I disagree. Not that it's out of anyone's reach to assemble - but that it will save thousands. Most charges are parts and machining. If you're being charged four figures to assemble someone is too full of themselves. That being sais - if you haven't done a performance assembling job, and don't know how to measure, how to do the little bits that seperate "working" from "great", you are giving up some by doing it yourself. In some cases that can lead to more spending.