Frogzilla
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Don’t forget Matsui!I really need to get a barrel of BJ, Abbiati and Sunfly side by side to compare
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Pacific Star / Bud Jones Valuation (2 Viewers)
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Poker Zombie
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I have sets of Bud Jones (v7), Matsui and a sample sets of Abbiati and Bud Jones (v2).
The BJ v7s are hands-down the winners. I actually prefer the PS chips over the rest of the Star line - and that is saying a lot.
I brought PS chips to a game last week - a game where they were happy to play with dice chips, and didn't notice a difference between China Clay and the dice chips. They LOVED the Pac Stars. Absolutely loved them, to the point I had to take a full count at the end of the night for fear of losing "samples".
When the average Joe sees a difference, it says something about the chip.
The BJ v7s are hands-down the winners. I actually prefer the PS chips over the rest of the Star line - and that is saying a lot.
I brought PS chips to a game last week - a game where they were happy to play with dice chips, and didn't notice a difference between China Clay and the dice chips. They LOVED the Pac Stars. Absolutely loved them, to the point I had to take a full count at the end of the night for fear of losing "samples".
When the average Joe sees a difference, it says something about the chip.
Prove it!
Marhault
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Honestly I question their taste if they didn't notice a difference between dice chips and CCs....
From personal experience with people who don't know anything about poker chips. They don't care about feel or texture as much as they like shiny colors. I had my PNY set at a tournament a few weeks back. A friend of mine had just gotten a bird cage full of dice chips off eBay. Not sure what brand they were but they had shiny holographic looking labels. Everyone there liked those better than my PNYs. To the point they asked me "why don't you have any good looking chips like these" I was beside myself...
Poker Zombie
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Marhault
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I don't mind BJ chips, while my meme was more to stoke some fires I do feel like you have to call a spade a spade. If BJ chips weren't made by GPI half of the guys on here who jerk all over them wouldn't even touch them. Just because something is made by a certain manufacturer doesn't mean it's all great. I do think they're nice in their own way, just like ceramics, CCs, and yes even plastic dice chips have a place in this big chip world.
If we are strictly talking valuation? All in the eye of the buyer. For me, they're not worth much, no more than samples, for someone else maybe $7 a chip is reasonable. To be perfectly honest though I don't think there's any clay chips worth $7 a chip either. So take that how you want.
If we are strictly talking valuation? All in the eye of the buyer. For me, they're not worth much, no more than samples, for someone else maybe $7 a chip is reasonable. To be perfectly honest though I don't think there's any clay chips worth $7 a chip either. So take that how you want.
Poker Zombie
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Sadly, one of the first features they mentioned was the "heft".
*cough* *cough* Detriot Jack's *cough*
Oh I totally get it. It’s definitely a curse to take live pics. but I would make an exception for these.
Littleluck55
Flush
I haven’t been following chips for awhile. I wonder how many playable sets of bud jones are out there? They don’t go up for sale very often in the classifieds. And the one’s I’ve seen very rarely have a $500 denom or higher. Especially the v7’s.
Geremie
Full House
I’m hoping for some Sunrise Beach Bud Jones or B&G
Simple. Just wait until *after* you bust out to take action pics. Problem solved.
Rhodeman77
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is OP worried someone will buy somebody else’s 350% marked up chips instead of his?
Glad to know I'm not the only one that thought this when I saw this post.
Marhault
Full House
I actually verbally said "ooooooohhhhh" when I read this. Good one!
markleteenie
4 of a Kind
A little light on $5s, wouldn’t you say?
jk- but what kind of breakdown do you have?
Using ballpark average cost, $2.50 ea. to $6.50 ea. is a markup of 160%.
albatros63
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B&G for the win
Rhodeman77
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With less than ten sets in existence and no reasonable way for new chips to be had, the prices could go crazy. It only takes several deep pocket would-be buyers to decide to chase after a rare buying opportunity.
There is no reasonable upper limit on the price. It is only limited by what the deepest pocket buyer is willing to pay - - - so maybe $20 - $30 per chip? Things have not gotten to that point that we know of. But then again, I wouldn't expect the buyer or seller at such prices would want the publicity and thus the sale is not going to be made public.
The relevant question is how bad do you want a set? There likely will not be more than a handful of sales. Buying opportunities might not come along once a year. Otherwise, you will need to be making an eye-popping offer to try to get an unwilling seller to part with her/his chips. Good luck with that.
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There is no reasonable upper limit on the price. It is only limited by what the deepest pocket buyer is willing to pay - - - so maybe $20 - $30 per chip? Things have not gotten to that point that we know of. But then again, I wouldn't expect the buyer or seller at such prices would want the publicity and thus the sale is not going to be made public.
The relevant question is how bad do you want a set? There likely will not be more than a handful of sales. Buying opportunities might not come along once a year. Otherwise, you will need to be making an eye-popping offer to try to get an unwilling seller to part with her/his chips. Good luck with that.
DrStrange
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I just ran the calculations. At $20 a chip, I would think a moment before declining to sell my set at that price.
At $30...
gopherblue
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Well, at least the boat buy wasn’t driven by profit motive....
Poker Zombie
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If it was, there would have been a lot more chips...
Lemonzest
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It doesn't matter what is being talked about. What we know for sure that on PCF all roads lead to boats
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...and this means, What?It doesn't matter what is being talked about. What we know for sure that on PCF all roads lead to boats
Lemonzest
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It means exactly what I said. Regardless of the topic being discussed the conversation will inevitably swing back to discussing the boats.
markleteenie
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Um, the Pacific Star is one of the three boats... The other two of course being the Pinta and the Santa Maria.
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It actually started with boat talk and went to the SB chips and profits. Now it goes back to boat chips so I raise you an SB chip!
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