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Sebastien L.

As an IT guy, days/weeks to reinstall an OS and recover a backup is very much out of the norm. There's either something else going on (people frantically indexing tapes to find when the last successful backup was actually done) or the cafe's IT people are very much under-qualified. A full OS rebuild...

Sebastien L.

Jason, is RCT still available? If it is I'll try to reach you again via email to work out the details. Thanks.

Sebastien L.

Dave, I don't think you paid enough attention to what Tom wrote. He never said that it was going to be hard-bound.

Sebastien L.

Sounds good to me. With contributions from Jason, Sal and Paul, you can't go wrong. Put me down for a copy.

Sebastien L.

Richard Kaufman wrote:Who's going to pay $2,000 for Hay's Amateur Magician's Handbook?

Now now, Richard, the guy did make us a generous offer: $300 takes it! It's almost 10% of that $2k price, ain't that a sweet deal?

Sebastien L.

Roger, have you read Steve Forte's article on Erdnase in Genii? It is also available on the Genii archive and may prove illuminating.

Sebastien L.

The name is "Derren Brown Investigates". He goes around and investigates psychics, ghost hunters, etc. At least that's what I got from the preview I've watched. Since I'm not in the UK though, it'll be at least... uh, a day or two before I can watch the premiere I guess.

Sebastien L.

Regarding the listing that sold this week, eBay does not have the resources to police every listing to ensure what is pictured is what is as described, that is the sellers responsibility. 100 million listings makes that a pretty difficult task. Of course. Unfortunately, they also don't seem to have...

Sebastien L.

There is a Drake softbound edition on ebay right now: HERE However, while the seller is describing this copy as a 1902 first edition, it is not the actual 1902 first edition (which wasn't softbound) nor the 1905 drake softbound first edition (which had a yellow cover). The seller has been repeatedl...

Sebastien L.

You may get better luck if you use the right title for the book.

The second book in the series is named "Any Second Now".

Sebastien L.

Reviving a 7 year old post... That must be some kind of record.

Sebastien L.

I am interested in buying Karl Fulves' Riffle Shuffle Technique Part 3, and issues of Swindle Sheet and Cheat Sheet. Please PM me if you can help.

And to forestall a PM [edited] I AM NOT INTERESTED IN BUYING PHOTOCOPIES OR IN TRADING THEM. PLEASE DO NOT PM ME.

Sebastien L.

"This is like no other gambling expos ever produced."

Hahahaahahahaha *snort*. Yes, I would wager very few gambling exposs feature a color change.

Sebastien L.

Goody! Would love it if that fixed it. Thanks for the tip, I shall get that process started out tonight. I don't believe it's a problem with the batch or anything, it's probably a combination of the thinner than usual stock and the changes in temperature during shipping. I quite like the feel of the...

Sebastien L.

I remember that some of my first magic tapes were the old cigarette magic series from Tom. I had a blast with those, they were as entertaining as they were educational. I still have them at home even though I haven't had a VHS player in years.

Best wishes to you, and a speedy recovery.

Sebastien L.

For what it's worth the decks I bought at D&D look nice, but every single one I opened so far gained a deadly snap crimp very quickly making them nearly unusable to me. I'm curious if others have experienced this.

Sebastien L.

magicam wrote:^^^ Why is the numbering important? Do you think it has any relationship to the order in which the sheets for the books were printed, or bound? (It doesn't.)

Why is your opinion important? Do you think it has any bearing on the buyer's request? (It doesn't.)

Sebastien L.

For what it's worth, I've dealt with Royce before, I recall him taking a good long time to deliver what I paid for, and I've seen more than one person post about similar experiences here.

He does deliver eventually, but timeliness seems to be a recurring issue.

Sebastien L.

You put a lower price to entice more people, but you pump up the shipping as a hidden fee. It's the eBay way.

Be glad you're in the US. I get quoted $56 to ship a deck to Canada. Come on now

Sebastien L.

Sounds good to me. I'll be buying this soon.

Sebastien L.

Wow. A video with nice production values, actually scripted and rehearsed, taught well, with references to previous work, cool tricks, endorsed by Paul Harris, and all this from a 15-year old? That's just awesome. I may well be buying this, that empty to full pack of gum sounds very interesting. Doe...

Sebastien L.

This has been taken care of, quickly and professionally. No complaints from my part.

Sebastien L.

This has been taken care of, quickly and professionally. No complaints from my part.

Sebastien L.

This is now being handled, and I have hope that I will be able to say everything has been taken care of soon. I have no reason to believe this was intentional, but pirated copies are pirated copies, so I have to return them to have a clear conscience.

Sebastien L.

This is now being handled, and I have hope that I will be able to say everything has been taken care of soon. I have no reason to believe this was intentional, but pirated copies are pirated copies, so I have to return them to have a clear conscience.

Sebastien L.

I have confirmed with L&L that the copies you have sold me are pirated. Contact me ASAP to arrange for my refund. I will take further action if I do not receive a reply with 3 days.

Sebastien L.

I've called and confirmed with L&L that I got pirated copies. Fun now begins.

This is from a regular member here and on the Cafe too. If he doesn't offer to pay me back in full (and with the brokerage fees I was charged), I will raise hell.

Sebastien L.

Not sure which would be the best place to put this, but here is probably OK. A quick question on the L&L DVD release of the Revelations tapes - what format did they come in? I received from someone 8 DVDs in cases with covers printed with a low-quality color printer, and the DVDs are all recorda...

Sebastien L.

Mea culpa (sort of) - skipping SWE's description of the three-card stock wasn't a good idea. This section (which I hadn't read in years) contains a key detail that is not repeated in the four-card text. I did not read the three card stock and simply proceeded with the four card stock. It plays just...

Sebastien L.

BBS? Reminds me of the days when I dialed up on my 19.2kbaud modem, on my 286 computer, and a Hercules graphics card. The first thing that came to my mind was "A 19.2k modem on a 286? They aren't even from the same decade!" The 286 was introduced in 1982 and was in use during that decade....

Sebastien L.

I've got to say that as someone completely uninvolved with this that this Mr. Lever sounds completely unhinged and that if the FISM general assembly doesn't act, FISM itself would seem to not be working in the interest of all magicians.

Sebastien L.

*sigh*. Missed by 2 hours. Oh, the wonders of the internet.

Sebastien L.

This new way I hope will be much better. I still have no desire to deal with RNT ever again but perhaps new customers will get good service. Heck, OK service would be an improvement, at least in my case. The new owners really don't have to do much to provide better service than the old.

Sebastien L.

Holy! I just noticed a neat little note at the end of that catalog. The Vernon/Cervon estates on auction in January 2010. That's sure to be an event.

Sebastien L.

Tommy wrote:A this point if this is a problem and the moderator read this... Please remove the entire thread, I am very sorry for my big mistake.

Probably no need to do that, just to move the thread to a more appropriate place here. The discussion is still valuable to some I imagine.

Sebastien L.

Has this product been reviewed in Genii? If not, I must admit that I have no idea why this thread was posted here (in "Light from the Lamp")

Sebastien L.

Just a quick note, I have tried sending you an email about this but it doesn't seem to be going through. You can contact me here by PM or by email at splice42@gmail.com. Thanks.

Sebastien L.

Read the review in full and you'll see.

Sebastien L.

Kindle certainly will be gaining a lot of ground in the coming years, I feel. I certainly have had my share of issues trying to carry around large tomes during trips, vacations, etc. to make me really wish all I had would be available on the Kindle. I mean, I'm not holding my breath for the Cervon N...

Sebastien L.

Thanks for the update! An invaluable resource, I've enjoyed what little time I spent with it so far.

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