DJ Mack
Flush
I played dice for years without a second thought. Then one day I decided it was time to up the game a bit so I started researching and stumbled here. I lurked for a long time before signing up. Of course I wanted Paulson right away but it became obvious that wasn't going to happen quickly and without tons of effort and expense.
My chip acquisition strategy then became like the dialog with the pimply faced teenager working the movie theater concession stand:
Me: One small popcorn please.
Him: That'll be $9 .. but for just $2 more you can get a medium that's twice the size.
Me: Hmm, good point. Let's do that.
Him: OK, $11 please. Well, actually, for just $1.50 more you can upgrade to a large that's twice as big as that.
Me: Wow, that's getting crazy. I don't see why not since my kids are here.
Him: Oh I forgot, if you get the extra large for just a dollar more you'll get unlimited refills.
Me: SOLD!
There's definitely a progression and it's directly related to the cost of the chip. Lots of guys want to get into the custom scene and start with something cheaper like ceramics with the idea of saving for custom clays later. Or maybe they go standard China Clay to hold them over for a while. There's nothing wrong with that, but I only want to buy something once. My grandfather used to say you're far better off doing without for three months to buy quality once than paying several times over to get what you really wanted in the first place. So I've gone from dice to CPC with nothing in the middle.
Again I'm not knocking anybody who buys differently or who prefers ceramics. There's nothing inherently wrong with that. You buy what you like and you buy what you can comfortably afford. I knew fairly early on that custom chips was all I was interested in. That makes it hard to stop in the middle because your ability to resell custom chips is thin. That means I've had to delay getting the sets I want for a bit but that's OK. Once I send my money to MSK next week I will be officially done building sets for a while - my discretionary budget for 2016 is just about shot.
Out of habit I still try to grab a barrel of something from every casino I visit though.
My chip acquisition strategy then became like the dialog with the pimply faced teenager working the movie theater concession stand:
Me: One small popcorn please.
Him: That'll be $9 .. but for just $2 more you can get a medium that's twice the size.
Me: Hmm, good point. Let's do that.
Him: OK, $11 please. Well, actually, for just $1.50 more you can upgrade to a large that's twice as big as that.
Me: Wow, that's getting crazy. I don't see why not since my kids are here.
Him: Oh I forgot, if you get the extra large for just a dollar more you'll get unlimited refills.
Me: SOLD!
There's definitely a progression and it's directly related to the cost of the chip. Lots of guys want to get into the custom scene and start with something cheaper like ceramics with the idea of saving for custom clays later. Or maybe they go standard China Clay to hold them over for a while. There's nothing wrong with that, but I only want to buy something once. My grandfather used to say you're far better off doing without for three months to buy quality once than paying several times over to get what you really wanted in the first place. So I've gone from dice to CPC with nothing in the middle.
Again I'm not knocking anybody who buys differently or who prefers ceramics. There's nothing inherently wrong with that. You buy what you like and you buy what you can comfortably afford. I knew fairly early on that custom chips was all I was interested in. That makes it hard to stop in the middle because your ability to resell custom chips is thin. That means I've had to delay getting the sets I want for a bit but that's OK. Once I send my money to MSK next week I will be officially done building sets for a while - my discretionary budget for 2016 is just about shot.
Out of habit I still try to grab a barrel of something from every casino I visit though.
