The purchase price to buy a wrapping machine should be weighed against the cost to operate  the wrapper. A cheap old machine that runs fast may not give you the throughput you require because of learning curve, set up time, maintenance expense.

Initial purchase price can be misleading in that it does not include start up [...]

Overwrap offers film savings, lower shipping costs and more structural integrity than flow wrap (finseal wrap).

Over the life of a product, you typically spend much more on the film but agonize over the purchase price of the machine to do the wrap. Lets try to understand how they work together.