about a year ago I guess. they don't stock them anymore due to not selling many. but when I rang them they had a couple left. it was around about that price. maybe £180 or something. definitely not £289.
you cannot use that short shifter with stock bushes unless you add extra spacing or some washers, on my ep82 it just rubbed at stock height so a couple of washers on each bush would have been enough. wouldn't be that hard or cost that much. stock gearknob wont fit, so you would need to either re-thread the gearknob, short shifter or buy another gearknob.
that is not a dig, its just giving people the info so they know what they are buying.