NEW DECK - Bicycle Red, White, & Blue (Series 4)

[munro159]

I would only buy them if Lady GaGa performed with them wearing a dress made out of used copies of DandD Trilogy!

[Lushbob]

I would only buy them if Lady GaGa performed with them wearing a dress made out of used copies of DandD Trilogy!

Haha! So, you'd basically never buy them.

[KPopFever605]

Where does he get his ideas anyway, they're completely useless, although they make lots of $$$. The idea to me is useless. Merz probably sleeps in a bed made of money.

[Don Boyer]

I think what he did was go through the Personalized Playing Cards system USPC has for small print runs.  It's possible that he paid a little extra to get custom deck boxes for them as well.  I don't know if he has any current or past ties with USPC other than as a purchaser, but even regular purchasers can get special extras and deals that Joe from the block making his first deck won't get.

I dread the thought of 5,000-deck print runs of these steaming piles existing out there, somewhere, waiting for some sucker to fork over his cash...

[phantom1412]

Where does he get his ideas anyway, they're completely useless, although they make lots of $$$. The idea to me is useless. Merz probably sleeps in a bed made of money.

Is there anyone actually buying those ugly decks?
Even if I have never heard about Merz before, I wouldn't buy those decks. They are too ugly to be in my room.

[Don Boyer]

Hey, here's a pleasant thought!

He's actually buying 5K print runs for each deck - but he's DESTROYING large percentages of each run and using them as landfill, compost, etc.  This way he makes his decks that much more rare, leading him to believe they're that much more valuable.

The price run-ups on his decks?  I strongly suspect shill-bidding is going on - he bids against his buyers using a different account, or worse, creates more than one new account and is bidding against HIMSELF just to set a high market price based on his "sales".

He's a hack, plain and simple.

[loldudex2]

Creatingdecks and destroying them is a waste of money. I bet you he'd make more money if he never destroyed any in the first place.

[Lushbob]

This guy just sounds pretty dodgy in general. Another reason why I won't be buying any of his ugly decks.

[Don Boyer]

Creatingdecks and destroying them is a waste of money. I bet you he'd make more money if he never destroyed any in the first place.

I think he'd make more money if he got out of the card design business and stuck with selling Billy Bob accessories and stun guns.

I'm thinking this may also be an ego thing, slapping up all these card designs.  The ability to alter a color scheme and toss in some clip art does not a designer make.

[KPopFever605]

Wait, I thought USPCC didn't allow you to just alter the coloration of their back designs. Russel was refused the offer, but how come Merz is allowed to.

[xela]

Wait, I thought USPCC didn't allow you to just alter the coloration of their back designs. Russel was refused the offer, but how come Merz is allowed to.

They allow recolorations, just not modifications.