My first purchase was a Lee press with dies,manual , primer, balance beam scale and few other parts. I do not remember total exactly sine it was 37 years ago. I know kit part press and few other starter pieces was about 85 bucks new. , Still using that press after cpl repairs,balance beam scale,trickler,, dies and hand primer bought about same time.
I have thought about getting new press, but I am fairly profient with single stage and get great consistency in my loads.Plus the cost of progressive is so high that with cost of powder,primers and projectiles cost as much or more than some loaded stuff it seems no real return on the investment.
We all know you do not save money reloading! You do get to shoot lot more.LOL