Thanks for your inquiry and your opinion......if you are talking about Atlantic City Chip(s) than yes perhaps they may be a bit high in price, since I only had the 1999 Black's Catalog as reference and obviously values should have increased somewhat over the 12+ years since than.

Have you ever considered shipping and packaging costs, not to mention traveling costs to collect the chip(s) or even buying them from a Chip Vendor who stood in line for hours to get them and than resells them to you?

In my opinion (and others) you have touched on the #1 MAJOR problem within this Hobby.......everyone wants stuff dirty cheap, but do not realize the actual cost to getting the chips.