@776J: I can't remember what I payed but certainly less than you did at you know where, and that included shipping to Germany, a DVD and a bowyer's edge:
My 3rd bow was made from a boo backed Osage stave I got from Dean Torges; it took a bit of time to get it cause Dean said - very interesting - he had to do a second glue up cause he wasn't sure of the integrity of the glue line of the first due to airhose malfunction.
Dean jumped backwards to help me finish it and A LOT of emails where sent.
After thousands of shots the bamboo lifted a splinter; this was repaired the way Dean described it, and it was done carefully. Thousands of shots since than at my 29" draw...
I'm sure my experience with David Knight or Mike Yancey would have been a similar one.