MattH, although I personally have no experience with BD and have chosen so far to shop at the brick and mortars, you might notice that some posters have had good experiences with BD and have said so right in this thread. The difficulties of assembling the final 15% of the bike are evidently exaggerated in the minds of those who haven't done it, myself included.

And equating BD bike quality to Walmerde levels is at grave odds with reality.