The better bandsaws are Luguna and General. Jet and Delta are not
quite as good as they used to be. If you go cheap, you'll regret it
when you must do a total bandsaw tuneup--one of the most dreaded
operations in the shop.

This is good information. Take it.
When I had to have a bandsaw I
looked and looked, waited and waited
for one to show up on Craig's lists
within 200 miles and finally bought
the Rigid on sale for $275. After
reinforcing and redesigning the table
supports, balancing the wheels, and
installing cool blocks and a Timberwolf
blade it now works like a champ. It's
similar to buying an old Stanley #5
and spending hours leveling the frog,
chipbreaker, sole etc. or buying a
new platinum designer plane. One way
or another you will pay in time or
money.