There is another side to this as well.
Lets say Chipper A wins an auction of an "overpriced" item; we will say a 1000 chip set and the auction brought in $3,000. Chipper A may not really find the breakdown or the chips all that desirable; however, knows that other chippers do like this set. Chipper B knows that Chipper A might sell the set, and could get a decent price. Chipper B offers Chipper A $2,000 for the set. Chipper A paid $20 for a ticket, and figures, hey, free money.
The original seller wins because he sold enough tickets to get his price
Chipper A wins, as he make $1980 on a $20 raffle ticket
Chipper B wins as he gets the set he wants for a more "realistic" price.
It does impact chip prices, but in a better way.
For reference, I won a set of over 1600 chips. it cost me $70 in raffle tickets. I sold a rack for $50. Someone reached out and offered me a price for 1/2 of the set. could I have held out and tried to get "market" price -- sure... but I didn't need to as I am now into this set for $20. I win, he wins, and the original seller got what he was asking for (which, to me, is a win).
Now I have 1/2 of the set, and one of my locals has been inquiring about the set. I offered him a very low price, and he gladly accepted. I made decent money on my raffle, and 2 people got good chips for lower prices. Wins all around.
Are all chippers like this; NO, but I think that you would find many would do the same thing.
I also love my $20 Chanman Poker table as well, but that is a keeper !!
Mark