lots of JVC S-VHS VCRs on ebay.de, under €200
 

www.ebay.de and see

You'll probably need a German-speaking friend to help you out, to ask some of these folks if they'll let you ship to UK, Canada, USA or wherever you happen to be.

http://cgi.ebay.de/JVC-HR-7700EU-S-V...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.de/JVC-HR-S7851-vide...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.de/JVC-HR-S8600E-S-V...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.de/JVC-HR-S-8600-S-V...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.de/JVC-HR-S8600E-S-V...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.de/JVC-HR-S-8960-E-S...QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.de/JVC-HR-S9850-S-VH...QQcmdZViewItem

These are PAL VCRs, for playing PAL VHS tapes.

Thought I'd share the info.