If you wan't to try it depending on where you're at you might be able to find an inverter based dual voltage stick welder for maybe a hundred bucks, typically they go new on amazon for about two hundred.
But my sugestion would be to get the flux core welder from Harbor Freight either when its on sale or when you have a 20% coupon. Granted neither is ideal but if you're just starting either will out pace the operator, and flux core with half decent wire isn't that bad and can weld thin wall and sheet metal which is hard to do with stick, I wouldn't recommend Tig unless you can practice and do it first on someone elses dime.
Honestly I regret not just getting a cheap flux core set-up