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Hi

I am a newbi on this site and was just wondering whats the best site to buy magic from?

Can someone please tell me.

Thanks
Simon

I'd say it's the ones that have the effects you want to buy at the prices you don't mind paying.

google it!!!!!!

you'll find everything

interested in levitations, and vanishes. Ellustionist may be the one, just not sure!?

Have you read the forum guidelines, by the way?

Tomo wrote:I'd say it's the ones that have the effects you want to buy at the prices you don't mind paying.

This is pretty good advice

Firstly where are you from?

Also is there anything in paticular your looking at. And how experienced are you. Then maybe we can help you find something usefull for you.

Off topic really but may I give you a piece of stock advice? Don't spend a lot of money on gimmicks. Most of us have been through that period and it usually involves spending a lot of money for very little return. Try Royal Road to Card Magic for card tricks or I'm sure someone else can recommend something for 'street' magic.

Kati

depends on what you buy.

if you buy a packet trick you'll use it once and leave it in the back of your cupboard.

where as

if you buy gaffed cards (not the Ellusionist type but the double back and faced ones) there are open ends to your tricks.

I personaly love magnetic devices because they can be incorpirated into all types of magic and people rarely suspect them.


so try and buy accessories rather than trick and invest in sleight of hand as that is always a hit.

Gaffed cards are a better purchase than plain ordinary one-trick-pony gimmicks, definitely. You do need card skills to use them well though, don't imagine you can buy the Red Gaff deck and become a master overnight!

Kati

is the red gaff worth it?

interested in levitations, and vanishes

If you're a newbie then stay away from the levitations!

krazy ace wrote:is the red gaff worth it?

Only if you can think up enough gags to justify the price.

there realy is only one thing that the red gaff is realy good for and that is the pip moving

and killing the kings, shattering the aces, making one pip from one card disappear into another etc etc

I bought a couple of good tricks from ebay I'm happy with.