Disappointed and frustrated with using Sidekick

Marcia,

Thanks for sharing your experience with us. I have not invested in the Sidekick yet due to the cost and really appreciate knowing the possible downsides as well as the positives. It will assist me in having realistic expectations if I make the purchase and will certainly play into my ultimate decision to invest or not to invest. I'm sorry it didn't work out for you but thanks for the experience :)

Melissa in Seattle Pages in 2005 = 98

Yes, I agree. I don't have the sidekick, but I do have the regular size sizzix. Cutting the paper first is the pain. But so far that's all that I'm dissappointed in. I haven't bought any of the letters, I just by the shapes and designs. When I need letters I go to ebay and type in sizzix then the font I want. You can buy them pre cut and usually in the colors you want for very cheap. And usually if you buy more than one set say different colors from the same person, the shipping is cheaper. I figure its much better than paying at least 75.00 for one font with half off at michaels. Just my 2 cents. Hope that helps.

OOOOHHH I totally agree wit the statemnet on it not being made o last. I have also talked to others now that have it and have been told that i seems like every other die cuts or not or just partially.

NOW FOR THE GREAT NEWS. I had been wanting to see one, but Accucuts has a little die cu machine too called the ZaZ. It looks like a VW beetle acually! Anyhow my fav lss here, she is starting to carry Accucuts stuff and had oe of those ZaZ's. She showed me how it cut a Quikcutz wafer die and then a sizzlet die. i tried it too and all you do is put your de and piecce of paper in a slot, roll it on the table and PRESTO!! It has like two wheels that it turns the drum on. She told me she did not lik ethe sidekick either and the Zaz has cut perfect EVERYTIME!!!

So maybe that would be one for ya'll to see and try? I decided though that I wanted a machine that uses ALL dies and got the ZipeMate from accucuts, but STILL waiting on my cutting pads as aI posted in another thread!!

Hope this helps and like ya'll say My 2 cents!!

nada fort 05 (sorrly for the ypoes, got tears in eyes from laughing at cotton pickin' April and Krnda - oh woe is me!!:)

OKC Dave

Thanks for the tip about buying pre cut fonts on Ebay Shannon. I'll have to check that out.

I just bought the Sidekick today because Michael's had a 50% off coupon. I haven't tried it yet but after reading the responses I just may return it. What do you mean by cutting out the letters?

If you use it, don't try to cut more than 1 piece of paper. You might get away with 2 if it is just paper. Not cardstock. Lynn

Well Marcia,

I got a Sidekick *free* with a magazine subscription here in the UK. I had read many reports of the cutting plates breaking on first use and that Sizzix were suggesting they were a bad batch of plates. Well...all this talk has encouraged me to get mine out and give it a spin....guess what....MAY PLATES BROKE....waaaah! I am glad I didn't pay for this system and I am off now to complain loudly to Sizzix via email. I understand that they have willing replaced all the plates but it is £30+ pounds purchase here in the UK and frankly if I had paid for it I would not have been a happy bunnie! It is not worth the money and I doubt if I would use it much or fork out for the over priced sizzlet dies, even if they are cute!!!! I will be sticking to the big version and use my converter to cut the sizzlet dies that came with the Sidekick.

Jacqui!!!! How are you feeling? I am so glad to see you post! I haven't been on as much as usual the last few days so you might have posted and I just didn't see it, but hugs and more hugs!

Here's a link to one of the precut sizzis letters I bought last night. You can see she has a bunch in fun serf and lollipop fonts in her ebay story in all kinds of colors..

Thanks for the link Shannon!

Oh my Jacqui! You are being a BIG enabler! LOL! That looks like a great deal on QVC.

I hope you are feeling better. I read your post where you said you were going to watch QVC over the weekend while recuperating.

Thanks Shannon, I got the ones in the colors I needed. Sandy

> > Here's a link to one of the precut sizzis letters I bought last night. > You can see she has a bunch in fun serf and lollipop fonts in her ebay > story in all kinds of colors.. >

>> Jacqui >>

Jacqui, I am keeping you in my thoughts and prayers. I have been there and I feel I know how you are feeling right now. You have everything you need to get through this,a loving supportive family and lots of friends with prayers for your healing. Bless you dear friend,and know that we all care for you. big hug

Hugs, Sabrina in Kentucky

a good friend is a life long treasure

Marcia, I'm so sorry to hear about your disappointment with the sidekick :( But thank you for the feedback. My next "big" purchase will be some kind of die cutting system, so any information/opinions I read about are very useful.

Judy, SA