Jacks & Jokers playing cards

[NathanCanadas]

Here is vjose 32's review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_BZhp0WH9Q&feature=plcp&context=C4213f04VDvjVQa1PpcFO0N-j289BHbuszIQFshIbyVQCqLACwpOk%3D
Here is how a sponsorship works:
The youtubers advertise the cards and sellers, and in exchange the latter send in free decks or give the reviewer discounts. Usually popular youtubers are sponsored because they typically get more views.

[Don Boyer]

Here is vjose 32's review:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_BZhp0WH9Q&feature=plcp&context=C4213f04VDvjVQa1PpcFO0N-j289BHbuszIQFshIbyVQCqLACwpOk%3D
Here is how a sponsorship works:
The youtubers advertise the cards and sellers, and in exchange the latter send in free decks or give the reviewer discounts. Usually popular youtubers are sponsored because they typically get more views.

Those are some boring-looking cards, I tell you what...

You take a pack of Bicycles, swap Rider Backs for an all-black one-way advertisement, and charge more than double the price including the shipping.  Absolutely not worth the price.  I'd think with the ads on the backs, they'd sell them cheap to get the name brand some more recognition.  Then again, look at what they're charging for their t-shirts...

[jmrock]

Their clothes are sick... They're hats are sick... Don stop wearing those Z.Cavaricci pants and get in style... hahaha!!!! The deck is what it is... A collectible deck... It is the first deck produced by the first company ever to be recognized by the United States Playing Card Co. as their official clothing partner... That's all... You don't buy these cards to perform your cardistry in front of an audience... That's what the Ralph Lauren Rugy deck is for... and it's a bargain at only $40...

[Don Boyer]

Their clothes are sick... They're hats are sick... Don stop wearing those Z.Cavaricci pants and get in style... hahaha!!!! The deck is what it is... A collectible deck... It is the first deck produced by the first company ever to be recognized by the United States Playing Card Co. as their official clothing partner... That's all... You don't buy these cards to perform your cardistry in front of an audience... That's what the Ralph Lauren Rugy deck is for... and it's a bargain at only $40...

I recognize the collector and fashion end of the concept.  I actually own a few tees and caps.  They very nice, but they're simply not very affordable, that's all.

As far as collecting, I collect for a reason - I like cards, out of the box more so than in the box!  These cards just don't impress me, especially at the price.  If they were cheaper, sure, why not?

For ten bucks, there's so many more interesting decks out there that someone can buy.  Bog-standard Bike faces, a one-way ad back, a boring box, and printed probably with the same stock and finish as plain Bikes as well.  For that, I'd sooner buy two or three packs of Rider Backs for the same price.

[NathanCanadas]

Their clothes are sick... They're hats are sick... Don stop wearing those Z.Cavaricci pants and get in style... hahaha!!!! The deck is what it is... A collectible deck... It is the first deck produced by the first company ever to be recognized by the United States Playing Card Co. as their official clothing partner... That's all... You don't buy these cards to perform your cardistry in front of an audience... That's what the Ralph Lauren Rugy deck is for... and it's a bargain at only $40...

I recognize the collector and fashion end of the concept.  I actually own a few tees and caps.  They very nice, but they're simply not very affordable, that's all.

As far as collecting, I collect for a reason - I like cards, out of the box more so than in the box!  These cards just don't impress me, especially at the price.  If they were cheaper, sure, why not?

For ten bucks, there's so many more interesting decks out there that someone can buy.  Bog-standard Bike faces, a one-way ad back, a boring box, and printed probably with the same stock and finish as plain Bikes as well.  For that, I'd sooner buy two or three packs of Rider Backs for the same price.

I agree. Sure, these are collectible, but we can't ignore the fact that they are just plain old bikes that handle like crap and look even worse.

[Paul Carpenter]

Jacks and Jokers stuff looks neat, but seriously, WTH is up with their prices? I'm all for pricing things to make a little profit, business is not charity and all, but $60 fricken bucks for a normal t-shirt? That's beyond ridiculous and into the rape category IMO, officially licensed or not.

I have my shirts done by the on-demand printer CafePress, which due to not being mass produced makes them much more expensive than a normal large screenprint order, and even then I can price them at $25 and still make a few bucks.

I really can't respect a company that goes so far overboard like that. I guess I should do a gray shirt with a black Tendril head on it and sell it for $30 and undercut them by half. All I need then is some random celebrity to wear one.

[Don Boyer]

Jacks and Jokers stuff looks neat, but seriously, WTH is up with their prices? I'm all for pricing things to make a little profit, business is not charity and all, but $60 fricken bucks for a normal t-shirt? That's beyond ridiculous and into the rape category IMO, officially licensed or not.

I have my shirts done by the on-demand printer CafePress, which due to not being mass produced makes them much more expensive than a normal large screenprint order, and even then I can price them at $25 and still make a few bucks.

I really can't respect a company that goes so far overboard like that. I guess I should do a gray shirt with a black Tendril head on it and sell it for $30 and undercut them by half. All I need then is some random celebrity to wear one.

I'll play devil's advocate for a moment and say that the material used on the tees is really soft and comfortable, but the plain fact is that they're pushing this stuff as designer wear, and pricing it as such.  Nearly every designer prices their products not based on production costs as much as on just how much they can get away with charging for it.