Talrem
Two Pair
Greetings, Programs!
I was scouring feebay recently for some LGK chips to complete my set, and I came across this seller - thepuertoricomint - selling a single chip for $10.19.
As you all know, some sellers who list single chips overcharge for most of them. I’m not the most learned chipper here, but after comparing prices here and there, I’ve seen feebay prices inflated sometimes to ridiculous extremes. This seemed like an accurate price to me (maybe?)
I checked out their website (which was lacking) and their feebay store which had a lot of other goodies, so I decided to message the seller and ask for availability first and then I would ask for pricing.
My first message was:
“Hello! Is there any chance you would have 100 of these to sell? Thanks!”
To which they replied:
“How much are you willing to pay on each? I may or may not have, I may check if its $ feasible investing time on it”
Immediate red flag here! My interpretation on this message was “If you’re willing to pay any price, I got what you’re looking for. Otherwise, get lost!” Taking it from a businessman’s perspective I can understand the curt brevity of the response because ‘time is money.’ I wouldn’t want my time wasted when I could be making a profit. But that first question didn’t sit well with me. In my experience, when someone asks you that question, it’s usually with the intent to rip me off. The question is a probe to see if I know the value of the goods, and if I don’t, then they’ll rip me off while trying to make it look like they are giving me a deal. The part about “may or may not have“ translates to “You gotta make it worth my time ($$$) to make me go check my stock.”
I’m sure they know what their inventory is of any given chip for any given casino, so they know how many they have, right?
So I decided to give a neutral, non-committal reply:
“I appreciate your quick response!
I was asking if you have, or would be able to get, that many of those large greek mold chips because many people selling here only have single chips for sale and can’t acquire more. If you don’t have them and it would take a lot of work for you to find that many, I don’t want to inconvenience you. I’m a member of an established poker forum, trying to find available chips in which to make a future investment. If you could provide me with your asking price I can determine if it would be in my projected budget.
Thank you again for your help!”
I thought that mentioning my membership to a non-disclosed forum would indicate that I wasn’t some ignorant schmuck and that I was serious about making a purchase. Again in my experience, if I gave a reasonable offer first they would reply with the same original price, not much less, or just refuse to do business with me. I wanted them to give me their price first - they are the seller. I’m not looking to low-ball them, but I’m expecting them to offer a lower price that would still be profitable for them.
So I was expecting them to send me a price for the full rack - they’re the seller giving the buyer a price, right?
This was their reply:
“I own over 100k chips from over 60 casinos in PR, most of them long closed. I have 8 large contico boxes on a warehouse. I only keep like 10 chips of each place in the office. I have like 250 chips on sale at eBay any given time. I need to know how much you are willing to pay to see if its worth my time. Thanks”
Again, no price! Why wouldn‘t they state their asking price to a potential customer? I’m not getting a good impression from this seller.
Has anyone dealt with this company before? Should I even bother with this seller?
Sorry for the lengthy post, but I needed to tell the story and my thought in their entirety.
Thanks in advance to all for your advice/input.
I was scouring feebay recently for some LGK chips to complete my set, and I came across this seller - thepuertoricomint - selling a single chip for $10.19.
As you all know, some sellers who list single chips overcharge for most of them. I’m not the most learned chipper here, but after comparing prices here and there, I’ve seen feebay prices inflated sometimes to ridiculous extremes. This seemed like an accurate price to me (maybe?)
I checked out their website (which was lacking) and their feebay store which had a lot of other goodies, so I decided to message the seller and ask for availability first and then I would ask for pricing.
My first message was:
“Hello! Is there any chance you would have 100 of these to sell? Thanks!”
To which they replied:
“How much are you willing to pay on each? I may or may not have, I may check if its $ feasible investing time on it”
Immediate red flag here! My interpretation on this message was “If you’re willing to pay any price, I got what you’re looking for. Otherwise, get lost!” Taking it from a businessman’s perspective I can understand the curt brevity of the response because ‘time is money.’ I wouldn’t want my time wasted when I could be making a profit. But that first question didn’t sit well with me. In my experience, when someone asks you that question, it’s usually with the intent to rip me off. The question is a probe to see if I know the value of the goods, and if I don’t, then they’ll rip me off while trying to make it look like they are giving me a deal. The part about “may or may not have“ translates to “You gotta make it worth my time ($$$) to make me go check my stock.”
I’m sure they know what their inventory is of any given chip for any given casino, so they know how many they have, right?
So I decided to give a neutral, non-committal reply:
“I appreciate your quick response!
I was asking if you have, or would be able to get, that many of those large greek mold chips because many people selling here only have single chips for sale and can’t acquire more. If you don’t have them and it would take a lot of work for you to find that many, I don’t want to inconvenience you. I’m a member of an established poker forum, trying to find available chips in which to make a future investment. If you could provide me with your asking price I can determine if it would be in my projected budget.
Thank you again for your help!”
I thought that mentioning my membership to a non-disclosed forum would indicate that I wasn’t some ignorant schmuck and that I was serious about making a purchase. Again in my experience, if I gave a reasonable offer first they would reply with the same original price, not much less, or just refuse to do business with me. I wanted them to give me their price first - they are the seller. I’m not looking to low-ball them, but I’m expecting them to offer a lower price that would still be profitable for them.
So I was expecting them to send me a price for the full rack - they’re the seller giving the buyer a price, right?
This was their reply:
“I own over 100k chips from over 60 casinos in PR, most of them long closed. I have 8 large contico boxes on a warehouse. I only keep like 10 chips of each place in the office. I have like 250 chips on sale at eBay any given time. I need to know how much you are willing to pay to see if its worth my time. Thanks”
Again, no price! Why wouldn‘t they state their asking price to a potential customer? I’m not getting a good impression from this seller.
Has anyone dealt with this company before? Should I even bother with this seller?
Sorry for the lengthy post, but I needed to tell the story and my thought in their entirety.
Thanks in advance to all for your advice/input.
