First off, HUGE THANK YOU to those who've already pledged!
Wow CBJ it's not insanity, why you're so angry is beyond me... some will buy these, some won't, I'm not upset with YOU if you DON'T buy them, if you don't agree with the price. I researched several other very successful projects and used them as my examples... some will think that an original design deck has more value and some will think the usability of this deck has more and some will think something else! I'm not trying to shove these down anyone's throats! with the exception of The earlier mentioned rainbow deck, the other "brand name" rainbows sell for over 20 dollars and they don't have the "same back" design quality. From a magician's viewpoint that's huge. So no offense is meant to those of you who don't understand the 10.00 price tag.
Look I won't get on here to defend myself, and it may sound that way, but I do think it's my duty to at least try and explain.
Shipping internationally... I will take the time to help you all understand the costs a little later... unfortunately I'm out of time right now, but will get on it, mostly because I don't just see folks saying, nah, too much, but I do see some flaming already! Silly. My wife would love a 300 dollar coach bag, but we went to ross and got a nice one for 20 bucks. I certainly won't complain to anyone about things I'm not willing to spend money on nor that some of my friends go ahead and drop the 300 bucks to keep their wives happy!
If someone else is able to charge 5 bucks flat, it's probably because they've made up for it all in volume and they've done this several times. I'm trying to keep the shipping right at what it should be. If you've spent two hours out of your day as I do shipping you realize what the term "handling" really means. and I'm not trying to tack on extra for that.
You, Jay, are doing the right thing by not buying it. You are supporting what you believe in and if this is insanity, then it's the only way to stop it.
I personally think that a new design of a deck every couple of days is what's insane, mostly because of the satuation I don't even know where to begin, hence I buy almost none! And that sucks! Oh, and some have become millionaires doing it. But I'm not upset that they give me the chance to. And some folks LOVE spending their money that way, no one forces them to.
To call the 2 dollar difference insanity is pretty harsh... I think anyway.
Many will spend more on a burger and coke and not have a cool deck of cards to show for it... :-)
Oh and anytime anyone out there is willing to risk 7-10,000 bucks just to break even let me know, I"d love to have you as an investor in future projects.
I've agreed with my wife not to look at kickstarter tonight anymore, but within an hour it was going nuts... Sorry if 2 bucks or even 4 bucks ruins it for some of you. There's a very nice deck available for 10 dollars, Anglo, mentioned earlier in this post. I recommend that one if SPECTRUM isn't for you. Wait, I just checked three websites, shipping is around $12.00.
I'll reconsider the shipping issues as I have no intention of gouging or making money on that, but I know for a fact that cheapest shipping on a deck of cards is just under 5 bucks international, I just weighed a deck and checked yesterday. not to mention a buck for the envelope and label.
I seriously will check that out and adjust for fairness if justified. The heavier the package the more it costs.
I'm happy to answer to anything but if you want to take pot shots or be rude, I'll just bow out, I'm not into it.
Again, no offense meant. 'Cmon guys you don't like it fine, like I said, I'm not angry at anyone who won't buy it. and no one buys it, I'm screwed. The 7 grand is real money. Real money that feeds kids and pays rent. No one, including me is out to break even.
Again, HUGE THANKS to those of you who have supported this!
Awesome!
Coz
