[Burnette]

Two things for me.

First, you have to price things, it is a leading item on the list for most buyers, affluent or not.

It can be done and to say otherwise is wrong. The market is full of custom builders who also build to suit and they too work in a fluctuating currency and materials cost changing world and can give a price for frames if nothing else. I'm not a big of secrecy when buying things and feel this tactic is all very well and good for the seller only, not so for the buyer though. Only divulging pricing information during consultation is an insulation device for the seller to avoid being directly compared to the competition based on the price metric alone. Good for the seller, not for the wise shopper looking for information easily found elsewhere. If the product is good and priced right it will withstand this scrutiny of potential buyers. Value can be a virtue.

One too could get a more expensive priced deal and be none the wiser for who can say if it is high or low compared to the competition and who knows what the guy before you paid? And again, good for the seller as your prices are hidden and can be raised or lowered at will without direct comparison.

I go to about five different cycling forums and one thing I have learned is that the internet will uncover everything eventually. Someone will undoubtedly buy one of these and post up prices and thoughts. Just as well to do it yourself because those who do it for you may not be so kind in the delivery of it.

Second, for each model on the site I see one picture, some of which only show a small section of the frame or just mostly a handle bar and stem. On Facebook I see unfinished frames with just a set of wheels on them, as if there are bare frames there but not many built up. It looks early days in this endeavor with more packed up than packaged. More pictures of all of these bikes fully built would go along way in selling these.