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I have the Nevada Jacks Desert Sands chips and I love them. As good as custom chipcos re: quality, but much much cheaper. I don't like the skulls versions, however.
Since building my table and upgrading to custom chips and KEMs I've had a waiting list for my home game here in Memphis. People are FAR more likely to want to play on a high-end table with high-end chips. Most other games around here play on folding tops or just play on regular table tops.
When you have a game that is semi-regular and you want to make it regular, THEN you upgrade