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» When Buying Magic How Often Do You Know The Secret, Reveal all here!
When buying magic how often do you know the secret before purchase?
I always find out the secret before I buy [ 5 ] [17.24%%]
Usually I know the secret before I buy [ 17 ] [58.62%%]
Sometimes I know the secret before I buy [ 5 ] [17.24%%]
Rarely I know the secret before I buy [ 1 ] [3.45%%]
I never know the secret before I buy [ 1 ] [3.45%%]
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QED Posted on May 9 2007, 02:08 PM
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QUOTE (ubizmo @ May 8 2007, 09:15 PM)
There's nothing like a demo to get you interested.
That's kind of funny, because I've never seen a demo in a magic shop,
and yet I buy ALL of my magic stuff in a shop (not online)... but then
again, the shop I use is a pro shop and the people that come in there
usually know exactly what they want...
oops... I take that back... in a different shop I don't usually use, I
saw the owner do a coin in bottle effect for another customer... he
didn't buy it though...
anyway, yeah, I know 90-95%% of the time what I want before I go in the
door... that way I don't do impulse buying for which I will be sorry
later...
helps the budget tremendously...
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rigiddigits Posted on May 9 2007, 05:16 PM
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I spend next to naff all on tricks,I'm on a similar kind of track as
Q.
What I would find interesting though is the difference between how
much I spend,as a keen hobbyist,and most of the time knowing the
secret or as near as dammit and then moaning about the waste of a
tenner,and how Kevin2ex would feel if he wasted x amount of dollars on
some poor information and then shelling out to buy the said illusion.
Maybe this would hammer home the point of the vast wasteland that lies
between people such as myself,and the working professional such as
Kevin.
Maybe if he reads this he could enlighten us as to how much they[as a
team]spend on their illusions or tricks on average,and if he's ever
felt shortchanged by anything,that would definately be an eye-opener.
Cheers,Dale.
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MagicTammi Posted on May 9 2007, 06:21 PM
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That would be really interesting to know from Kevin. I'd imagine he
is in the big money league on illusions; look at his website:
http://www.livingillusions.com/
How much do you think a water torture chamber would set you back?!
The other thing with someone like him is I reckon the creators are far
more likely to help him cos he is a "name". It could be more difficult
for them to sort out time wasters from the buyers if they are faced
witha semi pro or a hobbyist.
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Lucky13 Posted on May 11 2007, 10:07 PM
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I never buy tricks i only buy props and use them istead
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MagicTammi Posted on May 11 2007, 10:22 PM
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I'm pretty much the same. I rarely buy marketed effects. I prefer
books and buy utility props like cards, silks and sponges, or I make
props out of every day items.
I bought Die-Cypher last year though. You can't make that, it's a
precision item. I knew the secret anyway, but it was worth the
discount price I paid.
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Fasto Posted on May 12 2007, 01:51 PM
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I always try to find out the secret behind a trick, mainly to avoid
buying rubbish that I'll never use. The problem is of course that if
you find a good tutorial for something, then you're quite tempted not
to buy it, but usually the original instructions have more detail and
depth than a quick online tutorial. But generally I only but tricks
that use a gimmick or something I can't just "learn".
Mikka Posted on May 13 2007, 06:19 PM
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Hmm.. I usually know the secret.. I usually don't buy the effect
though, but in the past i've bought them just to have them. :l Don't
do this..
LucasCG Posted on May 13 2007, 06:27 PM
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I almost always know what Im buying before I buy it. Althought I dont
buy gimmicks at all anymore. I always lose them or stop using them. Im
a fan of picking up a pack of cards and just doing magic. I hate
carrying gimmicks. For that reason I'll usually buy dvds or books that
contain multiple card tricks or something like that then i pick and
chose the ones I want to use in my routine. But thats just me...
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aussie snakes Posted on May 13 2007, 06:57 PM
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If I don't know the secret I tend to be very dissapointed. You have
to face the fact that an effect that is good for one individual may
not be suited for you. Therefore just looking at reviews, although it
can be helpful (unless they are biasis) is not always the best thing
to do when considering buying magic. You should alway try and find out
the secret or at least ask someone you know, who isn't going to profit
out of you buying the effect, if the secret would be suited to your
performance style ect.
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i somtimes know but if i dont i buy it cause i aw doug henning
lusionist do it david copperfield, extc extc extc,
doug henning made needle through bloon famious and every magician ran
into the magc shops to buy needle through bloon even my friend david
drew duncan too and i bought a cool illusion too that doug henning
made famious its called flexible glass illusion
mine has same idea like doug henningNBCspecials ihave with solid
mirror i oderd that ilusion from abbottsmagc company eetops treasuery
of dovemagic and topstresuery 60 tops stage illusions
all off paul osborn ilusion books exept thefirstbook and two books on
illusions i odred from rand wood burry
plus vhs tape called special secrets i liehow cool stage illusionst
ran wood burry called the stroyieshouse and let misses story know that
vhs tape is on its way and that he hopes that bill page has a nice
birtthday cool huh he has a bssy schdelu od doing illusins oncruise
ships and he caresa nuff to let me know that dont worry imback and
vhstape is on its way!:)
ps herbert l becker also cared a nuff to give mea call i got to talk
to him and he let mekow about his new illusin secrets of stage
illusions book is ready atwaldods book store andjust for aking hi 6
hours worth ofillusion secrets fun:) he put CD rom inside book lucky
david drew duncan has a computer that takes cd roms:) ps hope fully
herbert becker wll start making stage illusion secrets on dvd
cause just about everyone has a dvd player and dvd recorder even me
fat bill page:)
he even let me know his apperance is gonna be on the talk show mauryy
showing how to do stage illusions and clouse up stuff
so i vhs tape recodred two times on two differnt stations
lucky it ars twice ps even thru email herbert beccker letsme know the
new illusion secrets revealed book is out info and i say cool herb
tanks ((buddy:)) ps i gave the same vhs tape to stage illusionist
david copperfield i like to help everyone
i care like JESUS cares:)
((cool dale:))) tanks for clearing that up for a minute tthere i
thought i was doing dumb dumb things like denice the meanice tv seris
loong time ago or being a giggligan and everyone is tthe skipper ps
all i drink is water or sodas ike pepsi, dr peper, root beer , 7 up,
orange juice, milk, gator aide cooler soft driks that come with stra,
and yahoos that come with straws too burrp excuse me
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