Get a used student level kit.

http://www.drumguru.com/drumshop/aboutbuyingdrumsets.htm#one

... a good link with a lot of helpful info



...not the best advice, and not supported by the information in the link provided

buying used entry level to mid-grade gives a measure of quality to the instrument and the kit still maintains some re-sale value in case you lose interest or gain interest and want a new kit later

if you buy a used student level kit, there's a good chance you will "eat" the cost and be the end-user or get very little back from it ... this option would only work if you got them dirt cheap from another poor schmuck

Be cool and get a used maple ludwig kit instead of that "across the pond" stuff.

This is quoted from the student level section.  Maybe you though I was talking about entry level.