Counterfeit Decks
Posted by Patrick Valenza on
So we finally got one of the counterfeit Trionfi Della Luna decks in our hands today. In comparing these rip offs from China to the authentic deck, we can see the fakes are much smaller and of low quality. The colors are muddy and muted and the deck gives off a definite toxic smell that left us with a headache.
This problem is beyond rampant in the tarot industry and many well known artists like myself have considered not making any more decks in the future. Why would anyone if they knew these vultures were waiting for the release to steal the work and counterfeit it. Would you do a massive amount of work only to have someone steal any deserved compensation from you?
What’s worse are some who say they don’t care and even thank the counterfeiters! Why would anyone even want to read with a deck with such empty energy in the first place?
(QR Coodes are a dead givaway!)
Things to look out for:
A QR code (we get emails daily from folks saying the QR code is broken and then request a working link to the PDF. Sorry, but we don’t use QRs. You may with to get your money back on that fake deck)
Small size
Strange titles on listings on eBay/Amazon/Etsy/ect (Family fun /party game)
Be aware that MOST tarot decks sold on eBay/Amazon ect. are fake.
All of our Indie decks are ONLY sold on our website. Nowhere else.
So I ask you, on behalf of all tarot creators out there to please not support this the thievery.
Thank you for your support,
Patrick
Just wondering if you run this Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/DeviantMoon?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=1369564832 ?
This is the link provided on the cover card to reach the workbook but instead it’s just warnings about fake decks. I understand the important of this but how do I reach the workbook information?
Although Amazon doesn’t, as a rule, permit you to review things you didn’t buy, occasionally they slip up and don’t remove a review. When (poor naive little fool I am, I almost said “if”!) I see counterfeit decks I leave a review calling them out as fake…
Honestly I have bought some of the counterfeit decks to try & am going back to purchase the full sized & authentic from the authors ones thanks to the counterfeit ones I bought to test. I hate to have anything happens to my favorite decks. Also alot of these I had never heard of before Mercari, Amazon or Temu. The energy & feel is different however I like them for travel since I have less concern about damaging my good decks. Never heard of the other issues with tarot decks funding such issues. I do read with mine & I look forward to buying all of yours thanks to having gotten to test them on the smaller less quality decks. I wish most artists had double sets with a travel deck & a full sized one. Sorry that it hurts you artists! Honestly I thought I had bought from the original artist.
The most amazing part of owning one of your decks is the PDF with the card meanings. Your knowledge of tarot and the historical meaning of the cards is above and beyond what most deck creators can offer in the way of instruction books. I have a large deck collection and often gift people your decks. Working with this deck and guide improved my knowledge of tarot dramatically. I did order a Chinese knock off recently as I didn’t elect to buy the original color of the yet. I was just going to use it for study with my printed guide. The desk by my recliner is cat central, cats, coffee, what could possibly go wrong? I just didn’t want to risk leaving my good decks laying around while I study. I don’t think any of the Chinese decks compete with owning a legit deck of any kind. Mostly its because they miss out on the accompanying books and definitions. They are basic decks for poor people to learn with regardless of the pictures printed on them. Until those people can afford good decks, there will be a market for cheap Chinese stuff. My family is in Rent-to-Own and our customers are poor and they would have to choose the Chinese decks. I’d feel bad for them if they didn’t. Those decks are just promotional to those of us lucky enough to be able to afford quality decks. Those who have to use those decks exclusively would simply do without if there were no cheap Chinese decks, or buy only one mass market tarot deck, wear it out and pick up another like playing card decks. No one is getting filthy rich off the poor, not even Rent-to-Own companies, and we are sometimes the only people who let them have a stove or refrigerator. But perhaps they will see it and save up for a real copy of the deck one day.