Buy a used one Don. Try a ludwig acrolite, or almost anything by Pearl, Tama, or Yamaha. You can probably find a decent starter snare for $40-50 on Ebay. You may find someone with a kit like the one you saw used, and be ahead several $$. If you buy a brand name used, it will actually have some value if you want to sell it later. That thing at zZounds is basically a throwaway. I would never buy new unless I was buying high end.
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