You know, Mrs Pock, it's simple supply & demand. If someone wants one, and
they like the price, they buy. You, on the other hand, will probably search
high & wide for the perfect price, and will be looking for a long time. Get
over it.

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ups.com...
in the past few minutes I found THREE R8B's that sold for less than
$900, two on ebay and one from universal:

http://www.universal-radio.com/used/sold122.html

so $350 for a useless VHF converter and bad speaker is not good
purchasing.