Besides that though I'm not convinced he's a good wheelbuilder - not sure of too many builders that would recommend replacing them one at a time after a Clyde broke three spokes (unless you told him that you have no money and what other options are there). It's good he's giving you a steep discount to test his theory out so that's a plus and makes me less inclined to think he's just milking your business.
Kind of unfair to make that statement. The guy didn't build the wheel, only trying to make it work. Obviously the OP doesn't want to invest too much money so the shop guy is trying the cheap way. Not his fault it's not working. Plus the guy is now only charging the cost of the spoke and last post the OP says 'no charge'.
But again, like I said before, the $120 wheel is going to be much more enjoyable. And the original wheel is obviously at this point not going to work!
