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Anyone know what is going on with cardporn.com?

I made a purchase on the site, sent payment via PayPal. Then they just sent me a refund with no explanation.
The deck is still listed as available and the site is up and running.

Not sure what's going on.

I know they only ship items one day a week, but I've also had issues with items purchased and then getting an email that they are not in stock. I don't think he updates the site very often. I would be careful.

Stevecru, I'm curious about your experience.

I also have recently purchased a couple of decks from Cardporn. In my case I received an email saying the order was received, then a couple of hours later I received an email saying they have been shipped. It has been a number of days, but the tracking number just says that A shipping label has been prepared but USPS has not received the package yet?

Was your situation similar?

No, my situation was different.
I “purchased” a deck of red Gatorbacks for $70. Paid in full via PayPal. Then I didn’t hear anything from them. Maybe 3 or 4 days later, they refunded my money with no explanation.

I never received any communication from them, other than the refund.

I've bought from Cardporn before as well. The guy's quite nice, but it's very strange. I'd ended up waiting for about a month to a month and a half just for one order.
But he seemed to have shipped it to me using two day shipping.
And then for my last two orders, I never received them. Naturally I got a little angry, but that was a mistake on my part.
He really was very polite. He even included a free silver arrows deck for me, (for the first order).
But it was a very strange experience, and a little offsetting. It's scary to pay for something and then never receive it.

Just an update. I did receive the decks I ordered. Took a few days longer than I expected, but I did get them. On a positive note, I did save about $100 on what I ordered compared to what the going rate on eBay is. So while the experience was a little different and a little slower, in the end, it was worth it for me.