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by kevmundo » Sep 6th, '13, 03:07
Why are blank decks more expensive than a standard deck? The more I think about it, the more angry I become!!
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by Lawrence » Sep 6th, '13, 08:18
As someone that gets through a lot of blank decks I concur.
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by SpareJoker » Sep 6th, '13, 09:48
It costs money to take the ink off
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by moonbeam » Sep 6th, '13, 10:42
SpareJoker wrote:It costs money to take the ink off
Haha - I like it
QUESTION:
If we can sue McDonalds for making us fat and cigarette companies for giving us cancer; why can't we sue Smirnoff for all the ugly gits we've sh*gged ??
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by Mandrake » Sep 6th, '13, 10:52
Actually, the ink is still there. It's just invisible to intelligent, well talented, good looking, highly charismatic magicians.....
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by kevmundo » Sep 6th, '13, 13:56
Mandrake wrote:Actually, the ink is still there. It's just invisible to intelligent, well talented, good looking, highly charismatic magicians.....
I knew there'd be a reasonable explanation!!
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by Pickman » Sep 6th, '13, 15:03
Probably because there are magicians willing to pay that amount for the emperor's new clothes...and of course we have no choice.
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by bmat » Sep 9th, '13, 17:56
It is actually a manufacturing issue. There is far less demand for blank face cards therefore the manufacturer has to change the process to satisfy a smaller batch of cards, which is more costly, (oddly enough). And yes it is also a specialty market so they can add a little something extra in the cost.
Any time a manufacturer of a mass produced item has to deviate from the 'norm' there is a cost increase.
I know how you feel, there is less to an inked card than a non inked card. However it is not people actually doing the work it is a machine which follows a process from begining to end with very little human intervention. Now you have made a change and it takes time and money to make that change happen in the running of the operation.
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by Part-Timer » Sep 10th, '13, 00:04
bmat wrote:It is actually a manufacturing issue. There is far less demand for blank face cards therefore the manufacturer has to change the process to satisfy a smaller batch of cards, which is more costly, (oddly enough). And yes it is also a specialty market so they can add a little something extra in the cost.
Any time a manufacturer of a mass produced item has to deviate from the 'norm' there is a cost increase.
I know how you feel, there is less to an inked card than a non inked card. However it is not people actually doing the work it is a machine which follows a process from begining to end with very little human intervention. Now you have made a change and it takes time and money to make that change happen in the running of the operation.
Precisely. It's similar to why specialist texts, such as law books, cost more than the latest paperback blockbuster: the market is much smaller, but the information also commands a premium.
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by Mandrake » Sep 10th, '13, 00:52
Probably the same reasons why low fat, low sugar, low salt foodstuffs cost more than the full fat, full sugar, full salt versions,....
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by Lady of Mystery » Sep 10th, '13, 11:27
I've always thought the same thing about white bread and wholemeal bread. White flour goes through so many processes to make it white yet still always costs less than wholemeal which hasn't had half as many things done to it.
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by Mandrake » Sep 10th, '13, 14:33
Mass production versus small batch production seems to be the usual excuse. Now if the healthier versions were mass produced....
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by Part-Timer » Sep 10th, '13, 23:45
Mandrake wrote:Probably the same reasons why low fat, low sugar, low salt foodstuffs cost more than the full fat, full sugar, full salt versions,....
Part of the reason may be the preservative qualities of salt, sugar and fat. I suspect that another part is that they know they can take the health-conscious buyer for a ride.
Lady of Mystery - I have no explanation for the flour phenomenon, other than the second sentence above. Mandrake might be right and it's to do with batch sizes/popularity (as with printed decks vs blank decks).
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by kevmundo » Sep 11th, '13, 09:54
I reckon it's because magicians are like drug addicts and will spend anything to get their fix. I even heard of some guy who bought 'IT.'
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by Mandrake » Sep 11th, '13, 10:35
As has been mentioned a few times here, only a magician would spend £30 buying a £1 coin!
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