"GP" wrote
least if you bought it here you don't have to spend $40 to have it
shiped back to China for any warranty work if needed...


That's is because of the high mark-up. These cheap Chinese radios are sold
at or below cost.
The U.S. dealer can just toss it in the trash and send you a new one and
still hold a profit.
The Chinese simply want to muscle out all the competition in the low end
portables.

Get a Sony while you still can.