If you can find a good used Roland GX 24 it would be worth buying. I seen them on Ebay for sale. I advise you to try to buy a demo or just get a new one. The ones sold on Ebay go for almost the price That
Vinyl Cutters, heat presses, heat transfer material, transfer papers and heat printing supplies all at affordable prices. sales them for, plus you get full factory warrenty and some added vinyl for you to experiment with. I'm a big fan of buying new and buying quality. I know you pay more, but you also know that what you are buying is backed by a full guarantee. I fell this is worth the added cost.
If you are buying used to save money then you could buy a less expensive cutter to get started with and upgrade later.There are some good cutters in the market for a modest price. The Gcc cutters sold at
Heat Applied transfer vinyl for t-shirt applications and the UScutter brand are both examples of a good modest priced cutter..... JB