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tanox New user 5 Posts |
Hello,
I just wanted to state that I purchased 3 items from Bob Cassidy back around September or October of 2007. These items were: 1. The Seance 2. 2007 Lecture Notes 3. 20th Century Q and A Has anyone recieved these items? If not is it on account of Bob's health? I performed his "Puzzled" trick before about 200 1st thru 5th graders (it was during career night) at my wifes elementary school. It was and still remaines a fantastic routine! After the show, parents, teachers and students came up to me wanting to know how to become a mentalist. To this day, students are still asking my wife if I have some sort of "special abilities". I have checked in at Bob Cassidy's website almost everyday, but all that I find is that his website for mentalists is down until all of his back orders are filled. Thank you for your time! Can anyone help me with this problem? Paul Harrold |
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parmenion Inner circle Switzerland/Zürich 3988 Posts |
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On 2008-04-02 01:34, tanox wrote: The answer is in you post his website for mentalists is down until all of his back orders are filled...
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Torkova Regular user Astoria, NY 192 Posts |
I also ordered his lecture notes (before his tour) and never got them. I asked him at his lecture at Tannens if he had them with him. He said no, that he wanted to add more information gathered from his lectures to the notes afterwards. I hope this happens eventually.
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Samuel Catoe Inner circle South Carolina 1268 Posts |
For those who do not know, here is how it works with Cassidy. You place an order for the book you want. Some time in the future, no telling when since it is different all the time, Cassidy will actually write the book. You heard right. The book that you are ordering has not been written yet. He doesn't write the book until he has enough orders for him to feel like it is worth the time to actually write it. The same goes for the products he makes. He does not have them sitting around, he makes them after the orders have been placed. In some cases people have waited years and not received anything.
Bob puts out some good work, but it is not worth the aggravation of actually getting it from him in my opinion. If you can get it from someone else, get it. Order it from him? Not for me.
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Chris K Inner circle 2544 Posts |
I did a few searches but many are dated. For anybody who doesn't mind answering, as of April 2, 2008, what is the best Cassidy product, in your opinion? I'll admit here and now that I own ZERO of his products, for various reasons, but am thinking of picking one up from a magic shop in SF to get a bit of exposure to his thinking.
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xersekis Special user 591 Posts |
Lem
You might wish to start with his books or dvds - lots of good effects in those and his thinking is marvelous. |
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jasons_mind Loyal user 258 Posts |
Lem,
Start and most likely end with Artful Mentalism. It's a big volume and a compendium of several of his works. I'd also pick up his Mental Miracles DVD. Bob has put out A LOT of other material - but there his plenty in those two sources to work with. His methods and presentations are really great stuff - I wish his ethic was a bit more above board. Jason. |
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Chris K Inner circle 2544 Posts |
Thanks folks. I was leaning towards Artful Mentalism for that very reason, Jason, but I really wanted some feedback.
I have to admit that I haven't even looked into his DVDs, thanks for the recommendation. Lem |
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IAIN Eternal Order england 18807 Posts |
Lem - I'd recommend his black box cinema dvd, full of switches shot from a good angle...and a couple of envelope switches too...he is excellent at teaching them...
you might hear an alarm go off as I say this...but I don't like how abrasive he is when he performs...and he reminds me of a brit comedian called dave allen for some reason...dunno why... oh, and you can buy his pdfs very safely and quickly from lybrary...
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gerryc New user 82 Posts |
Tanox, I consider myself in the same boat. And also agree Puzzled is a great effect
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Gerry Hennessey Special user 852 Posts |
Abraxus,
Your comments on the perfoming styles of Bob Cassidy and Dave Allen are very interesting. You are right, there is a similarity at least with their performing sense of humor. Having seen Bob perform live, I must say how very entertaining he is. For anyone interested in seeing a true pro perform, they would do well to pick up a copy of his Mental Miracles DVD. I believe one of the participants in his memorized deck finale is Marc Salem. (Just for the record, Dave Allen was Irish) Best to you Hennessey (also Irish)
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JohnWells Inner circle The Southern Wild 1791 Posts |
Isn't this a duplicate of an old thread, I have this eerie feeling of having read all this before.
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Ezzet Veteran user Sweden 391 Posts |
I love his mental miracles DVD. Not a single filler effect on that one. Well worth the money and more. Ive heard a lot of good things about puzzled. Where can this be found?
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Harris0n Loyal user leeds uk 290 Posts |
I paid for 'Beyond Fundamentals' a long long time ago. Does anyone know if its been written yet??
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StrangeMagick Special user 635 Posts |
I haven't gotten mine either. I hope to get then SOME DAY, but I'm not holding my breath.
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briandavidphillips Regular user 121 Posts |
Tanox and others, I had also ordered Seance as well as a number of other products from Cassidy around the same time as you. After repeated unanswered emails asking about the product not being delivered, I finally went into a Paypal dispute which was also not answered. Paypal returned my money. In every single email and even in the dispute process, I stated plainly that I actually didn't want my money back but wanted the product and would very much appreciate at least a polite reply to my email. Nothing. I was receiving emails with umpteen new product announcements very regularly but no reply to my service inquiries. When the dispute process completed, I got my money back and promptly spent it on someone else's products.
Samuel Catoe, thank you for your explanation of Bob's business model. It does explain a lot. I too have enjoyed his products gotten elsewhere but am also very unlikely to purchase them directly from him anytime soon in the future.
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SM41 Special user 831 Posts |
You pay via paypal?
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tanox New user 5 Posts |
Santiao Michel,
I used PayPal thru my VISA card. Called Pay Pal and told them the problem. They told me "well too bad, so sad". I asked PayPal for a new e-mail address where Bob Cassidy could be reached and they gave me one. I e-mailed Bob and got no reply. I called VISA, they told me I had 60 days to recover my money from VISA. I kept waiting hoping "Seance" and the other e-books I ordered from Bob would show. Nothing! It has been way over 60 days now. In Bob's ad about "Seance" it stated that it had been releaced to about 25 of his close friends several years ago. So I thought the manuscript was in existance, so I ordered it. I can't help but think Bob has had some sort of health or physical problems that keeps him from delivering his material. All of my e-mails to his different addresses go unanswered. So my questions is "how do people book him to do a show"? Oh well, in my opinion, PayPal is useless and if I had acted promptley VISA would have given my money back! |
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obijuan Loyal user New Lenox 242 Posts |
"So my questions is "how do people book him to do a show"? "
Bobs a lawyer, mentalism is a part time thing. |
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Chris K Inner circle 2544 Posts |
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On 2008-04-04 13:51, obijuan wrote: Are you saying that he doesn't do shows then? |
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