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Comedy Writer Special user 594 Posts |
Doing my homework for wholesale pitch magic, this is what I've found so far
Loftus Magic makers d Robbins Oriental trading co.? Right now I have a source for decks, but need one for two card monte - Any help? thanks |
sethb Inner circle The Jersey Shore 2841 Posts |
Robbins and FUN, Inc. (Royal Magic) sell 2CM sets, but you can make your own a lot cheaper by buying double-face and double-back decks, and assembling them yourself.
Don Driver's "Svengali Pitch" DVD explains how to do this and also includes a good template for the outer sleeves, three to a page. Total cost for an assembled set is about 15 cents or less. SETH
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"The better you are, the closer they watch" -- Darwin Ortiz, STRONG MAGIC |
Comedy Writer Special user 594 Posts |
Thanks!
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jlucke New user New Jersey 14 Posts |
Seth said,
"...you can make your own a lot cheaper by buying double-face and double-back decks, and assembling them yourself." I may just be being cheap, but it's always bothered me that there are cards with duplicate value and suit (some diamonds), and minimally different value or suit cards (big yawn) in the Bicycle double face deck, because card contrast is lost using these cards. Is there a source for a double face deck that has greater contrast that I'm not aware of? Jon |
sethb Inner circle The Jersey Shore 2841 Posts |
Well, that's true, but on the other hand, we are only talking about a giveaway "Two Card Monte" packet effect, not a Television Card Frame or other expensive piece of apparatus!!
Also, even if you make your own TCM sets, you will only get 40 sets from two decks of the gaffed cards because of the overlap on the double-faced fronts. But I save those and use them to wind up and store my IT setups. SETH
"Watch the Professor!!" -- Al Flosso (1895-1976)
"The better you are, the closer they watch" -- Darwin Ortiz, STRONG MAGIC |
chefmagic Regular user 166 Posts |
Robbins sells the 2 card monte for 14.44 for a gross. just assemble.
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MagicJim Regular user 151 Posts |
I recommend robbins...e-zmagic
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B Hackler Special user 778 Posts |
I like fun inc products for pitching.
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Comedy Writer Special user 594 Posts |
Thanks everyone _ I may be a pitch man soon...
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Jon-O the Great Elite user 493 Posts |
If you buy the 2 sided cards from Don's source(s), print and assemble the "package" yourself, it costs around 10 cents per package. As Seth said, 3 "packages" per page of printing and you only print on one side of the paper. You COULD use a scissors to cut them apart but I have a paper cutter I accumlated from another biz and it's much faster--can cut about 3-4 pages at a time.
In a pinch, when I run out of "packages", I just give 'em the cards "naked". I figure they've seen the demo 2-3 times so they should know how to do it. As I've said on a previous thread, I demo the cards from one supplier but "give away" the cards from another. Maybe not ethical but the "slick" wears off the cheap ones faster than the other. AND I give 'em the Million Dollar Bill/Magic Paper Clips, so they're happy. The demo takes a little longer but I almost NEVER miss a sale when I demo the MDB/MPC. It's truly like REAL magic! If they HAVE the money, IT'S MINE! Jon |
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