Yep. I would not recommend bikesdirect to someone without either very good bike mechanic skills or access to a very good mechanic. The one I got had no grease anywhere, even in the bearings, and an overtightened headset and front hub, and a ton of craptacular parts, including some truly awful and potentially dangerous brake levers. I tore the thing apart and completely rebuilt it. It could be ridden after a quick assembly out of the box, but disaster would have eventually struck.

On the other hand, I would not recommend most of my LBSs to someone without either very good bike mechanic skills or access to such. I've seen how they put together bikes, and it would make Walmart proud. I think they likely come in the box "assembled" like a bikes direct bike and someone takes an allen wench to them, adjusts the brakes and pumps up the tires, and wheels them out onto the floor.