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cosmicsecret wrote:I bought a set as well
Thank you very much for this offer!

Sinsandman wrote:Hold up, where is this deal at?

Sinsandman wrote:Hold up, where is this deal at?

doobybrain wrote:This is pretty cool Mike! Might jump on this as well...

A related question though: When you get damaged decks from companies, do they not let you return them or exchange them? I'd expect it to be standard protocol for companies to at least do some sort of exchange/refund if their inadequate packaging caused decks to come damaged. Or do you just prefer to keep them so you can do amazing deals like this? Would love to know!

BMPokerworld wrote:

doobybrain wrote:This is pretty cool Mike! Might jump on this as well...

A related question though: When you get damaged decks from companies, do they not let you return them or exchange them? I'd expect it to be standard protocol for companies to at least do some sort of exchange/refund if their inadequate packaging caused decks to come damaged. Or do you just prefer to keep them so you can do amazing deals like this? Would love to know!

Glad you like it. These type of "amazing deals" are a big loss for me. We paid somewhere between $4,000 - $6,000 for these decks and will only receive a little over a $1,000 after fees. As far as returning damaged decks, the answer is yes and no. When we have a huge amount of damage, such as the faith deck, (I think over a gross and a half were damaged due to their horrendous packing job and those were one of the decks replaced.), We send them back. But if the decks were packed well from our supplier and we only have a few, say 3 or 4 per gross, then we tend not to ask for replacements and just consider it the cost of doing business. How they pack their decks is very important in my decision to send decks back or not. There is only so much anyone can do and damage will always be part of doing business in playing cards. If you complain about every single slightly damaged deck, then no one would do business with you and to tell you the truth, I wouldn't do business with one of my wholesale partners if they constantly complained about a few decks per gross. Of course if it was say, Gold Arcanes, Black Ghost First Editions or decks like that, then it would be different.

The reason I end up with a lot of damaged decks is two-fold. One, we are very picky about what decks we send out and two, we buy most of our items in multiple grosses. That means if we buy 3 gross of something, we could end up with 3 or 4 damage per gross or somewhere between 9-12 damaged decks per wholesale order. So as you can see, based on our buying volume, damaged decks can add up quickly. I donated probably another 500 decks +/- to different charities already, including to Don Boyer for the hospital he supports. I hope this answers your question.

Thanks!

elcyciB wrote:How many of these sets do you have available?

BMPokerworld wrote:

elcyciB wrote:How many of these sets do you have available?

We started with 57 sets and now I think we have about 15 left.

Thanks!

elcyciB wrote:

BMPokerworld wrote:

elcyciB wrote:How many of these sets do you have available?

We started with 57 sets and now I think we have about 15 left.

Thanks!

Wow, hope you sell all so you get to recoup some of your losses!

volantangel wrote:Dang ! I missed it while i was sorting out my paypal problems, got all the way to the checkout confirmation before paypal told me my card has problems, by the time i got back it was all sold out

Mike drop me a pm if anyone backs out or sth, ill gladly take his/her set =)

Wildereachday wrote:

volantangel wrote:Dang ! I missed it while i was sorting out my paypal problems, got all the way to the checkout confirmation before paypal told me my card has problems, by the time i got back it was all sold out

Mike drop me a pm if anyone backs out or sth, ill gladly take his/her set =)

The Website link still says it's in stock :

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Wildereachday wrote:Will all 17 decks be different within each set? Meaning, will any of the sets have duplicate decks?

volantangel wrote:Dang ! I missed it while i was sorting out my paypal problems, got all the way to the checkout confirmation before paypal told me my card has problems, by the time i got back it was all sold out

Mike drop me a pm if anyone backs out or sth, ill gladly take his/her set =)

BMPokerworld wrote:I donated probably another 500 decks +/- to different charities already, including to Don Boyer for the hospital he supports. I hope this answers your question.

Thanks!

RSLancastr wrote:

BMPokerworld wrote:I donated probably another 500 decks +/- to different charities already, including to Don Boyer for the hospital he supports. I hope this answers your question.

Thanks!

Mike, have I told about the charity I'm thinking of setting up?

Its working title is "Middle-Aged Hemiplegic Playing Card Collectors Living In Salem, Oregon".

I'm still working on getting a 501C/3, but I can assure you that we will be very diligent in making sure that only deserving people will benefit from the hard work of the MAHPCCLIS,O.

Well, it was worth a shot, anyway.