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Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #175 on: April 24, 2014, 01:14:55 PM »
 

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Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #176 on: April 24, 2014, 01:38:35 PM »
 

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The rest of the decks will be in the store in about 6.5 hours at 8pm Eastern. So if you missed the first flurry you'll have another chance tonight. I imagine that group will last a little longer than 68 minutes, but who knows. :) Thanks everyone!
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Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #177 on: April 24, 2014, 02:00:17 PM »
 

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I tried being tricky and setting one in my cart, but it became unavailable and did not let me keep it in there.  :mindf-ck:
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Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #178 on: April 24, 2014, 05:54:52 PM »
 

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I managed to get in an order for four.  No hassles.
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Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #179 on: April 24, 2014, 07:39:48 PM »
 

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In case any one missed it, the remainder of Zenith will be in the store in about 20 min.

http://encarded.com/products/zenith-signature-series
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Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #180 on: April 24, 2014, 08:08:42 PM »
 

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I didn't miss THIS window!  Order #1288!
(Unfortunately Boss Lady told me I could only get 2 instead of the full allotment of 4.)
Keep up the great work, Paul!

 

Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #181 on: April 24, 2014, 08:10:43 PM »
 

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In case any one missed it, the remainder of Zenith will be in the store in about 20 min.

http://encarded.com/products/zenith-signature-series

The remainder? As in what's left of the 1000 print run? Wow! Congrats again! These look great.
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Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #182 on: April 24, 2014, 08:12:30 PM »
 

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I didn't miss THIS window!  Order #1288!
(Unfortunately Boss Lady told me I could only get 2 instead of the full allotment of 4.)
Keep up the great work, Paul!

You should have bought 2 pair at $40 a pair.  ;)
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Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #183 on: April 24, 2014, 08:16:48 PM »
 

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I didn't miss THIS window!  Order #1288!
(Unfortunately Boss Lady told me I could only get 2 instead of the full allotment of 4.)
Keep up the great work, Paul!

You should have bought 2 pair at $40 a pair.  ;)

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Might have worked otherwise.    ^_^;
 

Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #184 on: April 24, 2014, 08:19:36 PM »
 

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In case any one missed it, the remainder of Zenith will be in the store in about 20 min.

http://encarded.com/products/zenith-signature-series

The remainder? As in what's left of the 1000 print run? Wow! Congrats again! These look great.

Yes, about 200 remain right now, so we've gone through roughly 800 of the 1000 in less than 2 hours of sales. The second batch is going a little slower so there is definitely time to get some!
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Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #185 on: April 25, 2014, 09:30:26 AM »
 

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Final warning, less than 80 of the 1000 are available, so if you were asleep, working, or sitting on the fence you have a little time to get some. Unless you *really* like eBay...
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Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #186 on: April 25, 2014, 10:05:04 AM »
 

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Final warning, less than 80 of the 1000 are available, so if you were asleep, working, or sitting on the fence you have a little time to get some. Unless you *really* like eBay...
My alarm interrupted my tax preparation [we file April 30 in Canada] in time for me to get my order fulfilled. This is an exciting deck - even for a vintage collector!!
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Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #187 on: April 25, 2014, 01:52:32 PM »
 

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Final warning, less than 80 of the 1000 are available, so if you were asleep, working, or sitting on the fence you have a little time to get some. Unless you *really* like eBay...
My alarm interrupted my tax preparation [we file April 30 in Canada] in time for me to get my order fulfilled. This is an exciting deck - even for a vintage collector!!

High praise indeed, thank you Tom!
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Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #188 on: April 25, 2014, 02:43:26 PM »
 

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I have been asked in various places about the 4-deck limit and most comments have been complimentary. Honestly I would have sold them much faster without the limit. I'd have to count exactly, but probably 35% of the orders were for the max, so if even a portion of those people would have bought 6 or 8 the deck probably wouldn't have lasted the first hour.

So from a business point of view, I guess that was pretty stupid, but from a collector point of view it seemed like the right thing to do. :)

As of this moment, there are just a few bricks left and if some hardcore collector fan here wanted a couple more to store away for a rainy day, I don't think the guy that runs the place would be all that upset. Just sayin...
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Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #189 on: April 25, 2014, 04:23:00 PM »
 

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I missed both launch times yesterday, so I'm very happy that I was still able to order them just now!

Zenith is remarkable, Paul  :D
 

Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #190 on: April 25, 2014, 07:39:06 PM »
 

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If you still have them on the 2nd let me know and I will buy one.
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Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #191 on: April 26, 2014, 01:53:28 AM »
 

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I have been asked in various places about the 4-deck limit and most comments have been complimentary. Honestly I would have sold them much faster without the limit. I'd have to count exactly, but probably 35% of the orders were for the max, so if even a portion of those people would have bought 6 or 8 the deck probably wouldn't have lasted the first hour.

So from a business point of view, I guess that was pretty stupid, but from a collector point of view it seemed like the right thing to do. :)

As of this moment, there are just a few bricks left and if some hardcore collector fan here wanted a couple more to store away for a rainy day, I don't think the guy that runs the place would be all that upset. Just sayin...

I wouldn't say it was a stupid thing to do, really.  Either way, the entire inventory would still have sold out.  But by doing it this way, you made a serious effort to make your customers happy, and that's never bad business.

While he was alive, my dad was an electrician.  He occasionally did work that ended up leaving him holding the short end of the stick financially - but he did it for good reason.  In most cases, those people he worked for eventually led him into getting access to more lucrative contracts, earning him more money in the long run.  It's all too frequently overlooked in business, but reputation matters.
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Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #192 on: April 26, 2014, 12:49:55 PM »
 

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I have been asked in various places about the 4-deck limit and most comments have been complimentary. Honestly I would have sold them much faster without the limit. I'd have to count exactly, but probably 35% of the orders were for the max, so if even a portion of those people would have bought 6 or 8 the deck probably wouldn't have lasted the first hour.

So from a business point of view, I guess that was pretty stupid, but from a collector point of view it seemed like the right thing to do. :)

As of this moment, there are just a few bricks left and if some hardcore collector fan here wanted a couple more to store away for a rainy day, I don't think the guy that runs the place would be all that upset. Just sayin...

   I don't think that was stupid.
   In my opinion that was not only a sign of respect to your clients but also a good marketing move (intended or not).
   First, as Don already pointed, the deck is sold out so there was nothing stupid about it.
   Second, the imposition of a limit in a 1000 deck run it's really an honest way to try to guarantee that everybody has a chance on the deck.
   Third, even with a limit, it's always possible to have multiple accounts.
   And fourth, I really think that the limit helped you to sell more decks to each person. As you pointed out, 35% purchased 4 decks. If you had no limit,some people could buy more, it's true. But, now I'm talking by my personal experience, if there was no limit, I would probably buy 3 decks because they were not cheap. Let's be honnest, 80 dollars by 4 decks was above my limit. But with the (deserved) expectations generated in collectors, the first impulse it's to buy the max. With no limit It wouldn't be a surprise if a great percentage would only buy 3 or 2 decks.

  So, don't feel bad with the limit.



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Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #193 on: April 26, 2014, 12:56:56 PM »
 

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Well, "stupid" was said in jest, but I am glad that my good intentions came through.
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Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #194 on: April 26, 2014, 02:17:01 PM »
 

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paul  you need to change your signature to reflect sold out by Zenith
 

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« Reply #195 on: April 26, 2014, 02:51:50 PM »
 

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paul  you need to change your signature to reflect sold out by Zenith

thanks, forgot about that, it all went by so quickly :)
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Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #196 on: April 26, 2014, 02:56:40 PM »
 

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Anybody willing to part with one of their decks for a fellow collector, private message me and we can hopefully arrange a price.

I've been in Naples, FL on vacation this past week and haven't had much internet access. Deck looks great, Paul. Sorry I missed out :(
 

Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #197 on: April 26, 2014, 04:17:27 PM »
 

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Anybody willing to part with one of their decks for a fellow collector, private message me and we can hopefully arrange a price.

I've been in Naples, FL on vacation this past week and haven't had much internet access. Deck looks great, Paul. Sorry I missed out :(

Ah, sorry you missed it. I think there will be a few folks that can part with one. If I had them in hand, you could have driven up the road to Sarasota and bought it in person. :)
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Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #198 on: April 27, 2014, 11:48:51 AM »
 

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Congratulations Paul, I am delighted that you have limited this lovely deck to 1000 as I really believe that a known limited number makes it much more desirable to collectors.  Obviously you will continue to sell out your decks as fast as you can design them and I can't imagine anyone more deserving.

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Re: Anti-KS : Encarded Zenith
« Reply #199 on: April 28, 2014, 10:41:38 PM »
 

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Zenith is being sorted and arranged. Hope to start moving these out to folks real soon. They look quite lovely in large piles...
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