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??