Peace_Brother

I am currently looking for a road bike and I'm stuck on a tight budget of 250. I figured I wanted to get something decent even if its a little older, and was wondering if that was a good idea. Currently I'm looking at craigslist to find bikes, but its been a little harder than I had expected.

So my question is should I buy a used higher end bike, or a low end newer bike. I'm looking at this so far http://syracuse.craigslist.org/bik/4012574068.html and think I might purchase it, but I'd really appreciate any help before I do. Thanks in advance!