Its Economics 101 in practice. Dealers try to buy them in large quantities and hoard them. Starve the market and keep the buyers at bay before they release few chips at a time to have control in their pricing. Create an artificial shortage so chip collectors will offer higher prices to get the chips.

I WOULD RATHER BE WITHOUT THE CHIP IF THIS IS THE WAY OF LIFE FOR THE CHIP DEALERS NOW.

Very few will admit that this is the major trend now and it will be more serious because as time goes on and as new releases are coming out either in Las Vegas or Atlantic City casinos other dealers will try to corner the distribution to get even.

Erich Fromm once wrote that "man is destructive" and "man's lust for cruelty". A chipper's passion to collect chip and his love to collect chip becomes now an ambition to be greedy. These are now manifested by some in the club. If it is bad now just wait it will get worse.

LEONIDAS