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Beezer109 Regular user 123 Posts |
I have seen many magic shops sell like 10 ft of rope for like 20 bucks. Whats going on? You can just go to the hardware store an by 50 ft of rope for half the price! Does the type of rope matter?
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Euangelion Special user 688 Posts |
For what purposes and I think you mean 10 meters. I have never seen 10 feet for $20 but there are a couple of ropes that sell for $15-20 for 10 meters. Yes, it can make a difference in visiblity on stage and other issues.
Bill Esborn
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Jaz Inner circle NJ, U.S. 6111 Posts |
I'm not sure about elsewhere but quite a few hardware stores in my area don't even sell cotton rope. More often it's nylon or other synthetic which is not so good for rope magic.
Maybe magic shops realize this and are capitalizing on that fact. |
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
I cary four different kinds of rope in my bag for performing four different magic tricks. My question to you is what rope tricks do you do, and how much do you charge to do those rope tricks, not all rope is created equal. I suggest you look at the "fiber optics" demo and try to do some of that stuff with hardware store rope.
Al PS- I buy my cut and restore rope from Big Lots at $3 for 100 feet of 7/32" diameter soft cotton rope, if cheap is what you are looking for go to Big lots.
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Gideon Sylvan Special user Deerfield, IL 541 Posts |
The rope I buy is about $10 for 50 feet. But if the $20 has a much better feel, and it is not for a cut and restored type of effect, yes it is deffinatly worth it.
You know you are a magician when you have boxes full of lecture notes you have never read, but still are excited about going out and buying more.
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Airborne Ranger New user 68 Posts |
Magic shops, in general, have a very limited target market. Even if paired with a costume shop there is not as much traffic which translates into sell revenue per square foot than most other retailers. It's natural to expect their prices to be marked up higher than a Home Depot, Wal-Mart, or hardware shop (not to mention an online retailer with almost zero overhead).
That said, $20 for 10 feet of rope seems like a lot. |
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Vandy Grift Inner circle Milwaukee 3504 Posts |
There are some things that dealers carry only for the customers convenience so they put a higher price on it. I mean do you buy decks of cards from your magic dealer? Mines got em but he charges about 4 bucks a pack for bikes. I assume the thinking is if I have to take up room with this stuff I better make some money on it. He dosen't sell many decks I'm sure. But he does have them there if someone really wants them.
"Get a life dude." -some guy in a magic forum
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MagicB1S Inner circle Knoxville Tenn. 1039 Posts |
It comes down to this.... Magic wholesalers do not sell rope...therefore the magic shop has to buy there supply of rope elsewhere so they buy from walmart or the local hardware store and then resell to you so they have to mark it up to get there margin.
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
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On 2005-08-12 19:24, MagicB1S wrote: Not true! Posted: Aug 13, 2005 3:16am Quote: On 2005-08-12 17:43, Vandy Grift wrote: There are some things that dealers carry only for the customers convenience so they put a higher price on it. I mean do you buy decks of cards from your magic dealer? Mines got em but he charges about 4 bucks a pack for bikes. I assume the thinking is if I have to take up room with this stuff I better make some money on it. He dosen't sell many decks I'm sure. But he does have them there if someone really wants them. Not true, believe it or not, dealers cannot buy wholesale cheaper than what Wal-Mart sells Bicks. They must have made a special deal with US Playing Card Co. You can buy 2 decks at Wal-Mart for $3. A dealer wholesale for 1 deck is $2. They are not just marking up the price for a convenience product. This is why Wal-Mart is driving out of business all retail stores in our country. |
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Daegs Inner circle USA 4291 Posts |
A dealer wholesale for a single deck is $2???
I've seen tally ho's and bikes availible from $1.12-$1.37 a pack when bought by the gross, don't know where you getting the $2 figure. |
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Vandy Grift Inner circle Milwaukee 3504 Posts |
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On 2005-08-13 03:16, wmhegbli wrote: You can get bike decks for 2 for $3 at Walgreens as well. Even if dealers wholesale is 2 dollars a deck selling them for 4 bucks is still a larger margin that he has on most things in the store to be sure. I really think he only keeps them there for the convenience of the odd customer that may want a pack. I think he realizes most people who use a lot of cards will get them elsewhere. Same with rope.
"Get a life dude." -some guy in a magic forum
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RevJohn Inner circle Oregon City Oregon, Oregon 2473 Posts |
Did I miss something? When did this change to cards?
John Posted: Aug 20, 2005 7:59pm Oh Wait... I see where the transition happened. Sorry. John |
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Gideon Sylvan Special user Deerfield, IL 541 Posts |
I buy bikes for barly over a dollar.
You know you are a magician when you have boxes full of lecture notes you have never read, but still are excited about going out and buying more.
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Vandy Grift Inner circle Milwaukee 3504 Posts |
At your magic shop?
"Get a life dude." -some guy in a magic forum
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts |
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On 2005-08-14 22:39, Daegs wrote: Add shipping to this and you are over the $1.50 per deck Wal-Mart sells the decks at. Remember, businesses need to make a profit. |
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Euangelion Special user 688 Posts |
Kind of like the old gag of bringing out a "box" of cards and asking "Do you want to see a card trick? No/ Ok, I'll do a rope trick." Open the card box and remove a length of rope.
Only thing is in this thread someone took a deck of cards out of the rope.
Bill Esborn
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Cory Gallupe Inner circle Nova Scotia, Canada 1272 Posts |
I don't do much rope magic, but I know I would much rather do stuff with magicians rope than normal rope. Normal rope is too stiff and hard to work with. I would just use magicians rope if I were you.
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Steve V Inner circle Northern California 1878 Posts |
Compare the rope from the hardware store/big lots with the rope sold by Meir Yedid (sp?) and Chuck "The Hit Man" Leach and then you will see why one cost more.
Steve V |
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Al Angello Eternal Order Collegeville, Pa. USA 11045 Posts |
Magic shops have $.10 a foot 7/32" wide soft cotton rope, Big Lots has $.03 a foot 7/32" wide soft cotton rope. I use 8 feet of rope to do cut and restore for every show. I use about 1,500 feet a year. The magic store rope will cost me $150 a year, and Big Lots rope is only $30. For me it is a no brainer.
Thank you Big Lots Al
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MagicalPirate Special user Shamokin, PA 828 Posts |
I hope you stock up at Big Lots since they don't carry the same merchandise all the time. They carry whatever load they got at a good price and that is what you get to choose from.
Martin
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