Thanks Camilo. Its an ethical quandry since now I have a nicely rolling front wheel (Tiagra+Alex19s that came stock w/ the frame) w/ less than $20 parts & labor. Hard to say but I do think we had agreed to him doing this job. Therefore, I guess I need to pony up. I will keep the old wheel, who knows when/how I will use it. One possibility is as a studded winter tire set up. All winter, I've had these odd days where I had to change tires for icey/snowy roads. I kept thinking "I need another wheelset..." but the cost was too much.