Majestics or Pharaohs? (2 Viewers)

[bsdunbar1]

I've ordered 1200 Majestic chips recently of 11 different colors and none showed diameter inconsistency issues. They feel great, sound great, and look great.

^what he said^
I bought 1000 Majestic's last Sept and have no color or size issues either. I also agree you get what you pay for but for inexpensive chips they are pretty decent.

 

[codeman00]

There is a huge advantage with buying Majestics or any other China Clay of your liking. When you try to use casino chips, you run into issues finding high denomination chips at a decent price or finding fracs without making them yourself from other chips. For my set I needed at least 2.5 racks of $0.25, 1 rack of 1000's, 2 barrels of 5000's and a half barrel of 20,000. This is where your cash set or tournament set using casino chips really begins to cost you in time and money. My guess is that is why johnjohn still uses Majestics for his tourney set.

 

[BGinGA]

This is where your cash set or tournament set using casino chips really begins to cost you in time and money.

Not a problem if using the "I just lease chips" approach, which will cost less money in the long run versus buying inexpensive chips that do not hold their value.

 

[johnjohn]

Still building up my WTH&C tourney set...

There is a huge advantage with buying Majestics or any other China Clay of your liking. When you try to use casino chips, you run into issues finding high denomination chips at a decent price or finding fracs without making them yourself from other chips. For my set I needed at least 2.5 racks of $0.25, 1 rack of 1000's, 2 barrels of 5000's and a half barrel of 20,000. This is where your cash set or tournament set using casino chips really begins to cost you in time and money. My guess is that is why johnjohn still uses Majestics for his tourney set.

 

[johnjohn]

Not a problem if using the "I just lease chips" approach, which will cost less money in the long run versus buying inexpensive chips that do not hold their value.

True...they don't hold their value.

 

[QuiQuog]

Not a problem if using the "I just lease chips" approach, which will cost less money in the long run versus buying inexpensive chips that do not hold their value.

Good point. You might be able to sell china clay chips for half of what you bought them for, whereas you can usually sell Paulsons for what you paid or better. If you look at the total cost to end of life, more expensive chips are cheaper. Of course not everyone can afford the better chips though, so it ends up as a case in which the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

 

[codeman00]

Still building up my WTH&C tourney set...

Good luck!

 

[Mockk]

I personally would choose the Majestics, but as some others have mentioned it really comes down to your personal preference. Since you are getting samples, just play around with them for a few days and you should have a good feeling about which you would prefer to own a set of. I personally ordered a few sample sets, along with stopping in Vegas to check out some new and used Paulson's, as well as some CC Dunes, and a few other ceramics. I figured Paulson's were out of my budget for the time being, and narrowed my choices down to the Majestics or Milanos. I just decided to go with a set of Milanos and am sure I will be happy with the choice. Although, I can already tell that I will have my eye on other chips soon after! I used to browse Chiptalk, Home Poker Tourney, and I believe PCF years ago, but really never ended up purchasing a decent full set of chips. I wish I had pulled the trigger on Paulson's back then, but hey the interest is back, and I've enjoyed browsing these forums and getting advice on which set to buy. The Majestics are very nice, I have never played with Pharoahs, but my preference for design is with the Majestic's and they feel great and look great imo.