Good Tuesday to Everyone; It is the first day of September, school has started in some areas already, and will be starting shortly in all the rest. Today's page(s) is from Louisiana the "Pelican State". Actually there will be two pages today. Thanks for checking in with me. Tomorrow, another short "Harvest Story". Thanks for opening my post today. Reggie

STATE OF LOUISIANA PAGE TWO

ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS, please order by number, name, and price. Numbered chips below correspond with the position on the image page. Please email me direct. Please do not put a sold sign on the items you are buying, I may have more than one. First email in my inbox gets first considerations. P/H will be $1 for up to 2 chips, 3-4 chips $2, $3 for 5-8, $4 for 9-12, $5 for 13-16, 17-up $6 this is the maximum postage for the continental US. Foreign orders p/h is a bit more. Min. order is $4. Pay pal accepted to my email. Check, cash or money order will be fine. RANDOM DISCOUNTS OFTEN OCCUR. Hold Service Available. Thanks. Prices guaranteed today only. 2000+ different chips for trade or sale at: www.collectionlibrary.com/richardgummer PLMK when chips are received.

1 EMPTY
2 Grand Palais Casino (CG000512) Lake Charles, LA $5
3 Grand Palais Casino Lake Charles, LA $3
4 Harrah’s (UV I) New Orleans, LA $3

5 Harrah’s (UV II) New Orleans, LA $3
6 Harrah’s (2013) New Orleans, LA $3
7 Harrah’s Pride Lake Charles, LA $4.50
8 Harrah’s (Aroma’s) Shreveport, LA $3.50

9 Harrah’s (Lt/Dk CG001124) Shreveport, LA $4.50
10 Harrah’s (Dark CG000272) Shreveport, LA $4
11 Harrah’s Star Lake Charles, LA $3.50
12 Hollywood Casino (H/C) Baton Rouge, LA $3.50

13 Hollywood Casino (UV under $ sign) Shreveport, LA $4
14 Hollywood Casino (UV II) Shreveport, LA $3.50
15 Horseshoe Casino (UV I-CG000174) Bossier City, LA $4
16 Horseshoe Casino (UV II-CG007113) Bossier City, LA $3

17 Horseshoe Casino (UV III-CG012282) Bossier City, LA $3
18 Horseshoe Casino (UV IV-CG018028) Bossier City, LA $3
19 Horseshoe Casino (Not LIsted) Bossier City, LA $4
20 Isle of Capri (Large Red Feather-CG00177) Bossier City, LA $4

LET’s TRADE

HARVEST STORIES FROM AN ADDICTED CHIP COLLECTOR
BY RICHARD “REGGIE” GUMMER
SOME PEOPLE HAVE COMPULSIONS TO GAMBLE, SOME TO AMASS FORTUNES AND OTHER’S, WELL THEY JUST LIKE TO WRITE STORIES. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE ME. I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED TO WRITE, NEVER WAS VERY GOOD AT IT; BUT I HAVE DONE IT OVER THE YEARS JUST THE SAME.
EVERY WEDNESDAY I AM GOING TO ADD A HARVEST STORY TO THE PAGE OF THE DAY.
IF ANY OF YOU WANT ANY INSIDE INFORMATION ON ANY CASINO THAT I’VE BEEN TO, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW.
IF ANY OF YOU HAVE SOME UNIQUE EXPERIENCES HARVESTING, AND HAVE A STORY OR TWO, PLEASE; BY ALL MEANS SUBMIT THEM. I AM THINKING OF ADDING THESE ON THURSDAY’S POD, WITH YOUR PERMISSION AND YOU BEING ACCREDITED.
IF YOU LIKE THEM BY ALL MEANS PLEASE LET ME KNOW. REGGIE NEW STORY THIS WED.

STATE OF LOUISIANA PAGE THREE

ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS, please order by number, name, and price. Numbered chips below correspond with the position on the image page. Please email me direct. Please do not put a sold sign on the items you are buying, I may have more than one. First email in my inbox gets first considerations. P/H will be $1 for up to 2 chips, 3-4 chips $2, $3 for 5-8, $4 for 9-12, $5 for 13-16, 17-up $6 this is the maximum postage for the continental US. Foreign orders p/h is a bit more. Min. order is $4. Pay pal accepted to my email. Check, cash or money order will be fine. RANDOM DISCOUNTS OFTEN OCCUR. Hold Service Available. Thanks. Prices guaranteed today only. 2000+ different chips for trade or sale at: www.collectionlibrary.com/richardgummer PLMK when chips are received.
Isle of Capri (Small Red Feather-CG00176) Bossier City, LA $4

1 EMPTY
2 Isle of Capri (Small Red Feather-CG00176) Bossier City, LA $4
3 Isle of Capri Lake Charles, LA $3
4 Jenna Choctaw Dry Prong, LA $5

5 L’auberge Baton Rouge, LA $4
6 L’auberge Lake Charles, LA $3
7 O’dwyers New Orleans, LA $5
8 Paragon Casino Marksville, LA $4

9 Players Casino (Pirate) Lake Charles, LA $4
10 Players Riverboat Casino (CG12281-UV II) Lake Charles, LA $3
11 Players Riverboat Casino (CG12281-UV III) Lake Charles, LA $3
12 River City (Crescent City Queen) New Orleans, LA $5.50

13 River City (Black Inlay) New Orleans, LA –SOLD-
14 Sam’s Town Shreveport, LA $3
15 Shorty’s Clarenton, LA $4
16 Star Casino (Chipco) Lake Charles, LA $4.50

17 Star Casino (H/C) New Orleans, LA $5.25
18 Treasure Chest Casino (UVI-CG007820) Kenner, LA $4
19 Treasure Chest Casino (UVII) Kenner, LA $4
20 Treasure Chest Casino (FF-UVI-CG000227) Kenner, LA $4.75

LET’s TRADE

GRAND FINALE SEPTEMBER 2015

The final page of day will be September 19th. The pages leading up to the 19th of September will be extensive, a large amount of pages. The composition of the Grand Finale will be partial pages, unfinished pages, mixed pages.
There will be over 40+ pages displayed between Wednesday the 9th of Sept and the 19th of September, the Cycles end date.
Please remember that a huge amount of these in the Grand Finale will be one of a kinds and it will be the first email order in my inbox that will be awarded the requested item if there is only one available.

The new Cycle will start on October 1st, 2015.

Reggie

A WANTED CHIP
This is a chip I would like to acquire through trade or purchase please email if you have one available or know someone who has one available. Even if you do not have the denomination or mold shown, you should know that it is possible that I may need other denominations or molds from this casino. Please email me with any items that you would like to sell or trade. Thanks, Reggie

Billings, MT

SHIPPING TIPS
These tips are for new collectors that want to start trading; and possibly a refresher for old timers that are just starting to liquidate their collections. I will try to be as descriptive as possible on these tips. Let’s start small a work up to larger shipments. Also, on the bottom the page some tips on the tips…I can use some additional help with these.
• For one to about four chips you can use the sticky corrugated paper; size it (for a small or large envelope) and press your chips into it. This works wonderfully well and protects the chips, I do not recommend this method for very old and brittle chips. (or HHR/HHL, A-Mold, Tri-Club and this type of chip)
• For one to about four chips, wrap them individually in paper and make squares. Tape to hold the paper closed. Then lay the four chips (squares) on a regular sized sheet, taping them so they cannot move; (doubling the paper helps) and fold it to fit the envelope uniformly and tape the end of the folded sheets of paper.
• For one to about 8 chips, a more conventional way to ship is a bubble mailer, size 000. Use 30 pocket vinyl pages cut down to configure to your bubble mailer, all bubble mailers are not “exactly the same”. Be sure that the chips are completely pushed into the slots and then run a piece of scotch magic transparent horizontally the length of the cut vinyl, to insure they stay in the slots. (make a pull tab for easy removal)
• For one to about 15 chips use a size “0” bubble mailer, with the same instructions as for the “000” above.
• 16-20 chips can be handled in several ways: 1) You can use a size “0” bubble mailer; cut a 30 pocket vinyl page in half and put a piece of small size bubble mailer or plastic film sponge wrap between the two halves. 2) A little more expensive but you can use USPS flat rate large envelopes, these will hold a full page. Either 20 or 30 pocket pages, wrapped in small bubble wrap or plastic film wrap. Be sure and cellophane tape the edges, corners , the seal and address/return address.
• 20-60 chips can be sent via USPS Flat Rate, as described in the second method just above. Also, if you wrap 15-25 chips with a single sheet of paper and tape the rolled chips securely so they will not break open. Place them in the smallest sized USPS box and put foam pellets, wadded paper, or rolled up bubble wrap/film, firmly in between the rolls, seal box and add cellophane tape around the edges and addresses.
• Larger orders up to 147 chip, can be shipped in the USPS small Flat Rate boxes, use plastic tubes, up to 21 in each tube. Use a tiny bit of packing material to be sure each tube’s chips are firm, then tape the lid of each tube closed. Each small USPS Flat Rate box, will hold 7 tubes, add a little packing material. You cannot beat this method price wise. *This can be done with the rolled paper method, and get a few more chips than 147.
• For larger than 150 chips use the tubes and a larger Flat Rate box, with basically the same instructions as above. Insurance is always up to you and the person you are shipping to.

TIPS FOR THE TIPS

1. When cutting up 30 pocket vinyl pages, first cut off the 3 hole binder edge, then cut to the following pocket sizes: 6, 8, 9, 10, 12 & 15 these popular sizes; and result in very little waste.
2. Cheapest mailers, large lots of 100 can be found on line (many sources), sticky corrugated paper @ ULine.com. Vinyl pages are on line @ Wizards.com…and other coin collecting supply companies.
3. Try to remember to put some sort of internal return address in each package.
4. Never, Never put any kind of tape or adhesive on any chip when shipping.
5. Try to save your bubble mailers (all sizes) for re-use.
6. Get familiar with USPS, UPS, Fed Ex and da kind and their mailing instructions on line.
7. Old bubble wrap envelopes can be cut up to re-use the bubble wrap for extra packing.
8. Starbucks and da kind hot cup wraps can be used to send single or small amount chips; staple or tape them inside the oval wrap, then tape to 1 or 2 sheets of paper folded to fit envelope to prevent moving around. Use small or #10 envelopes for a much cheaper postage rate.
9. Please, Please do not ship chips loose in manila envelopes. There are some current sellers on the CB that are still doing this; believe it or not…
10. Please, send me any tips and information that you think would be of interest to our new collectors.

FEATURED CHIP OF THE DAY
THIS WILL BE AN OFFERING OF MINE DONE ON A DAILY BASIS. MOST OR ALL OF THESE HAVE BEEN ON A PAGE A DAY, OR WILL BE IN THE FUTURE. THE PRICE THAT ACCOMPANIES IT WILL BE THE FULL PRICE NO SHIPPING CHARGES ON THIS CHIP. TRADE OFFERS ACCEPTED. INSURANCE WILL BE EXTRA SHOULD YOU WANT IT. THE SELECTION OF CHIPS FEATURED WILL BE BASED ON SEVERAL THINGS INCLUDING: UNIQUENESS, SCARCITY, BEAUTY AND CONDITION.
*NOTE: > Same on both sides

$1 Wyandotte Nation Wyandotte, OK $5

24 HOUR RULE
If at all possible the 24 hour rule should be applicable to the following scenarios:
• ORDERING A CHIP THAT HAS LIMITED AVAILABILITY AND IS POSTED AS SUCH.
Try to remember to make a final confirmation and or arrangements for payment and shipment. (24 Hours)
• ORDERING ANYTHING AND NOT COMMUNICATING TO THE SELLER YOU WON’T BE ABLE TO PAY FOR IT RIGHT AWAY.
When you have a responsible seller that informs you that your item is available and what the price & shipping is, and you do not get back to seller (In 24 Hours) to inform them you will be sending payment (today, tomorrow or next week) you really are not worthy of any special considerations in the future. Please do not request a trade, or purchase and then not be available, by phone or email for the 24 hours or more. There may be extenuating conditions attached to the items ordered. If the seller/trader cannot get ahold of you do not be surprised if he doesn’t have it available after your finally get back in touch with him.
• MAKE A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION OR AN ITEM SEARCH OF AVAILABILITY, AND WHEN INFORMATION IS SENT OR QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED:
Always try to respond to this answer of information; that has been imparted by the person that it was requested from; within a short time (24 Hours)
• REQUEST A STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT (If you are using some one’s hold service or new chip service)
And then not pay them in a timely manner, is not a good practice. If you are experiencing buyer’s remorse, get back to the seller ASAP, they may not hold you to your purchase, the sooner the better. Also, life tends to get in the way of a chipper’s good intentions, but let them know you have (financial or time problems and have to re-schedule (payments-or the request made) (24 Hours)
• WHEN BUYING, TRADING OR SELLING ALWAYS BE AN EQUAL PARTNER IN THE TRANSACTION. KEEP YOUR ASSOCIATES IN THE LOOP IF YOU CANNOT PERFORM YOUR PART OF THE BARGAIN RIGHT AWAY TELL THEM WHEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO.
Everybody has a life, and sometimes it gets in the way of Chippin’. So tell your Chippin’ partners that you may not be able to get back to them right away with the information or order processing or, whatever. (24 Hours)
• THE FINAL COMMENT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IS THE DEFINITION OF THE WORD “COURTESY”, THE DICTIONARY DEFINES IT AS POLITENESS. BUT IT GOES EVEN FARTHER THAN THAT, LITTLE THINGS LIKE BEING STRAIGHT FORWARD ABOUT YOUR REQUESTS, BEING HONEST, AND ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOU ACTIONS.
The best thing about our group (The CC-GTCC) is the above statement, because most of us do practice and use these virtues. (24 Hours A Day) Reggie