Originally Posted by feffertim
The dies are really expensive and I can't justify the price for myself, I have the Altos quilt cut 2 and I love it, it does all I need very quickly and easily.
Yes dies are expensive but if you shop around you can get them for literally pennies on the dollar. eBay is a good place to find them.
I just acquired 20 of them in bundles on eBay all for less than $300.00 which averages out to about $15 each and these retail from $34.99 to as high as $60.00 for one's I got. There were a couple or so that were lower than $34.99 retail and those I got for about $12. and some change. My averaging cost also included shipping if there was such in the auction.