Rusty266
10-02-2004, 10:16 AM
I've been through the disaster of trying to figure out which chips to buy for home use. And it was a disaster. After hours and hours of research, visiting as many local places as you can, and receiving samples in the mail, you go from not knowing anything about poker chips to becomming an expert on the subject. But in the end you still don't know what to do or what you are going to get once you make a decision.
Of course I'm talking about the good stuff here. No plastic, no metal inserts, and forget Ebay, I wanted the exact same thing used in casinos, period. So thats what I got. Real casino chips made by Paulson.
After all of the research, I happened to run across a company that sells used casino chips. They buy them from casinos that are either going out of business or buying new chips, so naturally they had what I was looking for, which was the absolute honest to goodness REAL THING!
Now I did happen to get real lucky as far as the timing goes. Due to the nature of the business, their inventory is constantly changing. But when I had contacted them (its been about a year ago now) they had just received a shipment of chips they had purchased from a casino that never opened. Thats right the place went under before they ever opened the doors, but after they had bought their chips. Like I said I got lucky. So I bought 1000 actual casino chips from them at less than half of the original cost and they were brand new. Did I say I got lucky? Wow.
I was thrilled and I am thrilled with the chips, as they truly are the real thing. Anyway I just thought I would pass the information along in case someone else was interested. The email address I have for them is Finnetti @ aol (dot) com.
Like I said its been about one year so I can't say what they may have available at this time, but it may be worth checking out. The cost ranged between 45-70 cents per chip for the ones they had available at the time. And anyone that has done the research knows thats cheap for Paulson chips.
Just a possible option for those that want the real thing......
Of course I'm talking about the good stuff here. No plastic, no metal inserts, and forget Ebay, I wanted the exact same thing used in casinos, period. So thats what I got. Real casino chips made by Paulson.
After all of the research, I happened to run across a company that sells used casino chips. They buy them from casinos that are either going out of business or buying new chips, so naturally they had what I was looking for, which was the absolute honest to goodness REAL THING!
Now I did happen to get real lucky as far as the timing goes. Due to the nature of the business, their inventory is constantly changing. But when I had contacted them (its been about a year ago now) they had just received a shipment of chips they had purchased from a casino that never opened. Thats right the place went under before they ever opened the doors, but after they had bought their chips. Like I said I got lucky. So I bought 1000 actual casino chips from them at less than half of the original cost and they were brand new. Did I say I got lucky? Wow.
I was thrilled and I am thrilled with the chips, as they truly are the real thing. Anyway I just thought I would pass the information along in case someone else was interested. The email address I have for them is Finnetti @ aol (dot) com.
Like I said its been about one year so I can't say what they may have available at this time, but it may be worth checking out. The cost ranged between 45-70 cents per chip for the ones they had available at the time. And anyone that has done the research knows thats cheap for Paulson chips.
Just a possible option for those that want the real thing......