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go on then fred, show us what you've got. how much it cost you in terms of BOTH time and money.
i mean, see how it works out when you want to sell a bike of your own.
time = money, so the cost of the actual hardware =/= the final sale price.
if you calculate it by hourly rate on the hours the guy spent on sourcing the parts, if the bike is exactly what someone wants without spending the time then i'd say you might well be getting a great bargain. also, the fact that someone's "in the know" where to source the stuff + knows how to build it with the right tools = probably the most valuable asset there is and thus warrants a higher hourly rate.
fair enough if you think you can do it for cheaper but leave the seller be, he priced it at that for a reason. and if no one buys it he'll make the necessary adjustments himself.