Not really, the Nokia Lumia 520 for example is at $50/70£, and had an IPS screen with a 480x800 resolution, I never saw such a screen sold for hobbyist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_Lumia_520

this guy is right. even an overpriced oem replacement for mobiles, with all the extra stuff attached to the board, runs under the $100 range.

just paid $98 for a noteII screen and digitizer combo. its full hd i think.

so, stop sugar coating. lcd and digitizers are cheap. this is either low volume hobbyist market or pure greedy.

and looking at how other things are priced in those sites, like a small roll of wire for $20, id bet it is greedy.

It's low volume hobbyist market, obviously. And that has overheads. Don't call people 'greedy' for selling things at greater than the BOM cost.