500 gold would have been acceptable, 300/400 an OK deal

1000 - as has been said is twice what the parts sale for, so why? Why would anyone buy it

They are trying the waters to see if people are retarded and let them get away with this.
Lets be honest. There are people with bunch of money who will go for these deals regardless of how bad they are.
My advice - dont bite, if you dont bite they will notice and will not be forced to put up better deal later on.