Psypher1000
Straight Flush
TL;DR - If you live in a desert area with high heat, consider having chips manufactured by CPC shipped during non-summer months OR have your shipment require a signature during the summer months.
This is my first summer as a chipper, so I share this for others that may be new to the hobby and live in areas with high heat.
Over the past few months I've received three shipments of chips produced by CPC (not necessarily shipped by CPC, mind you...just produced by them) that have arrived warped. Fortunately those that have arrived warped were not what I would call chips of high consequence - I won't be playing with them on any table. Nonetheless, I was a little disappointed each time.
The first time, the chips were stacked together and in a plastic bag, and were packaged such that the chips were basically a single brick. These chips were actually partially melted together and had to be pried apart. The edges were also rounded down on the outer chips.
The second shipment was sent in plastic coin/chip sleeves contained within bubble wrap/mailer.
The third shipment was basically taped flat to cardboard.
The shippers did nothing wrong - all shipments were packaged soundly; who shipped them is irrelevant. I describe the packaging only so that folks see that a variety of packaging resulted in the same type of damage - warping. The problem is our Arizona heat/mailboxes. David has indicated that CPC chips endure 140 degree heat during the manufacturing process. Our metal mailboxes during the summer hit/exceed those temps and are little more than ovens in the desert heat, particularly if they are in direct sunlight. While this phenomena isn't exclusive to CPC chips - I've had one order of Paulson's show up warped - it's mostly been CPCs. Also, the warped chips were across three different molds.
So, with all that said...be careful, desert chippers!
This is my first summer as a chipper, so I share this for others that may be new to the hobby and live in areas with high heat.
Over the past few months I've received three shipments of chips produced by CPC (not necessarily shipped by CPC, mind you...just produced by them) that have arrived warped. Fortunately those that have arrived warped were not what I would call chips of high consequence - I won't be playing with them on any table. Nonetheless, I was a little disappointed each time.
The first time, the chips were stacked together and in a plastic bag, and were packaged such that the chips were basically a single brick. These chips were actually partially melted together and had to be pried apart. The edges were also rounded down on the outer chips.
The second shipment was sent in plastic coin/chip sleeves contained within bubble wrap/mailer.
The third shipment was basically taped flat to cardboard.
The shippers did nothing wrong - all shipments were packaged soundly; who shipped them is irrelevant. I describe the packaging only so that folks see that a variety of packaging resulted in the same type of damage - warping. The problem is our Arizona heat/mailboxes. David has indicated that CPC chips endure 140 degree heat during the manufacturing process. Our metal mailboxes during the summer hit/exceed those temps and are little more than ovens in the desert heat, particularly if they are in direct sunlight. While this phenomena isn't exclusive to CPC chips - I've had one order of Paulson's show up warped - it's mostly been CPCs. Also, the warped chips were across three different molds.
So, with all that said...be careful, desert chippers!