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Hubs are up to £295, maybe more for the pair. Even on hub jub for silvers you are looking at £231 for a pair of HF silver hubs. If they did blk it would be more, more like £250.
The rims are 80ish quid.
Spokes about £15 a wheel.
wheel build £up to 50 per wheel.
I would say in all likey-hood unless the bloke built himself the wheels himself they cost him closer to £400. With tyres probably £450
Thus IMHO asking for £275 for the pair, given they have only been ridden 100 miles, and it includes tyres and i guess tubes is fucking good value and all you cheap skate miserable cunts should shut the fuck up and give the guy a break. Yes its possible to build these wheels for less if you get free/cheap spokes / wheel build and buy all the parts online, but in reality how many people do that? And if he has spent £400ish or more on the wheels then the guy has a fucking right to ask for 2/3rd what he paid. If you don't like the price don't buy it or make him an offer, but fuck sake don't accuse him of being a money grabbing so and so, when you all know quite how much these things can cost new. I mean fuck me this forum can be full of cheap skates some times. Just because you are on a forum and you want things at 40% retail price doesn't mean you deserve 'em.