Totally agree. Local support is huge.
My recommendation to
@slakkie2000, If you live in an area with a local flying club, join it. Ask around among the members to see what brand of Tx they use. Buy the brand that is commonly use in the group, this will make it far easier for them to help you.
It's likely one of them will have an older one to sell you.
Myself, I use Flysky, I'm lost on Spectrum, just because I'm not familiar with the menus. The Spectrum guys in my club will ask me how to set a mix. I'll tell them which channel to make master & slave, but I have no idea how to get there through the Spectrum menu. They take it from there & setup the mix.