Trading partners are fine.... IF they are able to get the chips before they are sold out.... or mysteriously disappear. You see, that's part of the problem that alot of folks are overlooking. For the benefit of any newcomer to this bb... chips are not sold at the cashier cages in Atlantic City. On many new releases, if you get there a couple of hours after they are released to a gaming table .... you're already out of luck.... and the best you can hope for is that someone has them that will trade with you (but then you must have something the trader wants in exchange.. AHA, a catch) or hope that a new issue service provider was able to acquire enough chips for his/her subscribers.