Tinker It's because when the industry & economy tanked, the prices of used OEM clubs dropped like a rock. And they have stayed there. Now, you can get a 1-2 year old used driver with a pretty solid shaft in it for LESS than it costs to buy/build a brand new component driver. Or a used set of irons for less than it would cost to buy a good quality set of heads & shafts and build them yourself.