ecNate wrote:Designkiller wrote:This is version 01, promotional version for Cardlauncher. In 2015 I will redesign it, improve it, and make - maybe - a second version "unbranded" (from CardLauncher)
I hope you like it
No, I LOVE it! Only thing is I really, really need you to make an unbranded and affordable 2nd version of this. As much as I really want this deck there is no way I'm going to spend $70 on a deck ever. I'm sure they will sell as they are lovely, but I have other expensive hobbies. Unless I am misunderstanding this - will there be a way to get these outside of the private reserve or prizes?
Also, you need to update your sig to include your new facebook and webites.
EDIT - make that joker on the tuck into a shirt, I'll buy a dozen. Well, at least one anyhow.
OK, I realize I created this mess myself, and Lorenzo can't say because it's supposed to be hush-hush, just like I couldn't announce this until this morning at 7:30AM per our agreement to coordinate things across Facebook, UC and Stockholm17.com as well.
Here's the deal: Lorenzo's deck I knew would be in demand. I intended to get 250 of each of the two decks (the other is Eli Retschlag's 'Scarlet Pearl' "Radical 80's Throwback" magicians' deck with 58 cards, a couple of gaffs thrown in and both are MPC's latest 310gsm French black core casino bond paper stock - absolutely and without question you cannot tell these from Expert decks or even USPCC decks except perhaps those made with the latest paper they slipstreamed into production about two months ago. UC2014/Grotesque are printed on that paper stock. It is noticeably better than previous "Bicycle" brand paper or even previous "Bee" brand paper. It _is_ the new "Bee" stock/bond.
Here's the deal: without even asking. I changed the order for Deck Nr 17 to 530 pieces, and 24 of those are being shipped directly to Stockholm. A dozen of each is being shipped to Joey Heinenger at The Flush in Queensland Australia for use as prizes in the International Caridstry Open, along with a 'split' brick of Grotesque decks - already on the way (all the above, likely arriving Monday or latest Tuesday because they were all air freighted). I got a single of each overnighted to me to insure that every single card in both decks was perfect - and they were, so the rest were printed Friday, tucks made Saturday and assembled Monday & Tuesday and 3D hologo seals applied yesterday and drop-shipped three different places yesterday. I knew that people would want these, so I got enough to do so.
Now, I'm not trying to create an artificial rarity, these decks both will be CrowdFunded on CL and printed in v2 by Expert PCC or someone else, so it's not like they won't be available later. However, these first decks will not be reprinted. The quantity promised for prizes is 115 each plus 12 for the #ICO so 127 total per.
That leaves me around 100 Scarlet Pearl and 300 or so of Deck Nr 17. Those will go on sale on the 20th from The Deck Refinery for $25 each plus $8 Priority Mail shipping, or both for $50 + $10 Priority. I know I'm going to catch hell, but seriously - these are all there are and there really should be that many. By design they were intended for CL only, period.
Never-the-less, there will be 50 pairs, 50 Scarlet Pearl individually and 250 Deck Nr 17 available individually. Shipping to Canada is slightly more and "Rest of World" is of course a bit more as well but there's not much I can do about that, postage is what they (USPS) charge me. I'll probably end up eating a good bit of it because I cut the RoW shipping too close and if more of them go overseas than I planned it will eat into that $25 without question.
If you want one, check out CL on August 15th and pledge for Dark Venexiana, GW's Brimstone 2 or one of the other small artists I picked to run on "Day 1". I'm never going to start more than 4 or 5 decks at one time, just ain't happening. I respect people's wallets and I'm not a greedy person.
If you are so darned ready to get one, you can, just go to
TDR Offers right now and get it. I'll go ahead and start shipping them next Wednesday and they will go out in the order purchased basically 2-to-3 day to 5-digit ZIP code (US) and probably one to two weeks for Canada and lord only knows for overseas. I don't know about customs and the delays you have to put up with there. Those overseas and Canada shipments will take an extra day because of the customs form 22 that has to be affixed to every single package whether or not they are playing card decks or gold bars.
Please - do NOT spread this around. It's for my UC users only - IF you want one, and nobody is twisting your arm to buy one - period. You want it, you can get it - starting now. I didn't plan to do this until about the 20th like I said, but - until half of them are gone you can buy them for UC members only. Put your UC member name in the "Note to Shipper" or your money will be refunded - period. They are not for everybody now, and if you guys buy 25 of both, 25 of Scarlet Pearl and 125 of Deck Nr 17 I'll lock the page out until the 20th. Until then, feel free - IF you want one or both.
Like I said, I created this pooh and Lorenzo stepped right in it with his boot. Sorry, buddy! If you don't think a deck made in such limited quantities is worth $25, then don't buy it, it's just that simple. I never intended to sell them at all, they were intended as prizes but I predicted (correctly) that this is exactly what would happen.
MULTIPLE ORDERS FROM ONE USERNAME WILL BE REFUNDED LESS THE 3-4% PAYPAL FEE THEY CHARGE. PayPal is the ONLY way to get them, sorry - I just didn't have time to arrange for anything else.
I _wish_ I could do it for $6, but I have to pay someone to do shipping unless Donna (wife) goes postal on me, and nobody wants that!
UPDATE: Shipping US Priority is $8 for one deck, $10 for both. My bad, sorry -PayPal steals 4% of even postage.
Please use the same username here if you haven't already signed up over on TDR.bike website, and it puts that in for you without you needing to do so.
Obviously Joe is one step ahead of me again, and I don't know why the hidden blue link to "Send Note To Seller" doesn't show up.
Obviously, he also made it so you have to be registered, I believe, which is to encourage people to go ahead and create a support account for CL as well.
ALL future retail sales will be 'over there" as opposed to here so there is a VERY clear demarcation between UC and anything retail.
I know we've done several things here before, but you have to remember that I didn't have a support forum to utilize before...
US is all Priority Mail. I should have fixed "Express" for Canada which might not have been working. That's Priority International in spite of what it shows.
International shipping SHOULD have already been offering 'economy' and 'express' options, but I'm not certain. I (think I) changed "Priority International" to $25 overseas.
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