General Forum

No wonder why their reviews are going straight down the drain. What's kind of surprising to me is when I just googled COMC for fun and I found their reviews are not visible anymore (at least from here). It looks like they pay Google to hide their bad reviews. It is not the first time I see Google doing such a thing, but it's pitiful when a business must do that instead of improving service and customer satisfaction.

My employer gets calls about our 1 bad review almost everyday with the promise that it will go away with their stuff. Everyone is trying to make money these days.

My order that I requested shipment on 12/1 with a 3/5 ship date finally sent today 5/14, so over 2 months late, when the target ship date was 3 months from when I put in the order.  So just under 5.5 months to ship an order economy.

Oh man I hate to see this, as I had just placed an order with them (my first one) about 10 days ago.  When I saw an expected arrival for "June" I found that pretty odd.   

Now I wonder if I'll get them this summer.

I also found it really strange that they had a Tyus Edney Gold Medallion Edition set at $45 when the Platinum was at $9.  I found the gold medallion somewhere else for $1.   

Unfortunately they have some very hard to find Edney's for my collection so I may be forced to purchase from them again. 

Individual sellers set the prices for their cards, not the site. Some sellers will mark a card way up if they have the only one for sale. Take, for example, these two common 2001 Topps cards of a player I collect.

https://www.comc.com/Cards/Baseball/2001/Topps_-_Base/416/Matt_Mantei/2395603

https://www.comc.com/Cards/Baseball/2001/Topps_-_Base/416/Matt_Mantei/2395603/Ungraded/COMC/EX-NM

The second listing is actually in worse condition and from a seller I avoid at all costs, but COMC likes to tell you right on your pricing page that "You have a COMC monopoly!" So sellers jack the price up because, like you observed, you may not have another choice. Luckily, it sounds like you did. 

JoelShitShow   is known for that.   He also will rise his prices after he rejects your offer if you make an offer for his cards.  There are several others like him.  I have find they do lower their prices if you note it as too high priced.    He has lowered his prices at times.

Right now a lot sellers have their cards priced high IMO.  I think they are just hoping some fool will buy it now as all prices have gone crazy.

That Joel guy did that to me once. I made an offer for one of his cards. He rejected my offer and then raised the price. That's one sure-fire way to get a bad seller reputation among potential customers. I've never paid any more attention to his listings since.

I have about a couple hundred cards at COMC waiting for me to request shipment. I'll probably order more and then request shipment in July.

He has the H capitalized not the S (IE Joels Hit Show but he's an Ass which is why bud etc are mocking him)