EmpyreanKnight Posted February 23, 2018 Posted February 23, 2018 Whenever you get a brand new deck, do you immediately unseal it or do you wait until you feel that the time is right? I'm more of the latter. I'd usually buy decks that I like but won't open them until weeks, months, or even years later. I feel like I must only unseal a deck when I can give it my undivided attention and lavish as much time as I can spare in studying it. It's weird since even tho I like my decks a lot especially at the time that I bought them, it's not often that I open a deck out of pure excitement. More than half of all the decks and sets in my collection are still pristine and sealed. It is good since unopened items retain their value more than those which have been unsealed even if the latter has barely been used. Btw because there are precious few collectors or readers where I live, all the decks that I ever bought were always new at the time that I purchased them.
katrinka Posted February 23, 2018 Posted February 23, 2018 I open mine on arrival and make sure all the cards are there, at the very least.
Flaxen Posted February 23, 2018 Posted February 23, 2018 I'm too impatient to wait. Once a deck has been delivered I open it up straight away so I can check there are no missing cards/duplicates/printing errors. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
dancing_moon Posted February 23, 2018 Posted February 23, 2018 I open them as soon as I can, to check if all the cards are in place etc. (a lame excuse for starting to play with them ASAP :D).
FLizarraga Posted February 23, 2018 Posted February 23, 2018 Being an Aries, I am all about my latest interest/passion/project/deck (even as half-finished ones pile up
Guest Posted February 23, 2018 Posted February 23, 2018 I also look to see if all cards are there. But beyond that I usually tuck them away for the right time which, like you said EmpyreanKnight, can be a very long time later! When counting them I even go out of my way not to look too closely at the imagery so I can be surprised when I finally get to them.
Jewel Posted February 23, 2018 Posted February 23, 2018 I open mine on arrival and make sure all the cards are there, at the very least. Ditto. But I do wait until I can have solitude to do it. The one deck I have had for years and never opened is the Touchstone, and I have no idea why. I ran across it the other day when I was organizing my stuff, opened the box and the cards were still shrink wrapped lol. I might have to do something about that soon, I have just never gotten around to using the deck. Hopefully one of these months I will get motivated to make it my deck of the month, because I really am interested in working with it, but I guess not as interested as I have been in other decks. But generally I want to see the whole deck and as soon as I have some private time and ensure that it is complete.
EmpyreanKnight Posted February 23, 2018 Author Posted February 23, 2018 Yikes! Aside from Jewel and her Touchstone deck, it seems like I'm the only one who doesn't always open my sealed decks at the soonest possible time. ;D
Jewel Posted February 23, 2018 Posted February 23, 2018 Yikes! Aside from Jewel and her Touchstone deck, it seems like I'm the only one who doesn't always open my sealed decks at the soonest possible time. ;D It's good to be special ROFLMAO!
TheFeeLion Posted February 23, 2018 Posted February 23, 2018 I’m like a kid at Christmas when I get a new deck :D I really REALLY don’t like having to wait to open things (my partner always makes me wait till Christmas Day to open any presents we’ve been sent even though I always try and convince him otherwise lol). So when I get a new deck I dive right in and then go through the cards one by one so then deck can introduce itself to me :D I’ve only ever waited to open a deck once because I was in the middle of a reading or posting or something when the courier arrived. I got so distracted by the parcel sitting there staring at me that the Sage from my Faeries Oracle came up and sat there staring at me with this look of extreme patience and mild exasperation saying “oh go on then, we won’t be able to get anything else useful from you until you’ve opened that package over there!” Lol
Page of Ghosts Posted February 23, 2018 Posted February 23, 2018 It sounds very smart to leave them unopened untill you feel drawn to them and know you have the time to truly delve into the deck... but I am impatient and curious so I always open them and have a look through the cards >:D
AJ-ish/Sharyn Posted February 23, 2018 Posted February 23, 2018 I open them fairly soon after getting them. I like the inky smell of most of them. BarkingDeer, counting can be deceiving, I order them instead, three different times I've gotten 2 of one card and none of another. two of those were MagicRealist. That is why I'd never buy a out of print sealed deck. No recourse
Saturn Celeste Posted February 23, 2018 Posted February 23, 2018 Yup I open them right away. I've had a few decks from Amazon that were missing a card, had a duplicate card, had the plastic stick to the next card and some of the card ripped off. So I always check them out. Then I bless them and get them on my shelf so I can use them when I need them!
EmpyreanKnight Posted February 24, 2018 Author Posted February 24, 2018 Yikes! Aside from Jewel and her Touchstone deck, it seems like I'm the only one who doesn't always open my sealed decks at the soonest possible time. ;D It's good to be special ROFLMAO! Lol not really. ;D I can definitely see now why one would feel compelled to immediately check up their deck tho.
Canid Posted February 24, 2018 Posted February 24, 2018 I wait impatiently for the mail to arrive & I usually have it half opened by the time I reach the front door, haha!
BlueDragonfly Posted February 24, 2018 Posted February 24, 2018 I wait impatiently for the mail to arrive & I usually have it half opened by the time I reach the front door, haha! For me, it's before I leave the the Post Office parking lot! 8) Yes, I open them immediately to check them, then I can go back and spend more time getting to know them.
Le Fanu Posted February 25, 2018 Posted February 25, 2018 I'm the former. I realise from reading this how few people must buy in shops now and just open them in the comfort of their own home. I have been known to open in the middle of the street, right outside the shop in order to gorge. Really can't control myself. I only don't open if it's a duplicate. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
CharlotteK Posted February 25, 2018 Posted February 25, 2018 I open immediately. If it's one of those with the really tight sealed plastic on them it's all I can do not to tear at it with my teeth. I have no self control. Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
EmpyreanKnight Posted March 3, 2018 Author Posted March 3, 2018 I wait I like to wait until I feel the time is right and I have a little alone time... opening up straight away just wouldn't feel special to me. OMG I FINALLY found someone who understands me lol :))
Hemera Posted March 5, 2018 Posted March 5, 2018 Being an Aries, I am all about my latest interest/passion/project/deck (even as half-finished ones pile up
Whisper Posted March 5, 2018 Posted March 5, 2018 Just love opening up a new deck and spilling out its contents!
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