How many Chips do you own? (1 Viewer)

[RocAFella1]

I have about 68 keeper sets, gotta whittle it down, someday I might sell some

You need one more.

 

[ovo]

You need one more.

Haha, actually 8 of the sets aren't quite a set yet, so 60 sets

 

[shadowler]

I have about 68 keeper sets, gotta whittle it down, someday I might sell some

Please showcase them all for us in all its heavenly glory

 

[SeanGecko]

I got 6000 at my place. Currently trimming down cards Mold sets. Selling them to newbies at a discount. Making room for new custom hybrid sets.

 

[chippitydoodah]

I'm 100% with you on this. When we moved, I finally had all my chips in one place and realized just how many I had accumulated. To be fair (or to try and excuse my actions), most of what I've got as overstock has been through trying to color and condition match two large multi table sets. I think most of what I own will be parted out over time until I'm left with a small number of sets that I've pieced together from scratch.

My kiddos are all too small to have any real hope for them picking up the hobby yet. They can't even get their hands around bridge sized cards yet. I've seen too many people junking their parents valuable collections to risk it to them, and I don't have any illusions that what I'm working with merits any kind of museum entry. The closest comp I can think of is what happened when my grandpa passed 20 years ago. He was a huge HAM radio guy, but none of his kids were, so they were really at a loss as to what to do with the mountain of equipment he had amassed since he returned from WWII. My dad was cleaning out the house prepping for the estate sale, and he was approached by a few older HAM guys who had been friends with my grandpa. They came in and did their own estate sale for just the radio stuff, free of charge, and gave the proceeds to my dad to split in the estate. They knew it was a super niche hobby, so they helped the HAM community by doing these sales when people passed.

Not to make this too somber, but I've considered reaching out to a few people with this kind of contingency plan in case something were to happen to me. I'd hate for my family to just dump them somewhere, not knowing what they were doing and lose out on the "investment", but also to risk everything winding up in a landfill when they could have more life and bring another chipper joy.

I volunteer Ben. Just leave everything to me

 

[ovo]

Please showcase them all for us in all its heavenly glory

wow, too much work If I wasn't married and had my own space , I would definitely do it. I would need a lot of space

 

[TheRealTeddyKGB]

wow, too much work If I wasn't married and had my own space , I would definitely do it. I would need a lot of space

...and an IMAX camera.

 

[Poker Zombie]

gotta whittle it down, someday I might sell some

If you get rid of all of them, it might just be easier to sell the house to a chipper.

 

[TheRealTeddyKGB]

THANKS to the 146 people who have voted! If you havn't voted yet PLEASE DO!!!

@Big Money, @chrismurda, @esapigao, @RocAFella1, @SPR, @Tommy, @Tonysquander, @triton, @Vinyard

I demand a recount @doublebooyah85!

 

[triton]

Just counted and omg. Have been on this site for 6 mos and can’t believe the total got so high…

@TheRealTeddyKGB thanks, I think, for the prod…

 

[Kensco]

I own 0 chips, but I am renting just over 14,000

And I hosted the second game in three years this past Sunday

 

[Big Money]

I only have five sets, but I run pretty deep in all of them. My total is somewhere over 10k, I haven't updated in a bit so I don't have an accurate count.

 

[LeLe]

I only have five sets, but I run pretty deep in all of them. My total is somewhere over 10k

I expected nothing less from someone whose IGN is BIGMONEY

 

[rustycheerio]

i'm done. probably selling if anything

plus/minus some fromthe last pic...

 

[Big Money]

I expected nothing less from someone whose IGN is BIGMONEY

It is a misnomer, my money is quite svelte.

 

[SPR]

THANKS to the 146 people who have voted! If you havn't voted yet PLEASE DO!!!
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@Big Money, @chrismurda, @esapigao, @RocAFella1, @SPR, @Tommy, @Tonysquander, @triton, @Vinyard

I demand a recount @doublebooyah85!

I'm just gonna estimate,

 

[TopSchelph]

1100 custom ceramics.

 

[detroitdad]

 

[LeLe]

My wishlist to add-on to my collection in the future before "retiring"
(i) Casino-Plastic Grade Set
(ii) THC Set
(iii) BCC Set
(iv) HHR CPC Set
(v) Rounders CPC Set

 

[AlbinoDragon]

More than most but less than some.


Honestly, all the photos in this thread keep reminding me I need to get all of mine in one place to get a "family portrait".

 

[Sparkynutz]

In the next week or so after recent purchases arrive I will have doubled my chip qty and atleast quadrupled the value of my collection since this thread began.

 

[DirtyTIVA]

In the next week or so after recent purchases arrive I will have doubled my chip qty and atleast quadrupled the value of my collection since this thread began.

Congratulations! How fares your wallet?

 

[Sparkynutz]

Congratulations! How fares your wallet?

Wallet is the same. Bank account on the other hand....

 

[Taghkanic]

I’ve pared things down to 5,000 from a high of maybe 11,000.

(Not counting sample sets and color samples. I know, that’s like only putting one foot on the scale, but…)

Still have at least one set I can shed, but it’s hard to let go.

 

[NotRealNameNoSir]

Lol, the fact that the smallest unit is 0 to 2,499 is BANANAS, this place is sick.

Edit to add: roughly half the respondents fall into one of the first two categories, I'm convinced this is a coordinated ad campaign to make me want to buy more chips.

 

[EastCoastCali]

Lol, the fact that the smallest unit is 0 to 2,499 is BANANAS, this place is sick.

Edit to add: roughly half the respondents fall into one of the first categories, I'm convinced this is a coordinated ad campaign to make me want to buy more chips.

That's a good point lol, I didn't even process how insane the quantity ranges are, it's crazy.

I'm sitting somewhere around 4k I believe, but honestly I think 3/4 of my chips are generic chips like Monte Carlos and whatnot. a lot of them I acquired 10 or so years ago when I had interest in collecting but had no clue what I was doing. Upside of having no one you play with really know chips, is they all think I have some amazing collection...little do they know.....

 

[Rakrul]

I just did a count and expected to be in the 2.5k - 3k region but ended up at 8.5k-9k. Wtf?! I need help...

 

[stinky634]

I sold off my casino sets, so all I have lately is my pharaoh china clay set and my casino collections, which is less than 1k. I’m way behind!

 

[LeLe]

Edit to add: roughly half the respondents fall into one of the first two categories,

I think MOST PCF members fall under the category of 0 to 2,499 chips as they mostly owned 1-2 sets plus spare and samples

 

[louBdub]

PCF is really like 10 - 15 people…

Who own 90% of the earths chips.

The rest of us just shit post about how we can’t have them.