djlarazza, visit toppreise dot ch and in the wii section - hardware you will find few companies selling on line the modified ones, I quickly checked the prices and they start at CHF 600 including shipping. I personally think is quite expensive, considering I bought my (modified) in Spain for less than CHF500, but at least is an option within switzerland. Mine works well with games for the US as well as European (PAL) ones and I have the wasabi chip installed. No idea if it works with so called "backups" but I guess it does.