The chips were hot-stamped on one side only, and the duration of the stamping was not very long and the impression was not deep and the pattern used was quite wide. In short, nearly everything was done in such a manner as to make the hot-stamping easily removed and very difficult to tell.

The point that Steve is missing is that he is selling to an audience of individual chip collectors and there is a fair differential between the value of cancelled and then repaired (altered) chips and chips that made it out of the casino without the cancellation.

The vast majority of viewers here (Steve's potential buyers) are mostly interested in the non-cancelled versions and when presented with an offer that does not readily disclose that these are are cancelled/repaired chips (and includes excellent, detailed photos that do not show the residual artifacts of the cancellations) it has the potential to detract from his sincerity.

In this particular instance, Steve has failed to recognize his potential clients. However, in his past offerings (here on TheChipBoard) which have been since February of 2007, Steve has made mention of "fantasy" chips as being fantasy chips. I think he just needs to understand this market a little bit better.

Jim