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Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03 coming out soon
« Reply #150 on: March 19, 2013, 06:09:09 PM »
 

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I use a mail forwarding company to make shipping a little cheaper.

This is relevant to my interests. Can you elaborate, please?

There's a handful of companies out there that handle deliveries from US companies for people from out of the country.  You order from retailers, pay domestic shipping to the company, they ship to you overseas, and it often if not always adds up to paying less for shipping.  Most of these companies will allow aggregation - you can let some packages accumulate and have them shipped all at once, repackaged into a single box for savings.  It can't, however, save you from paying for Customs fees...
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Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03 coming out soon
« Reply #151 on: March 19, 2013, 09:05:09 PM »
 

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I use a mail forwarding company to make shipping a little cheaper.

This is relevant to my interests. Can you elaborate, please?

There's a handful of companies out there that handle deliveries from US companies for people from out of the country.  You order from retailers, pay domestic shipping to the company, they ship to you overseas, and it often if not always adds up to paying less for shipping.  Most of these companies will allow aggregation - you can let some packages accumulate and have them shipped all at once, repackaged into a single box for savings.  It can't, however, save you from paying for Customs fees...

Man, this is perfect for international backers of KS playing card projects.

I'll sure look up into this. Any companies you guys would recommend?
 

Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03 coming out soon
« Reply #152 on: March 19, 2013, 11:29:29 PM »
 

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I use a mail forwarding company to make shipping a little cheaper.

This is relevant to my interests. Can you elaborate, please?

There's a handful of companies out there that handle deliveries from US companies for people from out of the country.  You order from retailers, pay domestic shipping to the company, they ship to you overseas, and it often if not always adds up to paying less for shipping.  Most of these companies will allow aggregation - you can let some packages accumulate and have them shipped all at once, repackaged into a single box for savings.  It can't, however, save you from paying for Customs fees...

Man, this is perfect for international backers of KS playing card projects.

I'll sure look up into this. Any companies you guys would recommend?

Shipito.com is the only one I've used and theyve been an excellent help each time I've used them. Pm me if you need any help using their system. 
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Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03 coming out soon
« Reply #153 on: March 20, 2013, 01:48:27 AM »
 

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Man, this is perfect for international backers of KS playing card projects.


It's even more useful when dealing with retailers that have a bad rep for seriously overcharging for overseas deliveries (cough-cough-BUCKTWINS-cough)...  :))  It's great for dealing with Black Friday to Cyber Monday, too - the one time you're most likely to be racking up a lot of purchases over a single weekend from a variety of retailers.
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Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03 coming out soon
« Reply #154 on: March 21, 2013, 05:24:00 PM »
 

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Package should be waiting for me when i get home!!!  :D
 

Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03 coming out soon
« Reply #155 on: March 22, 2013, 12:02:40 AM »
 

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Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03 coming out soon
« Reply #156 on: March 22, 2013, 09:24:15 AM »
 

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Great news! Package has arrived. Can't wait to get it :)
 

Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03 coming out soon
« Reply #157 on: March 26, 2013, 02:59:46 PM »
 

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Received mine today in the uk! Unfortunately, one of the decks got a little mashed up on one corner, but the cards inside had only minor damage to one of the jokers so I'm still happy!

Quick question for anybody that's received them: is it me or do the cards seem to be a little thinner than the tuck? Mine seem to rattle around quite a bit inside. I know there's normally some space between the edges of the cards and the inside sides of the box, but this seems to be the front and back of the deck. Could this imply a thinner stock was used?

Course, I could be wrong, as I don't know a great deal about stock and printing processes. But it seems strange for a USPCC bicycle deck.
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Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03 coming out soon
« Reply #158 on: March 26, 2013, 03:42:55 PM »
 

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I got mine yesterday. Oddly enough the two boxes appear slightly different, one being slightly darker in color than the other. I also have not received the one I won on her Facebook contest for some reason.

Here you can see the difference in the box - http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=632612906754208&set=o.327745787324367&type=3
 

Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03 coming out soon
« Reply #159 on: March 26, 2013, 08:18:51 PM »
 

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I can't access your link Victor, content is unavailable apparently.
 

Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03 coming out soon
« Reply #160 on: April 03, 2013, 01:30:10 PM »
 

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Hey guys,

This package arrived for me today.. and I'm VERY happy.





Yes, I have them early.  No, I can't tell you how.. sorry guys.

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Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03 coming out soon
« Reply #161 on: April 03, 2013, 03:51:27 PM »
 

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Hey guys,

This package arrived for me today.. and I'm VERY happy.





Yes, I have them early.  No, I can't tell you how.. sorry guys.

CBJ

a boaster  ;) :) :) :)


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Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03 coming out soon
« Reply #162 on: April 03, 2013, 10:40:03 PM »
 

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Yes, I have them early.  No, I can't tell you how.. sorry guys.

That's cheating!  :(
 

Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03 coming out soon
« Reply #163 on: April 03, 2013, 10:43:08 PM »
 

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That's cheating!  :(

a boaster  ;) :) :) :)

Cheating, boasting, whatever you call it, it's still pretty cool and makes me a little envious. A very nice pair of decks :))
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Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03 coming out soon
« Reply #164 on: April 03, 2013, 11:28:01 PM »
 

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Hey guys,

This package arrived for me today.. and I'm VERY happy.

Yes, I have them early.  No, I can't tell you how.. sorry guys.

CBJ

I don't suppose you could tell us when No. 04 is being released?  And will it be another two-stage release like the No. 03 was?
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Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03
« Reply #165 on: June 02, 2013, 01:41:07 PM »
 

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Is there any more news on the white version of these? I'm eager to complete my set!
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Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03
« Reply #166 on: June 03, 2013, 01:19:32 AM »
 

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Is there any more news on the white version of these? I'm eager to complete my set!

Well, they've obviously been printed...  I'm betting the Asian card sites would have more info than we do here.  Remember, Nos. 1 & 2 were intended strictly for distribution in China, if I'm not mistaken.
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Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03
« Reply #167 on: June 03, 2013, 04:14:07 PM »
 

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"Our store will have new product Bicycle White Garden Deck, which is expected to be sold at 8:00pm on June 14 (EST). Please pay close attention to our facebook and email."
 

Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03
« Reply #168 on: June 04, 2013, 01:09:38 AM »
 

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"Our store will have new product Bicycle White Garden Deck, which is expected to be sold at 8:00pm on June 14 (EST). Please pay close attention to our facebook and email."

Do you have the URL of that site, bro?
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Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03
« Reply #169 on: June 04, 2013, 09:40:25 AM »
 

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"Our store will have new product Bicycle White Garden Deck, which is expected to be sold at 8:00pm on June 14 (EST). Please pay close attention to our facebook and email."

Do you have the URL of that site, bro?

And is that just the release date in china, or the whole world?
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« Reply #170 on: June 04, 2013, 10:22:29 AM »
 

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I'm thinking it's going to be sold at aloysstudio.
 

Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03
« Reply #171 on: June 04, 2013, 10:45:47 AM »
 

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Apologies, I assumed that everyone would already know that it was going to be sold at Aloys Studios, just like Truth Garden 3, the prior version.

www.aloysstudio.com

Not posting the link initially got my reputation voted down one...funny, I knew that a certain person was going to do that! ;-)
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Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03
« Reply #172 on: June 04, 2013, 01:14:44 PM »
 

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"Our store will have new product Bicycle White Garden Deck, which is expected to be sold at 8:00pm on June 14 (EST). Please pay close attention to our facebook and email."

Thanks for the heads up, hopefully i'll actually be able to be online for the sale this time and not have to rely on ebay sellers.
 

Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03
« Reply #173 on: June 04, 2013, 02:37:04 PM »
 

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Thanks for the heads up, hopefully i'll actually be able to be online for the sale this time and not have to rely on ebay sellers.

Agreed. I really don't like having to rely on eBay sellers for decks I miss the release for. Unfortunately, I did miss the release of these earlier this year so eBay it was.
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Re: Bicycle Truth Garden No. 03
« Reply #174 on: June 04, 2013, 02:45:03 PM »
 

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Their website has worked fine for me for past sales, I never have seen the crashes like you see on some sites, so you should be good. I'm always there the second that the item becomes available, and the process has always gone smoothly. They say that they will only have about 800 decks available to sell, so based on previous sales,  I would guess that they will sell out in 3-5 hours, but don't hold me to that. If you're not there in the first minute, don't worry, you will still be fine.

Quadfather, this site usually sells to the US and the rest of the world, giving us some easier access to a few of the decks already released in the China region. There are more than 800 decks printed, it's just that they only have 800 available for sale in their store to "the rest of the world". Many people see their numbers and assume that there are only that number of decks total. I'm not completely sure, but it may be a deal where what doesn't get sold in the China/Asia region is made available for the rest of the world through Aloys. this is in addition to Aloys' normal custom decks. I have purchased many decks through Aloys Studio over the last 5-6 releases, and they seem to be good folks. They ship quickly and are easy and friendly to deal with.
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