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Playing Card Chat ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ => Playing Card Plethora => Topic started by: CBJ on December 16, 2011, 11:57:07 AM
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Another sale from E...
"We're offering you something great again, but as usual this deal isn't going to be around forever. Any order over $75 automatically get a free Limited Edition Red Artifice Deck. Once these are gone they're gone for good. Here is your chance to own one of our most sophisticated decks ever.
Better Hurry though, offer ends Sunday Dec 18, Midnight EST."
CBJ
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this kinda makes me mad, i have spent $50 in 2 diferent orders but if i saved it and spent 25 more i would have got this. im po'ed
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<-------------(Snaps pencil in half while reading this topic)
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Hmmm, I'm wondering that E might have something to surprise us in Christmas.
I'm not spending now cause I just ordered for 2 LTD.
Really hope that there would be something about the BG V1.
It's the only deck from E that I don't have yet.
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Im done as well. Just spent $357 from E to get the 2 LTD's and my first BG V1. No more, unless they offer something amazing as Christmas approaches.
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Allow me to use the only meme acceptable in this situation:
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We all predicted this, oh well, I'm happy now that I got my package with E's two LTD special. Now more purchasing for me. I'm fully satisfied.
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Guess E is really trying to push sales.
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There trying to push sales a lot - I mean look at it, three deals in less than a month!
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So if you ordered 475 worth of stuff from E right now.. you could get...
- free 1st Edition Black Ghost
- free Gold Arcane
- free LTD
- free Red Artifice
- free Blue Masters
- free lucite brief case
and if you use the 10% code you actually get to pick up $528 worth of stuff, then the code bumps it down to 475... so that's an extra $53 worth of free stuff.
It is quite the deal for someone who might not have ANY ellusionist products.
CBJ
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So if you ordered 475 worth of stuff from E right now.. you could get...
- free 1st Edition Black Ghost
- free Gold Arcane
- free LTD
- free Red Artifice
- free Blue Masters
- free lucite brief case
and if you use the 10% code you actually get to pick up $528 worth of stuff, then the code bumps it down to 475... so that's an extra $53 worth of free stuff.
It is quite the deal for someone who might not have ANY ellusionist products.
CBJ
Don't forget about the free wristband!
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E is a business, they're trying to sell a luxury product in a hard economy, so they have to sweeten the pot on a regular basis. We're not seeing anywhere this much activity from the other retailers.
I'm good for Red Artifice, myself. I'd rather have the double LTD deal instead of this, anyway. But for those who wanted them for so long, now's their chance to catch a break. I don't see this as a bad thing. You wait for the deal you want and strike while the iron's hot. If your deal doesn't come by, or you're overspent on E, well, you can't have them all all the time.
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So if you ordered 475 worth of stuff from E right now.. you could get...
- free 1st Edition Black Ghost
- free Gold Arcane
- free LTD
- free Red Artifice
- free Blue Masters
- free lucite brief case
and if you use the 10% code you actually get to pick up $528 worth of stuff, then the code bumps it down to 475... so that's an extra $53 worth of free stuff.
It is quite the deal for someone who might not have ANY ellusionist products.
CBJ
I should have waited for all along, right?
Now I want only the BG V1.
But I have 3 gold arcane, and 5 red artifice, and 2 LTDs.
Hmmmm.
I guess I will wait for $75 for the BG v1 promotion.
Or $150 for BG v1 promotion is still fine.
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I should have waited for all along, right?
Now I want only the BG V1.
But I have 3 gold arcane, and 5 red artifice, and 2 LTDs.
Hmmmm.
I guess I will wait for $75 for the BG v1 promotion.
Or $150 for BG v1 promotion is still fine.
I have yet to see BG1E decks going for that little. Best I managed was getting a deck once as an apology for a screwed up order. Otherwise it's always been the $350 threshold, at least since I've been buying from E, which is about a year. Around the middle of the year they announced there was about 1000 left on hand, the other 4000 are either in circulation or destroyed (gasp!). That number isn't going to get bigger, so I'm thinking they'll keep the remaining supply at least as difficult to obtain as it is now.
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i really want it but the shipping is too expensive.. and i think they might be a better deal so i guess i shall wait .. anyway i dun really have any money
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I'm thinking of spending $151.37 on Ellusionist, to get the free Red Artifice and the free LTD. deck.
My order is; 6 Arcane decks (3 black, 3 white), 16 Artifice v2 decks (4 blue, and a brick of emerald), 2 Black Tiger decks (1 red, 1 white), 1 Shadow Masters, 2 Bicycle Ghost decks, 1 Artifice Red deck (free), 1 Blue Masters deck (free), 1 LTD. deck (free), and a holiday wristband.
Do you guys think it's worth it? I'm kinda hesitant to spend this amount of money when I'm a little short of money, but I really want a Red Artifice deck and an LTD. deck. I want to take advantage of the free Red Artifice deck promontion, but I'm not sure whether or not to hold out and wait to see if there will be another, even better promotion.
It just seems likely that I'll place my order, and then the next day they'll introduce a new promotion which results in me getting Red Artifice, Gold Arcane, Black Ghost 1st Edition and LTD. All for like, $50. What do you think?
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get pointless as well! i haven't received mine but there are so many great reviews about it
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Pointless looks kinda cool, but I'm primarily a collector over a magician. I wouldn't want to spend $50 on one trick.
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Pointless is a great trick, the gimmick is pretty suspected though. I just go it yesterday and I already got done like 70% of the routine. If you get it, you won't regret it.
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Pointless looks kinda cool, but I'm primarily a collector over a magician. I wouldn't want to spend $50 on one trick.
same i agree with you .. i wont want to spent $50 on a trick .. but i am willing to spent on gaff deck
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I'm thinking of spending $151.37 on Ellusionist, to get the free Red Artifice and the free LTD. deck.
My order is; 6 Arcane decks (3 black, 3 white), 16 Artifice v2 decks (4 blue, and a brick of emerald), 2 Black Tiger decks (1 red, 1 white), 1 Shadow Masters, 2 Bicycle Ghost decks, 1 Artifice Red deck (free), 1 Blue Masters deck (free), 1 LTD. deck (free), and a holiday wristband.
Do you guys think it's worth it? I'm kinda hesitant to spend this amount of money when I'm a little short of money, but I really want a Red Artifice deck and an LTD. deck. I want to take advantage of the free Red Artifice deck promontion, but I'm not sure whether or not to hold out and wait to see if there will be another, even better promotion.
It just seems likely that I'll place my order, and then the next day they'll introduce a new promotion which results in me getting Red Artifice, Gold Arcane, Black Ghost 1st Edition and LTD. All for like, $50. What do you think?
One of the best tricks I ever bought was "Get Sharkey" in the Phoenix deck design for $80. Awesome trick, really fools people.
Have you considered some gaff cards? Arcane (both colors), Ghost and Black Tiger all have gaff decks. You can also get "Arcane Gaff Techniques" on DVD for the Arcane decks and "Army of 52" on DVD for the others - although due to the new USPC restrictions on back modifications, the Black Tiger deck has features that the Ghost doesn't and vice versa (Ghost decks, at least as far as I know, are still selling from older stock predating the restrictions, and the DVD was also pre-restrictions). You'll learn some sleight of hand and some forcing, though having some background in this first helps.
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Okay, thanks a lot for the advice. I'll think about it, and hopefully reach my decision before tomorrow so I can get a Red Artifice deck.
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Will I dare? ::) only a few hours left...
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Will I dare? ::) only a few hours left...
If you have the arcane deck, get the arcane gaff deck instead of the blue gaff.
And be sure to get some Infinity decks!
Just my opinion... ;)
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Do it! Do what I didn't have the guts to do! ;)
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Haha, the thing is, with international shipping I'm probably looking at over 90$ total. I already made a 150$ order for the two LTD decks not so long ago, and my pay is rather small ::) I dunno, if I do it my credit card will take at least two months to clear completely, which is kind of an uncomfortable weight.
As for the arcane gaff, I do have a white arcane in a previous order, but all the fun of bikes is in the fact that you can ruin them for the sake of tricks and not feel bad about it.
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IMO gaff cards work better with a normal bicycle as custom decks usually cause the audience to think its a trick deck, especially if it looks fancy like the arcane
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^That too. Arcanes would definitely look like a trick deck.
I'm not even a magic person to begin with, but I'm still curious to try out things like color changes and other skill-based tricks, and I'm sure gaffs would make this a lot more fun. ::)
And the ghost mini looks like a lot of fun to mess around with haha
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If you don't have any RA, this is the best deal that you can get.
If the payment doesn't hurt you, just buy it.
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If they do this with a Black Ghost, I'm instantly taking this. So far, they've done it with a Gold Arcane twice, and now they're doing it with a RA, I hope they do it with a BG, but I doubt it.
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The red artifice is the one deck I'm interested in. Gold arcanes can wait, and I don't really understand the big hype over the black ghost. ::)
I just have one question before I order.
I'm in Canada, and therefore have my money in Canadian dollars. Paypal charges me conversion fees for purchases in other currencies, so even with the Canadian dollar being higher in value than the US dollar, I end up losing a few dollars anyway. If I pay with my credit card directly to E, do I still end up with conversion fees?
Not that the difference is really significant, but it'd still bother me to pay for conversion if I don't actually HAVE to.
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They probably will convert your fees, because no one in america will accept canadian dollars. if you want to buy something, hurry, because the deal might be over pretty soon
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The deal will be over in 3 hours and 33 minutes to be exact ::) I'm in the same time zone as them.
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IMO gaff cards work better with a normal bicycle as custom decks usually cause the audience to think its a trick deck, especially if it looks fancy like the arcane
There are far more trick decks in the Bicycle Rider Back design than in practically any other design on earth. A unique deck design isn't any more or less suspicious.
If you can use some skillful palming or deck-switching, you'll be able to hand out the deck to the spectators to examine, allaying any such suspicions. Handing out the deck is a great distraction while you palm a gaff card from your pocket - you could practically walk an elephant past them without them noticing because they're focused on the cards.
If they do this with a Black Ghost, I'm instantly taking this. So far, they've done it with a Gold Arcane twice, and now they're doing it with a RA, I hope they do it with a BG, but I doubt it.
In the past year and a half, I've NEVER seen them offer a BG1E at the $75 level. There's far fewer of them left. At around summertime, E reported they had about 4,000 Gold Arcanes left, but only about 1,000 BG1Es. That number can't have gone any higher. I actually took advantage of the RA offer, and pushed the purchase high enough to get TWO BG1Es, one in the case and one alone. I have enough GAs in my collection for now, enough to even trade some, which I've been doing.
The red artifice is the one deck I'm interested in. Gold arcanes can wait, and I don't really understand the big hype over the black ghost. ::)
I just have one question before I order.
I'm in Canada, and therefore have my money in Canadian dollars. Paypal charges me conversion fees for purchases in other currencies, so even with the Canadian dollar being higher in value than the US dollar, I end up losing a few dollars anyway. If I pay with my credit card directly to E, do I still end up with conversion fees?
Not that the difference is really significant, but it'd still bother me to pay for conversion if I don't actually HAVE to.
The hype over the BG1E is that it was one of the earliest "limited edition" decks in the whole modern custom deck craze. Initially it was only given as gifts to prominent magicians, and the first "case" they were ever given in is actually a heavy-looking steel monster of a frame - I saw one on Ebay earlier this year with a starting bid price of $1,000. There was a certain cache to owning one - it meant you were part of an elite group. Even when E started giving them as prizes and premiums, they weren't exactly easy to obtain.
Are there more rare or equally rare decks out there? Plenty of them. Are there any with the same status as the BG1E? Nope.
Your credit card company, if it works in a similar fashion to how they do in the States, will charge you a currency conversion fee, usually a small percentage of the purchase price. See which company offers the better deal on the conversion, PayPal or your bank.