I so agree. The simplicity rotary cutting machine is worthless. I bought mine. Never got it to work right. I"m not sure if I would even try and cut any scraps with it. Mine was a dud from the beginning. I was so tempted to get the thingy that holds the binding but looked closer and it didn't hold up to the width of binding I use. I'll just keep using my toilet paper holder and ribbon. Works great and is a lot cheaper. Yep another thing was the basting gun. I used it once and it pulled holes in the quilt. I'm so glad they went back together when I washed the quilt. Never used it again. I know it has to put holes in the quilt to use it. But these were pretty large holes and I sweated it out until I finished the quilt and washed it. Now I admit I"m a gadget junky!! LOL Ever with that said some of this stuff is really awful.