I fully understand this and what you said before. Thank you for the valuable input on behalf of many newbies who may not fully understand.
In case you havnt followed the slabbed chips we've seen in the past 18 months, they have been generally at the bottom end of the market (many were current $1 house chips) with the sellers apparently seeking to use the slab as an excuse to hike up the value ten-fold. This is the part where we really cant understand why chippers are buying them.

BTW my previous reply to you was part in jest hence the