It looks like the 2nd guy inflates shiping charges so as to appear to have
a lower selling price.

I found a seller on eBay, Nilbee-Radio-Store, who has the PL550 listed with
a $49 starting bid and with a $59 "buy it now" price. So if you were able
to get the radio with a $49 bid, with his shipping at $14.99 + $1 insurance,
your total price would be just $64.99.

Liypn, however, lists this radio with a comparable "buy it now" price of
$59.90, but he doesn't offer a lower bid as an portion. So, to buy this
radio from Liypn, the radio is $59.90, shipping is $22, and insurance is $5,
and so your total price would be $86.90.

I've bought five radios from Liypn and I have had an excellent experience
each time. But if I was about to buy another radio and I could get from
another merchant for 34% less money, then I would probably go with the lower
price.

Anyway, here's the link to Nilbee's eBay sto

http://stores.ebay.com/Nilbee-Radio-Store

Liypn is shipping from China, I've seen other Chinese shippers charge
similar prices as he does.

The other person is shipping from Illinois, and $15 seems way too high for
domestic shipping, but he's got to get those radios here to the US somehow.

Either way, our wonderful free market system of supply and demand will
eventually smooth out price differences.

The PL550 is still a new product with very little US publicity. There are
rumors that it might be remarketed to the US as the Eton E10 just as the
BCL2000 was remarketed as a Grundig S-350.

Either way, the PL550 looked like a fun radio so I am looking forward to
getting mine tomorrow or Friday.