Radio Shack was selling the Pro-106 and Pro-197 scanners for $300 (list $500) just before Christmas.

They had huge demand at that price. (they misunderstood the market!)

They are excellent scanners.

They replaced the Pro-96 and Pro-2096 which are still very good digital scanners though they will suffer if rebanding to the 700Mhz range happens in your area.