Carl & Larry: I think I agree. However, if I have bid what I think to be a fair price on a chip and don't get it, here's what I do.

First, as sometimes happens, I get knocked off at the 11th hour, by a bid that tops mine by the minimum, I'll ask the seller if he has a chip at the high bid price. But if I make a bid I consider fair and lose by a significant amount, I'll then contact the seller and ask if he has more that he would sell to me at my price. Usually I get a no, but sometimes I've gotten counter offers. Now for the harder part.

I don't think there is anything wrong with a dealer on eBay or in the store or at the show selling a chip for different prices. The high bidder paid what he wanted to pay. The other buyers should in a free market get whatever bargains they can. Looking at the other side of the coin - er chip - if I have bought a number of ivory (which I buy, when Craig and Benedict haven't beaten me to the sale) I want to sell some to get my money back and make a profit, if possible. But once I reach that goal, if I have some more left, I'm going to sell them for what ever I can get - or trade them for what I consider a fair value. That means that some of my left over chips are going to go for a lesser price or lesser value in trade. If that's proper, and I hope it is, then I see nothing wrong with buying from an eBay dealer at a lesser price than his high bid.