Somehow several UK suppliers got the idea (all at the same time) that they would be able to get stock of the Rio Receiver to sell. I can't believe that this is a coincidence, someone at SonicBlue/Rio must have told them they were going to get stock.

They can't all have been intending just to buy direct from SonicBlue in the states, as they were all quoting prices well under the US list price from the SB site, even before duty a shipping from the states was added.

This all happened when SonicBlue/Rio was being streamlined, so perhaps the person that gave the UK etailers the nod is no longer around ?