I happen to know the person who had brought these cards to market. He is a young magician who cares about his craft and the magic community as a whole. A lot of effort and a great deal of expense went into conception and creation of the cards. He had to get USPCC to agree to do it and you can be assured it was quite an investment. This is a genuine Bicycle deck and the ONLY one that is a true mirror image. Routines that have never been done before can be created and performed using a genuine Bicycle card. Imagine, for $6.25 (not 7 BUCKSS) how many unique routines can be done that couldn't be done before. How many "extras" are included in the deck? This deck was conceived with the magician in mind and not the purpose of "gouging" anyone. I know the passion the developer has for the magic community and his genuine effort to bring these decks into reality and do it at the lowest reasonable price that could be set. I would encourage anyone to go to
www.leftydeck.com or
www.newyorkmagicproject.com and find out more about the person behind these decks. I think then folks will be less inclined to criticize the price and to appreciate the opportunities that didn't exist until now.
well, $6.25, then there's shipping (I know, not their fault, but people consider that when buying).
not to mention if you're ordering from out of country, shipping is even more AND then there's currency conversion. $6.25 USD is just under $7.00 canadian (6.94). Not such a big deal on one deck, but when i order, I order big (to make the shipping costs worthwhile).
so lets do the math for a brick...
63.75
+ .99 shipping (really awesome actually, I just saw this)
64.74 USD
x 1.10 conversion (actually the rate is pretty decent today too.)
71.8357 CAD
72/12 = 6 bucks a deck.... which isn't terrible, but that's still already after the 15% discount for buying a whole brick.
In retrospect, it isn't a bad value, but I couldn't imagine ever needing a whole brick of these. Then again, these would be more of a novelty since I'm not really a lefty. Maybe I'll buy a half brick. since shipping is so low.
I appreciate the effort though, it's good to see they were able to pool their resources and get this done.