You need to shop around a bit more. A year and a half ago I bought a non-disc Rohhloff for 875.86 Euros with shipping and a sprocket removal tool, at the exchange rate at that time I paid roughly $1,150. It also would have been cheaper if I bought silver instead of black, at that time black bumped the price up. I also could have gotten it cheaper if I did not get the EX Box version.

Still scratching my head on why you included the word derailleur with your Rohloff price.

I will enjoy pedaling up the hill while you are stopped in your tracks with your 30t chainring for your lowest gear. My derailleur touring bikes have a 24t chainring. Some on this forum think a 24t is too big.

Or, I will pedal past when you are on the side of the road with a bad bearing with your external bottom bracket while I have my square taper bottom bracket working just fine. I was part of a group tour with a total of 16 riders a couple years ago. Other than flats, there were two mechanical failures. One was an external bottom bracket bearing, the other was a broken spring on a front derailleur. I could temporarily fix the front derailleur with a piece of bunge cord to make it shift getting that rider back on the road, but the external bottom bracket required parts to be overnight shipped to a bike shop.