Production of the Key West Resort & Casino playing cards is going forward without Kickstarter funding.

I placed the order with the manufacturer on Monday, Oct. 24, 2012. The cards should be ready to ship in two to three weeks, so they are on or ahead of schedule.

A website was launched as a "contact point" to sell the cards. The link is:

http://www.keywestresortcasino.com

Decks are sold in red / blue pairs.

Prices:

• 2 to  6 decks -- $3 per deck, plus shipping ($6 in the U.S., $10 Int'l)
  8 decks: $2.95 -- per deck, plus shipping ($5.25 in the U.S., $16.95 Int'l)
  12 decks or more decks -- $2.89 per deck plus $11.35 U.S. shipping
  24 or 36 decks -- $2.89 per deck, $10 U.S. shipping for the box;
  48 decks -- $2.89 per deck, free U.S. shipping

The "Magician's Box" special from Kickstarter is available. It's six decks -- 3 red and 3 blue decks -- plus one each Key West "NCV" (blue) and $5 (red) casino chips for "slight of hand" illusions, for $18. U.S. shipping is $5.35 (Priority mail flat rate). Int'l shipping is $16.95.

Feel free to visit the site and look around. If you order (e-mail: orders@keywestresortcasino.com), mention aethercards.com for a $1 shipping discount. If you'd like access to the "VIP Club" page, PM me here.

Quote from: dennis63 on October 14, 2012, 08:33:53 AM

This deck has really been taking a beating over on that other big card site, where it's pretty much "USPC or nothing." Some folks there, with Kickstarter projects of their own to get funded, have been doing what they can to kill this deck, despite positive reviews from all the reviewers who got decks.

I really appreciate that members here are more positive and helpful.

Hey, you can use the name - we know who you're talking about and they're not exactly Voldemort... 


I think it has more to do with this forum being generally more laid back about all things card-related, judging from the impressions I've been given from people who hang there more than I do. They didn't seem rude or over-negative over there - I looked.  Even here you've got hardcore "purists".  Some only buy USPC, some only by Bicycle.  To each his own.  You probably don't hear from them much here because they just haven't chosen to chime in.


Personally, I'm hoping the deck makes it and that I get the ones I pledged for.  Some of the best decks I own are not from the USPC factory floor...

I guess everyone wants to strut their stuff and make a profit! So many new decks and I like most of them!

Quote from: dennis63 on September 29, 2012, 04:12:16 AM

FYI, Liberty does not overwrap their boxes with cellophane and tear tape, like USPC. The cards are cello-wrapped inside the boxes. This may be an unusual feature.

It's not common, but USPC used to wrap the cards in the box rather than the box itself.  Some companies, like Fournier (a USPC subsidiary in Vitoria, Spain), still uses the practice.  Sometimes a deck will even be cellowrapped both ways, on the cards and on the box.