CHWS

I've bought lots of stuff on Craigslist and for the most part been happy with it. You can save a fair amount of money. The one exception is scales, they usually aren't in good condition. Anyway, I use an inexpensive digital scale from Hornady and it works just fine, regardless what the 'ol timers' say. If you buy packages that way just sell the unwanted stuff on Craiglist. On place you can spend a lot on is shell cleaning pieces and parts. Most of it is expensive, noisey and not worth it. Tumblers and sonic stuff is expensive and citric cleaners are a home remedy that works ok and is a lot cheaper. In fact you don't need to clean brass until they get really bad. That's up to you and the clean and polish freaks.