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Who wants these little switches so badly that they're going for $129??
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Dear /r/AskElectronics, I have a bit of a mystery on my hands and I was wondering if anyone here might have some insight...

I was dicking around at my local electronics junk shop recently and I found this switch:

http://www.gully.org/~mackys/wtfswitch/priceyswitch1.jpg

(Actually, I found about 11 boxes of ten worth of these switches, all still in their blister packs - http://www.gully.org/~mackys/wtfswitch/priceyswitch2.jpg)

Curious what these were, I looked the part up on Digikey, and found this(!!): http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/2PB11-T2/480-2287-ND/1248817

WTF?? Who the hell wants a simple 5A DPST switch so badly that it's selling for $130???

Does anyone know anything about this switch? I'm guessing it must be part of some piece of really expensive machinery, or something?

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