Phoenix805, I assume you saw my UV380 notes (link above).
I am not sorry about buying the UV380. When you get the new radio, using the supplied UV380 CPS software, first "read" your new radio and save that new empty unmodified file--rename it and move it someplace safe--as a backstop if needed.
One possible solution to jumpstart putting the UV380 on the air is to have someone in/around Phoenix with a TYT MD380 share their codeplug. Open the MD380 codeplug with the N0GSG Contact Manager and save the file as a UV380 file. (The N0GSG reads the codeplugs of other radios as well.)
Open the saved file with the UV380 CPS software. Change the DMR ID et al to your ID, save the file, and "write" it to the radio.
Once you are on the air, go for it by modifying and adding to the codeplug. Some goes wrong? Just revert to the last backup.
Heck, at one point something really went wrong in my codeplug exercise. I still don't know exactly what I did. I wound up going back ~20 backups to get one working again. Moving ahead again, things went more quickly.
Now that the codeplug is stable and "complete" (it never is finished), I have deleted the earliest beginning codeplugs and retain the last dozen or so.
One other hint, just in case. Today I attempted to email the codeplug as a Gmail attachment to a friend. It was unreadable. The solution was to upload it to my Dropbox and then share the link. Whether it was a one-off problem or something else, I don't know. OneDrive and Box et al should work too.
Go for it. HTH.