I love precuts! Since I still work part-time, I would rather spend a little extra on precuts from good shops than spend the time to shop for coordinating materials and then have to cut them. That being said, I did get myself a Go Baby cutter last fall -and for Christmas gave myself the 2 1/2 inch strip die cutter - so now I can cut my own charms and strips from my stash - but will still order precuts from MSQC or other on-line shops - or my LQS if they are on sale. But it is amazing what materials cost these days.