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FREE loan of Paulson clay and Bud Jones plastic samples, especially for new chippers! See inside for rules.... (3 Viewers)

allforcharity said:
Hello, everyone!

There have been many, many new forum members joining in the last few weeks and months. Almost all of them are new to chips beyond the dice variety or other metal-slugged plastics, and who among us doesn't remember being there? The advice, which surely should be enshrined as official PCF mantra, has been "get samples". And, of course, there are plenty of opportunities for them and everyone else to get all sorts of lower end plastics, China Clays, ceramics, and CPC. But there has been a bit of a dearth when it comes to Paulsons and other "higher end" chips, as they can be rarer, expensive, or unavailable.

Well, no longer. I have dug into my own little collection of chips to offer a variety of chips in enough quantities that a new interested chipper can physically handle and compare these chips to other sample they may already have gotten. There will be two sets available. Take a look at this picture showing what will be included in the sample set:

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5x Excellent condition Paulson THC Red (hotstamped MB)
5x Excellent condition Cristy & Jones THC unspecified green (hotstamped PAN)
5x Good condition Paulson THC Chocolate (hotstamped Roulette 1)
5x Fair condition Paulson THC Gold (hotstamped B)
5x Excellent condition Paulson RHC Circus Circus $1 (not the latest iteration)
5x Near Mint condition Paulson Boyd house mold Orleans $1 (Metallic Silver base)
5x Excellent condition Bud Jones S2 Big Easy Casino $1
5x Near Mint condition Bud Jones S2 Big Easy Casino $5
total 40 chips each Sample Set


THE RULES

If you want to receive one of these two sample selections, please post your interest here, NOT by PM. I will wait a few days and sort through the interest posts, and divide them into two groups. If there's a significant Canadian interest, one set will preferentially make the rounds in Canada first. Otherwise, both sets may go wherever they may.
I will mail out the two sets to the first forum member on each list, totally at my cost. Each member, in turn, is responsible for forwarding the set to the next member on his/her list. The package will be small enough to fit into a SFRB in the US, or an Extra Small Canada Post package in Canada, with a little extra room for padding. I would ask that care be taken in re-shipping, trying to use the same care in packaging that you received. The forwarding cost shall be borne by the sender. No addresses should be posted in this thread - that information should be done by separate PMs, from shipper to receiver, in order.

Technically speaking, anybody would quality to receive these chips, regardless of PCF join date, or number of posts, or anything else. However, I will give priority to those who have joined more recently, or those who have fewer total messages, or both. If you are an experienced chipper, you probably won't need to evaluate these, but I won't exclude you.

In order to keep these sets circulating, I would request that each person, in turn, keeps the chips for their evaluation no more than 10-14 days, and post in the thread when you have forwarded the set. I will update the listing from the information provided to let everyone know where the sets should be. If the lists start to get too long, I will post a new thread with updated information and close off the old thread to keep things navigable.

Please treat the chips with care. You may handle, lightly shuffle, inspect, stack, balance, and even smell them if you wish. Please try to keep them clean. Do not scratch, bite, or kick them. Do not mill them. Do not try to peel off any of the inlays. Do not try to test their durability by subjecting them to high impact, corrosion, or other physical stress tests (you can try a psychological stress test, but that would be much more telling about you than about the chips). Do not bring them into contact with dice chips.

If we reach the end of the list, then the last person should be prepared to return the package to me, to my Canadian address. It doesn't have to be by Priority mail, but it also shouldn't take 30 days to get here, either.

If someone has the chips and decides to go totally incommunicado, or figures they just want these chips for free and steal from me, then you will receive NEGATIVE feedback and all the black karma that should surely descend upon your black soul. And if you decide to see it from the cynical perspective that I'm only providing these chips to other people so I can eventually sell them stuff, I say 1) that's not true, and 2) so what? isn't that precisely what "get samples" means?

Feel free to ask questions, and post interest in the thread.
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Hi,
I'm from the UK. And I'd love to have the opportunity to have a go with these chips. As you already must know as a new chipper being in the UK sucks!! Borderline impossible to get anything of quality here!!
 
Chipman22 said:
Hi,
I'm from the UK. And I'd love to have the opportunity to have a go with these chips. As you already must know as a new chipper being in the UK sucks!! Borderline impossible to get anything of quality here!!
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As of now, these two sample sets are staying within North America, as the cost (and time) of shipping overseas can be a little prohibitive and inefficient. Have you tried reaching out to any local chippers in the UK to see if you can sample and handle a variety of chips in person?
 
These arrived today from @Beaniman.

I can not recommend being part of this enough. Huge thanks to @allforcharity for putting this together. Touch and feel of the different Paulsons and seeing the colors in person is really different than I thought from pictures. I happened to recieve a bunch of samples from CPC today as well so it was great to have some apples::apples comparisons.
 
Interested! New member and looking to buy a nice set (and not the dice chips my wife thinks I should get...)
 
I will be re-posting the mail forwarding lists soon, as a few people have voluntarily removed themselves from the list and others have moved up. I've noticed we've had quite the uptick in new members joining, so this is an opportunity for many to compare samples of some of the higher end products out there typically in Vendor sales, Classifieds, etc. Post here with your interest to sign up! It's basically free, except for cost of mail to the next person on the list. For the time being, US addresses only.
 
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For all newer chippers and the curious, these sample sets are still coming around. Reply here to add your name to the list and get some high end samples to evaluate for the cost of forward shipping (about $8).
 
Mailed to @natumes today.

Also, and I hope this is alright, I added 5 CPC Jockey Mold Samples to the set as the packaging had some extra space.

One of the important things for me with this set was distinguishing them against something I'd have readily available and I used the CPCs as a baseline for the Paulsons.

Dave
 
@allforcharity This is unreal but it doesn't surprise me a fine dude like yourself has put something like this together, us new guys appreciate it! I would be interested in this for sure!
 
Davis said:
@allforcharity This is unreal but it doesn't surprise me a fine dude like yourself has put something like this together, us new guys appreciate it! I would be interested in this for sure!
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Maybe I will try to put a smaller, separate sample set strictly for Canadian addresses. Give me at least until this weekend to get something together. I'm actually starting to run out of spare chips to put together, believe it or not. I've sold nearly everything I'm not keeping. I'll message when it's ready - please be patient.
 
Still working on getting a Canada-only pack going - the problem is I've sold a lot of my chips, and I'm running out of appropriate samples! Will still try to cobble this together, so please be patient.
 
Okay, so I have a 3rd Sample Set which is for Canadian addresses only. The mash up of chips is slightly different, as seen in the picture below.

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The set consists of:
5x Near Mint Paulson RHC Jack Detroit Primary $25
5x Very Good Paulson THC generic roulette (Chocolate colour)
5x Excellent Bud Jones S2 Big Easy Casino $1
5x Near Mint Bud Jones S2 Big Easy Casino $5
1x Excellent Paulson House Mold Planet Hollywood LV $1 (live)
1x Excellent Paulson House Mold Tropicana LV $1 (live)
1x Good Paulson THC Monte Carlo $1 (obsolete)
1x Fair Paulson THC Sahara Card Room (Day Blue colour)
1x Excellent Paulson Roulette Mold home game The Aviary custom (milled/labeled)
1x Excellent Paulson RHC Mesquite Star $25 with oversize inlay
4x Paulson THC solid Red (milled to 15/16" diameter/unlabeled)

Total 30 chips.

Post #40 has been updated with Set 3 recipients (Canadian addresses only). Recipients are responsible for sending to the next Canadian address on the list (or back to me) to keep costs reasonably low. All other rules apply.
 
ShuffleNDeal said:
Very generous offer @allforcharity Great idea to keep a set in Canada for the the members if possible. The shipping cost is much more reasonable that way.
Good karma.
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@ShuffleNDeal I'm not sure if you are interested in being on the Canada list for this sample set, but please let me know if you are.
 
Very cool! I would like to see these samples. I'm trying to convince myself not to spend over 30-40 cents a chip, so this may be counter-productive, but what the hey! Seeing and touching them now might actually save me money in the long run. ;) Any idea how long it might take to get one of the sets to me? I was hoping to buy before the end of May.

Thanks so much for putting this together.
 
allforcharity said:
Okay, so I have a 3rd Sample Set which is for Canadian addresses only. The mash up of chips is slightly different, as seen in the picture below.

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The set consists of:
5x Near Mint Paulson RHC Jack Detroit Primary $25
5x Very Good Paulson THC generic roulette (Chocolate colour)
5x Excellent Bud Jones S2 Big Easy Casino $1
5x Near Mint Bud Jones S2 Big Easy Casino $5
1x Excellent Paulson House Mold Planet Hollywood LV $1 (live)
1x Excellent Paulson House Mold Tropicana LV $1 (live)
1x Good Paulson THC Monte Carlo $1 (obsolete)
1x Fair Paulson THC Sahara Card Room (Day Blue colour)
1x Excellent Paulson Roulette Mold home game The Aviary custom (milled/labeled)
1x Excellent Paulson RHC Mesquite Star $25 with oversize inlay
4x Paulson THC solid Red (milled to 15/16" diameter/unlabeled)

Total 30 chips.

Post #40 has been updated with Set 3 recipients (Canadian addresses only). Recipients are responsible for sending to the next Canadian address on the list (or back to me) to keep costs reasonably low. All other rules apply.
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Just received these today, thank you so much @allforcharity

Will be sending your way shortly @Davis
 
I have a set that I’ll get out this weekend. I’ve had this set a while, but certainly not since March 9! I think I received it first week of April or so, and just been locked up. Appreciate the patience for those down the list!
 

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