Not Mine Slabbed Chips (1 Viewer)

[Godzilla28]

What Da Heck!! Please don't tell me our hobby is going the way of baseball cards, coins and comics...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Poker-chip-/201838616519?hash=item2efe84dfc7:g:VlYAAOSwWxNYt2O2

 

[BiGGyT]

for $9, they will slab and grade, just don't ask them to center it.

 

[Psypher1000]

Please don't tell me our hobby is going the way of baseball cards, coins and comics...

The CCA is actually actively trying to avoid it. Slabbing has a negative stigma in the club.

 

[DrStrange]

But, how are we going to play poker with these slabbed chips?

How am I going to store 2,000 slabbed chips assuming anyone wants to play cards with them?

I could slab a rack of nice chips for $900 or I could buy a modest sized set of chips for the same price?!?

These are crazy folks -=- DrStrange

 

[abby99]

Check out the section on "Slabbing Controversy" here.

 

[Godzilla28]

But I'm sure someone is happy that they have a $15000 rack of these because ACCGS said so.

 

[bivey]

The entity who slabbed the chips has quite a few of them. I inquired about a bulk purchase and because of an out of date book value, the seller wanted $9 each for them.

 

[Hobbyphilic]

Huh, that would make a fun plaque. Does it decrease in value if the slab gets scratched? I think we need a slab grading society to slab the slabs.

 

[BGinGA]

700 mint Silver Palace $5 chips in existence is a mighty low estimate imo, too..... at one point, you could buy an entire rack for that valued $150 price.

 

[MD Mike]

What? You guys don't put chips in the spokes of the wheels of your bikes?

Am I the only one?!

 

[TheBigTater]

Slabbing chips, coins, cards, etc.... Just exorbitant pricing for fancy packaging that is meant to impress people than don't know any better. (n) :thumbsdown:

 

[MD Mike]

Check out the section on "Slabbing Controversy" here.

Slabbing is probably a lot less controversial than Rock Tumbler Gate, a wild suggestion by one of our members (possibly me...) to artificially age Paulsons. @BGinGA to this day is still trying to find the button that bans me from the forum for that suggestion.

 

[abby99]

Slabbing is probably a lot less controversial than Rock Tumbler Gate, a wild suggestion by one of our members (possibly me...) to artificially age Paulsons.

 

[btbmason]

I've heard of some people getting nervous when others are shuffling their chips during play, this may be the best solution for them.

 

[BGinGA]

Rock Tumbler Gate

oh, wait....

 

[Psypher1000]

FWIW, this is also why I cringe whenever folks use the terms "mint" or "near mint" when describing chips. Some folks might consider mint chips to simply be uncirculated, while others might assume that a "mint" chip also should have its inlay perfectly centered (and aligned?), no spot colors in the base color, no manufacturers marks in the lamination over the inlay, etc. It was culture shock to *not* hear chips described as mint/near mint/excellent, etc when I first started learning about chips, but now I understand why speaking of them in terms of use is preferred by the club & respected price guides.

 

[upNdown]

Slabbing is probably a lot less controversial than Rock Tumbler Gate, a wild suggestion by one of our members (possibly me...) to artificially age Paulsons. @BGinGA to this day is still trying to find the button that bans me from the forum for that suggestion.

Hey, you can still play with rock tumbled paulsons, right? They probably shuffle better than mind. These slabs on the other hand . . .

 

[Skeeter]

Just trying to make it look like it's more expensive, but in all honesty, it's just aggravating. You can't play with it, you can't feel it, you can't do anything with it. What's the point?

 

[MD Mike]

...in all honesty, it's just aggravating. You can't play with it, you can't feel it, you can't do anything with it. What's the point?

That's what she said?

 

[upNdown]

Just trying to make it look like it's more expensive, but in all honesty, it's just aggravating. You can't play with it, you can't feel it, you can't do anything with it. What's the point?

Of course, I say the same thing about airtites. Not interested in those either. But at least they're removable.

 

[Skeeter]

That's what she said?

You been talking to my wife????

 

[dickzapper]

Considering the way slabs increase the chips value, youse are just stupid not to do it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Purple-500-...341725?hash=item3f76b2625d:g:G60AAOSw2gxYt5ib

 

[warewulf]

So can I slab some dice chips and say they're worth $50 each?

 

[Godzilla28]

I can see the value for stabbing high end chips like Vineyard $500 or Crystal Park $1000 and use them like plaques but other than that...

 

[Max D]

Well it looks like the estimate was off by $149.99, the chip went for a penny +12.75 shipping...

 

[BiGGyT]

Being a semi-coin nerd, I can see the benefit of slabbing rare and expensive coins. The value difference in 2 grades could be $10k or more for rare coins, so yes, if I had a MS-67 Type 1 1917 standing liberty quarter, then yes, it would be slabbed and I would not breathe on it. BUT my ungraded type 1 1917 maybe XF standing liberty quarter is in a 2x2 coin flip.

Chips are different, I get it, but I guarantee if you had some extremely rare chip, you would want to protect it from flea bites, rack marks, check marks, sticky kid fingers, etc.