[access-uk] Re: Chancing the cards?
- From: "Ibrahim Gucukoglu" <ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 12:06:36 -0000
Hi Mike.
I have a set of playing cards which must be 15 years old or more, I’ve had them
since I was a child and used them regularly. The cards come in a sturdy
cardboard box and the braille dots though very faint on some of them are still
quite legible. If RNIB are putting braille cards in a tin to protect the dots
and they think this is an acceptable reason to charge over double what the
print cards sell for, they’re clearly desperate to add value to these to
justify the price. The packaging makes little or no difference to the cards
since if you use them on a regular basis the dots will become flattened and
fainter over time anyway, a tin isn’t going to make the slightest difference to
that. If RNIB were to sell a set of plastic like cards which were robust and
sturdy instead of the flimsy cardboard ones they sell, then I could perhaps
justify spending that on a set. As you say though, I’m probably going to have
to buy a decent set myself and have them brailed with sighted assistance.
All the best, Ibrahim.
From: Mike Moore
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 11:36 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Chancing the cards?
Ibrahim,
Obviously you have failed to take into regard the high quality box the cards
come in..... though it is to protect the less than sufficient quality of the
playing cards, so the bumps don't get flattened!!
It's a sod, but I agree with Peter, buy a good quality set of cards, the vinyl
ones which will give a good sharpness of Braille and mark them yourself. You
can also come up with a better system of ID..
Kindest,
Mike
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Ibrahim Gucukoglu
Sent: 05 February 2012 10:11
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Chancing the cards?
Hi Everyone.
I know we’ve discussed games on here in the past, so I thought I’d raise this
issue as it raises my hackles somewhat. I was on the RNIB online shop this
morning looking for brailed playing cards, and was shocked to discover that
these cards cost £7.26, while the standard printed cards cost less than half
this at £3.5. For an organisation that claims to promote equal access, this is
hardly an encouragement to take up a new hobbies or interest as it penalises
those of us who must use braille. A couple of sets of these cards would set me
back a Wapping £14.5, an outrageous amount of money considering that the work
required to adapt these cards IE putting a suit and numeric denominator on each
hardly merits such an inflated price. Thoughts anyone?
All the best, Ibrahim.
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