mins with an exact quote. Sent both controllers in on Monday (3/9) along with a postal money order (since that's what he wanted), via USPS priority mail from Oregon. They showed up at Best on Wednesday sometime in the afternoon as per USPS tracking. A few hours later they shipped the re-conditioned controllers out via USPS (I know because I looked up the tracking number info which I got off the box, tracking info was not sent via email). Controllers where dropped off today (Friday 3/13) at my house. Here is a link to a few pictures showing the box and contents for those of you who are curious: https://imgur.com/gallery/eDSCvhX I don't have a lot of time at the moment to test them, but I did quickly plug them both in and ran through a few games and was not disappointed. All buttons were super easy to press (Had to button mash on my old ones to get buttons to register) and joystick movement seemed stable with good tracking left/right/up/down. When I have a bigger chunk of free time tonight or tomorrow I'll try to give them a through test run. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Elysiom Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 On 3/13/2020 at 4:15 PM, jbehrends said: Just sent in my two old and partially working controllers for re-conditioned controllers and figured I'd post my experience here for others who might be curious. Started the process by sending them an email asking about exchanging two controllers, and getting a quote. Got an email back within about 15 mins with an exact quote. Sent both controllers in on Monday (3/9) along with a postal money order (since that's what he wanted), via USPS priority mail from Oregon. They showed up at Best on Wednesday sometime in the afternoon as per USPS tracking. A few hours later they shipped the re-conditioned controllers out via USPS (I know because I looked up the tracking number info which I got off the box, tracking info was not sent via email). Controllers where dropped off today (Friday 3/13) at my house. Here is a link to a few pictures showing the box and contents for those of you who are curious: https://imgur.com/gallery/eDSCvhX I don't have a lot of time at the moment to test them, but I did quickly plug them both in and ran through a few games and was not disappointed. All buttons were super easy to press (Had to button mash on my old ones to get buttons to register) and joystick movement seemed stable with good tracking left/right/up/down. When I have a bigger chunk of free time tonight or tomorrow I'll try to give them a through test run. How are these? I recently repaired my original controllers with triple carbon dot fire buttons and rev 9 flex circuits and now I'm wondering if the gold parts are worth the premium price. I've also been interested in what changed in the flex circuit from version to version, if there is a change list out there, my originals were rev 7 and the controllers were made in Mexico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulderr Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Yes they are worth the Premium Price. They work flawlessly every time.Sent from my SM-G955U1 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0078265317 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 5 hours ago, paulderr said: Yes they are worth the Premium Price. They work flawlessly every time. Sent from my SM-G955U1 using Tapatalk How much were they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 10 hours ago, paulderr said: Yes they are worth the Premium Price. They work flawlessly every time. This! I purchased a pair in 2018 and they work as well today, as the day they arrived. I just finished playing 45 minutes of Defender (love playing Defender with the CX52's, followed by another 45 minutes of Pac-Man Arcade (thank you Tep!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulderr Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 I bought two kits and rebuilt my own controllers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elysiom Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 How are the latest revision gold “tactile feel” fire buttons compared to the mushy single carbon dot or triple carbon dot fire buttons - could anyone compare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulderr Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 They do feel like they have more tactile feel but they do not take away from the original feel. The big and only difference being they work and work every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekMD Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 These upgraded controllers are awesome! They always work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20ohm20 Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 I exchanged two non-working 5200 controllers with two refurbished ones from Best in 2012 and they still work flawlessly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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