You posted; "I don’t feel there should be propriety information amongst CLUB MEMBERS... I thought this was a hobby. Not a business!"

You are entitled to that OPINION Glenn. I don't know what you do for a living ... but I sell casino chips as a legitimate registered business corporation AKA; "Mr. Chips, Inc."

Yes, I'm also a chip collector as a hobby, and I purchase chips from many sources ... both as a collector for my hobby and as a businessman for re-sale.

Do you think the majority of those 100 dealer tables at each annual convention and at other commercially run chip shows each year where collectors purchase rare chips are doing it for the fun of it ... as a "hobby"?

"Hobby?" Yes; if you are on the other side of the dealer's table. Do you think that CT Rodgers for example is transporting all those supplies and chip inventory he sells at chips shows at his large table spreads and through the mail as a hobby pursuit? Get real Glenn!