...the savings over commercial ammunition would pay for...
I wasn’t looking at it from that perspective rather if you buy a machine at a great price, use it and sell it for an OK price. You can use the thing for free, if you don’t like it and decide to sell it.
Even if you bought a new breech lock pro for $110, how much could you loose upon resale if you didn’t like it? I bet the amount wouldn’t pay for you and the wife to go out for dinner one night.