Bootleged Decks

Alpha-Omega

I was thinking the other day, are there bootleged decks??? Like Dvds and look alike products, Would someone make fake decks and sell them at Low prices? haha i know werid..... Has anyone come across a bootleged deck?
 

Milfoil

I wouldn't have thought it was economically viable, even the photocopying costs, plus cardstock etc would be more than just buying a deck at the usual ebay prices.

A rare deck is a possibility I guess.
 

Lillie

I bought a bootlegged copy of LS tarot of the Master, just a few weeks ago.
I got it off ebay, and didn't realise there was something odd till I got it.

I sent it to LS and they said that yes, it was a pirate.

It was terrible quality.

There were quite a few of them about for a week or two.
So, someone did it.

In Burnley (I think)

So, it wasn't a rare deck, not even out of print!
 

Milfoil

Good grief, I'm sorry to hear that Lillie. Did you get your money back?
 

tarotbear

Nothing is sacred.

If someone can figure out a way to make a cheap copy of ANYTHING, or a cheap enough copy to make money off it, they will.
 

Lillie

It worked out great, actually.

I told LS about it and they wanted to see it. So they said if I sent it them they would send me a real one.

They did, and a freebie too!

Brilliant!

There was a thread about it while it was all happening.
I'm just mentioning it again because until then I didn't really believe that sort of thing went on. Especially not in Britain!
(I'm a strange and trusting sort!)

But it did, and I wa gobsmacked!

LS were great.
 

velocitygirl

Wow - that's pretty low.

But yeah - LS are awesome. Once I lost a card (the strength card =( ) out of my LS Secret Tarot and they sent a replacement card back to me, really quickly.
It's kind of sweet =)
 

Alpha-Omega

whats LS? a type of deck or company like US Games
 

Umbrae

Well there was the German company that pirated Kat Black's The Golden Tarot...