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[checkoutmydeals]

I bought an incorrectly labeled card back on 3/12 for $99.25. title says "2020 Marvel Masterpieces Battle Spectra Gems" and also says /99. This was a pretty good deal for a battle spectra gem so I jumped on it right away. Idiotically, I didnt look closely at it. For anyone who knows, the darker scans on COMC can make it hard to tell apart the blue background from base background on these.

Looking through my inventory today, turns out it was a base battle spectra, unnumbered, probably not worth more than $8 or so. I got duped.

Does COMC take any responsibility in this, since it is an incorrectly labeled card? Do I have any options?

It was probably an epack card. If so, they might have accidentally sent you the regular version instead of the numbered version. Most ePack cards say "Stock Image" on them. But the numbered ePack cards are individually scanned. COMC keeps all scans of every card forever. Find the card in your sales history and look at the back. If it's the numbered Battle Spectra Gems card, it will have a serial number on the scan. If so, the card you bought actually does exist and is probably in the COMC warehouse and you should probably be able to eventually get that exact card.

Recently, I had an ePack card reprocessed as Elite. When it came back, the card they processed was a similar looking card from the same set, but the wrong card. After a couple of tickets, they eventually got the right card scanned and put into my account.

It was a bit easier, since the cards were still in the COMC warehouse. But I would think that it's likely a similar thing happened to you.

They did handle my issue very quickly, within a matter of hours. So they seem to be much more responsive now than they were in the depths of the Covid days.

[checkoutmydeals]

Again the money is not tied up one bit as it takes a half of a second to cancel it if someone wanted to.

If you make an offer on an individual card or a group of cards, the money comes out of your COMC account and is held in Purgatory while the offer is active.

If you make an offer on a port which is being sold through COMC's port sale feature, you only have to come up with the money if the buyer accepts, within a certain amount of time. So your money is not being tied up in this instance.

[Budler]

Originally Posted by DynaEtch

This is true, but the entire point of an offer is to see if the other person accepts it or not. I mean I could send an offer then retract it in like 5 sec, but then what am I even doing, what's the point. I generally want to know if the other person accepts it, and with the money unsuable during that time I could see why someone might consider it tied up.

You dont know how often that person checks COMC and the offers received. I'm at the point as a buyer that I give it until the end of that day, then retract, I dont like the chances of the offer getting accepted much after that.

Myself as a buyer over many years on COMC. I have learned a lot about a lot of the sellers. This goes for only cards I'm buying and may be different for other cards.

1. Some sellers let you make offers but will not accept any offers even a nickel lower. They reject them all
2. Some sellers will reject and raise their prices. More then one seller now days.
3. Some sellers wait until the last minute to accept your offer. Maybe waiting and hoping someone else will buy it at a higher price.
4. Some sellers allow offers up to 50% off but only accept say 10% off. Maybe they will accept offers on some cards at a high % off.
5. Some sellers allow all of the offers to expire and do not reject or count at all
6. Some sellers set their prices and the price never moves. No offers or no discounts (during Black Friday) or sales
7. Some sellers will counter with only 1 or 2 % off their asking prices


Over the years I have also seen sellers change their way of doing things.

1. One sellers I purchased a lot of cards from years ago because of his prices always being fair, now his prices are high and will not take offers
2. A couple of sellers who never did sales are now doing sales at 10% off or less.
3. A couple of sellers have lowered their prices but still a little high side on most of their cards.

When it is all said and done the seller will do what is best for them and the buyer will do what is best for them. Each to it own.

[fungi2510]

Originally Posted by Dragonman

Again the money is not tied up one bit as it takes a half of a second to cancel it if someone wanted to.

Do you understand the meaning of the word petty? It is stupid and frivolous, I get that. I am still doing it.

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by checkoutmydeals

It was probably an epack card. If so, they might have accidentally sent you the regular version instead of the numbered version. Most ePack cards say "Stock Image" on them. But the numbered ePack cards are individually scanned. COMC keeps all scans of every card forever. Find the card in your sales history and look at the back. If it's the numbered Battle Spectra Gems card, it will have a serial number on the scan. If so, the card you bought actually does exist and is probably in the COMC warehouse and you should probably be able to eventually get that exact card.

Recently, I had an ePack card reprocessed as Elite. When it came back, the card they processed was a similar looking card from the same set, but the wrong card. After a couple of tickets, they eventually got the right card scanned and put into my account.

It was a bit easier, since the cards were still in the COMC warehouse. But I would think that it's likely a similar thing happened to you.

They did handle my issue very quickly, within a matter of hours. So they seem to be much more responsive now than they were in the depths of the Covid days.

To clarify, this wasnt in a shipment to me, it was all noticed online. I bought a card labeled "Spectra Gem /99", but the pictures are of a base unnumbered spectra (checked back on my purchase history just to make sure- pictures are of base). Just sat in my inventory for a couple weeks, without looking at it or doing anything with it. A couple days ago I was randomly looking through COMC inventory and noticed the card is indeed a base, with the title "Spectra Gem /99". Under the actual card where it has the info, instead of saying a specific serial number, say 43/99, it just said Qty: 99, which is obviously false for the base, they arent numbered.

I assume it's a case of COMC people just putting the base into the wrong title bucket. I do question the original seller a bit though: I imagine they knew this was a base since its their card, and no one asks $99.25 for a base of this, they arent worth more than $8-10. It's likely they saw the mislabled card, then decided to capitalize on it by asking near Battle Spectra Gem prices. Just a theory.

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by Budler

2. Some sellers will reject and raise their prices. More then one seller now days.

I've noticed this more now, and it makes me think twice before offering on a card that I really want and there's only one or two listed. My theory as to why sellers do this:

-Seller's attention is brought to the card with the offer, maybe looks at what else is available, and if they are the only one, or lowest, they raise prices accordingly.

-Seller knows you are interested in the card, by sending an offer you are displaying interest, thus they feel they have the upper hand in the situation and may increase price.

-To be vindictive or petty, annoyed by a buyer offering too low.

Just something I keep in mind now before sending offers on a card I really want.

[papercards]

Originally Posted by Sonnys88

Anyone else seeing delays in COMC listings being uploaded to eBay?

All of my new listings within the past 5 days have not been listed on eBay. They are all the lowest-prices on COMC and some are the only examples on COMC. None are "stored remotely".

Just curious if it is a site-wide delay or not... Usually my new listings are cross-listed to eBay the same day.

Yeah I noticed the same recently. I have had newly listed cards that were elite and those are usually up within minutes at times. I also lowered some prices to reflect a lower price showing on Ebay, and the price never changed and it has been days.

[Sonnys88]

Originally Posted by papercards

Yeah I noticed the same recently. I have had newly listed cards that were elite and those are usually up within minutes at times. I also lowered some prices to reflect a lower price showing on Ebay, and the price never changed and it has been days.

Thanks for the feedback. Glad its just not me then.

I just checked their eBay listings and it appears that new cross-listings stopped on March 19th. I remember this happening before when eBay made a change to listing requirements / details. Maybe there is another software or data issue that COMC needs to correct in order for cross-listing to work again.

Hopefully it gets sorted out soon...

[checkoutmydeals]

To clarify, this wasnt in a shipment to me, it was all noticed online. I bought a card labeled "Spectra Gem /99", but the pictures are of a base unnumbered spectra (checked back on my purchase history just to make sure- pictures are of base). Just sat in my inventory for a couple weeks, without looking at it or doing anything with it. A couple days ago I was randomly looking through COMC inventory and noticed the card is indeed a base, with the title "Spectra Gem /99". Under the actual card where it has the info, instead of saying a specific serial number, say 43/99, it just said Qty: 99, which is obviously false for the base, they arent numbered.

I assume it's a case of COMC people just putting the base into the wrong title bucket. I do question the original seller a bit though: I imagine they knew this was a base since its their card, and no one asks $99.25 for a base of this, they arent worth more than $8-10. It's likely they saw the mislabled card, then decided to capitalize on it by asking near Battle Spectra Gem prices. Just a theory.

It sounds like that was a card which was submitted to COMC (probably pack-pulled) and listed by them as /99. You should be able to contact COMC and get a refund, since it was their error. If they won't, I would contact them again, preferably by phone, if they're taking phone calls now.

It isn't guaranteed that the seller was aware of this and trying to screw the buyer. I've had it both ways, where a card I submitted was listed as a cheaper parallel, and where a card I've submitted was listed as a more expensive parallel. If I don't check the listing on each and every card, I might list the item for a bit lower than the cheapest seller and forget about it.

Bear in mind that some people submit thousands of cards to COMC at a time, and sometimes hundreds or even thousands of them will pop overnight. If it's a large seller, they might have hundreds or thousands of unpriced cards in their port as well.

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by checkoutmydeals

To clarify, this wasnt in a shipment to me, it was all noticed online. I bought a card labeled "Spectra Gem /99", but the pictures are of a base unnumbered spectra (checked back on my purchase history just to make sure- pictures are of base). Just sat in my inventory for a couple weeks, without looking at it or doing anything with it. A couple days ago I was randomly looking through COMC inventory and noticed the card is indeed a base, with the title "Spectra Gem /99". Under the actual card where it has the info, instead of saying a specific serial number, say 43/99, it just said Qty: 99, which is obviously false for the base, they arent numbered.

I assume it's a case of COMC people just putting the base into the wrong title bucket. I do question the original seller a bit though: I imagine they knew this was a base since its their card, and no one asks $99.25 for a base of this, they arent worth more than $8-10. It's likely they saw the mislabled card, then decided to capitalize on it by asking near Battle Spectra Gem prices. Just a theory.

It sounds like that was a card which was submitted to COMC (probably pack-pulled) and listed by them as /99. You should be able to contact COMC and get a refund, since it was their error. If they won't, I would contact them again, preferably by phone, if they're taking phone calls now.

It isn't guaranteed that the seller was aware of this and trying to screw the buyer. I've had it both ways, where a card I submitted was listed as a cheaper parallel, and where a card I've submitted was listed as a more expensive parallel. If I don't check the listing on each and every card, I might list the item for a bit lower than the cheapest seller and forget about it.

Bear in mind that some people submit thousands of cards to COMC at a time, and sometimes hundreds or even thousands of them will pop overnight. If it's a large seller, they might have hundreds or thousands of unpriced cards in their port as well.

They already fixed the problem, posted about it above- COMC was very quick to correct it and refund the purchase amount.

As for whether the seller knew, yes true you can’t know anything for sure, I’m just a bit suspicious given the circumstances. No one prices a base spectra of this card for that much, 10x market price, and if it’s a pack pulled card sent in, I imagine the person would know they had a Spectra Gem or not- they are pretty obvious in person. Oh well, it doesn’t really matter either way. I wonder what COMC does here: do they actually take back the money from that seller and replace their card, or does COMC just eat it.

[checkoutmydeals]

Napoleon Bonaparte once said, "Never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by incompetence."

This runs through my head maybe 200 times a day when I'm on COMC.

[mjohnatgt]

Originally Posted by DynaEtch

I wonder what COMC does here: do they actually take back the money from that seller and replace their card, or does COMC just eat it.

In this case, it's probably getting returned to the seller. In the case they damage something, normally they buy the card and then attempt to sell it on a Staff account.

[canadianwaxjunk]

i have a question for you all. i just made a submission and an inordinate number of my cards ended up in the "Good to VG-EX" bucket. Like cards that were pretty tight and clean with no obvious issues. at worst, the corners might have been a little soft. Anyone else have an issue like this? I clicked on the [wrong] link and submitted a [wrong condition/grade] report with an explanation on one and it came back at "EX to NM". Should i go through each one that I think is mis-bucketed and submit error reports? To me, it just seems like my whole batch was unreasonably harshly categorized.

[mjohnatgt]

Originally Posted by canadianwaxjunk

i have a question for you all. i just made a submission and an inordinate number of my cards ended up in the "Good to VG-EX" bucket. Like cards that were pretty tight and clean with no obvious issues. at worst, the corners might have been a little soft. Anyone else have an issue like this? I clicked on the [wrong] link and submitted a [wrong condition/grade] report with an explanation on one and it came back at "EX to NM". Should i go through each one that I think is mis-bucketed and submit error reports? To me, it just seems like my whole batch was unreasonably harshly categorized.

You should use the support button and explain what happened. Most likely, someone left the setting on too long when they were entering your cards. Otherwise, submit error reports for them.

[Sonnys88]

Originally Posted by papercards

Yeah I noticed the same recently. I have had newly listed cards that were elite and those are usually up within minutes at times. I also lowered some prices to reflect a lower price showing on Ebay, and the price never changed and it has been days.

Just to update...

I contacted COMC customer support asking why all fixed-priced sports listings stopped being cross-listed to eBay on March 19th, and when would they resume - and was told that it is all automated and could take days or weeks.

So, just know as of now and since March 19th, only non-sports cards have been cross-listed to eBay. Any fixed-price sports cards that you are listing / re-pricing are not being cross-listed at the moment.

[canadianwaxjunk]

Originally Posted by mjohnatgt

You should use the support button and explain what happened. Most likely, someone left the setting on too long when they were entering your cards. Otherwise, submit error reports for them.

thanks for the feedback. i'll do exactly as you suggested.

[canadianwaxjunk]

Originally Posted by mjohnatgt

You should use the support button and explain what happened. Most likely, someone left the setting on too long when they were entering your cards. Otherwise, submit error reports for them.

i submitted error reports and within an hour or two many of the condition assignments changed. it's mostly satisfactory now. it's not a transparent process but it seemed to work.

[TakaTanakaGiant]

Originally Posted by canadianwaxjunk

i submitted error reports and within an hour or two many of the condition assignments changed. it's mostly satisfactory now. it's not a transparent process but it seemed to work.

Thanks for this update. I’ve had this issue with some of my recently added items as well. I will try submitting error reports.

[discodanman45]

How long are they taking right now to confirm they have received packages? Mine was picked up Friday last week. Never sent them anything before, so I don't know that process.

[Sonnys88]

Originally Posted by discodanman45

How long are they taking right now to confirm they have received packages? Mine was picked up Friday last week. Never sent them anything before, so I don't know that process.

They usually confirm receipt within a day or two, but since they are running a submission promotion that ends on April 1, they are probably getting an influx of submissions right now. So, it may take a few more days for submissions to be logged in. During their last promotion, it took 4 or 5 days after my package was delivered for them to confirm receipt.

[discodanman45]

Originally Posted by Sonnys88

They usually confirm receipt within a day or two, but since they are running a submission promotion that ends on April 1, they are probably getting an influx of submissions right now. So, it may take a few more days for submissions to be logged in. During their last promotion, it took 4 or 5 days after my package was delivered for them to confirm receipt.

Thanks for that! I am sending another order or two in the next few days to get it there by Friday. Always on pins and needles until the package is confirmed!

[mc1]

Originally Posted by Sonnys88

They usually confirm receipt within a day or two, but since they are running a submission promotion that ends on April 1, they are probably getting an influx of submissions right now. So, it may take a few more days for submissions to be logged in. During their last promotion, it took 4 or 5 days after my package was delivered for them to confirm receipt.

1-2 business days. As you said, could take up to 3-4 business days.

[Saraste]

I dropped off a batch of cards at the local po here in Florida at noon on Saturday. It was out for delivery this afternoon. It may not show up as received for a couple of days as others have noted, but to go cross country in 1 business day (regular Priority mail box) is something I have never seen before. I was just hoping for them to get it before the special ended.

[alpine]

Originally Posted by Saraste

I dropped off a batch of cards at the local po here in Florida at noon on Saturday. It was out for delivery this afternoon. It may not show up as received for a couple of days as others have noted, but to go cross country in 1 business day (regular Priority mail box) is something I have never seen before. I was just hoping for them to get it before the special ended.

From Florida to Washington in two days is great & matches a Medium Flat Rate I sent to COMC on Saturday the 19th. It was delivered on Monday the 21th. Of course I live in Nevada, but your box took the express elevator.

Personally, I have always had excellent luck mailing Priority packages on a normal Saturday without any holidays lurking nearby. My Select batch of cards were marked as received on Tuesday the 22nd & I posted a partial 242 card batch on Friday the 25th. Great service all around.

My COMC sales have been great & I am very appreciative.

[theshowandme]

Just had 90 cards load from a 200 card order that I sent end of February. I am happy.

Pricing them out now. Check out my page, I am a new COMC user. Don't hesitate to send an offer!