It seems to work but does have an issue pulling in a signal compared to my other radio

It does not work.

Still learning what it all does before the battery dies.

Every UV-5R series radio has the ability to transmit from 136-174 MHz on VHF and from 400-520 MHz on UHF in both narrow-band and wide-band modes (very useful for the occasional FRS or MURS use, which requires narrow-band mode to work correctly).Every model does "at least" 4W on VHF/UHF from the factory, but occasionally you'll get a batch that does 4.5W or even 5W out, but the difference between 4W and 5W is minimal at best.

if it does not work .... what about amazon

This is a great, compact, radio that does the job very well.

I'm disappointed ... the radio shows damage in the botton PTT does not work

It does have some bugs however, which may prove critical if you don't account for them

does not work as it should.

First one I ever bought, I use it at work does great, still learning to program an use it

Squelch doesn't work and neither does the signal meter but for this price i can live with it.