I don't think you guys are getting the point though. - It's a membership, and there not forcing you to buy anything else.
With the membership, you get:
1 - Artifice Black Club Deck - Value: Unknown
1 - Black Club Storage Box - Value: Unknown
1 - HALO Fiber Optik Band - Value:$15
You also get free downloads, discounts, and buying opportunities. I actually like it. It's probably the best Black Friday sale happening in the playing card download. Although none was perfect, I believe this one stood above all others.
to me, and I'd guess a good number of other collectors, the rest of the stuff is worthless. I honestly could not care less about any of the other stuff offered, so I'd essentially be paying let's say 125 dollars (with the points added and x% off) for a deck of cards and some other stuff of unknown resale value but likely nothing close to what I paid for it, which is a hassle to resell anyway. On top of that I get "special access" to spend even more obscene amounts of money on other stuff I don't care about.
Just give me the deck. I was about to make a decent sized purchase with these and fathoms and sultans, but 147 dollars to get this deck is way too much, regardless of the extras.
and really, a lot of the stuff you can't even sell. The membership card, downloads, access to the extra store, and early access to products are all essentially unsellable, unless I'm missing something. You're left with a case and wristband, which will almost certainly not make up for the cost of the membership, and a 5% off which isn't even as good as the 10% off I use now
