On Feb 11, 2023, Kobra wrote:
Speaking as a hobbyist; this thread really demonstrates the ugly side of magic...

I did purchase this nonetheless and it arrived early today. I like it. I'm yet to watch the tutorial, but the feel and look of the receipts are great, and I've already wife tested it. I also have Transaction and I'm not too sure which I'll use, but leaning towards this. I like keeping them in my wallet as an EDC, so I think tyvek was the right decision.

Looking forward to Blackpool!

On Feb 11, 2023, Kobra wrote:
Speaking as a hobbyist; this thread really demonstrates the ugly side of magic...

I did purchase this nonetheless and it arrived early today. I like it. I'm yet to watch the tutorial, but the feel and look of the receipts are great, and I've already wife tested it. I also have Transaction and I'm not too sure which I'll use, but leaning towards this. I like keeping them in my wallet as an EDC, so I think tyvek was the right decision.

Looking forward to Blackpool!

On Feb 11, 2023, Consultthemind1 wrote:
There’s something fishy going on here.

On Feb 10, 2023, Eric Mead wrote:
A Real Secret

You guys are right. Michael Weber is Newguy. But, so was I. And so were a handful of other magicians whose names many of you would likely recognize (some no longer with us.) The original idea was to allow a few of us to participate in this community anonymously, primarily so the MagicCafe wouldn’t show up in web searches of our names by clients or muggles. We soon realized it had the nice side effect of allowing us to share ideas, information and opinions absent the air of authority (or lack of in my case) that sometimes happens when a recognizable name posts here. We thought that if we appeared to be a “new guy” in magic, we might side step a lot of the petty arguments and flame throwing that happen in all public magic forums, and that people would consider the ideas and opinions without being tainted by the reputation of the source—like Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman. I never knew which posts came from who, but I can tell you that I never posted as Newguy after the first time Michael Weber was unmasked here as “Newguy” way back in 2008. In fact, I rarely look at the Café except to research specific topics, and I had all but forgotten about Newguy until a friend pointed me to this thread. I hope you’ll believe me when I tell you there was no nefarious plan to deceive or con anyone, and no malice intended. Surely it's no surprise that many magicians have shadow accounts here and a desire for anonymity, so we didn't think it was any big deal. Perhaps we were naive.

We are telling you this because the Newguy account is useless now, and we don’t like seeing our friend getting beaten up by a half wise mob. My understanding is that the responses to Mr. Petty here were not made by Michael personally, but with his blessing and on his behalf, and only after Mr. Petty refused to communicate with Michael and Tim Trono about their trick Age Receipts--choosing instead to have Murphy’s Magic act as intermediary, and taking the situation public on YouTube rather than have what should have been a civil and private conversation. I have more to say about that situation, but Michael has politely requested that I stand down.

Newguy is dead. Long live "Newguy."

Your friend in magic,
Eric Mead

PS--Yes, I know what you really care about: It is our sincere belief and intention that the Conover books will go to print before the end of this year.

On Dec 11, 2016, Tim Cavendish wrote:
Michael Weber is undeniably a brilliant mentalist.

He's also friends with Ricky Jay, whose contempt for hobbyist magicians is legendary. Ricky simply shuns them.

Michael Weber sells to hobbyists, but I think to a certain degree he shares Ricky's feelings and, in my view, those feelings are manifested in his commercial dealings with the hobbyists.

On Feb 11, 2023, zincy7 wrote:
...let's not forget that everything prior to this thread had been above board...

On Feb 11, 2023, EvilClown wrote:]

I am struggling with this.

If I understand this, a bunch of people share an account. They surreptitiously share the login and password among one another to post under the same name to appear as a "new guy" in magic.

Does this even make sense to anyone? Why would a bunch of people share a username and login here? Are Café user names that expensive? Are well-known magicians so uncreative they cannot come up with their own individual sock puppet names and therefore must share one? And what happens if two "newguy" users want to disagree with each other in a thread? Do they just come off as schizophrenic? Have a fistfight in the parking lot to determine which newguy's opinion will become the official one?

I'm sorry but this sounds absolutely ridiculous. If it is somehow true, it is bizarre if not downright dopey.

On Feb 10, 2023, Eric Mead wrote:
A Real Secret

You guys are right. Michael Weber is Newguy. But, so was I. And so were a handful of other magicians whose names many of you would likely recognize (some no longer with us.) The original idea was to allow a few of us to participate in this community anonymously, primarily so the MagicCafe wouldn’t show up in web searches of our names by clients or muggles. We soon realized it had the nice side effect of allowing us to share ideas, information and opinions absent the air of authority (or lack of in my case) that sometimes happens when a recognizable name posts here. We thought that if we appeared to be a “new guy” in magic, we might side step a lot of the petty arguments and flame throwing that happen in all public magic forums, and that people would consider the ideas and opinions without being tainted by the reputation of the source—like Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman. I never knew which posts came from who, but I can tell you that I never posted as Newguy after the first time Michael Weber was unmasked here as “Newguy” way back in 2008. In fact, I rarely look at the Café except to research specific topics, and I had all but forgotten about Newguy until a friend pointed me to this thread. I hope you’ll believe me when I tell you there was no nefarious plan to deceive or con anyone, and no malice intended. Surely it's no surprise that many magicians have shadow accounts here and a desire for anonymity, so we didn't think it was any big deal. Perhaps we were naive.

We are telling you this because the Newguy account is useless now, and we don’t like seeing our friend getting beaten up by a half wise mob. My understanding is that the responses to Mr. Petty here were not made by Michael personally, but with his blessing and on his behalf, and only after Mr. Petty refused to communicate with Michael and Tim Trono about their trick Age Receipts--choosing instead to have Murphy’s Magic act as intermediary, and taking the situation public on YouTube rather than have what should have been a civil and private conversation. I have more to say about that situation, but Michael has politely requested that I stand down.

Newguy is dead. Long live "Newguy."

Your friend in magic,
Eric Mead

PS--Yes, I know what you really care about: It is our sincere belief and intention that the Conover books will go to print before the end of this year.

On Feb 11, 2023, DrRob wrote:
My EDCeipts turned up this morning first impressions Tyvek wrong way to go its totally the wrong texture compared to thermal paper and how on earth nobody wont clock this is beyond me - Please Please Please Murphy's offer a thermal paper set and let people use the tyvek ones as practice receipts, Also the tutorial misses telling you how to use the hidden thing to get to the product nowhere loads of waffle but no direct a,b,c instructions this needs addressing for those who do not understand the system at play.

Dr Rob