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it's not hard to understand. If I wanted a second hand bike, I'd build it myself because I ENJOY doing that. It's easy to understand that some people are either not inclined to do that or simply can't be arsed. If you have to spend a day putting your "new" bike together, I'd say for most people on this forum (mostly designers and accountants [haha]), that amounts to about £100+ of your time. If you don't exactly consider putting a bike together an enjoyable activity, it makes sense to get someone else to do it for you!
Then add all the crap that you get from dealing with old bikes (odd chainline issues, weird and seized bottom brackets, messed up threads) and you're very likely to have to splurge some cash at the LBS anyway.