I recently purchased a new Yaesu VX-7R handheld from Universal. The
experience wasn't exactly pleasant, I placed my order (online) on a
Tuesday, hadn't gotten any response by Thursday, called to confirm
order, yes they said they had it but it hadn't shipped. I asked if the
units were in stock, they said they had plenty. Long story short,
didn't ship for another 7 days and when it did got no notification of
shipment.

But the real issue is that I just checked the serial # on the unit I
got and it appears to have been manufactured in January OF 2003. In
other words, next month it will be three years old -- and this was
supposed to be a new unit.

It was in all the original packaging, etc. But is it really possible
that Universal's turnover is so bad that they have three year old
product sitting on their shelves? Does anyone know of any significant
revisions to the VX-7R over the last three years that would render my
unit suboptimal?

Thanks,

greg