Originally Posted by Paganstreak
This strikes me as one of the reasons Chrysler is going down.
I went looking for a steering damper first at a Chrysler dealer then at a Dodge dealer.Thinking that I should support the local parts supply.
Now the reason I did this was that I thought the $10.77 shipping charge was a lot from JoeTLC for a $19.95 part for a total of $30.77. 
The kicker is that both dealers quoted the price for that same lil shock at $615.00!!! with free shipping to boot. Hot dam! I think $584.23 was way to large of a mark-up for a company that was just bailed out with the help of my tax money.
First, they did not bail (well okay, maybe they did) the company, they loaned them the money. They have to pay it back.
Secondly, it sounds like they were looking, or you were looking, at the wrong part.