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Cheap chips

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  • 03-12-2004 9:40pm
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    David Stewart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 182 ✭✭


    There have been requests on this forum in the past for sources of inexpensive chips. Well, Argos is selling a tin of 200 "Professional weight and quality" chips for €23.99. They appear to be in four colours.


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    delanec8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 474 ✭✭delanec8


    Yeah ive seen them in the catalogue. They seem too cheap to be any good. Has anyone got them? Are they any good?


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    Shrimp
    Registered Users Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭Shrimp


    I think you forgot to put the an "as" in between the Cheap and Chips ;):D


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    Shortstack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,506 ✭✭✭Shortstack


    They are fine for the odd game, come in a nice tin and chips are in a good rack but they are very light. Cards are rubbish and the felt you get with it is good for nothing. You can get a very good set of 11.5g chips with an aluminium case for around €99 if you shop about.


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    mcaul
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,493 ✭✭✭mcaul


    Finally after 2 weeks of shipping delays in rotherdam, all chips are back in Special Days 5g plastic, 9g composite, 9g "vegas" clay, 11.5g clay/resin composite & 13.5g clay. All sets have a choice of wpt/bicycle/bee playing cards and you are also welcome to choose your colour combination. Sets are in 300, 400 & 500. - and prices have dropped a little due to dollar.

    a starter set is a basic 5g (casino size chip) set of 400 for under 60.00 whilst 500 "vegas" pro-clay in alu case is 199.00


    Note on prices -

    There is still a 13% levy placed on imports, (+2.9% duty + 21% VAT) but the levy is set to go from January if USA / Europe can finally agree on their trade war! - If it goes ahead look forward to further price reductions in the new year.


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    murfie
    Registered Users Posts: 768 ✭✭✭murfie


    If you are looking for some good chip sets at decent prices try www.fullhousepokerchips.com , they were at the toys4bigboys show in the rds last weekend. They have a nice selection of sets and poker tables, and they are irish!


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    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users Posts: 19,517 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    murfie wrote:
    If you are looking for some good chip sets at decent prices try www.fullhousepokerchips.com , they were at the toys4bigboys show in the rds last weekend. They have a nice selection of sets and poker tables, and they are irish!

    They or you? :D
    You forgot to add the note about the forum discout!


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    Fathead
    Registered Users Posts: 328 ✭✭Fathead


    Howdy,
    is the boards discount still in action as i made a bit of a knob of myself asking for it the other day. The vacant look from your excellent sales assistant said no what the blazes are you talkin about you silly man...... :):)


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    Doc Farrell
    Registered Users Posts: 2,882 ✭✭✭Doc Farrell


    Both the Irish site and special days chips look like excellent value. Therefore, in order to purchase said items I wish to offload the case of 500 chips I got on ebay and still havent used. Frankly they're not great and neither is the aluminium case they came in. They are very heavy though, but a bit slidey that is, they tend not to stack too good.
    Anyhoo, they cost me 180 euro about 6 months ago so if someone wants to make me an offer of about 100 euro they can have them. Most are still in their plastic. just email me at desfarrell@hotmail.com. U can pick them up at the Fitz where i shall be playing like a monkey in heat over the Christmas. However if I were u I'd buy the ones from the other two places....
    Cheers! Des


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    aodh3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭aodh3


    After falling fowl of the buy what you see attitude of E-bay ( got utter crap for £40 ex delivery) i managed to find this place. If you keep an eye on it they put up 2 for one offers making the chips very affoardable between two. Me and my mate managed to get two set of 11.5g composits for about €45 each, Shipped direct to me in a couple of days. Passed the link on to my boss and he bought to sets of chips and two tables. well worth the daily peek to see if anything is worth getting.

    http://www.thegolfhq.com/Products.asp?CategoryID=55


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    Waylander
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,832 ✭✭✭Waylander


    I got my chips from the same place as Aodh3, and similarly I was more then happy with delivery and price etc.


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    aodh3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21 ✭aodh3


    Good to see that whilst we may not agree on the use of chips we at least agree on the value of them. :)


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    Dub13
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,252 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dub13


    I played a Home game last night with some Cheap chips (30 euro I think) a mate picked up,the chips were grand for a home game but the cards were crap really bad.

    In this life you get what you pay for.


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    AmarilloFats
    Registered Users Posts: 910 ✭✭✭AmarilloFats


    An auld Dad owns it. He looks like he could do with a cup-a-soup. Sells clay chips set of 100 is Euro20. Or 600 Chips for Euro100. Excellent.

    The Shop has darts and cue sports paraphenalia in ze window!!!


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