[dinghovery]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Casino-Royale-00...QQcmdZViewItem

This one is up for $1000 on eBay. I thought these chips were about 50 cents each right, because these can be purchased separately.. And the quantity of chips aren't specified, but the rows can't be more than 50 each (and may be less). So the set is 400 max. So what do you get for the extra $800 - the nice platinum locking case?

[osumike11379]

LOL...the case is worth more than the chips..idiots..

[jimmygunz]

the rows look liek 25 to me, so 200 chips i think

[jdunford]

Ya, unless the case is worth $900, that's a bit of a rip-off.

[toblat]

Originally Posted by scorchie

Some might say people who buy thousands of poker chips are idiots... and spend over a buck a piece on casino clays... or even worse, who buy huge stacks of FCs!! It's all a matter of priorities!

-s-

so you're saying buying a $900 case that is worth max $100 is a priority

[dinghovery]

Maybe this is money laundering in action...or worse maybe they are smuggling something INSIDE THE CHIPS

[Magus 23]

I think they're just fleecing the super-hardcore Bond fans here, using the same tactics that have suckered in amateur "collectors" for years -- just say that whatever you've got is "limited," print numbers on 'em, and somebody will pay through the nose for them. Never mind that they have no resale value -- the key to a collectible being dependent on both supply and demand. Just 'cause supply is limited doesn't mean anybody will want it down the line.

[dinghovery]

You are exactly right. Fleecing is the word. (I'm a bond fan but thank goodness it won't be making its way to my home)

Maybe we should design our own Chiptalk chips, do a Group Buy and then sell them as "limited quantity issues" at $4 each. Perhaps we could even talk the chip maker into serializing the chip numbers for authenticity

Oh and by the way - "limited edition" really means "limited to as many as they can sell"

[toblat]

Originally Posted by scorchie

How can you say it is "worth max $100" ... to you maybe it is worth $10. To someone else it might be worth more, since it's not generally available on the market. You might say that it's only $1 in materials. Well, something like a Patek watch is only $30 in materials, but once it is made into something else, it is worth more.

So yeah, it's a priority. If you don't understand, that's fine, but you shouldn't judge someone else who likes it. Some people like Hondas, some like Ferraris, and how much they pay is their priority.

-s-

here's what I'm thinking: if you can buy a 2006 honda accord for lets say 25 grand and then you go to another place and they are selling the exact same car for 35 grand why would you pay 10 grand more for the same thing? you can get these chips off of an actual store for far less and the case I'm sure you could find if you look at the right places.

that's what I get out of this auction, just my 2 cents

[dinghovery]

Well Honda or not, it did not sell.

I think the serial # on it was 093 out of 250. I wonder what it would be worth if you could get the one case made with serial # 007???