I agree on what you say about Class #2 chips on eBay. You say "Class 2 chips are really self- explanatory. Everyone who collects the area

already has it. Common Nevada or Riverboats or whatever.

The seller doesn't understand that no one really wants the item unless it can be

had for less than face. Yet sellers keep putting this junk up for auction. All one

has to do is run down the current listings on Ebay. I'll bet 90% of the chips listed

fall into this category. A waste of time and creates a "bad" impression that

spreads to the "good" chips listed. "

To restate it, the problem is: there is a lot of junk on eBay. To give just one example relating to poker chips, it "burns me up" the way a seller will list an item with a heading like "vintage poker chips," and they turn out to be plain clay poker chips which are practically worthless. They are literally worthless if in poor condition (faded, etc.). The serious collector of poker chips is obligated to click the link, and it is a waste of time to find out that they are plain clay chips, worthless plastic poker chips in a carousel, etc. It often is not the sellers fault, as he may know nothing about the item. The opening bid price is usually no clue. With so many auctions, this could lead to frustration and poor results, driving many buyers from eBay. The above applies to the common casino chips as well as the common (worthless) poker chips.

One solution is for eBay to pay to have some person or organization (like a chip club) vet all of the "casino chip" category items (maybe 600 auctions a day) and assign them into 3 or so categories -- (1) collectable, (2) barely collectable; low end collectable, including relatively current casino chips; and (3) not collectable -- poker chips good only for playing poker with; very common casino chips. I don't have time to really think this out, and the 3 categories above can be improved on, I am sure. The point I am making is that eBay is becoming flooded with chip auctions, and the auction subject headings and opening bids (both set by sellers) are no help. Something should be done to separatre "the wheat (?) from the chaff" before most buyers give up looking.

Robt.