Can we talk about CardCutz

Posted on February 11, 2023February 13, 2023 by Jeroen

CardCutz – Now double the shipping cost!

Perth!

In case you hadn’t noticed, I live in Australia (but not in Perth). Shit is expensive over here. That’s because we are a country full of convicts, we have no infrastructure, and people don’t want to business with us. Oh and we are on an island.

CardCutz, the company that makes my much hated Worx deck, but also the much loved Neoteric (naming products is not their strong suit – haha, suit… See what I did there?) was started in Perth, Western Australia. I like their cards. their originals are printed on (what I think is) the same stock as Bicycle Elites – That would be USPCC Crushed retail stock. That shit handles beautifully. And because they are in Australia, their stuff is cheap. Yay!

NOT ANYMORE! They decided that they got too big for their own back yard. So they packed up and moved to the US. They could better serve their customers from there, they said.

While that might be true for a large portion of their buyers, us here in hot and dusty Oz are royally screwed. Where I used to get flat rate shipping for $9.95 I now have to pay at least 20 bucks!

You now get free shipping if you order over $60! Awesome! But that’s 60 dollaroonies US. So that would be a whopping 85 bucks where I am. Never mind though. That offer is only valid for shipping to the United States.

Speaking of the US… All prices (except for the no longer available 9.95 shipping) are in US dollars. Because why in the hell would an Australian company allow their customers in Australia to select local currency on their web site? That $20 shipping… Make that $29.95!

FOR A SINGLE DECK OF CARDS!

Way to alienate your loyal, local customer base. Well done! CardCuntz!

By the way, this is their Facebook page, if you want to get in touch. Last post is from July 2021 though, so I wouldn’t hold my breath.

So what to do if you need cards and happen to be in Australia? Well, there is a local business called Shuffler who have a good collection of playing cards and offer reasonable shipping. You will be supporting a LOCAL business.

In a pinch, I guess you can always order from Penguin who offer FREE shipping to Australia – unlike the Australian CardCutz… What??

Photography is hard!

Posted on February 8, 2023April 25, 2023 by Jeroen

Did I tell you I was on VERO yet? Oh yeah, I did! Photos are so hard though. It’s surprisingly difficult to get good photos of playing cards. I’ll get there I am sure, meanwhile though the poor people on VERO (and sometimes Instagram and also Facebook) will have to sit through efforts like this. Yeah that is #batman in the middle there. Taking his rightful spot as the center bitch. Playing with your queens of hearts, you know that it ain’t really smart….

The Sisterhood… cards

Posted on February 6, 2023February 6, 2023 by Jeroen

I am a feminist. No really!

Actually I am not so sure that I know exactly what a feminist is. I do know this. I have 2 sisters. I also have 2 daughters. And a wife. And many female friends, and co-workers, and people I see at the grocery store. And… I quite frankly am weirded out that a certain (large) percentage of the world’s population has to go through more trials and tribulations than us guys. So I was extremely happy to find out that magician Rosemary Reid has decided to create a deck of playing cards that specifically addresses issues that female performers face… Yes in 2022, some 25% of female magicians surveyed reported being groped during a gig! WTF guys? Nobody is squeezing your balls while you perform an ACAAaaaaAaaAaaaNNNnn (sorry, nerdy magician joke).

Go support this initiative. Each court card in the deck (which has awesome artwork) encourages the adoption of open, honest, and respectful communication around a theme, From experiencing sexism to not having access to equal education opportunities, women around the world face issues that men simply don’t… and this is 2023 for crying out loud! Find all the deets HERE

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