On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:18:21 -0400, "miamicuse"
wrote:

Now after a few days he called me back and said he found a replacement
mortise. He said it will be $250 just for that part.


Sure it can. If he "found" that a machine shop could quote him for
it, figuring dimensions and shaping it from stock steel, that is
actually real cheap. Otherwise, for a lock part, it is ridiculous.

FACE