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35,471 (118.24% of total needed) chips ordered and paid for as of 6/15/05.
12,496 plain
22,975 spotted

*The ASM group buy is now CLOSED. I will be placing the total order on 6/16.

BACKGROUND
ASM (Atlantic Standard Molding) have been making casino chips for over 70 years, including many of the old time casino chips in 1940s Las Vegas. Currently they sell quality clay chips online through http://www.pokerchips.com and allows buyers to pick their own color combinations. This group buy has secured a substantial discount (through volume purchase) of their custom color, non-inlay chips with the Horse Head Mold. We are limited to 15 different color combinations for the chips with edge spots and 4 plain (non edge-spot) chips. Over a 2 week period, members of this forum have discussed and voted on colors for each of the 19 different chip offered. These are the chips offered:

Plains

Grey, Imperial Blue, Pink, Orange (left to right)

Spotted


White/Blue, Blue/White, Mandarin Red/Arc Yellow, Mandarin Red/DayGlo Yellow, Mandarin Red/Imperial Blue, Green/DayGlo Peach, Green/DayGlo Yellow, Green/Yellow, Black/DayGlo Green, Black/DayGlo Pink, Black/DayGlo Peach, Lavender/DayGlo Pink, Purple/Arc Yellow, Purple/Grey, Yellow/Black (left to right from first row to second row)

The traditional casino chip body colors are White/Blue for $1, Red for $5, Green for $25, Black for $100, Purple for $500, and Yellow for $1000. If you need help in choosing colors, feel free to ask for help by posting on this thread. We would be glad to help.

REASONS FOR GROUP BUY
1) Pokerchips.com offers the same HH mold spotted chips for $0.50/chip and DO NOT OFFER the plain HH mold chips to the public. The group buy pricing averages a 15% discount over those prices. These prices are distributor prices, it is absolutely the rock-bottom price ASM offers.
2) The biggest advantage is delivery time. Pokerchips.com takes over a period of 3 months to fill an order, whether it has an inlay or not. We have been guaranteed a 4-6 week production time.

PRICING
Spotted chips - $0.43/chip
Plain chips - $0.33/chip

** Please note these prices reflect shipping-to-me expenses and in accepting credit card payments through PayPal. This is purely a non-profit group buy.
** The above prices are firm and apply to everyone, REGARDLESS of your payment method.
*** In case you are wondering if PC.com will provide extra chips along with the order, the answer from them is "yes, but not many." I will pass along all extra chips proportionally to the buyers.

SHIPPING
Shipping rate for the US is calculated via the following method:
$11 for the first 100 chips, $0.70 for each additional 25 chips.
Example: For a 500 chip order, shipping will be: $11 + (400/25)*$0.70 = $22.20

For Canadian orders, please add a flat $3 to the above rates. Please note that I will not mark this as a gift on customs forms and will state the actual value. Any other international orders please email me with your order for a shipping quote (guo.shou@gmail.com).

* The chips will be shipped carefully packaged and padded with insurance.

PAYMENT DETAILS
You have the following options. Please note the different deadlines.

1) PayPal (Deadline: Midnight EST 6/12/05)
Pay through PayPal (http://www.paypal.com), one of the safest ways to pay and receive money online via a credit card or direct bank transfer (if you have questions on setting up an account, email me at guo.shou@gmail.com and I will be glad to help). Payments should be made to guo.shou@gmail.com. Note that I will ship to the address on your PayPal account unless you tell me otherwise.

2) Money Order/Cashier's Check (Deadline: Postmarked and in the mail by 6/3/05)
MOs and Cashier's Checks are ok, but please note the different deadline. I must receive it in the mail by 6/10/05. I will email you my address if you choose to pay via this method.

3) Personal Checks (Deadline: Postmarked and in the mail by 5/31/05)
Personal checks need time to clear, and I only offer that as an option if you send it out immediately (please note deadline). I will email you my address if you choose to pay via this method.

SAMPLE CHIP ORDERS
SAMPLE chip orders are accepted, but there is a 25 chip minimum. You may mix & match whichever colors you like (e.g. 5 pink, 15 yellow/chocolate, 3 grey, 2 white/blue). Shipping will be $5 per 50 chips ordered (if you order 10 chips, shipping is $5. If you order 55 chips, shipping is $10).

ORDERING DETAILS
Please copy and paste the following order form into your email and send me the details of your order. Please fill out the ( ) with the number of chips desired and line items 1. 2. 3. and 4. If you are paying via PayPal, you may simply PayPal me at guo.shou@gmail.com with the grand total that you calculate. If you are unsure of your total, simply fill out name, address, quantities you want, and your payment method. I will reply with an invoice.

Email below form to: guo.shou@gmail.com
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Name:
Chiptalk Name:
Address:


Order - fill out # of chips desired in ( )

Plain
( )Plain Grey
( )Plain Imperial Blue
( )Plain Pink
( )Plain Orange

( )Total Plain x $0.33
1. $ SubTotal:

Spotted
( )Spotted White/Blue
( )Spotted Blue/White
( )Spotted Mandarin Red/Arc Yellow
( )Spotted Mandarin Red/DayGlo Yellow
( )Spotted Mandarin Red/Imperial Blue
( )Spotted Green/DayGlo Peach
( )Spotted Green/DayGlo Yellow
( )Spotted Green/Yellow
( )Spotted Black/DayGlo Green
( )Spotted Black/DayGlo Pink
( )Spotted Black/DayGlo Peach
( )Spotted Lavender/DayGlo Pink
( )Spotted Purple/Arc Yellow
( )Spotted Purple/Grey
( )Spotted Yellow/Black

( )Total Spotted x $0.43
2. SubTotal: $

3. Shipping (US $11 for first 100 chips, $0.70 for each additional 25 chips. Canadian add $3 to shipping total): $

4. GrandTotal: $

Payment Method (PayPal, Money Order, Cashier's Check, Personal Check):

Notes/Special Instructions:






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[KYBill]

Originally Posted by redelite

but hell yeh put me down for these... thanks a million u just saved me a ton of money (like on my car insurance by switching to geico )

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Originally Posted by KYBill

Why not get a price if we can get 100K chips sold ?

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Yea, I thought about asking for a bigger discount if we reach something like the 100k level, but at the time both Cathy and I were skeptical that we would ever reach a chipcount that high. I will ask though.

I like the current traction, seems like there's definitely some interest in getting this rolling. I count about 6000 chips interest so far from the current board (for those who said maybe, I just estimate 500).

Anyway, I posted on TH-P and 2+2, so hopefully we'll get some more in on this...

[JM]

One thing I haven't seen mentioned is if everyone gets their own color and edgespot choices or is it going to be one combo for the entire group?

[redelite]

2) Everyone gets to pick their own color combinations.

[JM]

Originally Posted by redelite

Thanks! I figured I missed that somewhere along the way, lol. Too excited after reading #1!

[redelite]

lol i know what you mean but i barely got past the topic.. i read it and was like no way... because i was || this close to buying for $0.90

[Bawlmer-Flats]

Oy Vey!

I may be tempted to just do this group buy and forgo the custom inlay at $0.40 per chip! Depending on the timeframe, I woule be down on anywhere from 300 to 1000 chips if I can forgot the idea of a custom chip. Awesome! Keep us informed.

[Murf]

Bawlmer, that's funny, because I just posted in your thread that you should check this out.

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Originally Posted by Bawlmer-Flats

Oy Vey!

I may be tempted to just do this group buy and forgo the custom inlay at $0.40 per chip! Depending on the timeframe, I woule be down on anywhere from 300 to 1000 chips if I can forgot the idea of a custom chip. Awesome! Keep us informed.

I think I'll keep this thread going for about a week, and once I'm sure that we have at least 20,000 chips, we'll get the order through.

As for timeframe on PC.com's end, this is what Cathy wrote me:

"The custom chips usually take around 10 weeks to complete if you needed the order in a shorter time frame we maybe able to do something for you. But if you are looking at a different style of clay that is not customized I can probably do it within 4 weeks for you."

"3. There are many variables in the making of clay chips - colors chosen,
artwork and how long it takes to give a final approval, printing of the artwork (the owner inspects each print and will not let go any art he does not like the print of), the colors chosen (some are made on a more regular basis than others), interestingly enough, even the weather can play a part, especially in the winter. We use two facilities, one in eastern Canada and the other in Portland, Maine. We truck the merchandise between them and, of course, if there is a storm, the truck doesn't go and we are set back by a week or so. So, for the orders we have managed to get out ahead of time, we are very pleased, but cannot guarantee this type of result for every order. You are correct in assuming we are catching up on the back log quite nicely, though. All we can say is that we will be aware of any deadlines, and will do our best."

I think the more chips we have, the more leverage I can get to push this thing along faster.

[maineyankee7]

Let's see.....1200 Pharos.....500 ASM's.....300 Matsuis.....any other group buys coming up??? ops: