I am pretty much anti-Lee as you can get and do what I can to steer people away from them, and hve personally recieved PM's on several ocassions where the new reloader thanked me for steering them away when they got a nice rockchucker press or simular.

But for your case of cheap, it might work. Just don't expect the straightest ammo or precision ammo with the lee.

I know some on here, who I trust, says the lee cast is decent. But I would definately stay away from thier pacer die sets.