In spring 2018 after being inspired by this thread on this forum, I bought an AnyCubic Kossel kit, for around 250$.
It’s not a Prusa, it may not be for everyone, you need to like tinkering a bit (but well, no more no less than the average Shapeoko user), but the value for money is awesome for casual 3D printing, and it has been great for me so far.
In case you are interested, I documented my experience here.