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Harvesting Chips for Forum Members Discussion (1 Viewer)

That $1 does look good with those newer style spots.
 
I like the oversized hundred a lot. I'm definitely not a fan of a set with a blue $1 and a blue $25, regardless of shade. Strange choice.
 
BGinGA said:
Basically unavailable. Already sent a scouting party last year...... zero chips.
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I saw a blog post that only 1,000 were ordered back in 2013. This is a dud. Lovely chip though.
 
Brand new today...
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jbutler said:
The spot pattern on that quarter has to be one of the most hideous spot patterns I've ever seen.
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Yes. And I feel like I'm seeing that spot pattern a lot lately on new chips. Didn't the New MGM in DC have a chip with that pattern? Are the Paulson folks giving a discount on it?
 
I have had a few successful harvest attempts, I will tell the cage I am looking for a rack to present to my father in law for their anniversary, or we are there for a bachelor party and we want to give them to the groom as a gift. I have done it at the Wynn, Sahara (when it was open) NYNY, and Belagio.
 
Is anyone going to the borgata? Perhaps that person would be interested in picking up 200 of these and shipping them to canada.

Let me know. I'd be willing to pay for the service.

I'm trying to complete my bud Jones cash set. This would help.

Please pm me and let's work something out.

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Dennis Stapleton said:
I have had a few successful harvest attempts, I will tell the cage I am looking for a rack to present to my father in law for their anniversary, or we are there for a bachelor party and we want to give them to the groom as a gift. I have done it at the Wynn, Sahara (when it was open) NYNY, and Belagio.
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Damn, that is smart.

Next time I am at casino I am going to try this tactic.

Casino Cage: "This is the fifth bachelor party you've been to this week..."

Me: "Sorry I meant my father in law is going to a bachelor party."

Casino Cage: "Yesterday you said you needed a rack for your father in laws funeral."

Me: "Umm..." yoink! *grabs chips and runs*
 
Just a PSA,

A certain establishment that I typically harvest from (I'm assuming most of you can figure out which one based on my history of getting chips for people - I would GREATLY APPRECIATE if nobody mentioned this place publicly/in this thread with regards to me/this post) politely escorted me out of the casino today. Apparently they have been watching me in surveillance and were concerned that I was bringing racks and chips out of the casino and not returning with them. I don't have much more information right now, they weren't answering many of my questions on the spot and I ended up being a little defensive about it.

I was informed that in order to be able to enter the casino again, I would need to return [a certain quantity of] chip racks as they are casino property, or pay to replace them. I was given a contact number to notify security the next time I planned on going into the casino, and also so I could contact them with any additional questions. They did not mention bringing chips back.

For what it's worth, I was planning on bringing all racks back (I have an order in for Unique racks right now) and have been bringing a couple back every trip. The count I was given to return is less than the amount that I am currently borrowing, but all racks will be returned. The number is shockingly low based on how concerned they were about this.

I will no longer be harvesting any chips from this establishment unless I have already committed to doing so. I am returning the racks and will get more clarification on whether or not there is an issue with bringing chips alone out of the casino.
 
btbmason said:
Just a PSA,

A certain establishment that I typically harvest from (I'm assuming most of you can figure out which one based on my history of getting chips for people - I would GREATLY APPRECIATE if nobody mentioned this place publicly/in this thread with regards to me/this post) politely escorted me out of the casino today. Apparently they have been watching me in surveillance and were concerned that I was bringing racks and chips out of the casino and not returning with them. I don't have much more information right now, they weren't answering many of my questions on the spot and I ended up being a little defensive about it.

I was informed that in order to be able to enter the casino again, I would need to return [a certain quantity of] chip racks as they are casino property, or pay to replace them. I was given a contact number to notify security the next time I planned on going into the casino, and also so I could contact them with any additional questions. They did not mention bringing chips back.

For what it's worth, I was planning on bringing all racks back (I have an order in for Unique racks right now) and have been bringing a couple back every trip. The count I was given to return is less than the amount that I am currently borrowing, but all racks will be returned. The number is shockingly low based on how concerned they were about this.

I will no longer be harvesting any chips from this establishment unless I have already committed to doing so. I am returning the racks and will get more clarification on whether or not there is an issue with bringing chips alone out of the casino.
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This is very interesting to me and it gets to a question I've wondered about - Do casino's have any right to tell you not to take chips from their casino?
Obviously they don't want you taking them out in quantity, but I wonder if they're hassling you about the racks because they can't hassle you about the chips.
 
upNdown said:
This is very interesting to me and it gets to a question I've wondered about - Do casino's have any right to tell you not to take chips from their casino?
Obviously they don't want you taking them out in quantity, but I wonder if they're hassling you about the racks because they can't hassle you about the chips.
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I know this has been discussed over on the blue screen site and maybe even here on PCF.....chips are casino property, you're really just "renting" them while gambling (or is it gaming?). I can understand the casino giving @btbmason some hassle about the racks since he didn't actually rent/pay for them. Different casinos seem to have differing opinions on chips leaving their premises, but if he's leaving with a $2.50 item that cost the casino a dollar or less to produce....it's good profit for the casino.
BTW, I will be following with great interest how this adventure plays out. I live vicariously through others' chip harvesting!
 
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btbmason said:
I will no longer be harvesting any chips from this establishment unless I have already committed to doing so.
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If you have any issues at all with the casino and harvesting, I wouldn't think you are "committed" to doing so any more. Not worth it to try to get chips for someone else by running the chance of getting banned.
At the same time, I admire your "Commitment to Harvesting":LOL: :laugh:
 
btbmason said:
Just a PSA,

A certain establishment that I typically harvest from (I'm assuming most of you can figure out which one based on my history of getting chips for people - I would GREATLY APPRECIATE if nobody mentioned this place publicly/in this thread with regards to me/this post) politely escorted me out of the casino today. Apparently they have been watching me in surveillance and were concerned that I was bringing racks and chips out of the casino and not returning with them. I don't have much more information right now, they weren't answering many of my questions on the spot and I ended up being a little defensive about it.

I was informed that in order to be able to enter the casino again, I would need to return [a certain quantity of] chip racks as they are casino property, or pay to replace them. I was given a contact number to notify security the next time I planned on going into the casino, and also so I could contact them with any additional questions. They did not mention bringing chips back.

For what it's worth, I was planning on bringing all racks back (I have an order in for Unique racks right now) and have been bringing a couple back every trip. The count I was given to return is less than the amount that I am currently borrowing, but all racks will be returned. The number is shockingly low based on how concerned they were about this.

I will no longer be harvesting any chips from this establishment unless I have already committed to doing so. I am returning the racks and will get more clarification on whether or not there is an issue with bringing chips alone out of the casino.
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You must have harvested a metric $#!+ ton of chips out of there if you were on there radar. And it looks like in the other thread you must have about 10% of their snappers too.....that might have been the straw that broke the camels back.
 
bivey said:
View attachment 37444 View attachment 37445 Played on Fridays, bit boss tells me the $2 chips at the shoe are likely good for a while as rebranding process takes a while. Lots of the inlays are scored. No luck getting them to fish out minty ones....yet.
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When you talk about "scored" inlays are you referring to the line in the inlay in your picture? I see this a lot, any idea what causes it?
 
RagsPoker said:
If you have any issues at all with the casino and harvesting, I wouldn't think you are "committed" to doing so any more. Not worth it to try to get chips for someone else by running the chance of getting banned.
At the same time, I admire your "Commitment to Harvesting":LOL: :laugh:
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It's still my favorite casino to go to. Most of the (non-poker) dealers know me fairly well, and I'm a regular in an obscure game that only runs once per week. I'll still go back, though maybe not as frequently.

I had a couple of people request certain chips prior to this happening and I committed to getting them, I'm not going to back out on that if I can help it. Before I do that though, I'll be having a conversation with someone to make sure it's ok.

I'm not saying I'm not at fault, and I realized what I was doing and some of the risks involved. My biggest problem is that I was stuck a significant amount of money at the time they decided to approach me about it. I was up a decent amount earlier in the day, then they took a large chunk of it and decided I'd had enough gambling. It's not a short trip for me, I only go when I can dedicate an entire day to the trip. They cut my day short by probably 6 hours or so.
 
RowdyRawhide said:
You must have harvested a metric $#!+ ton of chips out of there if you were on there radar. And it looks like in the other thread you must have about 10% of their snappers too.....that might have been the straw that broke the camels back.
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I can provide a quantity via PM if you are interested in the number of chips.

I can account for every chip I've ever harvested, and where it went. I'm kind of a weirdo like that.

Anything said via PM to anybody, please keep the information private.
 

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