John

These are open Bulletin Boards. If you have a question regarding chips...
Ask away.. You will find the collectors here very willing to answer your questions.

Once you get use to the boards and a few trades under your belt you will acquire a friendship with these people that would allow you to be a little more open on the boards. A little BBS fun is just as relaxing as chip collecting..

BTW you made a statement "I would check out Chequers, which has very little activity"

Very little BULLETIN BOARD activity. The activity level on Chequers is greater than if not equal to the activity on any chip related site.
The cyber collectors 500+ log on the chequers and use the Directories to create their trades and use the other pages to help educate themselves in this

Good luck in chip collecting and ask away

Neal