While I do respect your opinion slabbing, it has not ruined the coin hobby, the baseball card hobby, or any other hobby. I think you give the chip collectors the wrong impression of slabbing. Most coins, baseball cards, and chips are NOT or EVER WILL BE slabbed. Only a small % will be. The only ones that will ever get slabbed are the more expensive and high grade ones. Those will probably go up in value, but they have and will continue to do that with or without slabbing. The cheaper and used ones will never get slabbed and 90% of this hobby will NOT be effected. The real reason some don't want slabbing is they are afraid others will find out about this great hobby and they won't be able to control the hobby anymore like they have for years. Talk about being selfish!!!!