All I want to do is talk about COMC

[no10pin]

The last few items from my submission that was due on 2/7 are still dragging on over a month later. I guess those get thrown to the bottom of the list since they are already late.

Also, the last shipment I sent in under the old rules was delivered on Thursday, absolutely no record of that happening in the system yet. That must be the new trick, if they don't scan them in then the clock doesn't start.

I love using COMC for cards in the $2-20 range, but I'm done sending items in now until they make an effort to turn things around. This feels like PSA/BGS all over again with the staff not being able to keep up with volume. Rather than staffing up to meet the requirements, just change the rules. Oh, and charge more money for it too.

It's pretty clear the eBay auctions are way more work than they thought, and it's eventually going to ruin their core business if they don't get that part back on track.

[hockeyman]

Originally Posted by anusinha

I sent a bunch of graded cards to COMC that arrived on Friday but havent been added to my pending submissions yet. Should I be worried?

Anyone know what happens if you dont put the submission slip in the package?

your hit with a 3 dollar missing paper work fee!

[kb 24]

If I set a promotion in COMC, is the price in the eBay listing also discounted? I hope so

[mjohnatgt]

Originally Posted by kb 24

If I set a promotion in COMC, is the price in the eBay listing also discounted? I hope so

No, it's only on sale on COMC.

[timber09]

Originally Posted by shrevecity

2/13 seems to be a catalyst. Almost everyone I see posting about late subs that date comes up.

I was noticing something very similar to this...I wonder if there was a spike in submissions around the end of the year.

My pending are as follows:

9967477 640 2/14/2020
10475978 610 3/23/2020
11105609 130 4/3/2020
11105610 525 5/4/2020

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by timber09

I was noticing something very similar to this...I wonder if there was a spike in submissions around the end of the year.

My pending are as follows:

9967477 640 2/14/2020
10475978 610 3/23/2020
11105609 130 4/3/2020
11105610 525 5/4/2020

Prizm basketball was released late November so that flood could be root

[checkoutmydeals]

Basic 11024092 5 % 1,200 1,200 0 4/28/2020 4/28/2020 $0.00
Basic 10831852 5 % 1,200 1,200 0 4/13/2020 4/13/2020 $0.00
Basic 10669625 5 % 400 400 0 4/3/2020 4/3/2020 $0.00
Basic 10669627 5 % 400 400 0 4/3/2020 4/3/2020 $0.00
Basic 10669629 5 % 400 400 0 4/3/2020 4/3/2020 $0.00
Basic 10566166 5 % 400 400 0 3/27/2020 3/27/2020 $0.00
Basic 10566167 5 % 400 400 0 3/27/2020 3/27/2020 $0.00
Basic 10566168 5 % 400 400 0 3/27/2020 3/27/2020 $0.00
Basic 10395174 5 % 1,200 1,200 0 3/17/2020 3/17/2020 $0.00

[anusinha]

Originally Posted by no10pin

The last few items from my submission that was due on 2/7 are still dragging on over a month later. I guess those get thrown to the bottom of the list since they are already late.

Also, the last shipment I sent in under the old rules was delivered on Thursday, absolutely no record of that happening in the system yet. That must be the new trick, if they don't scan them in then the clock doesn't start.

It's pretty clear the eBay auctions are way more work than they thought, and it's eventually going to ruin their core business if they don't get that part back on track.

Yeah, seems like thats their new trick, taking a page out of the PSA playbook and not starting the clock by letting packages sit.

[mc1]

I wonder how many packages theyve had delivered in the past week. Feel bad for their USPS guy/gal.

[Swipe79]

To be fair - in the past they start the countdown on the day it arrives. I've had them do that a few times when something wasn't scanned in right away.

Originally Posted by anusinha

Yeah, seems like thats their new trick, taking a page out of the PSA playbook and not starting the clock by letting packages sit.

[sthoemke]

Originally Posted by mc1

I wonder how many packages theyve had delivered in the past week. Feel bad for their USPS guy/gal.

I sent in 3000+ the week before the fee increases.

[swatko4]

What did the fee increase to? Never saw anything. Have 825 that we’re due 3/6 btw and nothing

[jjj5278]

I sent in some and they received them yesterday, still nothing in the system or an email yet. Mine were both small batches but one was select for some higher dollar stuff so I’d like them to at least acknowledge it.

[checkoutmydeals]

What did the fee increase to? Never saw anything. Have 825 that we’re due 3/6 btw and nothing

Anything you committed to send by March 4 and was postmarked by March 7 is grandfathered in to the old rate.

Some of the highlights (going by memory) is that Basic Processing has been divided into 2 groups:

* Slower than Molasses (not sure the actual name) which takes 12 weeks (or more) and costs 35 cents. If they take more than 12 weeks, they'll knock 20% off of that rate, so 28 cents. This ONLY applies to non-vintage (that is, 1980 or later cards) which are easy for a monkey to identify (English language, name of manufacturer clearly stated, year of manufacture clearly stated or easy to guess from the player's stats).

* "We don't have time for these so we're going to process them faster" (again I forget the actual name). This is 50 cents per card and the deadline is 3 weeks, but again they can go longer and knock 20% off if need be. This level of service must be used for all Vintage (1979 or earlier), and all "Oddball" (I think, that's what I call them) cards - example, non-English cards, name of manufacturer or year not easy to determine.

If you have any oddball or vintage cards mixed in with your regular cards, I >>>think<<< the procedure is to charge 50 cents to upgrade that one card, in addition to the 35 cents it cost in the first place. So, 85 cents. But if you submit an entire batch of stuff at the 3 week level, then it's all 50 cents per card.

They also instituted some fee of like $10 to investigate a card which has been found to be trimmed which they'll charge to the person who submitted it. It isn't clear to me whether this includes cards which are supposed to be trimmed, like 1920's Strip cards, or cards which were frequently cut out by hand such as Sports Illustrated for Kids, but I think the spirit is that they want to stick it to the (alleged) trimmers who have been causing them so much consternation in recent times.

Some other highlights include a $2 fee to price a card at $100 or more (or no additional charge if you send it in at the $2 level). This is supposed to get the higher quality scan like they give to eBay Auction items. Also, they now charge 50 cents per card to remove them from toploaders, so you're better off sandwiching the cards inbetween toploaders than sending them in the toploaders.

[dustin42]

Originally Posted by sthoemke

Just a link to their website:

https://www.starstock.com/

I talked to the them and I am going to start using them.

[anusinha]

My subs that were received on Friday made it into the system today.

At least they are jumping in price by the day.

[cruiserdaddy7]

My Monday delivery hasn't been entered in yet. I can only imagine in 30 days and 60 days what the delays are going to look like.

[sthoemke]

Originally Posted by kb 24

If I set a promotion in COMC, is the price in the eBay listing also discounted? I hope so

No, but when you are running a sale, you get your higher price if a card sells on ebay.

[sthoemke]

Originally Posted by hockeyman

your hit with a 3 dollar missing paper work fee!

Missing paper work fee is now $5. You also get charged the fee if any card is not current year for a current year submission.

[sthoemke]

Originally Posted by checkoutmydeals

...

They also instituted some fee of like $10 to investigate a card which has been found to be trimmed which they'll charge to the person who submitted it. It isn't clear to me whether this includes cards which are supposed to be trimmed, like 1920's Strip cards, or cards which were frequently cut out by hand such as Sports Illustrated for Kids, but I think the spirit is that they want to stick it to the (alleged) trimmers who have been causing them so much consternation in recent times.

...

I'd be careful about sending in cards from perforated sheets. I've been getting a lot of cards rejected even though the cards show the perforations. The $10 fee is ridiculous. Shown are 2 example cards rejected - Little Big Leaguers and SI for Kids.

[checkoutmydeals]

I'd be careful about sending in cards from perforated sheets. I've been getting a lot of cards rejected even though the cards show the perforations. The $10 fee is ridiculous. Shown are 2 example cards rejected - Little Big Leaguers and SI for Kids.

I really wish they had a condition note "HAND-TRIMMED" for this type of card, and saved "EVIDENCE OF TRIMMING" for potential instances of fraud and deception. IMO, this sort of card adds character to the site, even though it probably doesn't account for more than 1/10 of 1% of anyone's sales.

Right now I have over 7,000 cards in the pipeline and none are this sort of card (I hope). But I am slightly concerned that some ham-handed rules enforcer might retroactively apply some dopey "investigation fee" to a pile of 1950's Wheaties cards I might have submitted in 2010 or something.

Were these simply returned to your account as "unsupported" or did they actually charge you a fee?

I can see them charging a punitive fee for actual detective work, like cross-checking eBay and Worthpoint to discover that a certain serially-numbered card used to have a corner ding, and now the same serial number is a PSA 10 with no such ding. But it doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to figure out that a card which was originally printed on the back of a Twinkies box might have been removed from that Twinkies box using some sort of mechanical means.

[tbc]

Stuffs bizarre, sometimes.


2019-20 Panini Contenders Draft Picks - Game Day Tickets #3
RJ Barrett [edit] [share]
Sold on 3/11/2020. You got
$0.33!

But this card is available for $.25, not on sale
https://www.comc.com/Cards/Basketbal...rrett/14570543

[jefflasvegas]

Originally Posted by tbc

Stuffs bizarre, sometimes.

But this card is available for $.25, not on sale
https://www.comc.com/Cards/Basketbal...rrett/14570543

I think sometimes people put cards in their cart and don’t checkout til days later. They don’t take the time to make sure they are still the cheapest card and just go ahead and pay for the holdings in the cart.

[checkoutmydeals]

Also, not everyone buys the cheapest card 100% of the time.

[sthoemke]

Originally Posted by checkoutmydeals

...
Were these simply returned to your account as "unsupported" or did they actually charge you a fee?

...

They were returned as Altered Unsupported. This was before the $10 investigation fee. I think I was probably charged the 30 cent scanning fee.

I've also had a few vintage playing/game cards declined for "EVIDENCE OF TRIMMING", which I think is absolutely untrue. It might be possible the cards have a natural width variance from the time of production that might be the cause of the rejection. Sample attached: