There are several A.C. new issues dealers who are currently selling these chips for $8 or less ... and a couple of folks right here on thechipboard.com who will trade them for other chips at face value.

As for your co-workers who were able to purchase these chips days in advance of the general public .... at least one of them had incorrectly reported in his/her ebay offering on the DAY BEFORE they were released to the public.... that they were all sold out in fourteen minutes. Not True!