Everyone ready to do a Shotgun Swap again? Drop another chip in the chamber. This time let’s pull the trigger at 15~16 people, that will Shotgun from 210~240 chips, a pretty good load!

Email me mwpoole@ih2000.net with name and address if you would like to participate. Subject "Shotgun #2"

Again, for those of you not familiar with a Shotgun Chip Swap the way it works:

1) Email me with your Name, address, and email address,
2) I compile a list of everyone’s information,
3) After allowing enough time for everyone who wants to participate (a few days) I email the complete to everyone on the list,
4) Within 2~3 days everyone on the list addresses a durable envelope to each of the others on the list, & drops one ‘$1 Trader Chip’ in each of the envelopes, mails it.
5) Over the next week to ten days depending on the mail, you receive new chips from everyone else on the list.

What you need are some ‘$1 Trader’ chips that you are willing to trade for another chip (of pot luck value), and a few stamps. You end up with new (to you) chips for your collection; and maybe a few duplicates you can keep or trade at the next chip swap. You send to everyone on the list, everyone on the lists sends to you. You can send all the same chips, all different, or mixed, but all good chips that someone might could use, keeping in mind you are just trading run-of-the-mill $1 chips. The lists are usually kept to a small number so everyone is assured to have enough “traders” to mail and is not overwhelmed with addressing & mailing. If many chip swaps go on there is usually a very good mix up of the chips and everyone fills a lot of holes in their collections. Sounds like a pyramid? No, you get the same number of chips you send. You know who does not send to you, because you have a list of who is supposed to send to you, and I believe chippers have higher ethics. This is fantastic for new chippers, or chippers that have chips from limited areas. All it costs are a few stamps, and it fun to see what you get! Anyone can host a swap and you can get on several at once if you like.

Mike Poole R-5171