I am not surprised as the Scan N Cut looms very large on C&C.
I am a regular Hochanda buyer and have had some issues but they have always been sorted out by CS. I think that during the Tonic is 17 years old celebrations you might get a free month’s membership on any Tonic purchase in the Birthday shows if you are not already and as the Silhouette show is earlier in the day of the first Tonic Birthday show you would probably be able to try buying from them without p&p.