I may have stopped playing had I not found Zager guitar. As the post above said, there are thousands of glowing testimonials and Zagar has over 1500 feedbacks on Ebay and EVERYONE of them has been positive.
I still stop in music stores from time to time. I don't see anything up to twice the price that begins to compare for PLAYABILITY - which is what a newbie really needs. The tone is OK, nothing special. Zager is about delivering the easiest to play guitars to your doorstep.
Mine shipped with an electonic tuner. I played it everyday and I swear to you I didn't have to tune it for at least a month. That's how good the setup is on the thing. Buy one.
Looks like their prices have gone up recently, unfortunately. The acoustic electrics are going to set you back $500 now.