Certainly no reason to not buy quality, particularly if you're sold on the hobby and buying "for the future" as well.
However if you see a largish reflector (ie a dob) in your future upgrade path, a 3-6mm Zoom would probably not be a great choice..in this case moderate priced but good quality EPs to consider might be something in the 8-13mm range from the Hyperion/Stratus line, Pentax XFs or maybe the TMB planetarys.
Its boring, but sound advice is to see if you can go to a viewing night at a club and try before you buy, because there are some excellent performing EPs out there that are uncomfortable to use because of eye relief etc.
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