Hi all

Ive been looking for some time to buy a Gamecube but I would prefer one that is NTSC and not PAL. And complete. When I was looking up auctions for the GC, most of the US GCs I have come across have either, dont have a box or the condition of the console has marks or the front has been yellowed. Prices for the console have really inflated if its completed.
My other option was to look at the JP GCs. And I gotta say, most of these conditions I have seen are pristine but for some weird reason, are more cheaper then the US GCs?
I am going to be buying mostly US and maybe some PAL games because of the language barrier but I wanted to know if anyone has any experience using the Freeloader swap disk in general? As I have heard of issues with the memory card formatting but I dont know if this is true or not?