Hi people. Okay Let's clear this! i saw many threads about that.
After 3-4 weeks i will make an order here. And i live far far away and this would be one shot only. I never touched bee or Tally-ho - Only Aviators - Very good decks - Bicycle (Ohio box but joker says Ky) - Also very good - but didn last me long And 1 ghost deck - Very good but im scary of damage him so i have him only for pretty look.
So i want to order after 3-4 weeks Bee and Tally-ho (No more than 3-4 decks of each - Man shiping expensive!) And maybe 2-3 decks more of Bicycle - Not sure.
So please lets clear this out. I dont want to purchase bad quality cards. For me the order will be not cheap. So if any of you that buy from this site not more than 1 month ago - Tell me the Quality of Bee and Tally-ho Circle back and Bicycle. Please Dont Post information about any other deck. I dont care Alladins or Arrco or any other... Only this i can buy now.
So tell me are those cards now good or not. Some ppl says is good now , some still bad...
The real answer may not be what you are looking for. Bike, Tally, and Bee are the backbone of USPCC cards. They are all good quality but they don't go through any extra "quality" controls. So, compared to cheap plastic cards made in China and Japan(Though Japan has some fantastic quality plastic cards as well....but they cost a bloody fortune!) you will be overjoyed with the quality. If you compare it to some of the European brands(Piatnik club and star club, Fournier 505s, and even some of the Carta Mundi decks) you might be a bit disappointed.
Because you are pointing out the high cost of shipping I am assuming that you are buying internationally. If that is true you should seriously consider looking into custom cards and special run cards. Look out for USPCC cards that are advertised as either "Q1 quality" or "printed on the Web Press." These cards are the cards that USPCC puts a lot of quality into. They are more expensive and if you were simply buying cards in North America I would not recommend them unless you are experienced enough to "feel" the difference in quality. But when you are dealing with foreign shipping the cost/quality ratio narrows quite a bit. You can get cards on this site that run for $5.00 and come off the web press. Conjuring Arts sells high quality cards for $4.00. It is a big price difference from $2-$3.00 Bikes, Bees, and Tallys but when you add in shipping rates that can average over $25.00...well you do the math.
Anyways. If you decide you just don't have the money to invest in high quality decks regardless of shipping rates then you may want to order of 3 Bikes
or Tally hos(these two are so similar that you really have to have some experience before you can appreciate one from the other) and three decks of Bees(these should be noticeably softer flexing than the Bikes and Tallys)
Hope that helps. What got me into card collecting in the first place was living internationally and realizing that, once shipping was factored in, I was getting a lot more moneys worth buying high quality cards that were lasting me three or more weeks than buying standard 808 bikes that I was trashing in a week or two.