I have received the following further email from Bookdealer. Not sure how I'm going to respond to it yet. In any event, it seems clear that buying anything from him is a risky proposition.

His reply was:

Subject: Re: James Bond Chip (ebay lot 16031449)

Date: Sun, 7 Jun 1998 19:04:22 EDT
From: Ebooks98@aol.com

To: runtam@pacbell.net

Hello,

Oh yea I'm out to rip off my customers with one chip, that makes me a real
criminal (And a lot of sense) I have the letter that was sent to me with the
chip saying that it was used in the movie as a prop, I do not Appreciate your
threating me for listing something that I was told is a Movie Prop (by the way
Movie Props are not real) I was going by what I was told, as you can see by my
clean feedback I am an honest person., I will offer the chip to whomever is
the high bidder, and they can make the choice, I will tell them that there is
a chance that it was not used in the movie., Now after saying all that, It's
non of your damn Business Who I am, Who the Dealer Was that sold it to me
(thats between me and him) Your a complete ass in the way you stuck your nose
in where it did not belong, I don't give a Damn What kind of Ambulance Chasing
Sleeze Bag Lawyer You claim to be....You are Nothing to me.

Bookdealer