>>," I don't know if they have any "collectible" value and frankly I don't care.<<

If you don't care, why should it bother you that those that do care draw attention to the lot?

>>"face value" simply means the value printed on the face.<<

Face value means the denomination on an exonumatic item could at one time be exchanged for US currency. Your chips have numbers on them, and never had a "face value".

>> the reason this is a "private auction" is because I was told that there are a lot of self-appointed "chip police" out there who have nothing better to do with their lives than judge everyone who tries to buy or sell a chip anywhere in the world. Certainly nobody on this list would be pathetic enough to fall into that category, but because there are a few people with no lives who could conceivably send e-mail expressing "expert" opinions on the matter to potential buyers, I felt it best to stop such losers in their tracks.<<

I had to quote that entire lack of reasoning. You made it a "private auction" WHEN you listed it because of info received about people who care about this hobby?!? You don't want people to have access to knowledge of what they are actually bidding on! If you received info that your auction lot might not meet the scrutiny of savy collectors, why didn't you ask your source to tell you who to ask BEFORE THIS HAPPENED!!!!

That might be the way you do business. ...actually, given your tactics, it looks exactly so. Call people names without really defending what you have done. That sucks in my opinion!

You made your choices,

Bob