I used to be a regular on a Bodybuilding forum. When newbies come to ask the most basic questions and ask if their kitchen table or bar stool, crate, is good enough to do bench press with their 30 pound dumbells, I would always steer them in a positive direction. Of course I could have given them a list of must haves that they just couldn't live without, but newbies need encouragement at this stage. You use their budget and work with it. Note what excited them enough to get into weight training and let them flourish with that. It would be sad to dampen their enthusiasm from the start. It is sometimes better to do things not perfectly and be happy than being discouraged and know perfection is out of reach. If they fall in love with the sport/hobby, then they can move forward more.
Not everyone's a teacher though.
Not everyone's a teacher though.