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() Yes Pete, slabbing is one aspect of making money in this hobby. Probably not a good one! However, it's just one of many problems.
Take one of your HOF members that claims this is not strictly a hobby but a venue to make money in other ways as well.
I once posted; "I don’t feel there should be propriety information amongst CLUB MEMBERS... I thought this was a hobby. Not a business!"
And HOF person replied;
You are entitled to that OPINION Glenn. I don't know what you do for a living ... but I sell casino chips as a legitimate registered business corporation AKA; "Mr. Chips, Inc."
Yes, I'm also a chip collector as a hobby, and I purchase chips from many sources ... both as a collector for my hobby and as a businessman for re-sale.
Do you think the majority of those 100 dealer tables at each annual convention and at other commercially run chip shows each year where collectors purchase rare chips are doing it for the fun of it ... as a "hobby"? "Hobby?" Yes; if you are on the other side of the dealer's table. Do you think that CT Rodgers for example is transporting all those supplies and chip inventory he sells at chips shows at his large table spreads and through the mail as a hobby pursuit? Get real Glenn!
Slabbing may or may not be good for the hobby, but there are others that ruin it as well with their words, actions, and the spirit of the club's code of ethics.
Remember does Macy's tell Gimbles?
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