standard practice these days is - if it costs more than a new psp to fix it then they will send you a reconditioned one. however whatever you get back it WILL be upgraded to possibly the latest firmware. this means no homebrew for some time. if it is under warranty and you can live without homebrew then go for it - otherwise i would take the chance, but i can't speak for how good someone is at fixing things - im not that bad, but you may not be, in which case warranty repair is really a must.