Yes, i agree, they are cheap! The way they went wouldn't of saved much money IMO. Even if they were being cheap with stickering the 50c chips, they should of reordered real inlayed chips when they did reorder. It wasnt till i lifted off an inlay to show the 50c that we discovered that they had reordered the hot stamp $2s. I though it was bizarre.
At the time, there was not much control over what chips they used. Im not sure if much has changed but i think Lighterman told me something about about FL gaming having more control and that the card rooms have went with standard colors. Thats why the Derby Lane changed their chips.