Onebyone----- you are very fortunate to belong to a guild that is so up to date and Using/ sharing dies and cutters. I brought that possibility up to the guild here last year and got "deer in the headlines". So I am alone in this venture, but i can and will do this.
I know that look very well. I quit one guild because of stingy purse strings. What is the reason to save thousands of dollars in guild money because the guild might need it? Need it for what? The guild I'm in now has agreements with the near by quilt shops to demo all the new items and offer the items at a reduced price to anyone that wants to buy from the shop. It's a win win. All the members keep up with what is new and how it is used.