The AnD scale can be had for under $500 shipped just for itself if you go to their website and enter the coupon code CAMBRIDGE at checkout its $450 + shipping as I was just looking at one myself. Something I can pickup and eventually add the auto-trickler system too. I don't think I would ever get the powder drop feature since you can just put your own old fashion RCBS Uniflow or whatever dropper you have above the scale with a tube attached and have it set to drop a grain short and let the trickler do the rest. It would add one step of lifting the handle each time but that also saves you $250-300 if you already have the powder dispenser and you still don't have to weigh the charge since the auto-trickler does that itself. Another way is to use lee dippers, scoop a powder charge a little light onto the scale and let the trickler do the rest.
All of that said, decent cheap digitals do exist but they all have their faults. Most of the so called reloading scales aren't any better then the cheap-o chinese ones. In fact I don't think there's much difference in any of the scales from $15-500 as they are all limited to the same technology and then the AnD 120 is the cheapest next step up at $500. I did a bit or researching on this myself and found out the scale that is most liked for reloaders in the sub $100 category is the WAOAW reloading scale. Actually that is just one brand of the scale, there are many brands that make that identical scale likely all from the same factory in China but the WAOAW name is the one that kept popping up in all of the reloading discussions so I spent the extra couple bucks to get that one instead of a cheaper one that looked identical. That said I believe it was still only about $17 shipped and can be had on Ebay & Amazon and likely many other places. Make sure it is the 50g model as I believe they make a smaller 20g one.
Now after using this scale for awhile I will go over its features and positives and negatives. First up mine has 2 digits after the decimal point so unlike most scales that say 25.5 gr mine will say 25.52 grn or 25.54 grn etc. That extra level of accuracy is often times nice but also sometimes it can be annoying if you try to get your loads as accurate as possible. The first ones they put out didn't have the extra digit they were just 25.5 grn instead of the extra numbers and most of the reviews you will find out there are on the older ones. They appear to be the same scales just with the extra digit added to the new ones.
Now the main positive, it works great for trickling. In fact it works much better then the $125 GemPro does from what I've heard. It pretty much registers any amount of trickling and responds quickly. I think this is why it gets such great reviews from reloaders. The main negative I have with it is drifting and when I say drifting I don't mean a lot as the most it has ever drifted with countless hours has been .1 grn. My scale pan I use is one of those plastic Lyman ones with the spot in the back to charge the bullet if you want to and I glued a quarter to the bottom of it to add weight. Usually it will read 210.18-210.22 but sometimes it drifts all the way up to 210.28 which makes it a full .1 higher. The strange thing about this is everything else I test like the 50g check weight it comes with and random pieces of brass I have marked with the weight stays the same or within .04 at the most and never drifts more then that. So I am starting to think the plastic in my powder pan is the main issue. When I first got it the pan caused a lot of issues but after using a used dryer sheet it fixed it, and ever since then I occasionally rub it down with a dryer sheet. I just need to pick up one of those brass powder pans to try out or something other then plastic and then I think the scale may stop drifting entirely.
All of that said, even with the drifting it is a great scale for the money. And it's fairly easy to tell when it drifts so it's something you can correct fairly quick. If he doesn't like it he's only out $15-20 and can use it to weigh bullets & brass etc. If a new powder pan fixes the drifting issue then I doubt I get one of the AnD scales for a while longer. I thought about just getting another one of these and sitting them side by side and weighing each charge on both scales to be 100% sure they are identical. I mean 2 of them can be had for about $30-35.
Sorry for the long novel, hopefully it's helpful. If you need help figuring out what scale it is feel free to send me the link to one and I will tell you if it's it. I'm not sure if I am allowed to post up links in this thread or not so I didn't want to take the chance.