how much do these retail for? I know its very hard to come by...but trying to get one for my gramps..
No offense but good effing luck. If you can by some miracle find somebody willing to part with one, the question is not likely to be "how much" rather than "what can I trade for it", in which you would need something(s) equally rare and expensive to trade. If you did find somebody selling one, I wouldn't even know what to say. Several months ago, probably $300 or so. Today? Easily $6-700 if not more. I wouldn't even know since people just don't sell their Caravelas. I got to hold 6spdsurfer's Caravela a couple months ago. They are awesome little devices.
Put it this way, even if somebody put one for sale in the classifieds in 5 minutes, there are literally thousands and thousands of people out there that would cut off their feet for one right now (it's actually ridiculous IMO) so within 30 seconds of posting the ad, the poster would likely have about 40 different PM's. Not trying to be a jerk, really I'm not, just saying it like it is. Just goes to show how utterly STUPID the chinese mod makers are. Whoever makes the first good looking Caravela clone (that actually performs well) is going to swimming in a giant pool of money, yet they keep making the ugly goofy looking mods they make...