Lancia Muffler Clamp!

[DJ]

Real Lancia muffler clamp (search.ebay.com/220389526165) from Italy!

Used but good condition.

Only $13.00 shipping to the USA.

Geez...

[bjmarsh]

Stratos part pricing!?!?

Well if he gets $3474 for a Stratos Starter Motor, his muffler clamps look like a bargain.

Barry

[davidb]

When I saw that thing I thought: "Boy, sure looks like the
one I got @ AutoZone for $2+ ?" Hmmmmmm ?

[Charley]

Real Lancia muffler clamp (search.ebay.com/220389526165) from Italy!

Used but good condition.

Only $13.00 shipping to the USA.

Geez...

Not trying to pick on the guy,and I'm certainly no expert on Stratos filters but doesn't this transmission filter (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220244769942&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_500wt_924) look suspiciously similar to this filter (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110427456598&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_1406wt_908) ? ':
Or am I nuts ?

[davidb]

They're both gas filters one can buy @ AutoZone, etc. for
$2 or $3. Me-thinks the guy it trolling . . .

[1,6 HF]

Not trying to pick on the guy,and I'm certainly no expert on Stratos filters but doesn't this transmission filter (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220244769942&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_500wt_924) look suspiciously similar to this filter (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110427456598&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_1406wt_908) ? ':
Or am I nuts ?

Very similar but not identical. But, more to the point, do we really care that he's asking a whole $6? Instead of $3 plus tax? C'mon guys.

[rossocorsa]

Not trying to pick on the guy,and I'm certainly no expert on Stratos filters but doesn't this transmission filter (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220244769942&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_500wt_924) look suspiciously similar to this filter (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110427456598&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_1406wt_908) ? ':
Or am I nuts ?

not quite but nearly but some Italians like to have everything just so down to the last detail a few stratos parts seem expensive though when they look like Beta or fulvia flavia parts to me!

[Charley]

Very similar but not identical. But, more to the point, do we really care that he's asking a whole $6? Instead of $3 plus tax? C'mon guys.

Agreed Ed,
And I believe he should sell his items at whatever price he wants to,that's his business. I was just pointing out the item he was selling as a "trans filter" appears to be a common fuel filter. And I'm certain there are sellers on ebay that would sell the same filter for much more. The muffler clamp is still quite a head scratcher though.

[1,6 HF]

Agreed Ed,
And I believe he should sell his items at whatever price he wants to,that's his business. I was just pointing out the item he was selling as a "trans filter" appears to be a common fuel filter. And I'm certain there are sellers on ebay that would sell the same filter for much more. The muffler clamp is still quite a head scratcher though.

If the muffler clamp has a Lancia part number stamped on it, then I could understand someone who's doing a high-level restoration on a $200k Stratos splashing out the princely sum of $18 (w/ shipping) for a correct, stamped part. I'm not sure I'd bother, but it's not as ludicrous as this thread seems to suggest.