I bought a new avistar, new engine, and a new radio to get into the hobby and was no big deal to me.

But one day a few weeks ago at the local hobby shop they had the exact same ARF put together, with a field box, engine installed, same radio as mine, a lot of the field gear like starter - power panel etc.. for about $150 less than I paid and the plane was NEW - put together and only taxied never flown.

I was there when the guy brought it in on a trade, bought it for his 4 year old and turned out to be too much (the dad didn't even fly) for him so he traded it in on a nitro monster truck (duh).

Pays to shop around tho at times.