On 2011-02-11 13:51, Nerdini wrote:
I think DelMagic may be right. The statement that Costco or Sams Club sells seconds has been brought up before, but has been refuted by at least one member here who went to the trouble of contacting USPCC directly about this and other issues associated with the varying quality of their flagship brand.

That said, I have heard at least one member here joke that all Bicycles are 2nds--meaning that the quality has never been consistent--especially as the company has changed hands over the years and most recently moved from Cincinnati, Ohio to across the river in Erlanger, Kentucky.

Now, back to the point of this thread
I would suggest contacting: Kardwell International

First of all, with Kardwell, as one increases the size of their order, the price per deck goes down, but shipping costs only increase fractionally. For example, you won't get a big price break per deck on 1 brick versus 3 bricks, but the shipping will only increase by about 50%. Shipping for 6 bricks is only about 2 times the cost of shipping for one brick. Surface shipping to my location in the states was only $12 for one brick and $22 for 6 bricks

(By the way, Tally Ho's are only $147 for 6 bricks)

As stated, these percentages are based on shipping in the US, but I'm guessing that although much higher, international shipping would still adjust proportionally as the order size is increased.

None of this is advantage to me, since I can still buy Bikes cheaper at my local Sams Club store.

I tried to use Kardwell's shipping calculator for an overseas shipment to Melbourne, but it came back with the message that it was unable to calculate and to contact the company for a cost. I may have made an error in the address, but at worst this would mean you might have to Email them to get a quote. The Australian and the US dollars are apparently very close at the moment. For example: Six bricks were $136.00 in US currency and $136.27 Australian

As stated, 6 bricks, or 72 decks, will run you $136 or $1.88 per deck. If you can get this shipped for anything less than $80, you will come out at $3 or less per deck. Of course this may be a lot more decks than you want to buy at the present, but I would suggest finding a few card playing or magic friends who would be willing to go in on the order and share expenses. Conversely, you could buy it all yourself, and sell extra decks to your buddies at a reasonable price of $4 or $5 per deck. Sell off 42 decks of your order at $5 per deck and you will net 30 decks completely free. Sell them at $4 per deck and 30 decks will end up costing you only $42. Of course this assumes that you can stay under $80 to ship.

It might be worth the inquiry.


Cheers