I own one set. PCAs. I’ve owned and sold other boat chips. The PCAs, of the few sets I’ve owned, have been my favorite by far.Its super tough. I'm not so attached to my PCAs that I wouldn't trade them for a leaded mint $5 replacement. But there's just so few options .
$425? Just a guess. That might be too reasonable a price though.
Dam straight bro!!! Love em!!! Somebody sell me some more....not sure about $750 per, but dam, who knows...Mint secondary empress 5s are out there in solid quantities too.
They only exist in pictures I moved on from my PCA 5s. Only thing I'll regret is the nightmare I'll have trying to find a replacement.Mint secondary empress 5s are out there in solid quantities too.
Pretty sure the have less than 5 of each of those, unfortunately.Some quick finds on Spinettis (not checking #available) or quality of inlay
Just fivers, leaded & shaped inlays
4 each
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I don’t know anything about Spinettis but I’ll check it out.quick finds on Spinettis
Some quick finds on Spinettis (not checking #available) or quality of inlay
Just fivers, leaded & shaped inlays
4 each
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they always have stuff that is not listed...Pretty sure the have less than 5 of each of those, unfortunately.
Sage advicethey always have stuff that is not listed...
And just showing there is more than one way to find something...going the extra mile (not $$'s wise) is tough...but it's never crowded there
Nothing to defend...many before you did (more) crazy things to complete a set...don't worry about it.
For the die-hard PCA fans this makes clear that the days of affordable PCA set building are over....that's the reason of the long faces, nothing personal.
I already posted my POV about the value of these versus ANY other THC chip out there, so not going to repeat.
I for one will not be hunting any more racks from now on...3 is plenty
But I'm never selling either (unless to save lives)
The state of Missouri knows how to make a friggin chip. That's all I know.Missouri has a lot of Riverboat casinos. There is always a chance of an older one going out of business or being rebranded.
Counterpoint:The state of Missouri knows how to make a friggin chip. That's all I know.
They apparently also know how to fail spectacularly.
They're so much better at it than everyone else that when they make a mistake it's correspondingly larger.They apparently also know how to fail spectacularly.
There really isn't even any to buy, let alone better.So I have 5 racks of PCA $5s. That’s what I needed to spread two tables of my game. But I don’t see spreading two tables in the covid world, and so I’ve thought about selling a rack.
But going to @Rhodeman77 ’s point, why would I sell unless I needed the money? There aren’t any better chips out there I could buy imo.
I’ve thought about auctioning a rack to give everyone a chance, but even if they sell north of $800 I’m still kind of indifferent.
yes, these thingsSilver Palace I believe... yes please. I need 5s!
Yep, that's them. Nice chips.yes, these things
same color combo as Outpost $5s (with one added edgespot color).. I can confirm they are very heavy leaded THC bricks at 11.4g
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Whew...... heat got turned on.yes, these things
same color combo as Outpost $5s (with one added edgespot color).. I can confirm they are very heavy leaded THC bricks at 11.4g
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Or one could conclude that (some) boat chips are just plain old overvalued.If the same measure that was used to value boat chips is applied * to leaded, shaped inlay chips, that have actual history (and look awesome) then to me the PCA $5 is deeply deeply undervalued and I don’t understand why it wouldn’t be valued at $8+ per chip.
Same with SM Mold stuff now.... IDK what to thinkSomething I’d like to add. A little while ago I put up a wanted ad for ES cash chips. In that set there were three racks valued at $8.00 per chip per the normal going prices. I had three offers in less than 1 hr. Did I get lucky?
If the community has normalized a high price on boat chips, that are somewhat easily accessible (other than a price gate), how does that affect the value of other chips?
Yet with these chips I can put up a wanted ad for almost double the community accepted rate and get radio silence. * If the same measure that was used to value boat chips is applied * to leaded, shaped inlay chips, that have actual history (and look awesome) then to me the PCA $5 is deeply deeply undervalued and I don’t understand why it wouldn’t be valued at $8+ per chip.
I think that is part of my own personal problem with this. There seems to me to be different measures used to apply different values to chips and that’s how we get to the term arbitrary. The value of these chips are just as arbitrary as the boat chips in that the measure used to apply value is simply the normalized historical price.
I think that’s how a lot of people feel.IDK what to think