I wish sewing machines were like cars, and you could buy the basic model (That's what I have, a big industrial) and add options (I would love to have a needle up/down). But I only paid $450 for 12inches of harp space, so I guess I can turn the hand crank! I probably wouldn't spend extra on the scissor button. I just let the sewing machine stitch 3-4 extra stitches in one place and pull the "knot" up and snip it and it's really a teeny extra step that I don't even think about any more!