Well I got my PSR500 back from GRE. They turned it around, Ohio to California back to Ohio earthquake and all, in 10 days!
They replaced the keypad at no charge. It seems to function fine. The one sent back was 17XX. I have another that is 22XX with a build date of two months after the first. They could not, or would not, tell me if the 25XX was also in the bad batch. I also wonder how well it was tested as it was on the same frequency I left it on.
A few gripes though. When I sent my 396 back to Uniden they upgraded the firmware without requesting it. GRE did not bother to do that. I was kind of hoping they would to save me the trouble.
They also did not address my concerns of abnormal case wear either. The coating on the battery door has just about worn clean. Their explanation is that I must have cleaned it with an alcohol based cleaner. I have wiped the entire unit off from time to time with a damp towel. I do not think that should affect anything!
Overall, I guess I am happy to have it back fixed……….