How to make end up with more decks

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 09 Jul 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Rusty Neon	09 Jul 2003
This is meant to be a fun thread. I'll leave the "enabling" to the experts. :) Hey, we shouldn't do this, should we? Are YOU running out of decks to buy? 1. Visit the internet sites with deck reviews and images. 2. Go tarot shopping in every town which you visit. 3. Plan trips around tarot shopping. 4. Start shopping on-line. 5. Start shopping on-line, abroad. 6. Start collecting oracle decks. 7. Start collecting historical decks. 8. Buy decks for all the new forum study groups. 9. Buy a new deck so you can start your own study group. 10. Start collecting different language versions, sizes, or other variants of decks you already have. 11. Buy decks on sale or at a deep discount. It's amazing how many decks you will buy that you might not otherwise buy. 12. Buy decks that you think or fear will become out of print. 13. Discover ebay and ABEbooks. 14. Buy and preferably read tarot books and Kaplan's encylopedia. This may give you ideas for decks to buy. 15. Read posts by well-known enablers. :) 16. Buy a deck with a different theme from the ones you already have. You'll then want to buy more decks to fill out that new theme. 17. Go to bookstores when you're down. 18. Go to bookstores when you're up.

WolfSpirit	09 Jul 2003
19. When buying decks online - calculate the shipping costs of one decks. Calculate the shipping costs for a number of decks. Buy more than one deck and feel as if you are saving money. I don't really need a thread to convince me to buy more decks. But it is good to have this list ready for people who are still on the brink of taroholism, this will win them over :laugh:

Woof	09 Jul 2003
20. Buy decks that you may not care for but that will enhance your understanding and appreciation of the tarot and tarot symbolism. Woof

Rusty Neon	09 Jul 2003
21. Buy decks you don't care for, to see if they grow on you. 22. Keep searching for that perfect deck, even though after many purchases you keep coming back to a comfort deck of yours like the RWS, Thoth or TdM or a clone thereof. 23. Keep searching for that perfect clone of the RWS.

jmd	09 Jul 2003
24. Join Aeclectic :)

Silverlotus	09 Jul 2003
I think these rules can apply to just about any hobby. At least half of them explain why my cross stitch collection is so HUGE! lol! Exchange chart for deck and needlework shop for bookstore, and there you go. Of course... what is an oracle chart? :-P Sounds like something I need.

Diana	09 Jul 2003
25. Talk to Pollux.

jlbvt	09 Jul 2003
26. If your Thoth deck is too large to manage, by the smaller one. Then buy the pocket sized one to take out with you. 27. Buy some MINI-decks so you will always have one in your car, in your purse/briefcase etc...

truthsayer	09 Jul 2003
buy spares to keep in your car or purse or book bag and main decks for the house. go to tarot garden and keep a check on all the new releases. get a credit account at amazon. keep decks personal use and copies of same to use as readings. stay on the look out for self-published decks. create your own deck and self-publish. study the work of individual tarot artists and collect all the tarot work done by each artist. get extra copies of your favorite decks just in case the one you are using wears out and goes out of print. horrors! })

Demonesse	09 Jul 2003
36. Get lots of tarot bags. Then you'll just have to find new decks for them. :rolleyes: 37. Visit the Trading Forum 38. Look at the 'What decks do you have' sticky above. That should give you a good motivating dose of deck envy! :D

Logiatrix	09 Jul 2003
39. Bond with the salespeople wherever tarot decks are sold. 40. Find nice bags and cloths, then find decks to match them. 41. Find nice people to read for, then find decks to match them.

WolfSpirit	10 Jul 2003
42. Give decks as gifts to people who are not into tarot at the moment. Tell them they can give it back if they don't like it. Of course you risk them not giving it back...but then you have won another tarot-friend :)

Ruby7	10 Jul 2003
43. Buy mini versions of decks that you already have, so that you can carry them around with you, even though the regular versions are small enough to fit in your bag e.g. who needs a mini version of the Hanson-Roberts? (me!!). Ruby7

Ruby7	10 Jul 2003
44. Buy decks from E-Bay that you don't like that much (not on your desired decks list) simply because the price is so low you cannot pass it by, 'cause hey in a few months who knows maybe you will want this deck and you missed this great opportunity at this ridiculously low price, Ruby7

Myrrha	10 Jul 2003
45. Buy versions of your favorite decks that have titles and keywords in different languages: The Aqurian deck with Spanish titles, the Crowley Thoth with keywords in Urdu (much less distracting) Myrrha

baba-prague	10 Jul 2003
Buy a deck you don't much like because you see it at a good price and think "I can trade it for something I can't get here" - then decide you kind of do like it after all and you'd better hang on to it.

Rusty Neon	02 Jul 2004
bump

WolfSpirit	02 Jul 2004
47. Buy a deck about the town/region/country you just visited. 48. Visit towns/regions/countries that have decks made of them.

jlbvt	02 Jul 2004
49. Create a deck, get it published, then go out and it

tao51	02 Jul 2004
Buy decks for every room of the house. So that one is at your fingertips. Build, buy, or rent a new house then start all over again!--Tao

Emily	02 Jul 2004
50 Concentrate on buying as many limited edition decks as you can. :)

Kissa	02 Jul 2004
51 buy decks you already have just to offer them to your dear ones... as a way to come out of the closet... "look what i found at the bookstore! i didn't even know anything about tarot until last week but don't these cards look great? well that is except for the death and tower and three and ten of swords... i wonder if there could be another pack where they wouldn't look so scary, what you think? shall i watch? yeah sure, they are so cheap after all..." Been there done that? Kissa

dolphingirl	02 Jul 2004
Do serches online at Amazon with published this year or next to see what will be comming out soon. Keep an Amazon wish list of all the upcomming decks so you know when they become available.

Flavio	02 Jul 2004
52 Contact every single person who is creating a deck (even as a hobby) and ask to get a copy even if you have to print and cut every card if the deck never gets published.

Dakota	02 Jul 2004
ROFLMAO!! 53. Develop a side addiction to crystals and runes so that every deck you have needs not only a tarot bag to match but a crystal or rune to enhance it. [don't ask how i know this...........] :D

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