Buying a part like that from a shop that has already diagnosed the problem is going to cost more.  Typical shop markup on parts is 100%.

IF you know what you need AND you can install it yourself AND you have time to wait you can find better deals.

I don't think that price really sounds unreasonable, all things considered.  Shops have to make a living too.

Allan

On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:20 -0500, "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:

> Oh, man! The guys really got ripped off on that computer. But if that is
> all there was, and waiting for one of lower cost to be be shipped in was
> going to jam their time schedule - there wasn't a whole lot to be done
> but get on with it. But I sure do hate seeing/hearing of someone being
> taken advantage of just because.....!
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
> Ted Titcomb wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Payson Titcomb [mailto:paysonpayson@aol.com]
> > Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 8:36 AM
> > To: Titcomb Ted
> > Subject: A new hope...
> >
> > Ok, it's very late, and I've Been driving for 14 hours, so this one is
> > guna be short.
> > As many of u have probably heard, our computor, which regulates things
> > such as fuel injection, fried. Last night we slept soundly at a
> > holiday in not to far from our breakdown in Staunton VA. This morning
> > we towed the van to a shop, and a nice fellow named patric saved our
> > trip by selling us a used computor for $330 (and a free key chain).
> > So, with the van fixed, we decided to ditch new Orleans, and book it
> > west.
> > Travel was smooth aside from parts of the appalacian mts. Which took
> > their toll on velma, asking her to constantly dowshift into 3rd gear,
> > and once even second.
> > After we got throught the mts. It was truley smooth sailing all the
> > way to a park somewhere in Indiana.  We plan to stop in st. Louis for
> > a good deal of time to see Taiki's relatives, so it made sense to
> > sleep and finish our three hour drive that morning.
> > We pulls over, and stayed at leyville park, which is basically a camp
> > site except u don't have to pay. Well atleast I don't think so...we
> > got there at 2am and left at six...
> > So we got to camp and explored till like 3am and then crashed.
> > Everyone fits in the van, no tent necessary!
> > Anyway, sorry this was a bad report, I'll try and make it better
> > tomorrow, or hopefully tonight.
> > Later kids!
> >
> > PAYStheACE
> >
> >
> >