Interest exploring UK group buy of custom TINA chips (2 Viewers)

[fishandchips]

Now my 30days probation is up I can explore a UK group buy. I don't have my design ready yet, so have some time to think about how to buy them.

My baseline option is to join one of Justins monthly group buys, and get air delivery to UK for $130 (500 chips). And pay the taxes on the lot. That's easy.

For a group buy to be worthwile we need to take advantage of some of the following:

• Good per chip rate based on total quantity
• Cheap boat delivery to UK (which might not interest anyone).
• Shared mold cost
• Shared label cost
• Shared design cost

Anyone got an idea of typical UK delivery cost for eg 40kg (4000 chips) by boat ?

If everyone wants something different then it might all be too much work, but this thread could also be a place for people to pair or triple up for quick shared buys.

I'm currently planning to get Greek or Web mold Hybrids with custom (personal) chip print and labels. So I know I'll be paying the label setup cost myself unless I change to a more generic theme that someone else wants to share. If I keep winning at my home game money might not be a consideration and I'll just order my 500 when I'm ready

I want to work out the costings anyway, and it should be useful for the next UKer who wants to get some TINAs.

 

[mattross1313]

@Nymor I think is looking to tag onto a UK order from Tina, but only a small add-on I believe.

 

[Dbxela]

I'm considering an order, they'd be custom web mold.

 

[sweetpotatofishing]

I would be interested. I am designing my own (probably only 500 chips), but I imagine sharing the delivery cost would be beneficial at least?

I wouldn't actually mind going for something more generic, but I suppose that only works if we want to go for a similar setup.

 

[fishandchips]

I haven't been in contact about pricing, because I have a pretty good feel from the many other buys. But if this particular advert for no-mold hybrids reflects their general price breaks, it means that 1000 chips gets you the big discount. And not so much to gain from going bigger.
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Sublimation-hybrid-ceramic-poker-chip-with_62060136328.html?

That's good news because it only needs 2 or 3 people with similar needs to get together. I can see this thread becoming a place to match people up to put in frequent 1000-2000 chip orders.

 

[fishandchips]

Thinking about more generic designs ( I do like The Nuts, and Wonky Donkey) I had an idea about a British icons chip set.

I started a thread in the mockups section. https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/uk-british-chip-set.128795/
Feel free to join in with it, if you think it's worth exploring.

I'm thinking it could become a group design that can evolve and add more chips, and people can customise it with their own wording and denominations.