Today in the shack I decided to fill a hole in my radio capabilities, but naturally in the most skinflint manner possible.
You see I currently do not own a DMR capable radio, even though I live a relatively short distance from a DMR repeater.
Well, after seeing the following video on the new Baofeng DM-32UV I decided to get one. But of course they are not being stocked anywhere in the USA as of yet, so that meant ordering from China. (See below after the video)
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I ended up ordering from Banggood, shipping out of China. I have never ordered from them before, but had read a number of discussions about them. They are a stocking vendor not an eCommerce site for third party sellers, and they have PayPal as a payment option so there is at least that level of security and purchase guarantee.
The radio was $68.27 shipped (which I expect will take a month).
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I should note there is a third party seller on Amazon asking $118 with a delivery date out as far as May 15th., so even if it takes two months I am ahead of the game for a radio that I probably don't really need anyway. 
It will be funny if by the time I get mine from China, Amazon has then gotten stock and is shipping them next day for less.
