Magic Tricks

I ordered the appearing 8 ft. straw but they sent me this by accident ,bit of a hassle to send it back so i kept it. I really like the idea but the gimmick itself doesnt work properly . I dont know how else to say it without exposing anything , i had to seriously tweek the thing to make it work and only because i happen to know the even better method (which i learned here at penguin) for the mechanics of the gimmick . I have a feeling alot of people will have a hard time with this.