I got one for Christmas on sale around Thanksgiving (hid it til Xmas!) Thought it was a lot of waste, but have gotten the hang of saving the smaller scraps for the smaller dies, Been cutting all week afterwork. My husband even commented on how fast the cutting out was!!!
I bought some of the dies on ebay....bundle packages and have just about the ones I want. Yeah, the dies are expensive...you are talking to queen of cheap here. I looked into this machine for a few years..My husbands comment was that I bargain hunt at yard sales for a lot of my material, so what if I waste alittle? It hardly cost me much. Now, when/ and if my stash starts to cost with the high material prices, the machine might get sold!!! lol!