I had been planning on buying the Airtronics RDS8000 since last August.  I knew I was going to get a new plan to build over the winter so I researched all summer long and decided on the Tiger 60 and the Airtronics with a Magnum 91 4 stroke.  At the time the Airtronics came with 2 recievers for 199 at Tower.  Well, I waited too long and now noone offers it with 2 recievers anymore.  Hobby People offers the radio for 159.  After reading a posting in your thread about the sale ending soon I got off my butt and just ordered it  5 minutes ago.  Im kinda tired on missing out on good deals.  BTW, I also got my Magnum 91 from Hobby People (santa gave it to me) for only 140 bucks.  A huge savings over anybody else's price.  The moral of the story is patience sux.  Sometimes you lose with if you wait. 
Oh ya.  I also got into and out of this hobby 3 times sine the late 80's.  This being my 3rd time into it I still built a Great Planes trainer 60 and started all over again.  I am glad I went with the trainer.  I still had that knee knocking during my first several flights.  But I  feel alot more confident after 2-3 weeks of steady flying.