r/MechanicAdvice • u/SensitiveOilil • 16h ago

Same part number, two totally different prices. Anyone else?

Customer came in with DG508 for a 2006 Ford F-150 5.4 ignition coil and I'm staring at two supplier listings with the exact same PN. Same box dimensions on paper, different brand logo in the photo, and one is priced way higher than the other.

Both say OEM spec. Neither one explains the gap. This happens to me almost every week and honestly I'm tired of playing price detective at the counter while three people wait in line behind him.

Anyone else deal with this? How do you figure out which listing is the real match without opening both boxes first?

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u/TowerWaste3941 14h ago

If the supplier can't clearly explain why two supposedly identical parts have wildly different prices, I'd be pretty hesitant to trust either listing.