All I want to do is talk about COMC

[Crosby 87]

Originally Posted by Rabs

With 26 cards shouldn't standard shipping be $12.49 not $16.49?

$5.99 plus $6.50 (0.25 x 26)?

8 toploaders ? (.50 ×8= $4 difference)

[lahmejoon1]

I've always purchased in reseller mode in the off-chance I buy something to try to flip. I mentally note when I buy for PC I'll be paying an extra $0.25 on each card, so I bake that into what I know I'm paying.

For cards purchased in reseller mode, I tried a a few variations up to 10 cards:

For standard, it looks like it's $5.99, plus $0.25 for the first card (got $6.24 for one card) and then $0.50 per card thereafter.

For bulk, it's $19.99 plus $0.25 per card

So, it would seem 57 cards is the break-even. After 57, bulk is cheaper. Still, at 57 cards, that would cost $0.60 per card shipping. Marginally cheaper per card as you increase using bulk.

200 cards would end up at $0.35 per card using bulk, versus the $0.28 per card it would have cost under the old policy.

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by Rabs

With 26 cards shouldn't standard shipping be $12.49 not $16.49?

$5.99 plus $6.50 (0.25 x 26)?

Hmmm not sure what’s going on there. 26 cards…none imported from ePack…bought through comc and I’m not on advanced reseller mode. Bulk you’d think would be $19.99 also but it’s a bit higher. Not sure why. I never add toploaders, waste of money…comc typically toploads any higher $ cards on their own anyway. So it’s not that.

Only thing I can think of is do they tack on a bit for insured value purposes. Like these 26 cards- they’re not high end but also not totally cheap, and many in the $10-30 range a piece and one is $130. Does comc charge for that to be insured maybe? Not sure why else it’s over $16 for standard here

[DynaEtch]

Originally Posted by Budler

Lot of us collectors buy in the simple mode. Now I am wondering if more will do the advance mode waiting to pay the 25-cent handling fee when shipped. They will get the same amount but not when one buys a card but when shipped and that may be longer for me it may be a year or longer.

I’m beginning to question why do I even buy in the non-reseller mode. If I’m understanding correctly, it’s the same amount, you just pay it upfront using the collector mode, vs at ship time when using advanced reseller mode. May as well just use advanced reseller then, in the chance I do flip it. But regardless of that…who wants to pay it earlier anyway. Struggling to find any perks at all to being in collector mode.

[lahmejoon1]

Originally Posted by DynaEtch

I’m beginning to question why do I even buy in the non-reseller mode. If I’m understanding correctly, it’s the same amount, you just pay it upfront using the collector mode, vs at ship time when using advanced reseller mode. May as well just use advanced reseller then, in the chance I do flip it. But regardless of that…who wants to pay it earlier anyway. Struggling to find any perks at all to being in collector mode.

Yeah, I don't find the benefit of being in simplified mode, other than if you aren't able to budget for the fact that you will pay more at the time of shipping, then maybe paying the handling fee when you buy the card doesn't make it feel so bad when you get to the shipping phase. I switched a long time ago.

[pfb11]

Originally Posted by CollectTheU

I agree. Their entire business model was a flat rate shipping, regardless of the number of cards. But their new flat rate of $20 is absurd and their standard rate of $5.99 plus 25 cents per card is the same you can get from myriad sellers on ebay. They should have warned us about the change so we could have shipped under the old rate. I used to love COMC. This will kill their business.

Absolutely bananas.

This makes the 'Simplified shipping mode' even more confusing. You are paying the .25 as part of the purchase, but then have to pay another 25 cents to ship it home. The whole point of the simplified shipping mode was to not have additional shipping costs and just pay the flat rate.

I can't believe they didn't give any sort of 'grace period' because now all the items we've purchased just got 25 cents (minimum) more expensive (unless you are going to do bulk). I'm not happy about that.

This is really going to hurt their low end market and now these cards may never sell or sit forever.

I had no idea they implemented this as they don't have any alerts/warning/notices on their website. I didn't get this blog post, so if I never saw these posts on BO, I would not have had any clue until I went to request my shipment. Instead of stupid pop-ups about TCG there should be notices about the increased shipping costs.

Typical COMC fashion that they don't care about their users.

Yes, a lot more confusing. And our cards that are already on the site just became a lot less valuable. All the cards I've bought to flip are going to be a lot harder to flip.

[Budler]

Originally Posted by lahmejoon1

Yeah, I don't find the benefit of being in simplified mode, other than if you aren't able to budget for the fact that you will pay more at the time of shipping, then maybe paying the handling fee when you buy the card doesn't make it feel so bad when you get to the shipping phase. I switched a long time ago.

I started buying cards when you do not know what the shipping cost as going to be until you requested an order as it was figured on the weigh. I was surprised a couple of times. Then come flat rate, then handling fee.

When the two different ways to buy come along. I used the advance mode. More cards per money I put in. I had to plan on when I requested shipment to the month not the number of cards. I went to simple mode after a year or so, as I was shipping (100 cards or more) every few months so I figure it was not a big deal and I could budget it better in simple mode doing it that way (100 cards at a time). Hoping I would get free shipping once or twice a year. The last couple of years my buying has gotten to the point (way fewer cards) that advance mode may be better for me now.

I have complained about the prices of the cards I buy and now I need to add on another 25-cent. It may take me a year or more to get to where bulk shipment is worth it.

[QuinEarlyDoucet]

So now shipping is 19.99 ? Is this real? Trying to ship 100 cards here and it used to be much cheaper. Cool.

[CicadaMound]

TCDB guys are super pissed off about this, and they're especially salty about the shipping credit delay.

[sthoemke]

So, now 25 cents shipping on top of 25 cents shipping per card?!?

Sounds like COMC wants to promote/focus on larger bulk orders, but what a surprising way to destroy your customer base for small orders, set builders, etc.

[sthoemke]

COMC is constantly stalling while pricing cards... It's so annoying...

[Rabs]

Originally Posted by lahmejoon1

Yeah, I don't find the benefit of being in simplified mode, other than if you aren't able to budget for the fact that you will pay more at the time of shipping, then maybe paying the handling fee when you buy the card doesn't make it feel so bad when you get to the shipping phase. I switched a long time ago.

But now in reseller mode if you decide to ship the card you have to pay $0.25 and then another $0.25 (the new added shipping per card) vs. only paying the $0.25 extra to ship fee while in simplified mode. Am I wrong on that?

I am always in simplified mode.

[f2tornado]

I had zero sales yesterday on COMC. It's a very limited sample size but perhaps the people are speaking. Will see how it shakes out over a few weeks but it's likely going to impact the amount of lower value cards I submit as well as purchase.

Example: I have historically been able to snag quite a few 90s HOFer cards on COMC that can get slabbed and make a few bucks the hard way. This is spite of COMC prices often being higher than, say, a card show. The Nolan Ryan card that's $1.50 on COMC can often be found in a 50 cent box at a card show, but there's not a card show every day nor do I always find gem cards in the boxes. Basically a secondary way to obtain stuff for subs without a ton of work but with an added cost. Now the acquisition cost is higher to go with the higher slab cost. It's only a quarter, some might say, but if I buy 4000 cards on the site this year then that's an extra $1000 expense.

On the flip side, eBay Standard Envelope is turning into a dung show with buyers pretending to not to get their cards. If that trend continues unabated, then I will be sending all that stuff to COMC. Those are usually $5-10 cards though and would be less impacted by an extra quarter.

[Crosby 87]

Originally Posted by f2tornado

I had zero sales yesterday on COMC. It's a very limited sample size but perhaps the people are speaking. Will see how it shakes out over a few weeks but it's likely going to impact the amount of lower value cards I submit as well as purchase.

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I sold 14 cards yesterday. This month is one of my highest months in 2 years. But if historical evidence shows its a very ebb and flow site regarding it. As I can go days without a sale as well.

[1992UDFootball]

Originally Posted by sthoemke

COMC is constantly stalling while pricing cards... It's so annoying...

It's been awful for days.

COMC's about as buggy as ePack right now.

[dgrochester55]

Originally Posted by JustinVerlander07

Classic COMC. Wouldn't expect anything less.

Can anyone explain to me like I'm dumb why the tarriffs causes USA buyers to have our shipping costs double?

Because tariffs are the new COVID where corporations see it is a blanket excuse to justify what they probably would have done anyways which is squeezing every penny possible out of us. After the Supreme court made their ruling yesterday (before the appeal), I was going to ask them "Now that the tariffs are gone, does this mean no extra shipping?"

[RustyGreerFan]

They ID'd my 2025 Topps Canvas /50 card as base. I was 99% certain this would happen. They apparently have no way to catch these. Fortunately, a Chris Bassitt base card sticks out.

[RustyGreerFan]

And my SGC slab was misidentified as base. The label says Toys R Us. I guess they disagreed LOL

[lahmejoon1]

Originally Posted by Rabs

But now in reseller mode if you decide to ship the card you have to pay $0.25 and then another $0.25 (the new added shipping per card) vs. only paying the $0.25 extra to ship fee while in simplified mode. Am I wrong on that?

I am always in simplified mode.

If you're in simplified mode, you are paying an extra quarter at the moment you buy the card. As an example, if you're buying a card for $1 in simplified mode, that same card would be $0.75 in advanced mode. The tradeoff is, the guy buying in advanced mode would then pay the quarter when shipment was requested, whereas you already paid that quarter when you bought the card. In the end, for any card that is shipped home, both are paying the same price - it's just timing of the quarter charge.

I'm guessing now, with the increase, you're buyng the card for $1 in simplified and then paying an extra quarter when shipped. I'm buying the same card for $0.75, but paying $0.50 when shipped home. The end result is the same price we're paying, but just the extra quarter charge now per card. However, now there is some math to do to determine the optimal shipping cost, i.e. there is a break-even point to where bulk is cheaper than standard shipping.

[gmoney328]

Originally Posted by lahmejoon1

If you're in simplified mode, you are paying an extra quarter at the moment you buy the card. As an example, if you're buying a card for $1 in simplified mode, that same card would be $0.75 in advanced mode. The tradeoff is, the guy buying in advanced mode would then pay the quarter when shipment was requested, whereas you already paid that quarter when you bought the card. In the end, for any card that is shipped home, both are paying the same price - it's just timing of the quarter charge.

I'm guessing now, with the increase, you're buyng the card for $1 in simplified and then paying an extra quarter when shipped. I'm buying the same card for $0.75, but paying $0.50 when shipped home. The end result is the same price we're paying, but just the extra quarter charge now per card. However, now there is some math to do to determine the optimal shipping cost, i.e. there is a break-even point to where bulk is cheaper than standard shipping.

Breakeven has been determined to be 57 cards on a bulk shipment.

[Rabs]

Originally Posted by lahmejoon1

If you're in simplified mode, you are paying an extra quarter at the moment you buy the card. As an example, if you're buying a card for $1 in simplified mode, that same card would be $0.75 in advanced mode. The tradeoff is, the guy buying in advanced mode would then pay the quarter when shipment was requested, whereas you already paid that quarter when you bought the card. In the end, for any card that is shipped home, both are paying the same price - it's just timing of the quarter charge.

I'm guessing now, with the increase, you're buyng the card for $1 in simplified and then paying an extra quarter when shipped. I'm buying the same card for $0.75, but paying $0.50 when shipped home. The end result is the same price we're paying, but just the extra quarter charge now per card. However, now there is some math to do to determine the optimal shipping cost, i.e. there is a break-even point to where bulk is cheaper than standard shipping.

Originally Posted by gmoney328

Breakeven has been determined to be 57 cards on a bulk shipment.

So essentially if I buy 50 cards regardless of what mode I'm in and have them all shipped to me the price will be the exact same in the end?

[Budler]

Originally Posted by Rabs

So essentially if I buy 50 cards regardless of what mode I'm in and have them all shipped to me the price will be the exact same in the end?

The total amount that you pay will be the same. Pay the handling fee as you buy or at the end. Your choice.

[glen87]

91 cards ready to ship, and this is what i am looking at:

[Budler]

I see auction fees are going up also.

[glen87]

Originally Posted by orion9578

Got my rebate & shipping credit yesterday. The rebate came with an email; the shipping credit did not.



I requested a shipment on 5/16 that had around 550k in line. Today it's at 418k. They'll meet the target date for sure, but it's moving a lot slower than it was just a few months ago.

I'll also be using my shipment credit before 5/31. I know they SAY it's not going to expire via the blog page, but I just don't trust it to go smoothly if I wait.

it does expire: