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How's COMC doing?
mattinglymint23
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Anybody use it lately? I rarely see anything vintage if good quality at a decent price. And the modern stuff seems to be mostly the chrome and paper base cards from throw away issues.
Might be time I just take my 20% payout hit and put cash in my pocket.
Thoughts?
Might be time I just take my 20% payout hit and put cash in my pocket.
Thoughts?
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If price is the only issue, I've found most sellers are willing to do significant discounts with the 'Make Offer'.
<< <i>Sportlots is good. >>
I don't like that they don't show photos. And I also don't like that it's actually a written policy that condition descriptions don't need to be accurate if a card is a "common." I received a "near mint" card with multiple creases.
<< <i>I've never used the site, but I just spent 5 minutes looking it over. Seems way overpriced for anything I would be interested in (pre-90s HOF rookies). >>
Yes this is true (of COMC). But 1991-present singles, especially commons, for set builders and player collectors? They're awesome for that.
I have been surprised by my results.
I picked up some 52 Topps, 72 hi numbers, 71 topps, 70 topps, 69 topps football in decent shape for my sets paid a little more then I would have liked but I look at it as I am trading the cards I don't want and cant get rid of and picking up cards I need. the money aspect is just a formality for me. you get a decent pic of the back and front and can chose from several cards most times.
I have picked up some decent hi numbers (72) for under 2.00/card. I got a real nice #310 Metkovich 52 topps (last card in low numbers) for $20.00 that I would think may grade psa 6 at least. my sets aren't MINT so this trading as I see it works for me. I am selling mostly newer stuff, from 75 topps commons up to newer stars and off grade HOF rcs, which I have no interest in and sat around the house for years. so for me it has worked.
so far I have sold $495 and have a balance of just $4.
but I can see your not going to get MINT/NR MT vintage stuff from there but I think you would be hard pressed to get that from any site really without seeing it yourself in person.
collecting RAW Topps baseball cards 1952 Highs to 1972. looking for collector grade (somewhere between psa 4-7 condition). let me know what you have, I'll take it, I want to finish sets, I must have something you can use for trade.
looking for Topps 71-72 hi's-62-53-54-55-59, I have these sets started
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<< <i>I've never used the site, but I just spent 5 minutes looking it over. Seems way overpriced for anything I would be interested in (pre-90s HOF rookies). >>
Yes this is true (of COMC). But 1991-present singles, especially commons, for set builders and player collectors? They're awesome for that. >>
+1. Site has literally allowed me to build Cortez Kennedy and Chris Doleman collections out of thin air.
Now if I can just get around to subbing the cards....
I'm still not clear on the selling fees, does the seller pay the $0.25/item shipping fee? That would make the total selling cost at 50 cents per card, which surprises me if true because a lot of cards listed there are less than 50 cents.
<< <i>Rather than start a new thread, I recycled this one. I'm about to try COMC for the first time as a seller. I plan to start with low dollar autos, serial numbered inserts, and refractors.
I'm still not clear on the selling fees, does the seller pay the $0.25/item shipping fee? That would make the total selling cost at 50 cents per card, which surprises me if true because a lot of cards listed there are less than 50 cents. >>
Seller pays the $0.25 listing fee, buyer pays the $0.25 shipping fee on a per card basis plus $3 flat shipping on all orders regarldess of quantity of cards. They occasionally have listing specials for ~$0.10 which is why you'll see cards listed at less than $0.50 or the seller is just wanting to clear out inventory after making enough profit on other cards.
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<< <i>Rather than start a new thread, I recycled this one. I'm about to try COMC for the first time as a seller. I plan to start with low dollar autos, serial numbered inserts, and refractors.
I'm still not clear on the selling fees, does the seller pay the $0.25/item shipping fee? That would make the total selling cost at 50 cents per card, which surprises me if true because a lot of cards listed there are less than 50 cents. >>
Seller pays the $0.25 listing fee, buyer pays the $0.25 shipping fee on a per card basis plus $3 flat shipping on all orders regarldess of quantity of cards. They occasionally have listing specials for ~$0.10 which is why you'll see cards listed at less than $0.50 or the seller is just wanting to clear out inventory after making enough profit on other cards. >>
You also used to be able to get $0.10/card on bulk submissions. Another thing is if someone buys out someone's entire inventory, they may blowout the harder to move commons for pennies as their acquisition costs on those were probably very small.
Good luck with your subs.
<< <i>I'm not sure where the .10 bulk submission stuff is coming from. Each year they do a "National Special". Last year was a 600 (I think) count box for $77. This year, the special was only for the select processing rate which made it more. It wasn't very special. If you want to keep up with the COMC stuff there is a whole forum dedicated to it over on Blowout. j
Good luck with your subs. >>
I mentioned that you "used to" be able to get those prices...
No longer -- but some people have cards priced in at lower entry points than what is available today.
<< <i> I mentioned that you "used to" be able to get those prices...
No longer -- but some people have cards priced in at lower entry points than what is available today. >>
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<< <i>Rather than start a new thread, I recycled this one. I'm about to try COMC for the first time as a seller. I plan to start with low dollar autos, serial numbered inserts, and refractors.
I'm still not clear on the selling fees, does the seller pay the $0.25/item shipping fee? That would make the total selling cost at 50 cents per card, which surprises me if true because a lot of cards listed there are less than 50 cents. >>
Seller pays the $0.25 listing fee, buyer pays the $0.25 shipping fee on a per card basis plus $3 flat shipping on all orders regarldess of quantity of cards. They occasionally have listing specials for ~$0.10 which is why you'll see cards listed at less than $0.50 or the seller is just wanting to clear out inventory after making enough profit on other cards. >>
I bought cards before from COMC and only seen the $3 shipping fee. Is the $0.25 per card shipping embedded in the list price?
Also how far back should I go with the submission? I have football from mid-2000's to present. I would assume most of the action is on the more recent cards.
<< <i>I bought cards before from COMC and only seen the $3 shipping fee. Is the $0.25 per card shipping embedded in the list price? >>
Yes, whatever price you list a card at gets $0.25 added to it for what a buyer would see
<< <i>Also how far back should I go with the submission? I have football from mid-2000's to present. I would assume most of the action is on the more recent cards. >>
All of those would be fine. I've done pretty well on 90s inserts/parallels in all major sports.
I met the COMC guys at the National and it seems like they have a good business plan for the site.