Quote: buzzpaffwas employed in the gaming industry for 12 years, 10 years of which was in casino Surveillance and held the titles of an Operator, Lead and a Supervisor. He worked for casinos from the smallest dump to world class resorts and dealt with advantage players from beginners to professionals.
i am not exactly an intovert, but have been told many time i have a face for radio.
It doesn't take long reading the forum to see why your skills are best used behind the locked door and away from paying customers. As for $90 for a book. $90 is a drop in the bucket, not even a factor, if the informstion in the book helps a player win more/more often or helps someone else in the casino business save house assets by recognizing the signs of an AP. To the averge Joe, there is no chance they would buy the book. But the book is obviously not being marketed to the average Joe. It's a very specific target audience that will consider whether to buy it or not. I personally will be waiting to see if he ends up on the Wiz's show and will decide whether to purchase after that.
ZCore13
Quote: Zcore13It doesn't take long reading the forum to see why your skills are best used behind the locked door and away from paying customers. As for $90 for a book. $90 is a drop in the bucket, not even a factor, if the informstion in the book helps a player win more/more often or helps someone else in the casino business save house assets by recognizing the signs of an AP. To the averge Joe, there is no chance they would buy the book. But the book is obviously not being marketed to the average Joe. It's a very specific target audience that will consider whether to buy it or not. I personally will be waiting to see if he ends up on the Wiz's show and will decide whether to purchase after that.
ZCore13
Just a thought..... If a book is being marketed to AP's, wouldn't it be likely that one AP would buy it and 'share' the useful info with his 'friends'?
That would be awesome if they did. There is nothing better in table games than when a new book or movie comes out about blackjack. The movie "21" was a windfall. I friend of mine could loan me a few books on brain surgery, but that doesn't mean I can do it. I would love it if another movie or a great book came out that everyone wants to share and learn how to "beat the house". :)
ZCore13
I agree that "unprecedented" sounds like an oversell. However, I'll reserve judgment until I read it. Maybe there is information in there worthy of the adjective.
Agreed, this should have been posted in the kiosk, and I just moved it there.
The $90 is probably correct. For books with a very limited audience one often does charge prices like that if there is something in the pages worth that money. Beyond Counting costs $250, and is worth every penny for the audience he is going after.
Again, I don't have Behind the Black Dome so make no endorsement either way.
no publisher info, not even the number of pages is listed.
T. Dane had a blog up until last week and its been taken
down. For all we know, this is a 20 page booklet done
on sombodies home printer. $90? You go first...
Quote: buzzpaffI assume that is a typo. $9.00 seems an appropriate price for this drivel, not $90.00
Unless you've read it, you have no way of knowing if it's stupid or careless.
If you have read it, I welcome your review.
You pay $90, then mail it to the Wiz. He can then decide on a fair price.
If that price is closer to $90 than $9, I will reimburse you the $90.