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Nially
The Aeroad frameset is overpriced at RRP.
The only reason you'd buy it is if you really really wanted an Aeroad but didn't want one of the off the peg builds. Then you'd pay through the nose for it. But you do that because YOU really really want that combination. If you buy the frames, hang some expensive parts off it then you need to hope that someone else has the exact same urge and is willing to pay just as much over the odds for your pet project as you did.
Another example, unfortunately.
My Condor Tempo
Frameset £800. Wheelset £500. Campag BB & cranks, disc fork, hydraulic disc brakes. Blah blah, more bits.
It's probably somewhere near £2k of stuff at list. Maybe I'd swap it for the SystemSix...