I don't think it is about the value of kits verses arfs. I feel it's all about your interest in the hobby. Some of us including me just love to build, and therefore we also enjoy the experience of flying what we build. Others just have no interest in building for whatever reason, they just love to fly. I personnally am interested in building current day general aviation planes. Hard to find. I hope that people begin to find a bigger interest in building kits.
That's my 2 cents.
chopper man