GB Completed Injection Molded Chips GB - 2021 (3 Viewers)

[ArielVer18]

Are we having trouble meeting the MOQ on the T25k because a T100 tourney breakdown doesn't require many T25ks? If I want a two-table tourney set, it seems the most I need is 40. Furthermore, I don't see it as an relabeled alternative frac because of spot progression. Maybe as a $10 for a pot limit set?

 

[PlaidDragon]

Are we having trouble meeting the MOQ on the T25k because a T100 tourney breakdown doesn't require many T25ks? If I want a two-table tourney set, it seems the most I need is 40. Furthermore, I don't see it as an relabeled alternative frac because of spot progression. Maybe as a $10 for a pot limit set?

If JUST the T25K doesn't meet moq, that's not a big issue. The larger problem now is that 8 of 12 denoms (as I write this) across cash & tourney don't meet moq which would be a ridiculous level of fees. If we can whittle it down to one or two denoms max with an MoQ that won't make as big a dent in our collective wallets.

I'm hoping we see several more tourney orders in the next few days.

My set will be for single table and definitely will require a few 25k's given it's for HORSE with 75/150 starting levels, 300BB starting stacks, plus rebuys. Like many others, I won't require more than a single barrel of the biggies.

 

[DMZ]

Cash MOQs are almost all met (4 of 6 denoms, with the other 2, $25s and $100s only about 200 chips shy).

C'mon tourney people, step up your game for some lovely, awesomely designed chips! How about a T500 base tourney set with 200/200/200/200 breakdown featuring the prettiest chips in the line? Very flexible, can play turbo or long event, and very efficient chip-wise!

 

[allforcharity]

Cash MOQs are almost all met (4 of 6 denoms, with the other 2, $25s and $100s only about 200 chips shy).

C'mon tourney people, step up your game for some lovely, awesomely designed chips! How about a T500 base tourney set with 200/200/200/200 breakdown featuring the prettiest chips in the line? Very flexible, can play turbo or long event, and very efficient chip-wise!

100/100/100/100 is enough for 1 table and won't break the bank either.

 

[PlaidDragon]

100/100/100/100 is enough for 1 table and won't break the bank either.

Yup. Baby steps. I "may" add 100 chips across a few denoms to gain a couple of seats for tourney. I'd rather not do that but will if it means the difference between the GB happening or not. No promises.

 

[liftapint]

I hope orders come flooding in over these next couple of days, bringing the cost per chip down down down (and making the group buy happen!). I am going to have to be a game-time decision because I am working on a slot machine purchase, and if that happens, no monies for chips at this time

The tourney chips are so colorful and pretty. The cash chips are so much better than the BW chips that everyone seems Gaga over (at least in my opinion).

Get those orders in! This GB needs some momentum!

 

[Ghoti]

I hope orders come flooding in over these next couple of days, bringing the cost per chip down down down (and making the group buy happen!). I am going to have to be a game-time decision because I am working on a slot machine purchase, and if that happens, no monies for chips at this time

The tourney chips are so colorful and pretty. The cash chips are so much better than the BW chips that everyone seems Gaga over (at least in my opinion).

Get those orders in! This GB needs some momentum!

BW chips?

 

[davislane]

I hope orders come flooding in over these next couple of days, bringing the cost per chip down down down (and making the group buy happen!). I am going to have to be a game-time decision because I am working on a slot machine purchase, and if that happens, no monies for chips at this time

The tourney chips are so colorful and pretty. The cash chips are so much better than the BW chips that everyone seems Gaga over (at least in my opinion).

Get those orders in! This GB needs some momentum!

when are you not in this position? lol. its a constant juggling act!

 

[liftapint]

when are you not in this position? lol. its a constant juggling act!

it is my life. I know. Not a lot of disposable income, and a lot of chipping wants...leads to juggling act

 

[davislane]

it is my life. I know. Not a lot of disposable income, and a lot of chipping wants...leads to juggling act

keeps it fun and exciting if you ask me!

 

[cpac54]

it is my life. I know. Not a lot of disposable income, and a lot of chipping wants...leads to juggling act

Easy, just sell me some of your existing chips, Mel. Now you have money for new chips AND new slot machines!

 

[FDLmold]

How easy will it be to relabel TOURNEY25K chips into CASH$1 chips. Have not been following this thread to find out.

 

[davislane]

How easy will it be to relabel TOURNEY25K chips into CASH$1 chips. Have not been following this thread to find out.

FWIW I have a sample of the inlay replaced crown plazas and they are virtually indistinguishable to the factory originals. If you are prepared to put in the work to remove the existing inlay to take a label you will be very happy with the outcome provided you can overcome the other steps required to get to that point. I would suggest you order a barrel of stock T25K just in case you abandon ship of the relabel project. I would also order a few spare $5s to try out first before murdering a whole barrel. I doubt you will a problem moving a barrel of $5s if need be.

Edit:

See @allforcharity 's amazing work on the crown plaza relabel here.

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...k-to-cash-25-customization-moq-reached.52790/

I did make a previous post in this thread somewhere, but I'll summarize:

- permission from artist; usually a small fee
- production of custom labels and time involved
- original label removal (i.e. the bullshit phase, scrape scrape scrape)
- manual label replacement (a bit less bullshit phase 2)

The aftermarket labels do fit, but just barely. Requires good orientation to mimic the original chip.


Edit: My original semi-rant on the topic of relabeling these types of chips is on page 19.

 

[liftapint]

How easy will it be to relabel TOURNEY25K chips into CASH$1 chips. Have not been following this thread to find out.

Can be done, but the chips get expensive fast, unless you do the work yourself. The original chips were in the 2.40ish range if I recall right, and the relabeled chips were pushing $4/ (I'm too lazy to look up exact prices, but that's ballpark for ya).

edit: which is too bad, because those would make SWEET $1s

 

[Tommy]

The final push! Keep the orders coming!

 

[davislane]

The final push! Keep the orders coming!

Have MOQ for the $5s been met yet?

 

[FDLmold]

Can be done, but the chips get expensive fast, unless you do the work yourself. The original chips were in the 2.40ish range if I recall right, and the relabeled chips were pushing $4/ (I'm too lazy to look up exact prices, but that's ballpark for ya).

edit: which is too bad, because those would make SWEET $1s

I'm buying so very few chips. Getting 70 Gear labels for 35 chips won't be awful. I figure if we are all going to have to chip in for the MOQ penalty on the 25k chips (which I don't really mind, so if my tone indicates otherwise, just ignore me), I may as well get some of them and do something useful.

 

[FDLmold]

OK fine I got 35 of the T25k.

 

[PlaidDragon]

Yay. Only 5 denoms now below 1000. Leettts.. goooooo

 

[davislane]

Yay. Only 5 denoms now below 1000. Leettts.. goooooo

most likely only be the 1 at closing time.

 

[Goldfish]

Questions regarding the park place group buy:

1. Can u get higher denominations for the cash set - 500s and 1ks?
2. if so, can u get 43 mm for the 500s and 1ks?

let me know. Thx. Jon.

 

[BearMetal]

Questions regarding the park place group buy:

1. Can u get higher denominations for the cash set - 500s and 1ks?
2. if so, can u get 43 mm for the 500s and 1ks?

let me know. Thx. Jon.

No and No; from reading through the threads, WYSIWYG

 

[liftapint]

Questions regarding the park place group buy:

1. Can u get higher denominations for the cash set - 500s and 1ks?
2. if so, can u get 43 mm for the 500s and 1ks?

let me know. Thx. Jon.

Because of the cost of tooling up for the custom inner rings, it was not possible to do both the 39mm and 43mm. So definitely not on the 43mm 500s and 1k.

I suspect that the answer is also "no" for the higher denoms for the cash set. We have to meet a 1000-chip minimum for each denomination (or pay steep penalty fees), and we're just barely getting there for the $100 chip. We wouldn't be close for $500 or $1000.

However, if you like any of the tourney chips, they can be custom relabeled as $500 and/or $1000. @allforcharity did this for the previous Abbiati group buy, and the chips came out GREAT. Couldn't even tell that they weren't factory originals. He said it wasn't easy. But definitely doable, with fantastic results.

Not the answers you wanted to hear, but hope it helps!

 

[Nanook]

No and No; from reading through the threads, WYSIWYG

I am not the expert, but if you look back you will see that there is some discussion of converting one/any of the chips that you are not using to a denomination that you want, but is otherwise unavailable. For example: lets say you want a $500 cash chip and you are not buying any 25¢ or tournament chips. Looking at the unused chips the cash 25¢ & the T500 are both purple which is a pretty traditional color for a cash $500 chip. Of course you could use any of the others, but in my mind those 2 chips would lend themselves particularly well for a $500 cash chip.

allforcharity made some posts about this earlier, but to sum up: basically buy a chip you like and want to convert. Get appropriate permissions, have labels made (gear or otherwise) remove existing labels, apply new labels.... Voila, new denomination

 

[BearMetal]

I am not the expert, but if you look back you will see that there is some discussion of converting one/any of the chips that you are not using to a denomination that you want, but is otherwise unavailable. For example: lets say you want a $500 cash chip and you are not buying any 25¢ or tournament chips. Looking at the unused chips the cash 25¢ & the T500 are both purple which is a pretty traditional color for a cash $500 chip. Of course you could use any of the others, but in my mind those 2 chips would lend themselves particularly well for a $500 cash chip.

allforcharity made some posts about this earlier, but to sum up: basically buy a chip you like and want to convert. Get appropriate permissions, have labels made (gear or otherwise) remove existing labels, apply new labels.... Voila, new denomination

Yeah, but @Goldfish was asking about buying them as part of their order. 43mm is not being run for any chip in this GB, and other demons are also not a part of this GB ... so yes, although you could (with a lot of difficulty) convert a chip into the one you want (after buying the artwork), it's a lot of work/expense for what I would imagine would be a handful of higher denom cash chips.

 

[DMZ]

Yeah, but @Goldfish was asking about buying them as part of their order. 43mm is not being run for any chip in this GB, and other demons are also not a part of this GB ... so yes, although you could (with a lot of difficulty) convert a chip into the one you want (after buying the artwork), it's a lot of work/expense for what I would imagine would be a handful of higher denom cash chips.

That's true about the extra expense/work, although it seems like it would be less expense/work and maybe more doable for a smaller number of chips than a larger number.

 

[BearMetal]

That's true about the extra expense/work, although it seems like it would be less expense/work and maybe more doable for a smaller number of chips than a larger number.

There was also talk about how thin the labels are for Abiatti chips which adds to the difficulty. I just didn't want to mislead Goldfish that it would be something they could "just do"; hence my "no and no" short response

 

[Ghoti]

I mean if you're doing the relabeling for $500 and $1k cash chips then I'd imagine the cost is negligible. And as mentioned, we did it last group buy so it's doable.

 

[DMZ]

There was also talk about how thin the labels are for Abiatti chips which adds to the difficulty. I just didn't want to mislead Goldfish that it would be something they could "just do"; hence my "no and no" short response

That totally makes sense. I was actually considering it for myself, potentially converting 120 or so chips into nickels for microstakes cash. Given the effort/cost, I'm not sure about doing that for me, but I would probably do it if it were a small handful of chips (say for higher denoms), especially with some help, which seems potentially available through allforcharity if he is willing.

 

[BearMetal]

Regarding the MOQ for this order; looks like cash is in the clear, but Tournament has a bunch which are short.

• Is the MOQ fee per-denomination? Like, if I decide to order 1 of each tournmaent just for a sample with my cash order, am I going to get nailed with a ton of extra fees on the individual chips?
• How does the MOQ fee of a tournament chip affect a cash-chip-only order? Are all of the fees spread across all chips ordered equally?

(Sorry, just trying to stay within a budget and with the order quantities as they are now, it's scary)