As I was leaving Las Vegas, I stopped at Primm (Whiskey Pete's/Primm Valley/Buffalo Bill's) to stock-up on some $1 traders. At the cage at Buffalo Bill's, I asked the cashier if they had any newer $1's, $5's, and Millennium $5's. The older woman behind the window said that "not really". I said that I was collector and all I wanted was some "newer" looking, CLEANER chips. She asked how many, and I said 5-$1's, 3-$5's and one millennium. She took my $25 and stepped back towards the Head Cashier, which was around the corner; out of my eye-sight.

20 minutes later (yes, it was a full 20 minutes) she returned with the correct number of chips and had put the millennium into a Silver Strike plastic case. As she pushed then towards me, she apologized for taking so long, but was gratified that they cleaned-up so well, because she only had access to wet-naps.

I simply thanked her for her efforts, tipped her $2 and left scratching my head. After all the debates here on the Board, to clean or not to clean, to use soap or some other product, it seems that she has come up with a no cost solution, just ask for clean chips.

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Jim Follis (back from a great Convention)