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Have we finally reached market saturation?? (4 Viewers)

Personally, I lost interest in the classifieds when everything became WTT instead of WTS. Not sure if people don’t want to be crucified for listing things at flipper prices, but if you don’t have any high end sets for trade, you lose interest.

I am also now much more inclined to just use Live casino chips, as I know they will hold their value
 
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upNdown said:
Hey man, those chips have been shipped across the ocean twice. You don’t expect the guys who decided to have them shipped across the ocean should absorb those costs do you???
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You forgot packaging costs, too!
 
BarrieJ3 said:
Are there very specific chips that instasell and others that might be difficult to move, sure. But it being “tough” to sell chips? My subjective response is this forum is filled with jackwagons and poker players who have to win every transaction, which leads to stale classifieds and refusals to be flexible in sales.
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Well said, @BarrieJ3!

Want to sell your chips and no one's biting on your ad? Lower the price! Or sweeten the deal! Or something! Don't just bump bump bump.

Have a wanted thread and no one's responding? Offer above market, and someone will get in touch.

I wanted a rack of PNY quarters recently. I looked around and market price seemed to be $4.50/chip. So I offered $5/chip right off the bat and closed the thread in three hours. Did I overpay? Probably (more than probably lol). Did I also save a lot of time and brain cycles, and allow myself to move on to the next thing and mark this as done? Definitely.
 
Nanook said:
If you are just looking to play with really nice chips and have no interest in collecting them this is the way
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Not sure why you can’t collect them this way? We have plenty of $5 chips that sell here for $1000+ per rack, $500 per rack direct from a casino is a bargain. Splurge for a rack of $25 chips knowing you got a good deal on the 1s and 5s.

You can return them anytime for full price, or keep them as collectibles if the chips are retired. Some may even appreciate in value
 
ssanel54 said:
Not sure why you can’t collect them this way? We have plenty of $5 chips that sell here for $1000+ per rack, $500 per rack direct from a casino is a bargain. Splurge for a rack of $25 chips knowing you got a good deal on the 1s and 5s.

You can return them anytime for full price, or keep them as collectibles if the chips are retired. Some may even appreciate in value
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You certainly can...
 
ssanel54 said:
Not sure why you can’t collect them this way? We have plenty of $5 chips that sell here for $1000+ per rack, $500 per rack direct from a casino is a bargain. Splurge for a rack of $25 chips knowing you got a good deal on the 1s and 5s.

You can return them anytime for full price, or keep them as collectibles if the chips are retired. Some may even appreciate in value
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200 x $1, 300 x $5, 100 x $25 cash set:

Tigers: $3800
Casino: $3200

Hmmm...

Haha not exactly a fair comparison, as the casino chips you get today will likely be RHC, far from mint, and not as nice as the Tigers. While you will get 100% of your money back whenever you want, I don't think you'll have a problem getting what you paid for Tiger $1s, $5s or $25s, either.
 
ninedeuce said:
200 x $1, 300 x $5, 100 x $25 cash set:

Tigers: $3800
Casino: $3200

Hmmm...

Haha not exactly a fair comparison, as the casino chips you get today will likely be RHC, far from mint, and not as nice as the Tigers. While you will get 100% of your money back whenever you want, I don't think you'll have a problem getting what you paid for Tiger $1s, $5s or $25s, either.
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Yeah, but I’d contend that the reason that most people covet THC over RHC chips is because they have more value in the PCF classifieds. Doesn’t matter if casino RHCs start to crumble, they are still worth whatever value is on the inlay. Getting Mint chips from the casino is obviously much harder, but that’s also a perceived value thing. Playing with brand new mint chips kinda sucks.
 
I don't think we've hit market saturation, but I do think we're seeing a market correction as prices start to drift back to something more reasonable. The combination of the pandemic, a lot of new members, and some deep-pocketed spenders pushed prices sky-high at an unsustainable pace and level. While prices are dropping, they are still high compared to where they used to be. Right before the pandemic started I was able to go through the classifieds and piece together a THC set for less than $2 a chip. I paid ~$2.50/chip for crisp arc yellows. We haven't yet reached the point where high-end chips sit in the classifieds for months at exceptionally reasonable prices.
 
jpietrella said:
Ooooooohhhh, FOLLOWING!
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Kyle's Bally's sales up right now have me tempted but I can't bring myself to do it. I have a CDI '98 cash set I haven't been able to put into play in almost two years. That's what should get me the ban hammer, if anything.

It's not so much the chip market is oversaturated for me. It's that I'm chip saturated. Chipping retirement is nigh after the CPC projects in the burner are made.
 

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