You guys all know this I'm sure ...but help me out please....

The little I've garnered out of building your own rod vs buying retail...

Seems to me that if you build your own you will probably save about $100 ...for a quality rod..[of course that will vary a little depending on price range????]...in fact. if you go to really High end components you may not save any dollars????

Note...these are all questions not statements...