I wish I had chimed in with this earlier, but if you buy straight from all parts the price is really high. There are many allparts distributors that would sell that neck for less than $200.
all parts listed the neck that I bought for $259. I believe that I bought it from a all parts distributor for $165 +free shipping
Here is a link to a thread on the Tele forum. They are talking about the best place to buy allparts necks and get a low price. They list several....I'm pretty sure I bought from one of the sources they arenlisting. There are a lot of sites where you can buy all part neck for a really low price. You can do a search on ebay and pill up all parts dealers selling necks at much lower prices that allparts.Seems to go against all logic. Usually, if you put a middle man in there, they hike the price to take their cut.
Where did you get yours from?
looking back through that thread and clicking a few links, I believe I bought my neck from these guys
Guitar Necks
It doesn't mention Allparts anywhere. Are they rebranded, or no affiliation with Allparts whatsoever?
At $162, I'll still have to save a while for it, but it's a heck of a lot cheaper than I've seen so far.
Let me know what you think of it as soon as you get it. It'll be a week before I can buy it, but I'm hoping it'll still be there.