Thanks everyone for your help. I just opened a case and requested a return. It says no refunds but with this information and the fact the auction was sold with CPS which makes the whole transaction void (or so I should hope) I can get rid of this radio.
With that said, this was my second bad eBay transaction. I did, however, have 3 good transactions before this which built up my confidence in eBay. With this being a hobby, there is no way I can afford a new radio so I am stuck with ebay with the low prices. The last auction produced a radio that wouldn't accept the SAME codeplug that I read from the radio unchanged. What I am hoping to learn from this is how to spot bad radio deals before going through all of this. What should I be looking for to get a quality radio (at least for what I'm paying for) that works on a 9600 Baud system (I'm not familiar with all of the flashcodes) and one that isn't a 'fake' or been flashed/modified to where I have this problem again?
I know that I need to have a somewhat current firmware/dsp. From above, it looks like I need to review the 2500 models to understand it more (anybody have a link?). Pepsima1 stated to buy a seller. What else do I need to look at for a seller? Right now I am only looking at 800 mHz radios and either XTS2500 or 5000. I have a nice 5000 and only need extra radios for private feeds where I am recording audio to a computer (mostly) and hosting a private feed for a few friends and myself. I have found that 2500 are cheaper and work for this purpose but if I find 5000 for a good price I will still buy that too. What are some sellers that I should be adding to my watch list? It seems that panter88 has been talked about and while their radios aren't good for mission critical situations, I don't have that restriction being a hobbyist. The one radio I got from them works just fine. Anyone else?