Which path to take on tranny

You know it's ashame how much they won't to rebuild a trans. now. I had a shop here that would build build my 904's or 727's for 200 dollars, Up til a few years ago, Now he wants 900, The bad thing is the price of parts didn't go up My cousin in ga builds em a complete rebuild kit, his price 89 dollars, torqeconverter 68 dollars, I've heard that the tci trannys don't last long, and seeing that yours is out you should be able to get it rebuilt cheaper,

Thanks for your input!!! I am learning a lot and will continue to research this. I just wish I had the time & talent to undertake a task like this but i have neither. Maybe I'll get lucky and someone close enough will help me out! thanks again, John