So I go to Advance Auto Parts & ask for an oil sending unit for my '86 S10
Blazer w/gauges (2.8).  How about $46.99?  I go to Zone across the street
and they want $45.

I have bought the same damn part for my '89 Camaro about two years ago
from Zone & the price was about $16.00.  Same el-cheapo brand, same part
(three-prongs).  Also picked two up for two of my Fieros; they were in the
$15.00 range.  

How, in two damn years, can this part now be worth $45?  Why? Did the
oil-sending-unit factory blow up?   Are 80's GM cars now "exotic"?  There
are millions of the damn things on the road still.... I can't imagine the
demand suddenly escalating or dropping...  Is it some secret Auto-Part
Store conspiracy?

ANYWAY, does anybody know of a cheaper means to buy one of these things
new?  I hate to put a used one on my car but spending nearly fifty bucks
for a freakin' gauge sender seems a little ridiculous.  

It's not like I'm driving a Citroen or anything, sheesh!  

Junqueboi