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Why go on eBay, you can just go to the Eton site and see the offerings. Grundig has gone out and Eton bought the name but seems to have put it on the shelf. The 350s were strictly for a lower end market and offer a lot of radio for the price. I looked at a number of offerings before deciding on the 350. My biggest concern is that they will not the abuse that say my old Candle can take b/c of the plastic case but I would have the same concern about any new radio I've looked as none come close to say a Zenith Transoceanic Royal 1000.
Eton is learning fast. I looked at an older S350 someone brougth into the office last week and is was working but being held together with duct tape. Mine are late model SLs and construction is much better as are the feel of the controls. At the rate of the Chinese are learning I'd think that within a couple of years they will lose the reputation they've garnered as being iffy in terms of consistent quality.
I'm not a blind follower of Eton. My 1st venture with the company was to buy a Grundig Classic and it sits in pieces in the basement. Never worked out of the box. Only decent thing about it is the case and the little sw portable antenna.
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