Region-modded Oppo player from local (Australian) sellers ... ???

[Russ103]

Has anyone purchased a region-modded Oppo player from an Australian seller before?

After 3 cheapies crapping out in as many years (current being a Soniq B100), it's time to buy something more robust, with region switching being a necessity.

I've had my eyes on an Oppo, and said to myself when I bought the Soniq that this was it. When this dies, I'm spending the cash and buying quality.

At the moment, I can only find a pro-modded (simplified region changes) Oppo 103AU on eBay - but it's sold by Trevor Lee's Audio. I only say "but" as a bit of Google-Fu brings up more than a few complaints about the company. Nothing specific to an Oppo player, but enough so to question buying from them or not, regarding warranties, etc.

Is there another option? Are the negative comments about ELA outdated?

Any help would be appreciated. I've had my cursor hovering over the buy-it-now button for the past few hours, but can't bring myself to click it.

Cheers,
Russ