Originally Posted by
Tundra_Man
I got my used shifters for $40 including shipping.
One thing to factor in on your budget is new shift cables and housings, as the existing ones are probably cut too short to work with the bar end shifters. The cables need to be long enough to follow the whole length of the drop bars. In my case, a standard 2000cm cable wasn't quite long enough to reach the rear deraileur. A 2100cm cable would have been tight, but probably would have worked. Unfortunately, the two LBS's I stopped at didn't have the 2100 cables in stock. I wound up buying a 3000cm cable intended for a tandem and cutting off quite a bit. Paid a bit more than I would have just ordering a 2100 online, but I was impatient and wanted to get my bike rolling again.
Also factor in the cost of new bar tape.
This is why the new ones might not cost much more than used ones if you don't get cables and housing with them. I am pretty cheap, but If I wanted bar end shifters I would just order those new ones. There are probably deals on used shifters and if you you just run friction you can get away with cheaper cables, but the nicer cables and housings that come with those shifters are nicer. Hopefully you fine a great deal on some used ones since $65 can sometimes be the cost of a used bike. =)