All I want to do is talk about COMC

[Budler]

Originally Posted by sthoemke

Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

So True

[SearchPatrol]

Beckett just put up 2 more podcasts about COMC. 1 makes mention of the size of the warehouse and the work required to pick cards. Each about 15 minutes.

https://youtu.be/0Ox--zDWRiU

^^ is episode 2 below episode 3

https://youtu.be/IMqhaIsRpZI

[checkoutmydeals]

I didn't listen to the podcast, but I always thought it was common knowledge that Beckett was [***] on COMC

Right. But what I gleaned from the podcast is that he does not want his userid to be common knowledge.

OTOH, he is an enthusiastic participant on COMC, and doesn't mind shouting that from the rooftops.

It was also refreshing to hear two COMC power users talking about the site for an hour without a constant drumbeat of complaints.

The podcast exists in two forms. Each participant has their own podcast. So, one of them has split it into three parts, while the other has the entire interview as one recording. I listened to it as an audio podcast. One show is called "Dr James Beckett Sports Card Insights" (the interview is broken into 3 parts), while the other is called "WaxPackHero Sports Card Minute w Mike Sommer" (the interview is presented as one episode).

[detroitbball]

I apologize if this has already been covered. But the thread is 700+ posts long so a lot to wade through...................How reliable are the card scans on COMC? Will the show reasonable flaws? They seem a bit low-res to me and I'm worried that defects wash out. What is folks' experience with the actual card once received?

[mjohnatgt]

For the most part, the scans are just fine. For higher valued cards you're thinking about buying, you can contact the staff and ask them to inspect the card for hidden flaws in an email.

[NatsSBR]

Originally Posted by detroitbball

I apologize if this has already been covered. But the thread is 700+ posts long so a lot to wade through...................How reliable are the card scans on COMC? Will the show reasonable flaws? They seem a bit low-res to me and I'm worried that defects wash out. What is folks' experience with the actual card once received?

I posted above, but to say it again, I have seen a paper wrinkle in the white border of a late 80s Topps card rendered all but invisible in the scan. That wrinkle is VERY noticeable when the card is in hand.

My general rule is that if you are buying dollar cards for your own PC, it's not worth worrying about. If you're buying them to grade or to flip in person, buyer beware.

[Saints]

Requested Priority (Not Rushed) shipment of 1493 cards to be shipped to United Kingdom on 9/26/2020.

Estimated Ship Date: 12/30/2020
Estimated Delivery Date: 1/15/2021
Shipped on 7/19/2021

Delivered: 8/14/21

[Saraste]

Originally Posted by Saints

Requested Priority (Not Rushed) shipment of 1493 cards to be shipped to United Kingdom on 9/26/2020.

Estimated Ship Date: 12/30/2020
Estimated Delivery Date: 1/15/2021
Shipped on 7/19/2021

Delivered: 8/14/21

Bout damn time! You have to be relieved. Have you checked the order yet for mistakes?

[checkoutmydeals]

I apologize if this has already been covered. But the thread is 700+ posts long so a lot to wade through...................How reliable are the card scans on COMC? Will the show reasonable flaws? They seem a bit low-res to me and I'm worried that defects wash out. What is folks' experience with the actual card once received?

I've received thousands of cards from COMC over the years and have been reasonably satisfied with them. Some things which could be relevant, in no particular order:

* You do have the right to return an item which has undisclosed defects within a certain amount of time after you receive it, even if you purchased it months or years earlier. You're supposed to contact them within a certain amount of time. It might be more trouble than it's worth, and they are sometimes more responsive than at other times, but there it is.

* COMC has processed over 100 million items during the last 14-ish years. They sometimes change how they do things. In the early days, when there were only a handful of users and only a few thousand cards on the site, they expected that everyone could judge the grade simply from the scan. Later on, especially when they started cross-posting to Amazon and later eBay, they were more fastidious about describing the condition with condition notes, or putting the cards in condition buckets, or (at times) rejecting cards outright which did not meet a certain quality standard.

If the raw card's description has any kind of grade such as EX-NM or whatever, then it has some minor flaws. At one time, they would add notes giving details, but now they put them into "condition buckets". A card which is in the default bucket (that is, it doesn't have any condition notes) isn't guaranteed to be perfect, but it's likely to be OK-ish, especially if it has a relatively recent COMC ID number.

* Most of the cards over $100 and the cards which are sent to eBay auction are scanned with a more time-intensive and costlier method. These usually have black backgrounds, as opposed to the white backgrounds that the normal scans have. So if you see a card like that, it's much more likely that you can see minor flaws in the pic.

[KhalDrogo]

Originally Posted by KhalDrogo

Again, Tim literally said on SCL that if you don’t get a timely response from CS, he wants you to message him directly on social media. Why do you guys not do this?

I bought a card from COMC today. Says it will ship in 7 days. It was severely underpriced. I assume nobody had hit BIN because of the seller.

Received yesterday. 8 days after purchase. Pretty good for COMC!

[Saints]

Originally Posted by Saraste

Bout damn time! You have to be relieved. Have you checked the order yet for mistakes?

I've waited that long for them to arrive that I've moved on from being relieved, life's too short.
I doubt I'll check to see if all the cards are in the package, I'll just check that the better, more expensive cards are in the package.
I just hope that next time I request a shipment it doesn't take as long to arrive.

[timber09]

I am hopeful that things are getting to a better place. Long way to go yet but at least a few signs of optimism.

Package of 700 cards sent in for processing (16 week standard)...
Delivered by USPS 7/27
Entered by COMC 7/29
Processing due date 11/29

Over the past 48 hours, almost 100 cards have been added.
I am sure the bulk of this submission will still take some time to be processed however I wasn't expecting anything to be added for at least another couple months.

[yoyosh]

Originally Posted by timber09

I am hopeful that things are getting to a better place. Long way to go yet but at least a few signs of optimism.

Package of 700 cards sent in for processing (16 week standard)...
Delivered by USPS 7/27
Entered by COMC 7/29
Processing due date 11/29

Over the past 48 hours, almost 100 cards have been added.
I am sure the bulk of this submission will still take some time to be processed however I wasn't expecting anything to be added for at least another couple months.

Similar situation here
300 cards marked "received" by COMC on July 24
All but 18 of those popped in my inventory last night.
Go COMC go!!!

[boxbuster7]

Bought 2 miscut cards listed in the wrong bucket from a consignor. Of course they got moved and added with a note after I bought them. Just sent my 2nd email to them...

alright they took them back

[wilsunshines]

Originally Posted by wilsunshines

I take this as more confirmation that SOMETHING happened in June that caused the Rushed shipping times to just explode. It's awful. And it's incredible that they've already mailed your shipment #7.

My two outstanding Economy Rushed orders:

Order #1 - paid $120.49 for Economy Rushed
Date Requested: 6/22/21
Actual Ship date: hasn't shipped as of 8/10
Items ahead of my order: 13,733

Order #2 - paid $65.99 for Economy Rushed
Date Requested: 7/26/21
Actual Ship date: hasn't shipped as of 8/10
Items ahead of my order: 20,637

It does not feel great to pay $120 for rushed shipping and then 8 weeks later still not having any real idea when you'll receive the items.

Credit where credit's due, I received the above Order #2 today, which was requested on 7/26. So, that's not too too bad.

Still waiting for Order #1 from 6/22 to ship though.

[kabenac]

Originally Posted by timber09

I am hopeful that things are getting to a better place. Long way to go yet but at least a few signs of optimism.

Package of 700 cards sent in for processing (16 week standard)...
Delivered by USPS 7/27
Entered by COMC 7/29
Processing due date 11/29

Over the past 48 hours, almost 100 cards have been added.
I am sure the bulk of this submission will still take some time to be processed however I wasn't expecting anything to be added for at least another couple months.

That's super encouraging and actually impressive. I have another pile to send them and should probably get to it as my credit is dwindling as I've been buying a lot of 1960s HOF stuff.

[phreakyq]

Originally Posted by Saints

I've waited that long for them to arrive that I've moved on from being relieved, life's too short.
I doubt I'll check to see if all the cards are in the package, I'll just check that the better, more expensive cards are in the package.
I just hope that next time I request a shipment it doesn't take as long to arrive.

that maggie is insane! love to see a better pic.

[timber09]

Originally Posted by kabenac

That's super encouraging and actually impressive. I have another pile to send them and should probably get to it as my credit is dwindling as I've been buying a lot of 1960s HOF stuff.

Sounds like you and I are on a similar program - I have a chunk of vintage stuff sitting there waiting to be shipped back to me.

This was always the most attractive thing about the opportunity that COMC provides/has provided - the ability to "trade" a thousand cards one doesn't have the time or effort to move for something they can really enjoy.

Slowly, I think they are coming back - or at least I hope that is the case.

[flyercle]

Originally Posted by timber09

Sounds like you and I are on a similar program - I have a chunk of vintage stuff sitting there waiting to be shipped back to me.

This was always the most attractive thing about the opportunity that COMC provides/has provided - the ability to "trade" a thousand cards one doesn't have the time or effort to move for something they can really enjoy.

Slowly, I think they are coming back - or at least I hope that is the case.

Out of curiosity, how does your vintage move on COMC? I always had in my head to use them for selling more modern, but I think as a vintage collector it might be appealing to see the exact condition f the card when purchasing.

As an example, do base 69-72 topps stuff move at a decent pace if they are in solid condition?

[kabenac]

Originally Posted by timber09

Sounds like you and I are on a similar program - I have a chunk of vintage stuff sitting there waiting to be shipped back to me.

This was always the most attractive thing about the opportunity that COMC provides/has provided - the ability to "trade" a thousand cards one doesn't have the time or effort to move for something they can really enjoy.

Slowly, I think they are coming back - or at least I hope that is the case.

They're in the same situation as eBay - they're the biggest site catering toward something so people tend to stick with them. The idea of buying X amount of cards and not having to endure multiple shipping charges is what makes COMC successful.

The time saving aspect is what I like about them: I don't have to try and sell at a show or list on eBay (and most of the stuff I sell on COMC is sub-$10 - mostly in the $3 to $10 range); the only thing that takes time is pricing them once they're catalogued.

I think they're making an attempt to make things right as they received a tsunami of rage the past two or so years (and rightfully so).

[timber09]

Originally Posted by flyercle

Out of curiosity, how does your vintage move on COMC? I always had in my head to use them for selling more modern, but I think as a vintage collector it might be appealing to see the exact condition f the card when purchasing.

As an example, do base 69-72 topps stuff move at a decent pace if they are in solid condition?

I can't speak to selling vintage - I purchase a fair amount of stuff for the exact reason you are mentioning. Many of the commons I find to be priced too high for the builds I have been working on however it's nice when you get to some of the high number series to be able to see a scan of the card and decide. Condition evaluations for unseen cards varies wildly on some of the other sites - I also build on SportLots quite a bit and find myself ordering a couple of the same cards at times just to make sure one is usable.

My gut tells me that the bulk of '69-'72 are likely not worth sending in - maybe have a look at what is available on site and some of the variations to double check. At a guess, I would think high series, hall of famers, stars and rookies is probably the only things selling for more than a buck or two...maybe some of the harder to find checklists as well...

[zolt1313]

I bought an item stored remotely. I understand they say you can only ship those via regular shipping. But has anyone ever had any luck getting one of those shipped faster than that?

I'm wondering if there are any other options to get it faster. Like if they moved the item to the main location and then I requested a rushed shipment once it got there. Not sure if that is possible though.

[flyercle]

Thanks for the info! Maybe I'll just stick to my plan to list on Sportlots instead with conservative estimates on condition. I just know as a vintage buyer I much prefer to see the cards, but that $0.50/card upload fee looks to kill that idea for any commons from that era.

Originally Posted by timber09

I can't speak to selling vintage - I purchase a fair amount of stuff for the exact reason you are mentioning. Many of the commons I find to be priced too high for the builds I have been working on however it's nice when you get to some of the high number series to be able to see a scan of the card and decide. Condition evaluations for unseen cards varies wildly on some of the other sites - I also build on SportLots quite a bit and find myself ordering a couple of the same cards at times just to make sure one is usable.

My gut tells me that the bulk of '69-'72 are likely not worth sending in - maybe have a look at what is available on site and some of the variations to double check. At a guess, I would think high series, hall of famers, stars and rookies is probably the only things selling for more than a buck or two...maybe some of the harder to find checklists as well...

[mjohnatgt]

Originally Posted by zolt1313

I'm wondering if there are any other options to get it faster. Like if they moved the item to the main location and then I requested a rushed shipment once it got there. Not sure if that is possible though.

Yes, you can wait for it to lose its "Item Stored Remotely" tag and then put in a Rushed shipment at that time. You may have to keep the item priced in order to see it, though. So triple the price from what you'd be willing to sell it for, or just price it, see what it says, and then put it back as Not for Sale until it shows no tag.

[phreakyq]

Service: Express Rushed

Date Requested: 8/13/2021
Actual Ship Date: 8/19/2021