Hi Archie -

Just a couple things.

>>>Were the Kiss chips submitted to a outside 3rd party for a fee to assess an opinionated grade

This is exactly my point. The chips in question in this thread are not graded. They are merely displayed in a case.

>>>Regarding 'confrontational'... It may not be intended Stu; but that's the way you come across to this bb reader.

I know. I have a poor internet persona. I am working on it

>>>didn't you just say in the previous breath that any defense of the pledge language is absurd?

Yes I did. I understand why folks want to support the "spirit of the pledge" and that's perfectly ok with me. However, I will forever debate any attempted defense of the specific language contained therein.

>>>..hard to define; but when we see it most of us know what it is... including the convention dealers.

But it is defined. Right there on the slabfree site and in your book and it is a definition that I readily accept.

I simply won't apply the "looks like a duck" logic to the issue.

>>>Do you think that a chip placed in an snap-type holder with some descriptive comments inserted by the owner is the same as a slab? I certainly don't.

Isn't that exactly what is on display on HSN?