Good looking Rip off!!

keynsham1

Active Member
On the subject of rip off parts, I found these two on line. The first is a throttle position sensor advertised for a Lotus Carlton. Original Lucas and apparently 'like finding a Unicorn'! And all for the bargain price of £999 +VAT and shipping,

Tornado Systems | Rover V8 14CUX TPS throttle position sensor Lucas SEB201/ Lotus carlton ETC6443

About two minutes of web surfing turned up the exact same genuine lucas part for £79.99 including VAT

Lucas SEB201 73305 215SA ETC6443 throttle pot (autoelectricalspares.co.uk)

Item one is fifteen times as expensive as the identical item two! I appreciate that the latter may not be in stock and may never be, but it does indicate the original and real price. Is a mark up of 15x really reasonable?
 
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