... I, as a collector of downtown chips would like to know if these chips are really worth the 44 x face price or if they are being hoarded & artificially inflated. No member of the club, IMHO, should support hoarding. I believe it is unethical. However, I also think long threads bashing an individual is destructive to the hobby. Most people do not write with the same reserve & politness that they use when they speak.

That it why I think this should be off line. When the facts are known, a simple post indicating how many chips are out there and who has them (to the best of anybodys ability to tell) would be sufficient for me. Every individual collector can then determine what private action they wish to take.