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[josiah]

I used the CD-WOW link supplied earlier in the thread to buy a couple of packs of cards, and it said the postage was free up until the last bit before checkout when it said the postage was 1.95.

So I sent an e-mail to firebox asking to have my postage refunded. Here's their reply:

[ChalcoDoror]

Well Cube Fans...

If you order from Firebox some cards... and something slightly bigger (in my case a puzzle wine caddy) it turns up at 6:30am...

But I have wave 2 cards

I got an extra whipsmart in there, am checking it to see if its special but it doesn't seem to be right now.

The packs... 3 wave 2 and 1 wave 1.
Interestingly I've had one of the wave 2 pics before and 1 wave 2 pack had the same pic as the wave 1 pack.

Not going to be easy to make sure you buy a wave 2 pack in person...

[serendipity01]

I got another<sigh> whipsmart (that must make it at least 5 or 6 I have) in a firebox order that didn't contain any cards. I guess its just a promotional thing.

Chalco
Bang goes my plan to wait until I had 4 wave 1 packs unopened and then return them to firebox. Is there no way to tell wave 1 from wave 2?

Hopefully my order will arrive today...

[ChalcoDoror]

The packs didn't say anything about wave 1 or 2

might scan them in a while, but don't have access to the scanner until end of the day.

[Juxta]

Ok, mine arrived - 12 packs, 7 Wave 2, 5 Wave 1 - so not quite a 3:1 ratio there. The packaging appears to be identical between the two, so essentially, Firebox must just have two big boxes and whoever is shipping these are grabbing a bunch from each for our orders before packing them up.

No idea on how retails outlets will fare, whether they will order a wave 2 box and get *just* wave 2 cards, but I blooming well hope so. Plenty of us managed to crack the first wave and fought hard to get all 66...so now, to find that more than 25% of what I'm spending on cards is entirely redundant is a little...disheartening.

That said, it might see an increase in the trading market - get yer arses over to PerplexcityTrades.com!

J

Trying hard to see the silver lining, through the Lemsip haze...

[European Chris]

Have we noticed an initial rise in the ratio of silver cards-however I imagine it is slightly too early to tell and we'll need a larger sample.

[josiah]

I bought 4 packs and you'll never guess what I got... 4 Wave 1 packs!

So, maybe their stock is at a 3:1 ratio, but it's definitely not randomly distributed. Or possibly my order was picked by someone with only one arm.

I eat my fungums and then sent them an e-mail pointing out that I was mildly dissapointed, and that the probability of such a freak occurrance was 1/256.

I was going to get quite a few packs when the offer came on, but if they're just going to use the offer to get rid of Wave 1 packs, then I really might not bother altogether. Like Juxta said, we've spent a lot of effort finishing off our Wave 1 collections, and now we're being forced to buy more Wave 1 cards in order to get what we want - and we can't even tell the difference between the packets on the outside so we can sell them on!

[locqust]

Hmm I ordered 8 packs last night, really hoping that I get a good selection of wave 2 now, otherwise it looks like e-bay may be making more money!

btw Juxta congratz on getting no.1 slot on leaderboard!

[European Chris]

[josiah]

Firebox page has changed:

[Juxta]

Well, er, thanks - but I see I've already been overtaken, as expected. To be honest, the leaderboard is just supposed to be a bit of fun, but as I think everyone is probably sick of hearing from me, I objected to the manner and the spirit in which the top two spots were being held.

Anyway, that is all a moot point now, and the subject is closed. Although, hitting 2000 points did give me a warm glow that even Lemsip can't manage.

J

[European Chris]