I think the prices are pretty stable for chips and why should people buy at inflated prices? No one is twisting their arm to buy a $1 chip for $4 and pay shipping as well.

Yes, higher priced and harder to find chips may go up, but the common chips are avalable from numerous sources.

So please tell me why the sellers should get screwed? I didn't get that part.

eBay (and other auctions) do not set book values. I've seen a chip that I searched for for two years sell for $8, but anyone who collects Wisconsin would agree it's scarce. It sells at shows for $20. Which is getting way up there for anything Wisconsin! LOL

If there was a book on that chip it would probably be $40, not the eBay price.

OR are you saying that buyers are so stupid that they would pay $4-6 for a chip that they could get from any of us, or any dealer, for less?

As far as inflated prices and people giving up, take a look at the Silver Strike situation. I do agree with you about high prices and over valued items driving out collectors and the eventual crash. I just don't see it happeneing to chips, if we had real auctions, instead of a game of cat and mouse.

Snipers affair, I just don't care!