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« Reply #25 on: April 14, 2012, 06:41:03 AM »
 

Don Boyer

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Hi guys. Thanks for your feedback, it was really interesting to hear your thoughts.


We've launched kickstarker, so pledges are welcome :-) You can get a deck just for $32 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/abstracts/creative-cards

All I can say to that is "Are you insane, or just high on ink fumes?"  :))  (You KNOW I'm kidding, right?)

OK, kidding aside, that's a phenomenally high price for a deck.  I'll grant you that it's an art deck, but even so, Kickstarter projects generally offer rewards for investments closer to wholesale cost for decks than this is.  I'll give you credit for avoiding a no-name publisher for your decks, but even Cartamundi doing the printing doesn't make up for this price.

Good luck to you, but count me out.  I predict I'm going to be the first of many here doing the same.

I'll give some advice that MIGHT help this deck survive: you need additional rewards to cover the retailer purchase range - rewards beginning at a few bricks and going up to at least a gross of decks.  You might also want to post some more stats about this deck that make it stand out beyond just the artwork on the faces - how many are being made, what kind of stock and finish are you using, what kind of tuck box (or other kind of box) will be made for it, what other decks on the market have the same stock/finish combination for comparison purposes, etc.

EDIT: your KS project page lists your project is based in Barcelona, Spain.  When did KS start allowing projects outside of the US?  I know a few people overseas who wanted to create KS projects but were declined because they weren't US-based.  If the restriction has been lifted, they'd want to know!
« Last Edit: April 14, 2012, 07:54:57 AM by Don Boyer »
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