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Then what's the problem? Just buy it already! :D

Here is an interesting discussion concerning Lee equpiment,

http://shootersforum.com/showthread.htm?t=19384

This post from the above link pretty much sums up Lee:

Well for sure your gonna stir the poo poo. I've got to tell you I lived in Phoenix a few years ago and all my reloading stuff was stored up in Idaho and it was green. I wanted to do a little reloading and just didn't have the time to get back to get all that neat green stuff down to Phoenix.

I got out Cabela's catalog an lo and behold there was this $69.00 Anniversery reloading kit with everything but a set of dies. It even had a nice reloading manual. I ordered it and a couple of die sets. When I got it I said to myself, self this stuff is all plastic and aluminum and it won't hold togather very long.

Well here it is a lot of years later and Most all my green stuff is gone. I had a lot of yard sales when I moved back to Idaho. The Lee powder measure and the scale are some of the most accurate I have ever used. I did break the handle of the priming tool, Lee sent me a new one free.

The dies, especially the collet dies load nice ammunition.

Well I've agreed with you, but your still gonna stir up a hornets nest. In fact almost evertime this issue comes up in this forum that happens. Anyway I do really like their equipment and the service deparment has been outstanding.

I load one pretty good sized magnum, the Rem 8mm Mag and it is as easy with Lees little press as it was in my Rockchucker. Lets see at the present date the following goes thru this old Anniversery set.

8mm Rem Mag
308 Winchester
280 Remington
243 Winchester
44 Rem Magnum
40 S&W
and now gone
223
22-250
7mm Rem Mag
300 Win Mag
308 Norma Mag
338 Win Mag
357 Pistol

Lots of ammo thru one with no trouble. I got to admit all those other folks making reloading equipment are building stuff heck for stout, only problem is I've never needed a D8 cat to fill a post hole.

I would expect you to get some nagitive feedback from this post.

Just keep smiling and loading. Enjoy others opinions even if they don't agree with you. That's what makes living in this country so great.
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Lee eqipment is good to start out learning on. It isn't the Cadillac of the reloading world. Lee stuff is more like a Saturn. It looks cheap, feels cheap, but it works as it is intended. Thier presses are much more durable than they appear. The Auto Prime looks and feels more like something made by Mattel, but it has a reputation as one of the best tools on a reloaders bench.

Dillon is arguably some of the best reloading equipment made and the price reflects that. Where Lee shine is allowing a person to try thier hand at handloading without breaking the bank. If it turns out not be your thing, then your not out a lot of money.

I feel another positive to starting with Lee is due to the perceived lack of quality that one pays closer attention to what is being done. This closer attention has the effect of helping to learn the process of loading.

Go with Lee. I did and didn't look back. Of course I did upgrade to a Dillon a couple of years later. I still have my first Lee press and will be bolting it to the bench again soon so that I can learn a new caliber.