WOO HOO! I finally did it. I bought The Go fabric cutter from J Hittle - $244.25 - but no shipping charge and no tax. I think this is their regular price, but it's listed as their 'special price' this week. And everything else I bought from them today had no shipping charge, because of their 'free shipping if you buy more than $100" so I bought a bunch of their 'weekly' and 'weekend' specials.
They sell dies individually, so you don't have to buy the whole 12" block package - I wouldn't use all 8 of those dies. Their prices are the lowest I've seen anywhere. The prices of what I bought: 6-1/2" square $20.96; 6-1/2" HST $20.96; 3-1/2" X 6-1/2" rectangle $17.47; 3-1/2" square $17.47;3" HST (finished) $20.96; 4" HST(FINISHED) 27.94;2-1/2" X 23" strips (cuts 4) $52.39.
Other dies range from $17.47 to $55.88 (for the 3-1/2 X 23 strip cutter).
Mats: 10 X 10 $7.01; 6X 12 $7.01; 10 X 24 $14.97; 5 X 10 $5.59.
Cutting die rack $5.59.