Holy crap, what is up with that? I never heard a thing about them pulling it. Looks like ebay is going to be your friend if you still want this Tx...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Spektrum-DX...077?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c88e73625
I have no intention of upgrading my DX8 to a 9 because there are no new features on the 9 that I want.