Where do you buy (If you buy) your magic?

[Nay_Sayer]

I know there are the usual suspects; Theory11, Ellusionist, Dan and dave but I was curious to see if anyone mentions a new or not well-known site I could visit.

I'll start by saying I've gotten a few nifty effects from vanishincmagic

 

[marplots]

Creators when I can, Penguin otherwise.

Offline there's a shop within a couple hours drive - I buy "staples" there - blank/gaff cards, flash paper, incidentals. That's mostly because I really want them to stay in business, so whenever I happen to be around I feel obligated to buy some darn thing.

 

[Trebuchet]

The hardware store.*

Nuts, bolts, and tools are magic to me.

*Home Depot and Lowes are NOT hardware stores.

 

[Garrette]

Creators when I can, Penguin otherwise.

Offline there's a shop within a couple hours drive - I buy "staples" there - blank/gaff cards, flash paper, incidentals. That's mostly because I really want them to stay in business, so whenever I happen to be around I feel obligated to buy some darn thing.

Pretty much the same for me.

The hardware store.*

Nuts, bolts, and tools are magic to me.

*Home Depot and Lowes are NOT hardware stores.

Same idea but different store for me. For mentalism stuff, you can get all you need for an hour show at Office Depot or Staples and fit it all in a small bag.

The caveat to the above is that -- as primarily a collector and hobbyist -- I buy (or used to; I'm slowing down) a lot of second hand stuff. I used to buy a lot off the unnamed green board. Lately I probably buy most of my stuff off a specialized Facebook page.