Where do you buy chips in Europe? (5 Viewers)

[caperalta]

Good evening

I've been playing poker and working as a croupier for a long time, but I've never been interested in having a good set of chips for my games.

Now I've started to get curious, and after looking through everything I could on the internet, I've found that quality chips are not sold in Europe (there's no competition, I only found pokershop.de), and buying in the US means too many shipping costs (I want a set of 300 or 500 at most).

After researching, I came to the conclusion of looking for sets like Majestic, Bank, or Milano, since I don't like ceramic chips, and since I can't afford Paulson chips. Do you think I've made a good decision?

Another option would be the Outlaw collection. Do you think it is comparable in quality to the others I have mentioned?

And if so, where do you buy chips in Europe? I live in Valencia, Spain.

Thank you very much! Good luck at the tables!

 

[Syzygyy]

Depends on your budget and what you deem a ‘good set of chips’. The ones you’ve listed will work as an in between if ceramics are not an option

 

[cpac54]

Welcome!

Get samples if you can before making a decision. I would suggest, if Majestics etc are in your budget, take a look at the custom and stock ceramic options available from @justincarothers. I know you mentioned you didn’t like ceramics, but the newer hybrid ceramics are very different that what you might know as standard ceramic chips - much more like a China Clay chip or better.

Price wise you’re looking at similar costs in the end. Take your time, get samples and ask lots of questions! Have fun!

 

[CarlosStorm]

Hello from Barcelona, Welcome to the forum.

I've never bought chips in Europe, but use https://articulosdepoker.com/es/ for other stuff, as cards, briefcases and so on.

I think it's a good option to buy here in the forum, but you must be very patient and find something you like in your budget, and a person willing to ship overseas. As it mentions in other messages, is very important to get samples of different chips before making any important decision.

I don't have any china clay chips, so I can't give an opinion about them, but people say they smell plastic. For my experience, it doesn't happen with ceramic nor hybrid ceramics, the best option with a low budget in my opinion. I would recommend compressed clay: Paulson, CPC or BCC.

Enjoy the forum!

 

[caperalta]

Thank you guys for the answers!

I don't like ceramics because working as croupier we had a chip set for tournaments, and the chips constantly slipped, the towers fell easily, I ended up hating them and they looked more "artificial". Right now I'm between:

Showdown 500 chips - 285€ (all included) (pokershop.de)
Desert heat 500 chips - 306€ (only chips + shipping (no case, cards, etc)) (amazon)
Outlaw 500 chips - 226€ (all included) (amazon)

This will be my first set, and I think I'll keep buying over the years, little by little. Do you think it's a good option? I wanted to invest 250€ maximum, do you think it's worth spending a little more (showdown or desert heat) or will the Outlaw be good to start with?

If I order samples it costs me 25€ for shipping + the samples. If my total maximum investment was 250€, do you think it's worth spending 50€ on samples and ending up spending 300?

Thank you very much for your participation and experience! I hope to learn a lot in this forum!

 

[CarlosStorm]

Not an expert, I think those three options are very similar, depend on what you like more. From Pokershop I prefer Milanos and Majestics.

Abotu samples, you can expend 50€ more or waste the entire 250€, it depends. If the chips aren't what you like...
If you want sample of real clay, I recommend you to bye from CPC directly: https://www.classicpokerchips.com/stock/atlantich.htm

 

[FrostyStoic]

I'm in a similar situation - not having easy access to quality chips in Europe. My plan is to use a re-shipping service (probably myUS) to get samples from different vendors (Apache, BR Pro and Tina clays from Justin). The re-shipping service will bundle my shipments so I only have to pay for US -> EU shipping once. At least that's the plan - dunno how it'll work out

 

[w00zie]

I'm in a similar situation - not having easy access to quality chips in Europe. My plan is to use a re-shipping service (probably myUS) to get samples from different vendors (Apache, BR Pro and Tina clays from Justin). The re-shipping service will bundle my shipments so I only have to pay for US -> EU shipping once. At least that's the plan - dunno how it'll work out

Lots of German members here. When you have the rights to post in the classifieds just start a wanted thread. I‘m sure you will get samples.

 

[caperalta]

Not an expert, I think those three options are very similar, depend on what you like more. From Pokershop I prefer Milanos and Majestics.

Abotu samples, you can expend 50€ more or waste the entire 250€, it depends. If the chips aren't what you like...
If you want sample of real clay, I recommend you to bye from CPC directly: https://www.classicpokerchips.com/stock/atlantich.htm

Wow, that would be amazing. Right now is like a dream for me to have a set like that Atlantic or Rounders one. Amazing work!

 

[caperalta]

I'm in a similar situation - not having easy access to quality chips in Europe. My plan is to use a re-shipping service (probably myUS) to get samples from different vendors (Apache, BR Pro and Tina clays from Justin). The re-shipping service will bundle my shipments so I only have to pay for US -> EU shipping once. At least that's the plan - dunno how it'll work out

I've tried to find out how myUS works but I don't have much more time, I'll keep investigating. Do you have more information? It seems too easy to pay 13€ and have it shipped to your home from the US. I'll keep investigating, thanks for letting me know!

 

[FrostyStoic]

I've tried to find out how myUS works but I don't have much more time, I'll keep investigating. Do you have more information? It seems too easy to pay 13€ and have it shipped to your home from the US. I'll keep investigating, thanks for letting me know!

If you want just a single sample set and shipping is only €13, then yes, having it shipped directly is the way to go. I want samples from three different sources, that's why I like the idea of bundling the shipments before crossing the ocean. It's still a very early stage plan, so I have not yet done the math and I don't know exactly how much the use of a re-shipper will save.