carbon quandry: appleman custom vs. crumpton corsa team

this is a question for the ages if you are looking for a plastic carbon road bike frame before 1 january 2012.  the crumpton corsa team is a good-looking made-in-italy stock carbon frameset for almost 4 grand.  for 3.5 grand this year, you could also get a custom appleman.  i'm not sure what i would or will do.  the crumpton is a nice looking sled, but the chance to get it tweeked is a strong incentive.  the only other carbon frame i'd consider would be from carl strong, but they're crumpton-expensive.