Allan Meyers wrote:
"We don't like to list a new chip at prices that will
encourage dealers and casinos to continue the practice.
On the other hand, we are reporters, not editors, and
must value them as we see them. We sometimes list a chip
at one value lower to compensate for the dealers use of
the higher end of the scale. Since we have seen the $25
Cure offered for $200 on this board, by a few collectors,
it will be listed in TCR-7 as a (P) 175-199. Sound fair?"

No it does not - and it sounds like a biased opinion.

I have seen ONE person sell it for $200 on this board. A current ebay auction shows it at $300+ right now.

I think you would take a few selling prices and find an average price between them. I don't like the fact of what the Hard Rock has done to chip collecting with the past 2 $25 chips. I have even publically complained about it.
To say they are worth $175-$200, in my opinion, is not a correct valuation.

I think fans of the Cure will be snatching these up on Ebay and the chips will never be seen again.
If this is the case - I would rethink the valuation.
I doubt the chip rack will encourage dealers and casinos to continue the practice. People do what they do - without the help of The Chip Rack.
And my opinion is not influenced by me having chips to sell either.
As of now I do not have one.

Pete