Bicycle Artist Series

[Honeybee]

These are reduced again and with the SAVE15 discount code they come down even further to around $60us. Being over $50 means shipping is free

[brownsl]

Also, each set comes with 2 decks. So, about $30 per deck. Still expensive but better.

[vasta41]

The entire 4 piece set is available here and with the SAVE15 code, it comes to about $54 per set with free shipping: https://cardtopia.com/na-en/bicycle-art ... ollection/

P.S. I also contacted them about how awful their e-commerce site is for sorting. Let's see if anything happens...

[Harvonsgard]

I know that a lot of folks love the "free" market but seeing the quality of the box and knowing that we can get a deck of bikes for 4$...

[GandalfPC]

Had the artists actually touched the cards with a pen or brush they could get several times that out of me, otherwise I would prefer more of a commercially friendly price - haven’t found these within my budget, and I’m so bad with money my accountant demands payment up front.

[Honeybee]

I really like the art nouveau vibe of the Bijou Karman backs
What is wrong with the quality of the box Harvs - I don't generally leave decks in special boxes but I like the BK box enough to do so.

The price is OK for me because the free shipping as opposed to the usual $10/deck frequently asked makes these more or less $20 decks

[Paul Middleton]

We have a very limited number of these coming in next week, the price is only £100 (+VAT/tax) for all 8 decks. Obviously there are no import tariffs for US customers on these decks as they're US made

https://jpgamesltd.co.uk/Bicycle-ARTIIS ... CIAL-OFFER

Due the size and total weight I am afraid non-UK delivery will be restricted to DHL - sorry! We'd lose too much in the heavily subsidised Royal Mail/post service rates. Still pretty good value though.

Aus, USA, Canada: £26. Orders over £150 - £22.
Ireland, BeNeLux, France, Germany: £16
Rest Of Europe: £19

https://jpgamesltd.co.uk/delivery-info

There are also no restrictions on the amount of sets each customer can buy if you wanted to buy for each other and save some shipping fees

[brownsl]

"the price is only £100 (+VAT/tax) for all 8 decks together the same as listed on Cardtopia"

That is not the price. That would be about $135. It is $250 on Cardtopia.

[Paul Middleton]

My point was it's the same product (all 8 decks) but I agree it wasn't clear. I'll edit.

[Honeybee]

This is a fantastic price if you are interested in all 4 but I have only ever liked one of them.

[Honeybee]

The 4 box set from Cardtopia is now an incredible $89.99US
That is 8 decks at little more than $11 a deck

I have only ever bought the Bijou Karman set which is now $23.99
I was crazy enough to first buy these two decks at full price of $95
Then early this month another pair for $59 I think
Then I got a mysterious delivery of another set (for free) - maybe they felt guilty that they are now just $24

What with the aussie dollar improving, I have to laugh that I can now pick them up for less than ¼ of what I originally paid

https://cardtopia.com/na-en/search/?term=Bijou+Karman

[Honeybee]

Playing around, I think they only have 40 sets in stock.

If you only want one artist:
Harry = Out of stock
Basquait = 30+
Scharf = 100+
Karman = 100+


Their conversion rate is not very good, $24us should only be $36au not $39

[brownsl]

I have been trying to buy a set for the last couple of hours and the checkout process seems to be down. I also cannot log into my account.

[kevork]

I have been trying to buy a set for the last couple of hours and the checkout process seems to be down. I also cannot log into my account.

I tried it to see if it was just you, but I'm getting the same error.

[Honeybee]

I am logged in but also in Oz you get an error message if trying to Checkout with a set - not a problem if just buying one artist

[brownsl]

I can check out with any other item in my cart. Annoying.

[kevork]

Could it be because one of the items is sold out per Honeybee?

[Honeybee]

Could it be because one of the items is sold out per Honeybee?

I must not be on the ball today - of course that is it. My dizzy brain was thinking that there were bundles of 4 sets separate from each set But why would that be the case

If it is because they have sold out of 'Harry's', I wonder how sellers like JP Games can still be taking Pre-Orders (they are for £100)

Scharf and Karman may come down either further

[vasta41]

This site needs revamping.

[Honeybee]

I think it was not long ago Vasta, previously Internationals could not buy from Cardtopia

[Paul Middleton]

Could it be because one of the items is sold out per Honeybee?

I must not be on the ball today - of course that is it. My dizzy brain was thinking that there were bundles of 4 sets separate from each set But why would that be the case

If it is because they have sold out of 'Harry's', I wonder how sellers like JP Games can still be taking Pre-Orders (they are for £100)

Scharf and Karman may come down either further

The decks we are selling are already located in the UK, so separate from Cardtopia's

[Strag]

My lord the site is a steaming pile. A wonder that any orders ever get placed.

[george]

Big win for anybody who wanted these but decided to wait... Cardtopia has Bijou Karmon and Kenny Scharf sets on sale for $23.99 for the box set.

https://cardtopia.com/na-en/bicycle-art ... jou-karman
https://cardtopia.com/na-en/bicycle-art ... nny-scharf

[Honeybee]

Big win for anybody who wanted these but decided to wait... Cardtopia has Bijou Karmon and Kenny Scharf sets on sale for $23.99 for the box set.

https://cardtopia.com/na-en/bicycle-art ... jou-karman
https://cardtopia.com/na-en/bicycle-art ... nny-scharf

Posted this on April 1 George

[george]

Posted this on April 1 George

Oops, sorry for the double post! I got the Cardtopia email about the price drop yesterday and it got me all expecting that it was a new price. I fell for their marketing!

[Honeybee]

I notice a few sellers promoting these sets for $40+ each - they must not realize that we all know about Cardtopia

[george]

Maybe USPC unloaded a batch of the decks to wholesalers... and then turned around and offered the same price directly to consumers via Cardtopia.

Spitballing here... if Murphys paid $24, and marked up 30% to retailers ( $31), retailers could markup 30% to get to a customer price of $40.

Murphy's catalog is listing retail for these sets at $50, and retailers are pulling that in and running their discounts based on that.
https://murphysmagic.com/Search.aspx?q= ... 8d0b84eec4

It will be interesting to see if the prices become more consistent...

[Honeybee]

Originally I thought the run for these would not be huge and I am expecting them to sell out at this price but I could very well be wrong