For the record, I've never bashed anyone, large or small, for a color change. Everyone likes different colors so if a design is good, I'll buy my favorite color, and am happy that different folks who have a different favorite color can get their preference as well. If people want to complain about color changes, that's their right.
One thing that I don't htink has been mentioned is the potential price that Paul may have paid for those decks. Did USPCC give them to him for free, or did he have to pay for what he kept? Since they wanted the others back, and most likely paid shipping for them to come back and be destroyed, he very likely paid for those limited decks. $1, $5, $10, what difference does it make. It seems that the assumption is that they were free. That may be true, but thos opposite may be true as well.
Think of this as well...people get in line to snap up "limited" runs of 2,500 decks. JNs weren't technically "limited", and they are $450 a deck. Rarebits aren't limited, but they aren't $10 each either. To pay $30 a deck for a TRULY limited run, is a bargain in my eyes. He's not screaming "Only 350 will ever be made!!!' while keeping the other part of the 2,500 deck run hidden in his garage and releasing them gradually, to keep prices inflated. Paul is one of the nicest and most honest designers that I have ever dealt with and for those reasons, and his great designs, I have bought a lot of his designs, and a lot of the higher-end decks and displays. He knows that I appreciate his honest and design skills by the fact that I buy, a lot, from him.
Phegget, I think you're getting so much backlash simply because you bashed a known honest designer as an outright thief. If you disagree with what he sells, fine. Don't buy it. Feel free to say that they aren't for you. Had you done that, there wouldn't have been any issue. To bash others who wanted them enough to buy them or have a strong interest, and then call the designer a thief, in 100% out of line.
Look at point 3 above, you can't even express a point. You are telling folks that they are buying a (your opinion) SUB-PAR product, mocking them spending their money on what they want, but a few words later you claim that "I am not bashing you". You type in all caps, then a few words later you claim that you aren't shouting. You call a well-respected designer the equivalent of a thief, and a money grabber, and then say that you mean no disrespect Really? There is a HUGE different between a valid discussion and debate, and a downright argumentative rant. I don't know how old you are, but you sound a lot like one of my teens. If you want to make a valid point, and open up an honest and intelligent discussion about it, you have a long way to go to learn what that involves initially.
And for the record, Paul has sold factory seconds in the past at a significant discount. The v.1 Decos aren't factory seconds, they are the few rare decks that survived a botched printing from The USPCC. Paul takes care of his customers and provides them a great product at a good value, and that's why he and his decks are so popular. NOT TO MENTION the fact that he took USPCC's mistake and turned it into an opportunity to IMPROVE the tuck for the folks who only got v.2. Paul takes care of ALL of his customers, and does the best that he can for them? You're right...he's a jerk. How dare he keep people happy.
