All depends on what is meant by custom made. Did they mean refurbished? If so, I have ordered from this place before:
http://www.thelaptopmall.com I had ordered a laptop for my dear friend's daughter that needed one to start college. It works great, was affordable and does everything she needs.
The custom made computers I have seen are usually IT people that build them themselves. So those are cheap because they buy the components. My partner and I built a few because we need a hard drive with linux and a hard drive with NT.
Do you need a computer for work? Or web surfing? If your needs are for surfing, I would look into a refurbished.
Thanks. Cal.
I do a lot of writing and research for history and genealogy. I also do some surfing and I need to stay in touch with the others in my Secular Franciscan fraturnity.
Like next month we are going on a retreat in southern Pennsylvania.