I have one cheap pipe that I bought - can't remember if it was Roma or not but the price range was similar.

The thing smokes alright now but breaking it in almost killed me - SUCH a foul taste from whatever they coated the inside of the bowl with, I could barely bring myself to smoke the thing and the stuff just wouldn't go away. Driving home, I would load the bowl with some cheap blend I didn't care for, light it, then roll the truck window down a crack and stick the stem out occasionally so the draft out the window smoked the pipe and I didn't have to.

Never had that problem with a Savinelli...