The "problem" as I see it is a matter of 'persepective'. Most of the contributors to this message board are primarily chip collectors and a few investors. Not too many folks who post here regularly take tables at chip shows year after year. Their numbers can probably be counted on both hands. Yes, there are a few exceptions; but a chip dealer's viewpoint is not often stated ... probably because dealers are reluctant to become engaged defending themselves making a profit in long threads such as this one... I wonder what a convention would be like if nobody in attendance was selling chips for profit .... if everybody was in it for the "hobby". There is a retail side to this hobby. Anyone who doesn't recognize that fact is wearing blinders.

As for protecting one's customer interests ... my position isn't far from what other legitimate chip dealers do ... and that is; set a price threshold and stick with it ... even if it means carrying around unsold inventory for a long period of time. One could sometimes throw the remaining left-over inventory into the Atlantic Ocean and still have made a profit ... (uh-oh ... there's that dirty word again) ... on the merchandise that has already been sold.

Some folks evidently are of the opinion that somehow dealers are obligated to let them know how many of every chip they have in inventory. Maybe they would like to persuade the club to adopt an inventory disclosure policy before any chip dealer can set up at the annual convention and the dealer should be required to make such an inventory listing available to anyone who requests it? Think that would fly? NOT!!

I don't change anything I've said in my earlier posts. "It's nobody's business but mine" ... and I think that most reasonable people accept that philosophy.

Thank you for your input.