COMC Primer

mjohnatgt · 05-16-2018, 08:04 AM

So you have a bunch of sportscards you want to sell? Your options are normally yard sales, eBay, Craigslist, flea markets, etc. Well, consider www.comc.com for your sales venue. COMC is a sportscard warehouse in Redmond, WA outside of Seattle. They are a consignment company, meaning they will broker your cards for you with minimal effort on your part.

Say you have 1000 cards you want to sell, ranging from $1-50. You mail them to COMC's address with a label that tells them they're from your account and you authorize them to process your cards and add them to your account. It will cost 30 cents per card, so $300.00. COMC will take the package from the post office, open it, inspect the cards for damage; they may return your modern 1980-present cards to you *change: now they process them just like the vintage buckets*, or list your vintage cards in "buckets" like [Good to VG-EX] or [Poor to Fair]). They will then scan in all the cards and move them to storage. Over the course of the next two months, they will identify your cards (year, maker, player, variation) and add them to your account.
Once in your account, you choose the price you want to list them at. You can see the price of the same card listed by other sellers when you set your price, so that you can choose to match, undercut, or increase your price if the condition is better, or you're willing to wait until the cheaper ones sell and yours becomes the cheapest over time. Once a card sells, COMC deposits 95% of the sale price into your Store Credit account, then finds the card in the warehouse, packs it, and mails it across the world to the buyer. New submission costs in 2020: https://blog.comc.com/2020/02/28/com...rvices-update/ You now need to separate pre-1980 "vintage" and oddball cards into a separate submission group at 50 cents each, instead of the new 35 cent fee per modern/checklisted card.

eBay/Amazon sales: Most cards listed on your account will be cross-posted to both eBay and Amazon, especially those listed for at least a $1. COMC will not charge you listing fees on either service, but upcharges the price of the card on those sites to cover their commission and shipping fees.

Cashing Out: Say you've racked up some money in your account and want to get it back into your bank account. Now you request a cash out: the current fee is 10% of the money you're planning to remove from the site. So if you have $1,000 store credit, it converts to $900 cash. You can request either a check or PayPal deposit. PayPal deposits may take a few hours to days while checks may take a week or two. You can also convert your store credit to Blowoutcards.com gift cards or just buy cards on site and mail them to your home to resell locally or keep.

Flipping: Since COMC is a warehouse with baseball cards from thousands of consignors, members with accounts can buy cards on site and then immediately reprice them to sell for higher. If you see a Ken Griffey Jr 1989 Upper Deck card that is priced at $10 and sells regulary for $20, you can buy it with $10 of your store credit and reprice it for $20. Once it sells, the $18 comes into your COMC store credit account (same $18 from eBay/Amazon). There are many users that flip cards on site in all different sports and nonsports. This helps pay for the cards they do want to buy for their personal collections. If you're going to flip cards, you should switch to Advanced Resellers Mode (ARM), because that will take a quarter off the price of every raw card on COMC, 45 cents off toploaded cards, and $1 off graded cards. Those are the embedded shipping costs for each card that COMC pre-loads into the price. So with it removed, you can see cards starting at 3-5 cents instead of 28-30 cents on site. Now instead of getting $3.99 flat rate shipping when you take deliveries, you pay that embedded fee as well. But it's better to buy 6 five cent cards to flip rather than 1 30 cent card to flip at a time.

COMC Mailboxes: Say you see a great lot of cards on eBay and you want to get them loaded to your COMC account: they have a mailbox service where you can change your delivery address in eBay to COMC (read the directions at https://www.comc.com/mailbox ) and they'll process the cards from your eBay purchase. It costs like $3 plus 60 cents per card, but the cards get deposited into your account within two weeks. So for small valuable lots, it can be worth it. Canadians and other foreigners can also use the COMC mailbox to have a U.S. shipping address to buy cards instead of Global Shipping Program. *Using COMC mailing address will now add the Washington state sales tax to your order on eBay and other online sellers who are following the new rules*

Storage Fees: COMC charges a penny a month for a storage fee on any card that is priced for more than 75 cents in Advanced Resellers Mode or $1 regularly. If you submitted the card, you get three months of free storage on it. If you start to have tens of thousands of cards for sale, you might switch to an upgraded account, where for $50/month you get free storage on cards priced less than $2.50 in ARM. Cards that are are marked for shipping or Not For Sale do not accrue a penny per month charge. Cards priced over $50 have a small additional monthly storage fee to cover some insurance costs, which starts immediately (no 3 month grace period).

Price maintenance: The bulk pricing tool works again; there is a COMC blog post on how to download and use it; be careful because prices update immediately. You can also sort your inventory to see which ones accrue the 1 cent storage fee, and which ones you haven't repriced in a long time.

Port Sales: Want to buy or sell thousands of cards in a single transaction? The Port Sales area is your place. If you're looking to clearance parts or your whole port, you can list them for sale. Be very careful when buying ports, because many sellers mark up cheap cards for much higher and you won't be getting the "deal" you think you are unless you inspect the port heavily.

Running Sales: Having a lull in sales of your cards? You can put them on % off sale for a fee of $1/11 days per ten thousand cards in your port plus 1% of the original price of the card. A sale applies to all card in your port, unless you specifically change the % off for each card you want to price differently. Check the sales pages regularly to find better prices for cards you want to buy or flip. If the cards on your Watch List go on sale, that will be noted on the page. You can sort the column each day to look for which cards are on sale.

Grading Submissions: COMC used to have BGS submissions, but cancelled them once the nonguaranteed submissions rose to 6-12 month return times. They have tried a PSA trial run, but have not opened up submission to either service yet. They will check your cards for $6 (used to be $2) each and give them a grade based on PSA's scale. I have used this service successfully confirming the condition of the cards that I bought on site, or increasing the value of the cards I submitted by getting them placed in a "NM-MT" bucket instead of just raw.

Challenges: The Challenges section can be found at the top left of your My Dashboard in the Buyer Menu. If there are categories with less than 100% complete, you can identify something (card number, serial number) 50 times and COMC will give you 100 History points for getting them all right. Earn 1000 history points (10 perfect games) and you also get a $1.00 in store credit. The History points allow you to click on cards through the bar graph picture and see how much that card has sold for in the past.

Sales Tax: If your state requires consignment companies to collect taxes on their behalf, you may be required to pay sales tax when making a purchase of store credit or a cart purchase without being logged in. (as of 4/1/2019)

COMCMax · 05-16-2018, 08:23 AM

Nice, gonna give them shot.

*Jk, I.would like to add they have the best costumer service on the web.

mjohnatgt · 05-16-2018, 08:28 AM

Didn't even know they sold costumes. Customer service? Well, they're okay. As they say, your mileage may vary. I've been fighting various issues with them for years, but generally they get resolved in a positive manner.

tyrodsports · 05-16-2018, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by mjohnatgt

Didn't even know they sold costumes. Customer service? Well, they're okay. As they say, your mileage may vary. I've been fighting various issues with them for years, but generally they get resolved in a positive manner.

Hey neighbor, I sure hope they have you on the payroll

JustMoe · 05-16-2018, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by tyrodsports

Hey neighbor, I sure hope they have you on the payroll

There usually seems to be a few "cheerleaders" for COMC, who tend to show a lot of team spirit for the company - even if they're not officially on the team.

mjohnatgt · 05-16-2018, 08:53 PM

I try to play it honestly. I wouldn't have nearly the collection I have amassed in the past three years if I hadn't found Blowout, Net54, and especially COMC. They're a great service, although not completely smooth.
The only "payment" I've gotten is about $800 in store credit for all the Challenges I've completed. But at $2/hour, it's not really a payment. They have been fair with me when I've tried to return items that were not as attractive as they appeared in the pictures.

bensie · 06-05-2018, 11:10 PM

Dumb question: where are the sales pages you speak of? When I look for sales, I just get big lists of usernames. No individual cards unless I click down through each user.

checkoutmydeals · 06-06-2018, 01:39 AM

Dumb question: where are the sales pages you speak of? When I look for sales, I just get big lists of usernames. No individual cards unless I click down through each user.

I think he is recommending that you should check the list of users who are having sales, and see if any new ones have been posted. Alternately, he is recommending that you put cards you want on your watch list and then see if any of the items in your watch list are ever on sale.

Pro tip: New sales are launched on the hour every hour, though sometimes there will be a few minutes delay before the new ones are up and running. So, if you checked for new sales at 10:05, there won't be any new sales until at least 11:00.

That being said, it's often the case that the best prices aren't offered at sales at all. A lot of times, people will just drop the price of something way cheap and then it sells.

mjohnatgt · 06-06-2018, 05:19 AM

https://www.comc.com/Promotions/Sale,sp
Correct. Use the various sorts to look for what you want. I have found very few sellers reduce prices on items individually, especially since the Bulk Price Editor has been broken for 1-2 years by now. Sure, it takes time to look through the sales posted, but you can keep track of the percent off that sellers are giving and go through their port when they're giving better discounts than they've given in the past.
I usually sort by Highest Price to see the big ticket items people are selling, and also the oldest.

cardsrus1 · 06-07-2018, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by checkoutmydeals

Dumb question: where are the sales pages you speak of? When I look for sales, I just get big lists of usernames. No individual cards unless I click down through each user.

I think he is recommending that you should check the list of users who are having sales, and see if any new ones have been posted. Alternately, he is recommending that you put cards you want on your watch list and then see if any of the items in your watch list are ever on sale.

Pro tip: New sales are launched on the hour every hour, though sometimes there will be a few minutes delay before the new ones are up and running. So, if you checked for new sales at 10:05, there won't be any new sales until at least 11:00.

That being said, it's often the case that the best prices aren't offered at sales at all. A lot of times, people will just drop the price of something way cheap and then it sells.

It would be nice if we had the ability to block certain sales from being listed, aka the 24/7/365 "sales" that run evvvvvvvery day!

mcgahee21nfl · 06-08-2018, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by mjohnatgt

I try to play it honestly. I wouldn't have nearly the collection I have amassed in the past three years if I hadn't found Blowout, Net54, and especially COMC. They're a great service, although not completely smooth.
The only "payment" I've gotten is about $800 in store credit for all the Challenges I've completed. But at $2/hour, it's not really a payment. They have been fair with me when I've tried to return items that were not as attractive as they appeared in the pictures.

looooool. no way.

mjohnatgt · 07-31-2018, 05:18 PM

If you're selling on eBay and you take a little time, you can identify which of your cards are crosslisted. Find a unique 1/1 or numbered card in your port and search for it on eBay. Most eBay listings will have a 3 digit code that corresponds to your account. (Mine is 0n8.)
Now search the seller comc_consignment for your 3-digit code like this:
https://www.ebay.com/dsc/m.html?_ssn...dkw=&_osacat=0
Replace my code 0n8 with your code to see what you have listed. I currently have about 19,000 cards for sale on COMC and 4,900 on eBay.

Pro tip: Once you've found out your code, you can see which of your items have the most page views by searching the Collectibles category for your code on Watchcount.
http://www.watchcount.com/
If you have items with a bunch of watchers, changing the price down by over 5% might get eBay to send your watchers an email saying that the price dropped, and you might make a sale. Your other option is to raise the price if you have a bunch of watchers, because some might notice all the additional interest in your card and buy it at the new price.

You can also use watchcount's search to figure out which cards to flip. If some routinely runs 70% off sales, but has watchers on those items at full price on eBay, that's a great card to buy on COMC and reprice. Say it was $100 originally on COMC, $30 on sale on COMC. Well, it was likely listed at $110 on eBay, due to COMC embedding the "free" shipping and insurance into the price. So you buy it for $30, reprice at $80. It looks like it's dropped $30 to your eBay watchers. When it sells, you collect $64 for a $34 profit. Then rinse and repeat.

Bowman1951 · 11-06-2018, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by mjohnatgt

If you're selling on eBay and you take a little time, you can identify which of your cards are crosslisted. Find a unique 1/1 or numbered card in your port and search for it on eBay. Most eBay listings will have a 3 digit code that corresponds to your account. (Mine is 0n8.)
Now search the seller comc_consignment for your 3-digit code like this:
https://www.ebay.com/dsc/m.html?_ssn...dkw=&_osacat=0
Replace my code 0n8 with your code to see what you have listed. I currently have about 19,000 cards for sale on COMC and 4,900 on eBay.

Pro tip: Once you've found out your code, you can see which of your items have the most page views by searching the Collectibles category for your code on Watchcount.
http://www.watchcount.com/
If you have items with a bunch of watchers, changing the price down by over 5% might get eBay to send your watchers an email saying that the price dropped, and you might make a sale. Your other option is to raise the price if you have a bunch of watchers, because some might notice all the additional interest in your card and buy it at the new price.

You can also use watchcount's search to figure out which cards to flip. If some routinely runs 70% off sales, but has watchers on those items at full price on eBay, that's a great card to buy on COMC and reprice. Say it was $100 originally on COMC, $30 on sale on COMC. Well, it was likely listed at $110 on eBay, due to COMC embedding the "free" shipping and insurance into the price. So you buy it for $30, reprice at $80. It looks like it's dropped $30 to your eBay watchers. When it sells, you collect $64 for a $34 profit. Then rinse and repeat.

This post was INCREDIBLE, the entire thread needs a bump anyway...

I was happy to see (from my super, duper top secret eBay selling account on COMC) that a large majority of my cards are cross listed. I was curious how I would know which ones were on there. The account is only a few weeks old and I've sold more on COMC than eBay so far but I'm sure that will change in time, especially now that I can see what is there and strategize from it.

I do have some questions about watchcount, though. I don't know how to narrow down the results. Say I'm searching for a particular Tom Brady card on the site, I've got TONS of search results to go through. How can I narrow it down to find the one posted to COMC? Or any card in particular that is being sold there, like your advice on potential flips?

sthoemke · 11-06-2018, 05:10 PM

"BGS submissions through COMC are temporarily suspended while BGS works through their backlog. We hope to resume our regular BGS grading services soon."

https://www.comc.com/grading

ih8ca · 11-06-2018, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JustMoe

There usually seems to be a few "cheerleaders" for COMC, who tend to show a lot of team spirit for the company - even if they're not officially on the team.

I will be a cheerleader with pom poms. They make me a ton of money.

mjohnatgt · 11-06-2018, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Bowman1951

How can I narrow it down to find the one posted to COMC? Or any card in particular that is being sold there, like your advice on potential flips?

http://www.watchcount.com/mw2.php?bkw=&bcat=0&bcts=&sfsb=Show+Me%21&csbin=all&bslr=Comc_consignment&bnp=&bxp=#serp
Then I normally look at the items in the Sale listings on COMC and identify those sellers' 3-digit codes.

mjohnatgt · 11-06-2018, 07:41 PM

Be on the lookout for announcements from COMC in the next couple of weeks.

ih8ca · 11-06-2018, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by mjohnatgt

Be on the lookout for announcements from COMC in the next couple of weeks.

What type of announcements?

3124508 on COMC · 11-06-2018, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ih8ca

What type of announcements?

Black Friday for one. And that could be all if you don't know of anything.

cardsrus1 · 11-07-2018, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ih8ca

What type of announcements?

Haven't you heard? Reduced cash-out fees are coming "sooooooooooooooon"

Bowman1951 · 11-07-2018, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by mjohnatgt

http://www.watchcount.com/mw2.php?bk...bnp=&bxp=#serp
Then I normally look at the items in the Sale listings on COMC and identify those sellers' 3-digit codes.

That link is perfect, thank you tons and tons!

CollectorsPlace · 11-07-2018, 07:24 PM

I hope they get SGC or PSA as a grading service! I just picked up a 33 Goudey Ruth on COMC that I would love to get graded before adding to my collection.

Budler · 11-07-2018, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ih8ca

What type of announcements?

Cutoff Date for Premium Submissions: November 16th

Black Friday is just a couple weeks away and we're eager to share our plans with you very soon!

That is what they are saying today.

3124508 on COMC · 11-07-2018, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Budler

Cutoff Date for Premium Submissions: November 16th

Black Friday is just a couple weeks away and we're eager to share our plans with you very soon!

That is what they are saying today.

Hahaha

ih8ca · 11-07-2018, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by CollectorsPlace

I hope they get SGC or PSA as a grading service! I just picked up a 33 Goudey Ruth on COMC that I would love to get graded before adding to my collection.

I can see this deal getting done soon.

05-16-2018, 08:04 AM	#1
mjohnatgt Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Niceville, FL Posts: 14,551 mjohnatgt mjohnatgt	COMC Primer So you have a bunch of sportscards you want to sell? Your options are normally yard sales, eBay, Craigslist, flea markets, etc. Well, consider www.comc.com for your sales venue. COMC is a sportscard warehouse in Redmond, WA outside of Seattle. They are a consignment company, meaning they will broker your cards for you with minimal effort on your part. Say you have 1000 cards you want to sell, ranging from $1-50. You mail them to COMC's address with a label that tells them they're from your account and you authorize them to process your cards and add them to your account. It will cost 30 cents per card, so $300.00. COMC will take the package from the post office, open it, inspect the cards for damage; they may return your modern 1980-present cards to you *change: now they process them just like the vintage buckets, or list your vintage cards in "buckets" like [Good to VG-EX] or [Poor to Fair]). They will then scan in all the cards and move them to storage. Over the course of the next two months, they will identify your cards (year, maker, player, variation) and add them to your account. Once in your account, you choose the price you want to list them at. You can see the price of the same card listed by other sellers when you set your price, so that you can choose to match, undercut, or increase your price if the condition is better, or you're willing to wait until the cheaper ones sell and yours becomes the cheapest over time. Once a card sells, COMC deposits 95% of the sale price* into your Store Credit account, then finds the card in the warehouse, packs it, and mails it across the world to the buyer. New submission costs in 2020: https://blog.comc.com/2020/02/28/com...rvices-update/ You now need to separate pre-1980 "vintage" and oddball cards into a separate submission group at 50 cents each, instead of the new 35 cent fee per modern/checklisted card. eBay/Amazon sales: Most cards listed on your account will be cross-posted to both eBay and Amazon, especially those listed for at least a $1. COMC will not charge you listing fees on either service, but upcharges the price of the card on those sites to cover their commission and shipping fees. Cashing Out: Say you've racked up some money in your account and want to get it back into your bank account. Now you request a cash out: the current fee is 10% of the money you're planning to remove from the site. So if you have $1,000 store credit, it converts to $900 cash. You can request either a check or PayPal deposit. PayPal deposits may take a few hours to days while checks may take a week or two. You can also convert your store credit to Blowoutcards.com gift cards or just buy cards on site and mail them to your home to resell locally or keep. Flipping: Since COMC is a warehouse with baseball cards from thousands of consignors, members with accounts can buy cards on site and then immediately reprice them to sell for higher. If you see a Ken Griffey Jr 1989 Upper Deck card that is priced at $10 and sells regulary for $20, you can buy it with $10 of your store credit and reprice it for $20. Once it sells, the $18 comes into your COMC store credit account (same $18 from eBay/Amazon). There are many users that flip cards on site in all different sports and nonsports. This helps pay for the cards they do want to buy for their personal collections. If you're going to flip cards, you should switch to Advanced Resellers Mode (ARM), because that will take a quarter off the price of every raw card on COMC, 45 cents off toploaded cards, and $1 off graded cards. Those are the embedded shipping costs for each card that COMC pre-loads into the price. So with it removed, you can see cards starting at 3-5 cents instead of 28-30 cents on site. Now instead of getting $3.99 flat rate shipping when you take deliveries, you pay that embedded fee as well. But it's better to buy 6 five cent cards to flip rather than 1 30 cent card to flip at a time. COMC Mailboxes: Say you see a great lot of cards on eBay and you want to get them loaded to your COMC account: they have a mailbox service where you can change your delivery address in eBay to COMC (read the directions at https://www.comc.com/mailbox ) and they'll process the cards from your eBay purchase. It costs like $3 plus 60 cents per card, but the cards get deposited into your account within two weeks. So for small valuable lots, it can be worth it. Canadians and other foreigners can also use the COMC mailbox to have a U.S. shipping address to buy cards instead of Global Shipping Program. *Using COMC mailing address will now add the Washington state sales tax to your order on eBay and other online sellers who are following the new rules* Storage Fees: COMC charges a penny a month for a storage fee on any card that is priced for more than 75 cents in Advanced Resellers Mode or $1 regularly. If you submitted the card, you get three months of free storage on it. If you start to have tens of thousands of cards for sale, you might switch to an upgraded account, where for $50/month you get free storage on cards priced less than $2.50 in ARM. Cards that are are marked for shipping or Not For Sale do not accrue a penny per month charge. Cards priced over $50 have a small additional monthly storage fee to cover some insurance costs, which starts immediately (no 3 month grace period). Price maintenance: The bulk pricing tool works again; there is a COMC blog post on how to download and use it; be careful because prices update immediately. You can also sort your inventory to see which ones accrue the 1 cent storage fee, and which ones you haven't repriced in a long time. Port Sales: Want to buy or sell thousands of cards in a single transaction? The Port Sales area is your place. If you're looking to clearance parts or your whole port, you can list them for sale. Be very careful when buying ports, because many sellers mark up cheap cards for much higher and you won't be getting the "deal" you think you are unless you inspect the port heavily. Running Sales: Having a lull in sales of your cards? You can put them on % off sale for a fee of $1/11 days per ten thousand cards in your port plus 1% of the original price of the card. A sale applies to all card in your port, unless you specifically change the % off for each card you want to price differently. Check the sales pages regularly to find better prices for cards you want to buy or flip. If the cards on your Watch List go on sale, that will be noted on the page. You can sort the column each day to look for which cards are on sale. Grading Submissions: COMC used to have BGS submissions, but cancelled them once the nonguaranteed submissions rose to 6-12 month return times. They have tried a PSA trial run, but have not opened up submission to either service yet. They will check your cards for $6 (used to be $2) each and give them a grade based on PSA's scale. I have used this service successfully confirming the condition of the cards that I bought on site, or increasing the value of the cards I submitted by getting them placed in a "NM-MT" bucket instead of just raw. Challenges: The Challenges section can be found at the top left of your My Dashboard in the Buyer Menu. If there are categories with less than 100% complete, you can identify something (card number, serial number) 50 times and COMC will give you 100 History points for getting them all right. Earn 1000 history points (10 perfect games) and you also get a $1.00 in store credit. The History points allow you to click on cards through the bar graph picture and see how much that card has sold for in the past. Sales Tax: If your state requires consignment companies to collect taxes on their behalf, you may be required to pay sales tax when making a purchase of store credit or a cart purchase without being logged in. (as of 4/1/2019) Last edited by mjohnatgt; 04-17-2020 at 08:18 PM. Reason: New fees in March 2020.

11-06-2018, 05:10 PM	#14
sthoemke Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Parts Unknown Posts: 6,460 sthoemke sthoemke	"BGS submissions through COMC are temporarily suspended while BGS works through their backlog. We hope to resume our regular BGS grading services soon." https://www.comc.com/grading __________________ [signature goes here]

05-16-2018, 08:23 AM	#2
COMCMax Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 8,912 Maximoose	Nice, gonna give them shot. *Jk, I.would like to add they have the best costumer service on the web.

05-16-2018, 08:28 AM	#3
mjohnatgt Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Niceville, FL Posts: 14,551 mjohnatgt mjohnatgt	Didn't even know they sold costumes. Customer service? Well, they're okay. As they say, your mileage may vary. I've been fighting various issues with them for years, but generally they get resolved in a positive manner.

05-16-2018, 08:53 PM	#6
mjohnatgt Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Niceville, FL Posts: 14,551 mjohnatgt mjohnatgt	I try to play it honestly. I wouldn't have nearly the collection I have amassed in the past three years if I hadn't found Blowout, Net54, and especially COMC. They're a great service, although not completely smooth. The only "payment" I've gotten is about $800 in store credit for all the Challenges I've completed. But at $2/hour, it's not really a payment. They have been fair with me when I've tried to return items that were not as attractive as they appeared in the pictures.

06-05-2018, 11:10 PM	#7
bensie Banned Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Desert Posts: 312	Dumb question: where are the sales pages you speak of? When I look for sales, I just get big lists of usernames. No individual cards unless I click down through each user.

06-06-2018, 01:39 AM	#8
checkoutmydeals Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: USA Posts: 3,038 king-collect checkoutmydeals	Dumb question: where are the sales pages you speak of? When I look for sales, I just get big lists of usernames. No individual cards unless I click down through each user. I think he is recommending that you should check the list of users who are having sales, and see if any new ones have been posted. Alternately, he is recommending that you put cards you want on your watch list and then see if any of the items in your watch list are ever on sale. Pro tip: New sales are launched on the hour every hour, though sometimes there will be a few minutes delay before the new ones are up and running. So, if you checked for new sales at 10:05, there won't be any new sales until at least 11:00. That being said, it's often the case that the best prices aren't offered at sales at all. A lot of times, people will just drop the price of something way cheap and then it sells.

06-06-2018, 05:19 AM	#9
mjohnatgt Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Niceville, FL Posts: 14,551 mjohnatgt mjohnatgt	https://www.comc.com/Promotions/Sale,sp Correct. Use the various sorts to look for what you want. I have found very few sellers reduce prices on items individually, especially since the Bulk Price Editor has been broken for 1-2 years by now. Sure, it takes time to look through the sales posted, but you can keep track of the percent off that sellers are giving and go through their port when they're giving better discounts than they've given in the past. I usually sort by Highest Price to see the big ticket items people are selling, and also the oldest.

07-31-2018, 05:18 PM	#12
mjohnatgt Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Niceville, FL Posts: 14,551 mjohnatgt mjohnatgt	If you're selling on eBay and you take a little time, you can identify which of your cards are crosslisted. Find a unique 1/1 or numbered card in your port and search for it on eBay. Most eBay listings will have a 3 digit code that corresponds to your account. (Mine is 0n8.) Now search the seller comc_consignment for your 3-digit code like this: https://www.ebay.com/dsc/m.html?_ssn...dkw=&_osacat=0 Replace my code 0n8 with your code to see what you have listed. I currently have about 19,000 cards for sale on COMC and 4,900 on eBay. Pro tip: Once you've found out your code, you can see which of your items have the most page views by searching the Collectibles category for your code on Watchcount. http://www.watchcount.com/ If you have items with a bunch of watchers, changing the price down by over 5% might get eBay to send your watchers an email saying that the price dropped, and you might make a sale. Your other option is to raise the price if you have a bunch of watchers, because some might notice all the additional interest in your card and buy it at the new price. You can also use watchcount's search to figure out which cards to flip. If some routinely runs 70% off sales, but has watchers on those items at full price on eBay, that's a great card to buy on COMC and reprice. Say it was $100 originally on COMC, $30 on sale on COMC. Well, it was likely listed at $110 on eBay, due to COMC embedding the "free" shipping and insurance into the price. So you buy it for $30, reprice at $80. It looks like it's dropped $30 to your eBay watchers. When it sells, you collect $64 for a $34 profit. Then rinse and repeat.

11-06-2018, 07:41 PM	#17
mjohnatgt Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Niceville, FL Posts: 14,551 mjohnatgt mjohnatgt	Be on the lookout for announcements from COMC in the next couple of weeks.

11-07-2018, 07:24 PM	#22
CollectorsPlace Member Join Date: May 2018 Location: Boston Posts: 27 CollectorsPlace	I hope they get SGC or PSA as a grading service! I just picked up a 33 Goudey Ruth on COMC that I would love to get graded before adding to my collection.