Full transparency - I have now received 2100 of these chips. A few brown and purple broke in transit because they got loose and the box looked like someone used it to play soccer. A few pinks broke in transit as well. I also received a stack of Grey chips in a zip lock that were chipped and broke easily but Gene was able to fix that and explained that whoever he had doing the shipping sent me some of the loose chips from their pallet when they shouldn't have as they had already seen abuse.
For science and my piece of mind I intentionally tried to break every single chip I received. Yes all 2100. My knuckle is bleeding and bruised, I broke my thumb nail right in the middle somehow and here is what I found out. The pink are definitely the only brittle chips I received and specifically the faded pink, not sure why but if they were faded they snapped pretty easy. I was unable to break any other color with the same pressure applied to the pinks and under normal game conditions I don't see any snapping issues. Flaking and crumbling will only be determined by time.
I almost wonder if the pinks were stored in sun light? It seems the top and bottom chips were fadded the most.
Summary - for a 10c chip they are solid, my snap ratio was around 3 percent out of 2100, take out the faded pinks and that ratio falls to less than 1 percent all from shipping. Gene is great to work with, buy in confidence knowing the price is insane and if any break he will most likely take care of you.
Thumb proof lol
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