You're right Andy, I could have said "anyone in our hobby." But I was using chip dealers broadly, to mean folks that are purchasing chips from others with the goal of making a profit rather than a simple collector buying a chip to keep for their personal collection. I'm not attempting to bash chip dealers but I think this is a subject in our hobby that bears some thought and discussion. As Paul Sax said (and sorry Paul to drag you into this but I was getting complaints for not naming names) in a post a while back, there are some in our hobby that seem to find it a "fleecing opportunity." I think anytime someone is buying chips for "pennies on the dollar" without telling the seller that is what he is doing, it is ethically questionable.