Just try to buy smart, buy good equipment.Ohh wow now that's worth investing in a good machine and I would be buying ever do no casting for me. Thank you for the info so looks like it's much cheaper. Maan with today's priced it's just stupid.
On occasion you can find good deals on powder and bullets at gun shows, heck even yard sales some times.
There are a few threads here that are posted with good deals with primers/ powder and bullets that are on sale.
Good luck and have fun.