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puggo Inner circle 2022 Posts 
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Any ideas why the Platinum BIL thread vanished?
I was genuinely interested in a review. Was there an issue/conflict? Thanks |
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MaxfieldsMagic Inner circle Instead of practicing, I made 3009 Posts
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Don't know. I've got one on the way, though. Will post thoughts after it arrives and I've had a chance to try it out.
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puggo Inner circle 2022 Posts
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Thanks
I look forward to hearing your thoughts.. |
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Philippe Special user 776 Posts
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Me also. On the verge of purchasing, just need a nudge.
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts
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No one seems to read the rules of the Café, and they are available at the top of the Café topics when entering the Café. As far as the topic for this product disappearing, it is simply against the rules of the Café to self promote your own products here on the Café. He started the topic, and was clearly advertising.
The Café sells advertising so the Café can be free to members. A creator, answering questions to his products is one thing, but starting and promoting it is another. Advertising is available on the Café for purchase, just contact the Management for details. |
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Doctor D Special user 563 Posts
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On Mar 13, 2016, Bill Hegbli wrote: This rule seems to be enforced with a lot of variation. Just look at topic by Kozmo, John Carey, Jon Allen, Jame D. Grant, S-Branham (who works for Penguin and promotes their lectures), Ted French (Paper Crane), Atlas Brookings, Jerome Finley and countless others. Not that I mind those topics or the creators, but at least be consistent about it. |
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videoman Inner circle 6748 Posts
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I think the (unwritten perhaps?) rule is that if you advertise on the Café such as a banner ad or whatever, you are given a little more wiggle room in promoting your products in posts. I'm not a paid advertiser here and doubt I ever will be but I don't have a problem with paid advertisers getting a few extra perks here. It's very common in all forms of media, unfortunately even in journalism.
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takeachance Inner circle 3777 Posts
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Not everyone can have a banner, but you'll find some of these guys make a donation to the Café and get a bit of leeway.
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korttihai_82 Inner circle Finland 1880 Posts
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On Mar 13, 2016, Bill Hegbli wrote: that's such a BS!!! 99% of the post in this sub directory are just pure advertising and in other parts of the forums as well most of the authors are just trying to push their products into conversations. If the hyping isn't started by the author himself then it is started by a friend of his... Juha-Matti |
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Bill Hegbli Eternal Order Fort Wayne, Indiana 22797 Posts
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Juha-Matti, does not matter what you think, you don't own the Café. Don't have to buy the $500 Banner ad, as they have the smaller ads as well.
Which is better, advertiser paying for your membership, or you paying monthly a fee to post your comments? The Café just came back from a big crash, do you think there was no cost to bringing the website back up and running again? This trick was reviewed by World Magic last week, take a look at their review. Kind of so-so and I agree, it is a bit overkill for the BIL trick. From the book, Maximum Entertainment, this would be considered purely a trick for magicians, trying to over prove the impossible. I don't think the aluminum foil adds anything to the trick. Still, much depends on the magician being able to setup the trick properly and convincingly, and to present it well. |
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MaxfieldsMagic Inner circle Instead of practicing, I made 3009 Posts
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Mine arrived in the mail today. It's an interesting contraption - bigger than I thought it would be. Seems prettty solidly built. Haven't watched the explanation, yet - having some fun pondering it first, trying to guess the best handling.
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MaxfieldsMagic Inner circle Instead of practicing, I made 3009 Posts
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The explanation video is about 45 minutes in length, about half of which is David Penn explaning the handling in English, and half of which is Dominick explaining it in Italian. Even though Dominick speaks Italian, his guidance is pretty clear through his actions on the video. If you like the demo video, that's pretty much what the effect looks like. You'll need a jacket with some extra room on the side - ie, nothing "tailored cut" - unless you want to do the load in another container entirely. But it's really set up for a body load using a jacket and a belt. The contraption, which is solidly built, is too big to fit in a Crown Royal bag. You don't need to use as many layers of wrapping as in the demo (foil, clear plastic bag, opaque outer bag), but being able to do so - adding a "nest of boxes" aspect to the BIL - is the main advantage this gimmick offers. If you like that approach, you'll probably be happy with this.
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