He knows exactly what he is doing.

#1 He first denied buying all those chips.
#2 He tried to rip off all us collectors with his dutch auctions, but failed.
#3 Now he has lost many friends and customers over it.
#4 Now he want's to sell us the chips at the convention for face value just for saying Hi to him? But a limit of one? BULLS--T. He still wants to control all the chips.How about the collectors that can't make the convention?
#5 I think Mr Rene only has profit from the convention on his mind. He is very worried.

5 cents worth
Bruce