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Well that's quite harsh. No in case some sort of model, manufacturer, and firmware version information is useful to other people. That's often how hardware related posts and forums work. We might be looking for firmware flashing, but this information sometimes can be useful cross referencing ...

Throwing my drive info out here for the benefit of others. I've gone ahead and emailed Billy.

Drive Information
OS device name: D:
Current profile: DVD-ROM
Manufacturer: PIONEER
Product: BD-RW BDR-209M
Revision: 1.51
Serial number: xxxx007766WL
Firmware date: 2018-05-08
Bus encryption flags: 13 ...

I saw several "For Pioneer" or "For LG" listings and that sent up a red flag. I get broken english from some of these Chinese sellers, but that one smelled fishy for me. Appreciate the tips on looking out for scams. Given what these drives are going for this is ripe for scams and there are some ...