Disgruntled Collectors Collective
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Disgruntled Collectors Collective
Has there ever been a time, where something arrives in your mail one fine day. All excited you open up the package, but instead of jumping with joy and you went scratching your head, asking yourself why did you buy this deck?? Or is it that time, after opening up that deck of cards with the pretty box, finding its contents utterly distasteful, throwing the deck into that box all the way in the back of the cupboard, never to see daylight ever again.
Im sure everyone has had an experience or two like that, in this little section we are here to help you reconcile that bad experience, ensuring that others learn from your mistakes as well.
Welcome to the Disgruntled Collectors Collective !
Im sure everyone has had an experience or two like that, in this little section we are here to help you reconcile that bad experience, ensuring that others learn from your mistakes as well.
Welcome to the Disgruntled Collectors Collective !
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Re: Disgruntled Collectors Collective
I haven't been collecting that long so Nothing yet. I do feel that way about the Elements campaign. Do KS projects count? I'm sure there are some Founders backers among us.....
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Re: Disgruntled Collectors Collective
Well for one, if you have a VORTEX DECK, take it from me, don't open it, it has the ugliest face cards that should remain in its box.
Another deck that was terrible for me was the bicycle faith deck, absolutely terrible PLUS utterly horrid handling
Another deck that was terrible for me was the bicycle faith deck, absolutely terrible PLUS utterly horrid handling
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A War of Kings. The artwork looked awesome but the cards were absolutely horrible quality and the tuckbox was falling apart when I first opened it. And they have the most noxious smell I've ever encountered with cards. I think I took them out once since I got them and that was because I was curious if they really were as bad as my first impression or if I was imagining things. I wasn't imagining things, so they're sitting in the bottom of a box, in the back of the storage cupboard.
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Haha that happens more often than not doesnt it ?Yashi wrote:What I've tried is opening my package and wondering why I only got one deck when I should have gotten two or more.
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Actually, as time goes by the opposite tends to happen to me more often.volantangel wrote:Haha that happens more often than not doesnt it ?Yashi wrote:What I've tried is opening my package and wondering why I only got one deck when I should have gotten two or more.
"Did I really need 2 or 3 of this?"
Hence why I have a whole box of "to sell/trade" that I still haven't gotten around to doing anything about
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I think the worst offender for me is the Version issue.........
You do all your due diligence in asking the seller/trader all the right questions to insure that the Black Tigers your working on are indeed the Ohio UV500 they claim and they give you all the right answers.......even the right pic (ah the internet, such a resource for finding the images you need)
Then they arrive and sure enough, current version.
Outside of that, so far, so good
You do all your due diligence in asking the seller/trader all the right questions to insure that the Black Tigers your working on are indeed the Ohio UV500 they claim and they give you all the right answers.......even the right pic (ah the internet, such a resource for finding the images you need)
Then they arrive and sure enough, current version.
Outside of that, so far, so good
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My thing right now its KS fulfillment dates that are pissing me off. I almost rather them take their estimated delivery date and add 6 months.
I'd rather it say next year delivery and you surprise me a few months early, then have Sept 2014 listed, and in reality, I'm looking at December 2014 or possibly 2015.
I'd rather it say next year delivery and you surprise me a few months early, then have Sept 2014 listed, and in reality, I'm looking at December 2014 or possibly 2015.
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Okay, I think adding 6 months is going a little overboard. 6 months gets them into the Hall of Shame. Most actually do fulfill in less than that time. I think maybe 2-3 months overdue, but it's not common to be past 6 months or upwards of a year (Shane Tyree's campaign is not the norm).SBurk49 wrote:My thing right now its KS fulfillment dates that are pissing me off. I almost rather them take their estimated delivery date and add 6 months.
I'd rather it say next year delivery and you surprise me a few months early, then have Sept 2014 listed, and in reality, I'm looking at December 2014 or possibly 2015.
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I think my only real "what the hell was I thinking?!" moment came when I opened up my Tinker decks...
I liked them on the screen ok (a bit basic but nice idea), but in real life... meh.
I liked them on the screen ok (a bit basic but nice idea), but in real life... meh.
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I already regret a few of the KS projects I pledged for during some kind of KS comeback I did earlier this year, and they haven't even arrived yet.
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Re: Disgruntled Collectors Collective
I've often wondered: if disgruntled means that you are not pleased, if you are happy does that make you gruntled?
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Re: Disgruntled Collectors Collective
To be fair their have been more decks that I was blown away by how much nicer the cards were than what I was expecting, but I certainly can name a few that I received and was completely nonplussed about.
A short list:
Bicycle Haunted Playing Cards
Bicycle Old Masters
Really pretty much anything by collectible playing cards (there are just no thrills added to them)
Also decks by Elite Playing Cards ( I liked their style early on but it is just so repetitive now)(
The Different deck
Mythos Necronomicon ( they ended up being too busy for my taste, also they weren't the Cthulhu deck they originally designed, which , at the time I really wanted)
Quicksilver playing cards
Those are the ones I can think of right now, there are a few other I can think of that I didn't expect anything from in the first place so wasn't disappointed when that was what I received.
A short list:
Bicycle Haunted Playing Cards
Bicycle Old Masters
Really pretty much anything by collectible playing cards (there are just no thrills added to them)
Also decks by Elite Playing Cards ( I liked their style early on but it is just so repetitive now)(
The Different deck
Mythos Necronomicon ( they ended up being too busy for my taste, also they weren't the Cthulhu deck they originally designed, which , at the time I really wanted)
Quicksilver playing cards
Those are the ones I can think of right now, there are a few other I can think of that I didn't expect anything from in the first place so wasn't disappointed when that was what I received.
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Hey ! At least you got your quicksilvers ! Im still waiting for mine (ive long given up)
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Since a disappointment with my current ordering of playing cards is what originally brought me here, I guess it aint wrong to make my first post in here. After all I'm not a very active collector (and with deck prices constantly rising, I forsee an even less active "career" in collecting for me).
That said, what disgruntled me (just today!) was receiving one wrong deck in an order of only three decks.
But when it comes to really disappointing decks, I have yet to come by a deck that is a larger let-down than Black Horse Comics' "Tim Burton Playing Cards", which sell at the price of a regular deck (I paid 6,90 Euro) but turn out to be cheap card stock with a simple glossy finish and using the same three images for the courts in each suit.
I certainly fell for the big name there, not for one second suspecting it might be cheap merchandise!
That said, what disgruntled me (just today!) was receiving one wrong deck in an order of only three decks.
But when it comes to really disappointing decks, I have yet to come by a deck that is a larger let-down than Black Horse Comics' "Tim Burton Playing Cards", which sell at the price of a regular deck (I paid 6,90 Euro) but turn out to be cheap card stock with a simple glossy finish and using the same three images for the courts in each suit.
I certainly fell for the big name there, not for one second suspecting it might be cheap merchandise!
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I guess I'm sort of 'gruntled' by a deck I found on Kickstarter. When it came out, I was in my "Must buy Everything" phase, as others have mentioned in their collecting progression. I thought the idea was unique, so I pledged for 1.
Fulfillment took so long, I finally gave up, after almost 1 year. I finally got the deck, last week.
By this time, I'd grown in my experience, and expectations, and definitely tastes, so was expecting to be quite underwhelmed.
Yes, the card stock is horrible. The cards were cut with terrible corners that don't line up. The finish is so cheap, I've seen better on cereal boxes. But... I have to say, the content of the cards, themselves are to-die-for. This was the Autocorrect Epic Fail cards.
Absolutely hilarious. I laughed as I read them, and I couldn't tell my kids what was up, as they were so raunchy. My face still hurts.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/31 ... rds-deck-0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'll never play a game with these cards. Will not display them. I probably (defintely) over-paid for them, But I'll sure bring them out when I need a good laugh.
Fulfillment took so long, I finally gave up, after almost 1 year. I finally got the deck, last week.
By this time, I'd grown in my experience, and expectations, and definitely tastes, so was expecting to be quite underwhelmed.
Yes, the card stock is horrible. The cards were cut with terrible corners that don't line up. The finish is so cheap, I've seen better on cereal boxes. But... I have to say, the content of the cards, themselves are to-die-for. This was the Autocorrect Epic Fail cards.
Absolutely hilarious. I laughed as I read them, and I couldn't tell my kids what was up, as they were so raunchy. My face still hurts.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/31 ... rds-deck-0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'll never play a game with these cards. Will not display them. I probably (defintely) over-paid for them, But I'll sure bring them out when I need a good laugh.
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Haha i had a good laugh reading your post, lets chalk it up to amateur mistakes ! Everyone has them =Dddorn wrote:I guess I'm sort of 'gruntled' by a deck I found on Kickstarter. When it came out, I was in my "Must buy Everything" phase, as others have mentioned in their collecting progression. I thought the idea was unique, so I pledged for 1.
Fulfillment took so long, I finally gave up, after almost 1 year. I finally got the deck, last week.
By this time, I'd grown in my experience, and expectations, and definitely tastes, so was expecting to be quite underwhelmed.
Yes, the card stock is horrible. The cards were cut with terrible corners that don't line up. The finish is so cheap, I've seen better on cereal boxes. But... I have to say, the content of the cards, themselves are to-die-for. This was the Autocorrect Epic Fail cards.
Absolutely hilarious. I laughed as I read them, and I couldn't tell my kids what was up, as they were so raunchy. My face still hurts.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/31 ... rds-deck-0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'll never play a game with these cards. Will not display them. I probably (defintely) over-paid for them, But I'll sure bring them out when I need a good laugh.
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