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« on: February 12, 2013, 09:17:24 AM »
 

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Okay.

You all missed my birthday (yesterday), but I have another one coming up NEXT year, so you have enough time to save up:

[ebay]251227690482[/ebay]

I'll act all surprised.

      I said that none of you remembered my birthday, but I did receive shipment of an order from bmpokerworld yesterday, containing:

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  • Bicycle War of Currents Playing Cards
  • Bicycle Venom Playing Cards
  • Bicycle Venom Strike Playing Cards
  • Bicycle Karnival Z-Ray Deck Playing Cards
  • Bicycle  Karnival Eathtone9 Playing Cards
  • Bicycle Asura Playing Cards

I also received a package from my dear frien James "The Amazing" Randi, containing:

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  • "Invisible Playing Cards" (a transparent plastic deck, not the gaffed/trick deck for performing the "Invisible Deck" illusion).
  • Bicycle Coffin Fodder deck, signed by the artist.
  • A deck with Randi's face on the back (definitely one-sided)
  • A deck with "Magic Bar 2010" on the back - some sort of gathering of magicians, I presume.
  • A souvenir deck from Sydney, Australia

All in all, a very cool haul for a card collector's birthday!

I just noticed that the "ebay" tags in the previous post are apparently not supported by trhe aethercards forum software.

Sorry.
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Re: Your Next Chance
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2013, 10:28:04 AM »
 

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Quote from: RSLancastr on February 12, 2013, 09:17:24 AM
Okay.

You all missed my birthday (yesterday), but I have another one coming up NEXT year, so you have enough time to save up:

[ebay]251227690482[/ebay]

I'll act all surprised.

Happy belated Birthday sir!
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Re: Your Next Chance
« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2013, 11:07:01 AM »
 

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Quote from: S.C. on February 12, 2013, 10:28:04 AM
Happy belated Birthday sir!

Thank you, kind sir (or madam?)

It was  actually quite nice, card-wise:

I got a shipment from bmpokerworld, with:

  • Bicycle Asura
  • Bicycle Venom
  • Bicycle Venom Strike
  • Bicycle Karnival Z-Ray
  • Bicycle Karnival Earttone9
  • Bicycle War of Currents

...and a package from my dear friend James "The Amazing" Randi, containing:
  • "Invisible Playing Cards" *(A transparent plastic deck, not the trick deck of the same name)
  • Bicycle Coffin Fodder (signed by the artist)
  • "Randi" (a deck with his face on the back)
  • "Magic Bar 2010" (a deck from (I presume) a magician's conference)
  • "Sydney Australia" (a simple souvenir deck from his travels).

All in all, a nice haul!
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« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2013, 11:19:57 AM »
 

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sir would do just fine :)

sounds like a great haul. I wish you the best and many many more to come!  :)
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Re: Your Next Chance
« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2013, 11:28:55 AM »
 

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Happy Birthday Robert!  I do indeed wish you get something from Tiffany's for your birthday.  :)
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Re: Your Next Chance
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2013, 02:47:15 PM »
 

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I'm honestly surprised no one pays attention to the birthdays in our info center. I used to make threads for people but now I don't have time to do that. =P

Happy birthday man! It would be cool if we got some kind of birthday gift exchange going on or something. I wouldn't mind sending like 10 decks to 10 people, knowing that I get 10 decks back on my birthday.
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« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2013, 06:11:21 PM »
 

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Quote from: alex. on February 12, 2013, 02:47:15 PM
I'm honestly surprised no one pays attention to the birthdays in our info center. I used to make threads for people but now I don't have time to do that. =P

Happy birthday man! It would be cool if we got some kind of birthday gift exchange going on or something. I wouldn't mind sending like 10 decks to 10 people, knowing that I get 10 decks back on my birthday.

I would be down to do that! Let me know if you set it up. would there be a price cap on what the decks are worth (or min.)?
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« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2013, 09:06:26 PM »
 

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Quote from: S.C. on February 12, 2013, 06:11:21 PM
Quote from: alex. on February 12, 2013, 02:47:15 PM
I'm honestly surprised no one pays attention to the birthdays in our info center. I used to make threads for people but now I don't have time to do that. =P

Happy birthday man! It would be cool if we got some kind of birthday gift exchange going on or something. I wouldn't mind sending like 10 decks to 10 people, knowing that I get 10 decks back on my birthday.

I would be down to do that! Let me know if you set it up. would there be a price cap on what the decks are worth (or min.)?

Nah I see no reason to do a price cap. If someone wants to send a $500 deck that's on them.
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« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2013, 09:06:55 PM »
 

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Quote from: alex. on February 12, 2013, 02:47:15 PM
I'm honestly surprised no one pays attention to the birthdays in our info center. I used to make threads for people but now I don't have time to do that. =P

Happy birthday man! It would be cool if we got some kind of birthday gift exchange going on or something. I wouldn't mind sending like 10 decks to 10 people, knowing that I get 10 decks back on my birthday.

That is actually a fantastic idea.
Definitely a real community builder
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Re: Your Next Chance
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2013, 09:34:35 PM »
 

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I think we should have a price minimum though. We don't want some people sending artifice, sultans, etc. and one guy sending mavericks to everyone.
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« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2013, 10:06:33 PM »
 

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Quote from: John B. on February 12, 2013, 09:34:35 PM
I think we should have a price minimum though. We don't want some people sending artifice, sultans, etc. and one guy sending mavericks to everyone.
Why can't someone send Mavericks? It's a gift. :P
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Re: Your Next Chance
« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2013, 10:48:21 PM »
 

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Quote from: alex. on February 12, 2013, 02:47:15 PM
Happy birthday man! It would be cool if we got some kind of birthday gift exchange going on or something. I wouldn't mind sending like 10 decks to 10 people, knowing that I get 10 decks back on my birthday.

Thanks!

Sounds like a great idea, but why couldn't you have come up with it say, a few days ago? :D
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« Reply #12 on: February 13, 2013, 12:40:25 AM »
 

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You're not the onlt one man! my birthday is today (13th of Feb)
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Re: Your Next Chance
« Reply #13 on: February 13, 2013, 12:42:49 AM »
 

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Quote from: Joshua Robinson on February 13, 2013, 12:40:25 AM
You're not the onlt one man! my birthday is today (13th of Feb)
Facebook doesn't tell me this, so you must be lying.

:|

So does anyone have any ideas on how to get a birthday gift exchange started? I feel like for the first person it will be hard to convince people to send decks. "Hey, so send decks to this dude, and we PROMISE we will send decks to you in 9 months as well."
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« Reply #14 on: February 13, 2013, 12:58:24 AM »
 

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Quote from: alex. on February 13, 2013, 12:42:49 AM

So does anyone have any ideas on how to get a birthday gift exchange started? I feel like for the first person it will be hard to convince people to send decks. "Hey, so send decks to this dude, and we PROMISE we will send decks to you in 9 months as well."

I love the thought of it but see no practical way to apply it in a fair, evenly-distributed manner.

Unless...perhaps you could make it available to your frequent steady posters only, since they're more likely to be trustworthy enough to make a fair and proper exchange.  This also keeps some schmoe from wandering in, claiming it's his birthday, then abandoning the account and making a new one with a new birthday.  I tend to set the bar too high on things like this - assuming you like this, Alex, what would you choose as the minimum rank/number of posts?

Actually, now that I'm thinking of this, you could run into issues with people simply being unable to afford gift giving...

So here's the simplest way to manage it: make some friends and swap with them!  Just like real life, only better!  :))
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« Reply #15 on: February 13, 2013, 06:34:16 PM »
 

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Re: Your Next Chance
« Reply #16 on: February 13, 2013, 07:22:51 PM »
 

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Thanks a lot, Collector!
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