Hey gang,
I've had a few people ask me what was going on with my sales threads.
First off, I'm doing fine, (as fine as can be I guess, given the current state of the world.) Thanks for the concern. It's much appreciated.
Secondly, uhhh, hey everyone! I'm an old long time member, was on CT way back when, and when that site started to fall apart, I did create an account here, but things in my life also were changing pretty drastically, so I never really posted here. As you'll find, or perhaps have already found out from my sales threads, I tend to type a lot. It's not an internet kind of thing, in person I talk. A LOT. You can ask @Gear , @T_Chan , @Frank @Wifey , @Mesnik44 and any others that I've sat around a table with about that.
I used to be pretty active on the forums, and did develop a pretty big collection of chips. I have playable sets on most of CPC's molds, and at one time I was trying to build up playable sets of every WA casino that The Chip Room was able to get it's hands on. I've now given up on that endeavour , lol, seems like they just kind of keep popping up. I also used to pick up random racks of chips, trying to make a playable set of things. It's that reason why I have so many partial sets, that I'm now looking to sell off.
And yeah, why am I selling off? Well, I never thought I would sell chips off. Releasing chips back into the world was kind of unthinkable before. I had a plan for each and every chip, I just needed time to finish that plan. Fast forward to me sitting on way too many chips. I only realize that now that I'm getting to spend some time at home and actually dig through and find things again.
Also, last August my family had an opportunity to live in France, and we took it. I had spent my entire life in the Vancouver, BC, Canada area, and never imagined living anywhere else. During my time that I spent in France, (back in Canada for now, but, we will go back, hopefully) I started thinking again about poker chips , and building sets. My old work wouldn't be entirely too keen on our peculiar hobby of collecting chips, ( I worked in a casino ) and was a big part of why I kept pretty quiet on the site. I also had a second kid during my away from the site time. That also kind of took up a bunch of time. And of course, with the new job, and then a second child, I just did not have time to play poker as much any more. I went from playing hockey 3 or 4 times a week, as well as a poker game or 2 a week, to maybe 1 poker game a month. I think I might have gone almost a year without playing hardly any games, actually. That was rough.
So, I'm kind of back now. I've spent the last few months reading up on lots of back stories. There's been a ton of drama, which I'm pretty glad that I missed. I have read a whole lot of new usernames. I've also seen a bunch of familiar names disappear, which is really sad.
Uhhh, where was I? Oh yeah, I'm old. Kind of. Anyways, yeah, while I was in France, I decided that I would try and put together a set that would allow me to remember my time there. That's when I found out that the ACF chips and plaques had been released to the public at some point in my absence. That was a major shocker. I really wanted to try and put something together, but at the same time, I wasn't looking to spend a whole lot on this venture, which, is pretty counter intuitive. Luckily, I had something almost as good as money. Chips. Lots. Of. Chips.
Just before I left for France, I contacted a french chipper @albatros63 who was selling off some B&G chips. I thought maybe I'd purchase from him while I was in France, since I wasn't planning on bringing any with me (limited space/weight to take as we were bringing what we needed to live for a year). We were trying to work out a sale, then a trade, and unfortunately while I was trying to research pricing, one of the people i was price checking with, expressed an interest in the same chips that albatros was looking for. I ended up trading my set (about 1,000 GCOP chips) and that was what funded a bunch of my mini purchases as I eased back into things. Big thanks also to albatros again, as he was the person that put me in touch with my local poker group, a great group of people that have made me feel at home in a foreign country.
I really never thought I would trade the GCOP chips away, but once I had, I realized it wasn't life crushing. It wasn't soul stealing. It was,,,,,,, ok?!
And then I remembered that @liftapint had some ACF plaques. I remembered seeing some of her post about selling some plaques. So I contacted her. And boy, did she ever have a lot of ACF plaques. I had never even seen pictures of many of the denominations, and they were all so so so beautiful.
She also hadn't thought about selling off many of them. But then I offered her something that, well, people didn't really know existed. I had a rack of Nevada Lodge 1/8 pie $20 chips. T_Chan ran a mini meatup at his warehouse one year, and Frank remembered seeing me put my mixed TRK set into action. That set included the rack of NL $20s, as well as a rack of Pick Hobson 50c Fracs. Mel went through and researched all the pricing on everything, and then came up with a trade proposal for me. I knew that the chips I had, while I loved them, would never be loved as much as if they were in her hands. And I could put together a playable set of ACF plaques. We had to do this trade.
And then I let Mel know about a few other chips I had. And then a few more. And then I ended up bringing 1,500+ chips down to Seattle with me to send away. And it felt good.
I was done. Right?
Well, no. Otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here writing up this massive post. (See previous, I type a lot)
I found a thread by @kaimat listing chips that blew me away. They're not the most beautiful, don't have amazing colours and crazy spots, they're actually kind of plain. But they were a set of chips that I had a small-ish amount of (~1,000ish chips, including customs), that I did not think would be possible to add on to. They were a Chip Room sale set that were even before I started on CT. Lummi Eagles. A small casino that is just south of the border from me. Which rebranded later, and was a place where my hockey friends bought my wife and I a hotel/spa package trip for. A place that my wife and I love to talk and joke about, the eagle that's flipping the bird.
So, I started looking at what I could get rid of, to fund that set. And as I pulled out racks, I realized there was more and more that I would not feel bad about seeing in other people's hands. I'd look forward to seeing them in pics of games in use. It just kind of felt right. And I also realized that there was potential that the chips wouldn't sell. I liked them, but as I looked into it, I found that they just weren't readily available. Many of them probably haven't been sold in quantity since, well, when I bought them originally I guess. So I didn't know if my sales threads would generate interest, or if I'd only sell a couple of things. That just made me pull out more and more things.
And then, during my sales, I found out that I could pick up additions to 2 of my other sets that I want to hold onto. Again, things that I didn't think I'd be able to find. So, now here I set, with another 15 or so racks that I just took pictures of,,,,,, contemplating selling them as well.
Anyways, yes, I'm fine. My family is good. We're in a weird place right now, living in a country that I call home, but had not planned on being here for many more months. Away from the country that we were calling home. Going just a little stir-crazy, and now I'm releasing chips back into the wild.
Mike
PS I thought it would be funny to call this the purge of 2020 (chips) , but my wife said no. I still had to put that in here somehow.
I've had a few people ask me what was going on with my sales threads.
First off, I'm doing fine, (as fine as can be I guess, given the current state of the world.) Thanks for the concern. It's much appreciated.
Secondly, uhhh, hey everyone! I'm an old long time member, was on CT way back when, and when that site started to fall apart, I did create an account here, but things in my life also were changing pretty drastically, so I never really posted here. As you'll find, or perhaps have already found out from my sales threads, I tend to type a lot. It's not an internet kind of thing, in person I talk. A LOT. You can ask @Gear , @T_Chan , @Frank @Wifey , @Mesnik44 and any others that I've sat around a table with about that.
I used to be pretty active on the forums, and did develop a pretty big collection of chips. I have playable sets on most of CPC's molds, and at one time I was trying to build up playable sets of every WA casino that The Chip Room was able to get it's hands on. I've now given up on that endeavour , lol, seems like they just kind of keep popping up. I also used to pick up random racks of chips, trying to make a playable set of things. It's that reason why I have so many partial sets, that I'm now looking to sell off.
And yeah, why am I selling off? Well, I never thought I would sell chips off. Releasing chips back into the world was kind of unthinkable before. I had a plan for each and every chip, I just needed time to finish that plan. Fast forward to me sitting on way too many chips. I only realize that now that I'm getting to spend some time at home and actually dig through and find things again.
Also, last August my family had an opportunity to live in France, and we took it. I had spent my entire life in the Vancouver, BC, Canada area, and never imagined living anywhere else. During my time that I spent in France, (back in Canada for now, but, we will go back, hopefully) I started thinking again about poker chips , and building sets. My old work wouldn't be entirely too keen on our peculiar hobby of collecting chips, ( I worked in a casino ) and was a big part of why I kept pretty quiet on the site. I also had a second kid during my away from the site time. That also kind of took up a bunch of time. And of course, with the new job, and then a second child, I just did not have time to play poker as much any more. I went from playing hockey 3 or 4 times a week, as well as a poker game or 2 a week, to maybe 1 poker game a month. I think I might have gone almost a year without playing hardly any games, actually. That was rough.
So, I'm kind of back now. I've spent the last few months reading up on lots of back stories. There's been a ton of drama, which I'm pretty glad that I missed. I have read a whole lot of new usernames. I've also seen a bunch of familiar names disappear, which is really sad.
Uhhh, where was I? Oh yeah, I'm old. Kind of. Anyways, yeah, while I was in France, I decided that I would try and put together a set that would allow me to remember my time there. That's when I found out that the ACF chips and plaques had been released to the public at some point in my absence. That was a major shocker. I really wanted to try and put something together, but at the same time, I wasn't looking to spend a whole lot on this venture, which, is pretty counter intuitive. Luckily, I had something almost as good as money. Chips. Lots. Of. Chips.
Just before I left for France, I contacted a french chipper @albatros63 who was selling off some B&G chips. I thought maybe I'd purchase from him while I was in France, since I wasn't planning on bringing any with me (limited space/weight to take as we were bringing what we needed to live for a year). We were trying to work out a sale, then a trade, and unfortunately while I was trying to research pricing, one of the people i was price checking with, expressed an interest in the same chips that albatros was looking for. I ended up trading my set (about 1,000 GCOP chips) and that was what funded a bunch of my mini purchases as I eased back into things. Big thanks also to albatros again, as he was the person that put me in touch with my local poker group, a great group of people that have made me feel at home in a foreign country.
I really never thought I would trade the GCOP chips away, but once I had, I realized it wasn't life crushing. It wasn't soul stealing. It was,,,,,,, ok?!
And then I remembered that @liftapint had some ACF plaques. I remembered seeing some of her post about selling some plaques. So I contacted her. And boy, did she ever have a lot of ACF plaques. I had never even seen pictures of many of the denominations, and they were all so so so beautiful.
She also hadn't thought about selling off many of them. But then I offered her something that, well, people didn't really know existed. I had a rack of Nevada Lodge 1/8 pie $20 chips. T_Chan ran a mini meatup at his warehouse one year, and Frank remembered seeing me put my mixed TRK set into action. That set included the rack of NL $20s, as well as a rack of Pick Hobson 50c Fracs. Mel went through and researched all the pricing on everything, and then came up with a trade proposal for me. I knew that the chips I had, while I loved them, would never be loved as much as if they were in her hands. And I could put together a playable set of ACF plaques. We had to do this trade.
And then I let Mel know about a few other chips I had. And then a few more. And then I ended up bringing 1,500+ chips down to Seattle with me to send away. And it felt good.
I was done. Right?
Well, no. Otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here writing up this massive post. (See previous, I type a lot)
I found a thread by @kaimat listing chips that blew me away. They're not the most beautiful, don't have amazing colours and crazy spots, they're actually kind of plain. But they were a set of chips that I had a small-ish amount of (~1,000ish chips, including customs), that I did not think would be possible to add on to. They were a Chip Room sale set that were even before I started on CT. Lummi Eagles. A small casino that is just south of the border from me. Which rebranded later, and was a place where my hockey friends bought my wife and I a hotel/spa package trip for. A place that my wife and I love to talk and joke about, the eagle that's flipping the bird.
So, I started looking at what I could get rid of, to fund that set. And as I pulled out racks, I realized there was more and more that I would not feel bad about seeing in other people's hands. I'd look forward to seeing them in pics of games in use. It just kind of felt right. And I also realized that there was potential that the chips wouldn't sell. I liked them, but as I looked into it, I found that they just weren't readily available. Many of them probably haven't been sold in quantity since, well, when I bought them originally I guess. So I didn't know if my sales threads would generate interest, or if I'd only sell a couple of things. That just made me pull out more and more things.
And then, during my sales, I found out that I could pick up additions to 2 of my other sets that I want to hold onto. Again, things that I didn't think I'd be able to find. So, now here I set, with another 15 or so racks that I just took pictures of,,,,,, contemplating selling them as well.
Anyways, yes, I'm fine. My family is good. We're in a weird place right now, living in a country that I call home, but had not planned on being here for many more months. Away from the country that we were calling home. Going just a little stir-crazy, and now I'm releasing chips back into the wild.
Mike
PS I thought it would be funny to call this the purge of 2020 (chips) , but my wife said no. I still had to put that in here somehow.