All I want to do is talk about COMC - Page 769

discodanman45 · 05-06-2022, 10:45 AM

I really wish there was more vintage and graded vintage on the site. It seems like there are two big-time vintage accounts that buy up everything when it is a decent deal and just mark it up to way above eBay pricing. The grading definitions of vintage is also not consistent. A lot of the "Good to VG-EX" cards are much better than the cards not designated with a grade.

I do love the platform though and hope more people try to unload vintage on there! Right now, I am using COMC for raw cards I want, HOF auto's, and I keep waiting for people to lower prices on the Smits cards I need for my PC. Just requested a shipment with 85 cards. Now to try to spend my $790 balance from my sales this past two weeks.

aguinness · 05-06-2022, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by discodanman45

I really wish there was more vintage and graded vintage on the site. It seems like there are two big-time vintage accounts that buy up everything when it is a decent deal and just mark it up to way above eBay pricing. The grading definitions of vintage is also not consistent. A lot of the "Good to VG-EX" cards are much better than the cards not designated with a grade.

I do love the platform though and hope more people try to unload vintage on there! Right now, I am using COMC for raw cards I want, HOF auto's, and I keep waiting for people to lower prices on the Smits cards I need for my PC. Just requested a shipment with 85 cards. Now to try to spend my $790 balance from my sales this past two weeks.

I'm with you on both fronts. But I suppose it's more up to the users/sellers to put more vintage on COMC.
As for the grading, at least the inconsistency can occasionally lead to a solid deal when those G-VG/EX cards are nicer than the bucket without any description!

k13 · 05-06-2022, 11:14 AM

Comc is the slowest place ever to send PayPal.
How the fuk does it take a week and still nothing.

Giroux · 05-06-2022, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by k13

Comc is the slowest place ever to send PayPal.

How the fuk does it take a week and still nothing.

Yeah my last one also took a week+. Maybe I'm misremembering but I thought my previous cash outs were faster.

mc1 · 05-06-2022, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by k13

Comc is the slowest place ever to send PayPal.
How the fuk does it take a week and still nothing.

Takes 4 business days for me. Always.

wizardsleeve12 · 05-06-2022, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by k13

Comc is the slowest place ever to send PayPal.
How the fuk does it take a week and still nothing.

Its always 4 biz days. It is what it is

Frankish · 05-06-2022, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by discodanman45

I really wish there was more vintage and graded vintage on the site. It seems like there are two big-time vintage accounts that buy up everything when it is a decent deal and just mark it up to way above eBay pricing. The grading definitions of vintage is also not consistent. A lot of the "Good to VG-EX" cards are much better than the cards not designated with a grade.

I do love the platform though and hope more people try to unload vintage on there!

Very good point! I'm not sure who the accounts are, but I do notice that the vintage cards I'm interested in often get snapped up. That said, I do sometime pick up some great bargains...admittedly in slightly more obscure stuff.

And I'm surprised there aren't a lot more raw vintage cards on COMC, just from a practical standpoint for sellers. I just sent in about 700 of them myself. If there is any interest/sales, I have plenty more to submit. It's hard to find good places to list or dispose of raw vintage. For 1980-present, I sent a bunch to DCSports87 and am happy. For graded vintage, there are plenty of options. But for pre-1980 raw cards that don't really rise the level of auction houses, etc, (and I guess for people like me that are too busy/lazy to ebay directly) I couldn't find a lot of options.

On the graded front, I don't expect they will get much market share. If PWCC collapses, then I'm sure some business will be driven to COMC. But graded cards in general seem to have a pretty established pricing, so sending them to ebay consigners, etc, is often just easiest for sellers.

sthoemke · 05-06-2022, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by discodanman45

I really wish there was more vintage and graded vintage on the site. It seems like there are two big-time vintage accounts that buy up everything when it is a decent deal and just mark it up to way above eBay pricing. The grading definitions of vintage is also not consistent. A lot of the "Good to VG-EX" cards are much better than the cards not designated with a grade.

I do love the platform though and hope more people try to unload vintage on there! Right now, I am using COMC for raw cards I want, HOF auto's, and I keep waiting for people to lower prices on the Smits cards I need for my PC. Just requested a shipment with 85 cards. Now to try to spend my $790 balance from my sales this past two weeks.

I think there are a lot less sellers sending in older/vintage cards since they raised processing fees from 30 to 50 cents.

Frankish · 05-06-2022, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by sthoemke

I think there are a lot less sellers sending in older/vintage cards since they raised processing fees from 30 to 50 cents.

That's a good point, especially when it comes to commons. But for $3, $5, $10 or even $50 cards, it just seems like a no brainer to me.

Again, I should point out that I'm too lazy to list $5 card on ebay....

hammerva · 05-06-2022, 06:25 PM

How are people able to set the minimum offers on cards in Inventory Manager? I can't see to find that. Do I have to specifically tell COMC to do it?

frenchquarter · 05-06-2022, 06:45 PM

Click on "Profiles and Options" under the account menu on the left side of your dashboard page.

scotthenrichs · 05-07-2022, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by scotthenrichs

Sent in close to 2000 on 4/1, checked in by 4/8, due date of 8/8 (economy) but I’ve already had the first 50 or so cards pop in the last couple days, getting about 15-25/day.

Another 300 cards listed in the last two days, I think it’s safe to say they’re only about four or five weeks out on listing most things via standard.

pjrussell · 05-08-2022, 10:48 AM

Sent my first submission and I'm wondering why some of my items say they are stored remotely and some are not. They were shipped in the same package (only 30 cards to Redmond). Any thoughts?

sthoemke · 05-08-2022, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by pjrussell

Sent my first submission and I'm wondering why some of my items say they are stored remotely and some are not. They were shipped in the same package (only 30 cards to Redmond). Any thoughts?

That's weird, but really doesn't matter until they get scanned/processed. Cards that are remote usually become non-remote in a few days anyways.

mc1 · 05-08-2022, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by pjrussell

Sent my first submission and I'm wondering why some of my items say they are stored remotely and some are not. They were shipped in the same package (only 30 cards to Redmond). Any thoughts?

It will go away, eventually.

pjrussell · 05-08-2022, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by sthoemke

That's weird, but really doesn't matter until they get scanned/processed. Cards that are remote usually become non-remote in a few days anyways.

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Originally Posted by mc1

It will go away, eventually.

Ok thanks for the help.

JunkWaxTwins · 05-09-2022, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by pjrussell

Sent my first submission and I'm wondering why some of my items say they are stored remotely and some are not. They were shipped in the same package (only 30 cards to Redmond). Any thoughts?

I asked CS about this for one of my submissions. They explained that while the submission is processing it'll still have that status until they're finished and the cards are stored in their final location.

theshowandme · 05-09-2022, 06:47 AM

Trying to sell my entire port via a port sale. Has anyone had luck doing this?

checkoutmydeals · 05-09-2022, 09:35 AM

Sent my first submission and I'm wondering why some of my items say they are stored remotely and some are not. They were shipped in the same package (only 30 cards to Redmond). Any thoughts?

When the Covid lockdowns began in March 2020, the local rule was that COMC could only have 10 people in the warehouse at any given time.

To get more processing done, they started processing some cards in locations other than the main warehouse.

Until those cards are in the main warehouse, they are marked as "Stored Remotely". This usually lasts for a few days at most.

salthill · 05-09-2022, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by theshowandme

Trying to sell my entire port via a port sale. Has anyone had luck doing this?

What discount are you applying to the port? You won’t get full value for all the cards in a port sale.

checkoutmydeals · 05-09-2022, 11:05 AM

Trying to sell my entire port via a port sale. Has anyone had luck doing this?

People sell ports all the time, but you need to have realistic expectations. If you have decent cards and rational prices, you should expect to get offers of about 20%-25% of total asking price for the port. If you have time, it's preferable to have progressively larger sales (example: 50% for 10 days, 60% for 10 days, 70% off for 10 days, and so on). Or, simply lower the prices over time either manually or using the bulk repricing tool.

When you get to where your port is 75% / 80% / 85% off, you might then either offer it as a port, or you can go into the "Spam your COMC" section of Blowoutcards forum to let people know you are open to selling the whole port. If there's a flipper who is consistently buying your cards, and if they are active on these boards or somewhere else, you might send them a quick note asking if they want to buy your whole port.

In general, port buying is similar to a seller at the end of a show who offers their whole table to someone for some price.

theshowandme · 05-09-2022, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by theshowandme

Trying to sell my entire port via a port sale. Has anyone had luck doing this?

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Originally Posted by salthill

What discount are you applying to the port? You won’t get full value for all the cards in a port sale.

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Originally Posted by checkoutmydeals

Trying to sell my entire port via a port sale. Has anyone had luck doing this?

People sell ports all the time, but you need to have realistic expectations. If you have decent cards and rational prices, you should expect to get offers of about 20%-25% of total asking price for the port. If you have time, it's preferable to have progressively larger sales (example: 50% for 10 days, 60% for 10 days, 70% off for 10 days, and so on). Or, simply lower the prices over time either manually or using the bulk repricing tool.

When you get to where your port is 75% / 80% / 85% off, you might then either offer it as a port, or you can go into the "Spam your COMC" section of Blowoutcards forum to let people know you are open to selling the whole port. If there's a flipper who is consistently buying your cards, and if they are active on these boards or somewhere else, you might send them a quick note asking if they want to buy your whole port.

In general, port buying is similar to a seller at the end of a show who offers their whole table to someone for some price.

40% off - I have spammed the thread. Thanks guys!

boxbuster7 · 05-09-2022, 01:28 PM

Going to echo what checkoutmydeals said. Running a progressive sale is the best way to get rid of stuff. I don't even look at port sales since most of them are overpriced.

TakaTanakaGiant · 05-10-2022, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by boxbuster7

Going to echo what checkoutmydeals said. Running a progressive sale is the best way to get rid of stuff. I don't even look at port sales since most of them are overpriced.

Same here. When COMC was really backed up and service was bad, people were dumping ports for pretty cheap. Granted they were smaller ones, but I was getting some great margins.

Frankish · 05-10-2022, 09:31 AM

A quick question, as I'm new to COMC.

Some items listed for sale on COMC also show up as BIN items on ebay. How is that determined? Are they submitted for listing by the seller (I can only find the instructions for submitting to auction not the COMC store)? Or are those from COMC's own inventory?

Thanks in advance!

05-06-2022, 10:45 AM	#19201
discodanman45 Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: CA Posts: 9,747 danch27	I really wish there was more vintage and graded vintage on the site. It seems like there are two big-time vintage accounts that buy up everything when it is a decent deal and just mark it up to way above eBay pricing. The grading definitions of vintage is also not consistent. A lot of the "Good to VG-EX" cards are much better than the cards not designated with a grade. I do love the platform though and hope more people try to unload vintage on there! Right now, I am using COMC for raw cards I want, HOF auto's, and I keep waiting for people to lower prices on the Smits cards I need for my PC. Just requested a shipment with 85 cards. Now to try to spend my $790 balance from my sales this past two weeks. __________________ Updating my entire collection on Card Ladder. Lots to go... https://www.cardladder.com/showcase/IOBB7AY2qTVVKSgU9Aqj02kfF4I3

05-06-2022, 06:25 PM	#19210
hammerva Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Posts: 593	How are people able to set the minimum offers on cards in Inventory Manager? I can't see to find that. Do I have to specifically tell COMC to do it? Last edited by hammerva; 05-06-2022 at 06:29 PM.

05-06-2022, 06:45 PM	#19211
frenchquarter Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 709 buymycards! frenchquartercards	offers Click on "Profiles and Options" under the account menu on the left side of your dashboard page.

05-09-2022, 01:28 PM	#19223
boxbuster7 Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 12,499 boxbuster777	Going to echo what checkoutmydeals said. Running a progressive sale is the best way to get rid of stuff. I don't even look at port sales since most of them are overpriced. __________________ Psa 9 > psa 10

05-06-2022, 11:14 AM	#19203
k13 Banned Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 12,617	Comc is the slowest place ever to send PayPal. How the fuk does it take a week and still nothing.

05-08-2022, 10:48 AM	#19213
pjrussell Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Bridgeport, OH Posts: 298 pjrussell	Sent my first submission and I'm wondering why some of my items say they are stored remotely and some are not. They were shipped in the same package (only 30 cards to Redmond). Any thoughts?

05-09-2022, 06:47 AM	#19218
theshowandme Member Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 5,060 theshowandme nova_cards	Trying to sell my entire port via a port sale. Has anyone had luck doing this?

05-09-2022, 09:35 AM	#19219
checkoutmydeals Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: USA Posts: 3,040 king-collect checkoutmydeals	Sent my first submission and I'm wondering why some of my items say they are stored remotely and some are not. They were shipped in the same package (only 30 cards to Redmond). Any thoughts? When the Covid lockdowns began in March 2020, the local rule was that COMC could only have 10 people in the warehouse at any given time. To get more processing done, they started processing some cards in locations other than the main warehouse. Until those cards are in the main warehouse, they are marked as "Stored Remotely". This usually lasts for a few days at most.

05-09-2022, 11:05 AM	#19221
checkoutmydeals Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: USA Posts: 3,040 king-collect checkoutmydeals	Trying to sell my entire port via a port sale. Has anyone had luck doing this? People sell ports all the time, but you need to have realistic expectations. If you have decent cards and rational prices, you should expect to get offers of about 20%-25% of total asking price for the port. If you have time, it's preferable to have progressively larger sales (example: 50% for 10 days, 60% for 10 days, 70% off for 10 days, and so on). Or, simply lower the prices over time either manually or using the bulk repricing tool. When you get to where your port is 75% / 80% / 85% off, you might then either offer it as a port, or you can go into the "Spam your COMC" section of Blowoutcards forum to let people know you are open to selling the whole port. If there's a flipper who is consistently buying your cards, and if they are active on these boards or somewhere else, you might send them a quick note asking if they want to buy your whole port. In general, port buying is similar to a seller at the end of a show who offers their whole table to someone for some price.

05-10-2022, 09:31 AM	#19225
Frankish Member Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 171 gardenish FrankPT	A quick question, as I'm new to COMC. Some items listed for sale on COMC also show up as BIN items on ebay. How is that determined? Are they submitted for listing by the seller (I can only find the instructions for submitting to auction not the COMC store)? Or are those from COMC's own inventory? Thanks in advance!