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SOLD Indiana Grand Sale Thread (7 Viewers)
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But they make so much $$$
The only people who'd turn their noses up at having an RHC bearclaw frac in this lineup are probably the ones you wouldn't want at your home game anyway... #yolo
Jackypoo
Two Pair
So does Jeff Bezos
Sorry if this has been answered already but when it says "$100 chips cannot exceed 20% of your total order" does that mean 20% TOTAL between both primaries and secondaries or does that mean 20% per $100 chip quantity? I was hoping the latter but seems like it's probably the former correct? Every denom gets counted as a single denom, no matter the primary vs secondary breakdown?
Correct, the percentage applies to the total of both denominations.
Here's some weights.
Primary and Secondary 100s
Compared to Jack Cincy
Compared to leaded Majestic Star
The lightest chip is the 5 Limited Edition at 7.6 grams. Probably because large inlay = more plastic.
Feel free to request weights of other Indiana Grand chips.
Primary and Secondary 100s
Compared to Jack Cincy
Compared to leaded Majestic Star
The lightest chip is the 5 Limited Edition at 7.6 grams. Probably because large inlay = more plastic.
Feel free to request weights of other Indiana Grand chips.
pepelewpewpew
3 of a Kind
is the base colour on the secondary $5 same as the one on the HSI sec $5? They look pretty similar in this photo but seems to be brighter in other photos!
ranger764
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That primary $25 looks like a lot better condition than the ones posted in the sales thread that looked a little worn and dirty. Did you get them in sample?
All of the Indiana Grand chips pictured came from sample sets. Some chips may or may not have been cleaned.
bergs
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I’d do whatever she told me to.
bergs
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Jim isn’t flipping. The chip collecting community didn’t have a chance at procuring these chips until he brought them to market.
Flipping is buying things available to other collectors with no intent of keeping them and with the sole intent of reselling them to the community that could have had them in the first place but at a higher cost.
Flipping pisses off hobbyists and contributes to higher prices with zero value-add. There is a huge value add in Jim traversing the legal battle and myriad of gaming commission regulations to gather all these chips and bring them to a general sale for hobbyists.
If you purchase chips at his sale and just turn around and resell them at a higher value, you’re not adding any value - you’re just making it harder and more expensive for hobbyists to enjoy their hobby.
Call yourself a flipper or market capitalist or whatever helps you sleep better, but fuck straight off with calling yourself a “member of the community”. I won’t go as far as to call flippers the bottom feeding soap scum of any hobby or collector community - but it wouldn’t be a stretch if someone considered them as such.
bergs
Royal Flush
Yeah, fuck these people with sharp sticks in sensitive spots.
bergs
Royal Flush
Kinda unfortunate that $5 can’t exceed 40% of an order given that $5s are the workhorse chip in almost all of our games. Making this 50% would make a huge difference in the playability of these sets.
Buy the number of chips you need and then trade for the chips you want after the sale.
If you want only 5s, buy 1s as well, then trade those 1s for 5s, etc.
I think most of us are going to have to do that in one way or another.
bergs
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That’s a lot different than buying 1100 chips to sell 1100 chips at profit. I get the scenario you’re talking about, that’s pretty normal hobby activity.
I guess he needs to keep that ratio to get rid of all the $1s. There is always people selling/trading $1s in particular after a sale.
I’m gonna regretfully bow out. It’s never been this tough to pass up on a sale as with this one. Such great spots and colors!
Do you (or anyone) think that any of the $1s or $5s will sell for under $1/chip (and I don't mean 99¢/chip), say if people sort out the better/sharper ones and sell off the rest? Like some of the Jacks ended up selling for ~60¢/chip... Or is the overall quality of these chips such that it's doubtful?
Jim said:
So I'm wondering, for those bargain hunters or just people on strict budgets, will the additional sales be cheaper, if the secondary market isn't? I don't mind dirt and wear. I've hand-cleaned plenty of racks and I don't want to be too precious about minty/sharp chips, so I'd take more dirt/wear for less cost any day.
Zero chance any of these sell for anything less than chiproom prices. I expect them to hit HSI status fairly soon.
I’m no angel when it comes to chip pricing, I’ll sell for whatever the market pays. But I won’t buy a set for the sole purpose of reselling for a profit later
Marius L
4 of a Kind
The $1s and $25s could very well sell for very similar or lower than initial chiproom pricing. At least for a while. It all depends on how fast they sell out. If Jim can't get them all sold at current pricing, I'm sure he'll lower the price, and secondary market sellers might have to lower prices to get their leftovers sold. If everything sells out quickly I'm sure the secondary market prices will be equal or higher.
Buying with the intent of selling for a profit is the definition of flipping. But buying more than you need in order to get enough of what you want, then selling the excess later seems pretty normal to me. The way the sale percentages are, it's almost a requirement to get certain playable sets and to get any amount of the higher denoms.
It's not that hard to figure out who the flippers are. If we really wanted to do something about them, then we would simply refuse to buy from them. I've drawn some pretty hard lines on what I will pay for chips, although that number is continuously creeping up the longer I hang around here...
I would agree with that. But I also don’t think it’s worth pointing fingers. We all know these chips are gonna sell for a lot more in a few weeks/months/a year/whatever.Buying with the intent of selling for a profit is the definition of flipping. But buying more than you need in order to get enough of what you want, then selling the excess later seems pretty normal to me. The way the sale percentages are, it's almost a requirement to get certain playable sets and to get any amount of the higher denoms.
It's not that hard to figure out who the flippers are. If we really wanted to do something about them, then we would simply refuse to buy from them. I've drawn some pretty hard lines on what I will pay for chips, although that number is continuously creeping up the longer I hang around here...
If I decide to get a set now with the intent of maybe using it, but it turns out I won’t and in three months I resell it. Would it be wrong for me to look to get whatever the market will pay then? I think not, because otherwise I’m just a sucker leaving money on the table for the next guy to make that deal. I guess this worked better when this was a small community and people were ”renting” their sets.
Well, I'm considering getting 2000 of them. And I guarantee you the moment I do that, GPI will start selling to the home market and the value of old casino RHCs will tank.
100% agree. And I can't promise I won't do exactly the same thing. It's just not my intent going in. I'll have 10 playable sets after I get this one. Do I NEED 10 playable sets? Chances are several will be sold in the next year or so. At this moment I have no idea which ones.
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I can think of ONE that you better not sell…
NEVER!!!
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