[stomachmonkey]

Used.

Craigslist, garage sales, your local Facebook trading group, pawn shops.

You can get a "starter kit" most anywhere for $99.00 that will include a guitar, bag, instructional book and or DVD.

Most of the cheap used stuff you'll find is one of those starter kits that got bought and used 2-3 times then collected dust.

Guitars to some degree are like clothes in that a really expensive suit may not fit you as well or comfortably as something "off the rack" so important to pick them up and see if they "fit"

I have some really nice expensive guitars that I don't play as often as some cheaper "every day" gear I have simply because I prefer the feel of the every day stuff.