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I'll make a vague attempt to start a series at #1 or at least fairly early in the series if it's available in the library/freebie/dirt-cheap introductory promo and it seems like something that should probably be read in chronological/publication order.
But frankly, I've gotten so used to reading series books all out of order by settling for whichever volumes were currently available in the library when I wanted to read them that it honestly doesn't bother me much to have the internal timeline and character development all over the place when I'm reading it for the first time.
As long as there aren't total mystery-destroying spoilers for the really important surprise twist/dénouement plot points of a previous book spelt out in Now I Know Too Much Thanks A Lot For Blabbing Exactly How It All Turned Out In A Superfluous Infodump detail.
Anyway, if a series turns out to be good and merit my continued time and attention, then very likely I'll end up buying all the better-written books and re-reading them in order. If not, then I don't feel any particular compulsion to essentially rearrange part of my life so that I can get the books in to read in order, if it turns out to be unnecessarily inconvenient and/or costly.
That said, I did make a point of reading the Amelia Peabody & Vicky Bliss titles in tandem publication order because they were supposed to tie together in a particular way that would be revealed by picking up clues when reading along as the books were originally written. But the library had lots of copies of Elizabeth Peters' more popular series and all the books were readily available for me to check out in nice chronological batches.
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