While trying to solve a Hold 'em puzzle, I ran across an eBay offering for three fantasy chips. 2 for the Thunderbird and 1 for the Silver Slipper. The seller's description indicated that the chips were "from" those places.

I decided to send a polite email to the seller, as follows:

Dear michael7226,

As a collector of casino memorabilia I would like to politely inform you that these chips are not "from" the Thunderbird, nor the Silver Slipper. They are in fact from the Gamblers General Store, Main Street, Las Vegas, NV and are sold there at a retail amount of about .79 cents each, both in-store and via mail order. Each of these chips exist in the ten's of thousands and have no collector value beyond their current retail value. Many eBay sellers offer these chips as being "from" the casino identified on the chip, but in fact they are not. Ethical eBay sellers, who are unaware of this, when apprised of the facts, will change their item descriptions. Or, at the very least will reflect that these chips are modern-day manufactured chips commemorating casinos of the past, in their future eBay offerings of these same items. In the collecting community, we refer to chips such as these as Fantasy Chips. I thank you for your attention in this matter. Jim Follis

Soon afterwards I received an email reply that he was unaware of this and that he would terminate the auction. I then went to the auction and sure enough, it was cancelled because the description was wrong.

michael7226, I commend and thank you!

Jim Follis