Nah, I fixed that issue in a week. Read the last post in that thread. However, your assumptions are close. Yes, I am new to this. As I am a nub, the prices are not going to be very high.
Coinlab.info is kicking them out for $250, coingen is kicking them out for $60, what cloners have you already made?
None. These will be handmade. Coingen's $65 coins are closed-source only (not recommended for any coin). In order to have a fully customized coin, you have to pay up to $130 on coingen.io. And even then, they don't come with any support. As far as support goes, I will do what I can, though right now I'm kinda testing the waters.
Can you provide the same quality of service that has been provided by loljosh for XC? Also, can you beat 0.7 btc?
I'm not sure if I can top that. I also have not decided on a price.
*NOTE* I did forget to mention that since I am kind of new to this, I only really have experience with Scrypt coins. Please keep that in mind. 
