Native Lights Casino Primary Chip Sale (4 Viewers)

[superchromix]

oof those are nice. glad Jim never posted those edge photos beforehand or I wouldn't have been able to resist.

 

[BHB]

The $100's are in real nice condition

 

[kmccormick100]

Jim - chips came - look great - thanks -- This will feed my chip addiction for at least a few days.....looking forward to the next sale....is it still going to be eBay or have you changed the game plan?
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Finally pics of stacks! Been dying to see what these looked like

 

[Josh Kifer]

Jim - chips came - look great - thanks -- This will feed my chip addiction for at least a few days.....looking forward to the next sale....is it still going to be eBay or have you changed the game plan?
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WHERE ARE THE OTHER 98 CHIPS BHB.... *turning on heat lamp*

 

[upNdown]

WHERE ARE THE OTHER 98 CHIPS BHB.... *turning on heat lamp*

You mean 158?
(Not that anybody's keeping score)

 

[Josh Kifer]

You mean 158?
(Not that anybody's keeping score)

I took it as a full rack per perpetrator.... Now the mystery deepens....

 

[BHB]

WHERE ARE THE OTHER 98 CHIPS BHB.... *turning on heat lamp*

No - those are 2 - $500's from my 2 sample sets. Wasn't able to get any other $500's. Actually - I plan to get some labels and make $500's and $1,000 from some other chips I have.

 

[Josh Kifer]

No - those are 2 - $500's from my 2 sample sets. Wasn't able to get any other $500's. Actually - I plan to get some labels and make $500's and $1,000 from some other chips I have.

That sounds alot like a story someone would say when they have 200 of them in a box under there bed..

Lol.

 

[5aces]

Waiting for the next chips. Native Lights sec. or Tonkawa?!

 

[Josh Kifer]

Waiting for the next chips. Native Lights sec. or Tonkawa?!

I'd guess Tonkawa is the next.... I'd guess we're going from biggest set and cheapest to smallest and most expensive.

I have no idea if that's true, but it would make sense. Best way to not get stuck with anything and sell out.

 

[5aces]

Really hard to say, but I hope that it won't take long to see the next chiproom sale. Every day I complain with myself, why I didn't buy more chips a the HS C. sale. Even though I got enough chips for my home games - there is sth. that says: There are never enough - Finish the racks!!!

 

[FDLmold]

I use Fels Naphtha and a vegetable brush. Hooker juice comes right off. The 1s look nice.

 

[FDLmold]

A little more pron. The 50c chips are by far in the worst shape, but when you get the grime off them, they look a whole lot better despite the flea bites.

 

[FDLmold]

And these get their own post. They look spectacular, even when a little dirty.

 

[Josh Kifer]

And these get their own post. They look spectacular, even when a little dirty.
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...... The plot thickens.... FDL...letters into numbers 6... 4... 12.... added separately, the Total equals ..13.....13 times 2308....equals 30004.... A Georgia zipcode....

Case is closed fellas... Take him away..

 

[jja412]

I dare say I love the 100s just as much as the 500s. Regretting my decision to not order any chips.

 

[pedrofisk]

Consolation Prize:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Native-Ligh...350659?hash=item1c932e03c3:g:aUIAAOSwSX9XAuyO

 

[Kasper Storrs]

Wowsers

And these get their own post. They look spectacular, even when a little dirty.
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All chips look in pretty good shape. How much do you want for those $500...

 

[jja412]

Anyone with some extra 100 wanna trade?

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/oak-tree-100s-for-native-lights-100s.24231/

 

[Mac128k]

Quick pics from the unpack. I like the inlays a lot more in-person than I thought I would. The $5s are awesome. The $1s don't look white lol.
Some of the 50¢ are pretty beat! The $25 is really nice and the hundo is WAY better than I expected. They all have an odd smokey/plastic smell. I hid my racks of $500s from view for personal safety reasons

Thanks for the sale, Jim!

 

[David94sc]

My first impressions:

- Much better condition than the H/S Cleveland’s.
- I should have ordered a rack of $500’s.

 

[Josh Kifer]

Quick pics from the unpack. I like the inlays a lot more in-person than I thought I would. The $5s are awesome. The $1s don't look white lol.
Some of the 50¢ are pretty beat! The $25 is really nice and the hundo is WAY better than I expected. They all have an odd smokey/plastic smell. I hid my racks of $500s from view for personal safety reasons

Thanks for the sale, Jim!

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BURN HIM!!! HES HIDING THE 500s!!!!

 

[softchewy]

How can you say they circumvented the limits if the total of their combined orders did not circumvent the limits? Even if Jim’s intensions were exercised by all the 500s could still have been bought up by as few as 2 individuals.

Personally I have no issues with how the sale was presented or how any of the orders were placed.

I didn't know what totals there were, before the sale.. was it posted?
Did I miss where someone didn't follow Jim's rules/percentage? Or is the complaint that people didn't just get the chips they wanted?
My plan was to order based on how many $500s I wanted for a tourney set and fill out the rest of the order based off allowed percentages (including a cash set).
Max I was thinking was 200 x $500.. so breakdown would have been..

400 x $1
400 x $5
600 X $25
400 x $100
200 x $500

Would there be an issue with that?

Didn't matter as I put down the 10th on my calendar and was out on Sunday at the time of the sale, unfortunately.. or fortunately

 

[Josh Kifer]

I didn't know what totals there were, before the sale.. was it posted?
Did I miss where someone didn't follow Jim's rules/percentage? Or is the complaint that people didn't just get the chips they wanted?
My plan was to order based on how many $500s I wanted for a tourney set and fill out the rest of the order based off allowed percentages (including a cash set).
Max I was thinking was 200 x $500.. so breakdown would have been..

400 x $1
400 x $5
600 X $25
400 x $100
200 x $500

Would there be an issue with that?

Didn't matter as I put down the 10th on my calendar and was out on Sunday at the time of the sale, unfortunately.. or fortunately

The issue was people bought the 500s to remove them from stock, then added the smaller denoms. Instead of just buying a complete set

 

[Dr. Matt]

I didn't know what totals there were, before the sale.. was it posted?
Did I miss where someone didn't follow Jim's rules/percentage? Or is the complaint that people didn't just get the chips they wanted?
My plan was to order based on how many $500s I wanted for a tourney set and fill out the rest of the order based off allowed percentages (including a cash set).
Max I was thinking was 200 x $500.. so breakdown would have been..

400 x $1
400 x $5
600 X $25
400 x $100
200 x $500

Would there be an issue with that?

Didn't matter as I put down the 10th on my calendar and was out on Sunday at the time of the sale, unfortunately.. or fortunately

Totals were not common knowledge before the sale.
A couple people who got the majority of the 500s did not follow "the spirit" of the percentage limits by placing a separate order for 500s, checking out to make sure they got them first (and second, presumably), and then went back in to place a separate order for the additional chips to meet the percentage requirements. The strategy was not discretely prohibited or even necessarily frowned upon prior to the sale. Jim stated after that the penalty for this was to pay the shipping on both orders, I believe.

The issue came up when the 300-400 $500 chips were sold out within seconds and the supply did not come even close to meeting the demand. So people were irritated and complainy and there were many pages of back and forth as usual.

Your breakdown woulda been fine if there were enough chips for you and you were super fast.

That's my attempt at summary.

 

[Josh Kifer]

Totals were not common knowledge before the sale.
A couple people who got the majority of the 500s did not follow "the spirit" of the percentage limits by placing a separate order for 500s, checking out to make sure they got them first (and second, presumably), and then went back in to place a separate order for the additional chips to meet the percentage requirements. The strategy was not discretely prohibited or even necessarily frowned upon prior to the sale. Jim stated after that the penalty for this was to pay the shipping on both orders, I believe.

The issue came up when the 300-400 $500 chips were sold out within seconds and the supply did not come even close to meeting the demand. So people were irritated and complainy and there were many pages of back and forth as usual.

Your breakdown woulda been fine if there were enough chips for you and you were super fast.

That's my attempt at summary.

His summary is better then mine....

 

[Matt G]

Chips arrived. Certainly are in better shape than I expected. Only thing that could make it better would be a rack of $500’s lol. Will have to do some relabel’s for $500 & $1k’s. Is anyone making labels yet?

 

[FDLmold]

I only got my little pile of chips. After looking and cleaning a few and shuffling a few, I now wish I had bought more. That is all.

 

[softchewy]

Totals were not common knowledge before the sale.
A couple people who got the majority of the 500s did not follow "the spirit" of the percentage limits by placing a separate order for 500s, checking out to make sure they got them first (and second, presumably), and then went back in to place a separate order for the additional chips to meet the percentage requirements. The strategy was not discretely prohibited or even necessarily frowned upon prior to the sale. Jim stated after that the penalty for this was to pay the shipping on both orders, I believe.

The issue came up when the 300-400 $500 chips were sold out within seconds and the supply did not come even close to meeting the demand. So people were irritated and complainy and there were many pages of back and forth as usual.

Your breakdown woulda been fine if there were enough chips for you and you were super fast.

That's my attempt at summary.

So the real issue I see was not knowing the totals available and not controlling the totals of small quantity chips allowed per household with an actual # instead of percentage of your order.
Obviously it is certain that there are less of $500s available than $1s, etc.
If I bought 200 x $500 I wouldn't know what percentage of the total available chips I just got.
(and I probably would have done that purchase first, just the $500s, because if I don't get those, I doubt I continue with a tourney set, just get a cash set or skip it)
That's how the sale was setup. It wasn't a lottery it was 1st come 1st serve... whether you like it or not, whoever gets the chips fastest, gets them.
It's going to be a small percentage that get the desired chips or any chips. If you are trying to purchase a playable set, I guess I don't see the issue.
It's up to the seller to set the guidelines and constraints they want.. e.g. - "you can't build a tourney set with $500s" or "maximum of 20 x $500 per household"

 

[Dr. Matt]

So the real issue I see was not knowing the totals available and not controlling the totals of small quantity chips allowed per household with an actual # instead of percentage of your order.
Obviously it is certain that there are less of $500s available than $1s, etc.
If I bought 200 x $500 I wouldn't know what percentage of the total available chips I just got.
(and I probably would have done that purchase first, just the $500s, because if I don't get those, I doubt I continue with a tourney set, just get a cash set or skip it)
That's how the sale was setup. It wasn't a lottery it was 1st come 1st serve... whether you like it or not, whoever gets the chips fastest, gets them.
It's going to be a small percentage that get the desired chips or any chips. If you are trying to purchase a playable set, I guess I don't see the issue.
It's up to the seller to set the guidelines and constraints they want.. e.g. - "you can't build a tourney set with $500s" or "maximum of 20 x $500 per household"

Yeah there have been pages of suggestions for Jim, and he somehow refrained from responding with, "you ungrateful bastards, how about I run the business as I like and not generate more work for myself, only to have you complain regardless. How about I don't sell you dirt cheap chips you can't get anywhere else?"

So, there has been a decrease in griping, and we (I) are hoping Jim decides to hold another sale instead of sending them all to eBay, as he threatened