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Like DyeHardFan I let cards sit there for over a year sometimes.    So I'm not worried it takes 3 or more weeks longer.  Yes I was not happy during COVID when I toke 5 months.

Now this is what I have been told by a person that used to work there.  He signed an NDA so this is all he could tell me, and he quit about 4 years ago.  Things have changed, I'm sure.

1. When someone requests a shipment. (Economy).   They do not give it to a person to pull just that shipment.    The smaller Rush or Express would be done by one person but large Rush/Express shipments would be given more the one person.

2.  When a person pulls cards.   They pull cards for many requests.   I take it as they pull cards that are in the same area.  As of now I think there is 3 warehouses holding cards.   Again, on the Economy request.  So you may have several people pulling your order and until they are done they set there waiting to be verified.

3.  Cards are stored by their Item number not year/brand/set.   Like most of us.  He could not tell me how they are stored.  Just they were not in boxes.

Now with their new sorting system and the little code on each card it may be done way differently.  They may just have to scan the bar code and not even look at the card.

Yes!!! with 100s of 1000s of cards to be pulled it is a wonder it does not take longer.  We just worry about our 100 cards and cannot figure out why it takes so long to pull 100 cards and they may be for one set.

I purchase from COMC and found that cards were cheaper to purchase directly from them as opposed to eBay. But then I placed an order once and was given a lengthy shipping date, so I paid extra for it to expedite. Didn’t happen. I paid extra and they still shipped at the initial date. So now when I purchase from them, I do so through eBay. Even thought I’m paying a little more for cards, the orders ship faster which in a sense is no different than paying extra to them for expediting that may be hit or miss. 

29 cards, requested 5/8, shipped 5/30, out for delivery 6/3 using the cheapest shipping option. Nothing to complain about considering the volume they deal with.

I have nearly 400 items sitting in my account that I need to request shipment on.  This dates back pre-pandemic.  COMC's shipping times got so messed up that I decided to wait it out. But whenever I add money to my account I decided to keep buying cards instead of shipping them lol

Thanks for the info on shipping times.

I have a whopping one card waiting there that I need to ship at some stage so good to know what sort of wait to expect.

What was the pre-covid shipping times like? Just curious. I wonder how much of their business is divided between sales where people want the cards sent to them vs sales where people just want them to keep cards for resale on site. I do think it's a really great business/service overall, quite impressive, and probably gets complicated figuring out all the different aspects. I just wanted to vent my complaint and actually add that I think this site is pretty darn good. 

I made several purchases from them pre-Covid, but most of my shipping was done during their "black Friday free shipping" deals, and most of the time I received the cards a week or 2 after Christmas (making the shipping time about 5-7 weeks). I think standard shipping times back then for non-freebie seasons were still about 2 1/2 - 3 weeks for packing and then another 3-4 days for the carrier time. They really have pretty much gotten it back to pre-covid times. Maybe 3-5 days longer, but their per day shipping volume has also increased dramatically since then.

Is it too crazy to live in a world where all cards and the people requesting those cards shall be treated equally? Just kidding. I'm going to pay more next time because of the value I place on getting my purchase in my hand as close as possible to the time of purchase. That may say something bad about me, but it's just who I am and everyone, including myself, will have to deal with it.

Thats a good point about the vintage and the waiting in the overall context. I actually think I will change my tune when the cards arrive and I probably will have kind of forgotten about them and it will be a pleasant surprise when they arrive - sometimes I unconsciously leave some cash in pockets or just laying around because of how awesome it is to find cash unexpectedly, so I can view comc orders and shipping in a similar way perhaps. I'm the interim I went and bought a KG Natural Born Thrillers at my lcs and that satisfied my need for immediate satisfaction  - been eyeing that card for a while. 

Thanks to everyone who responded to this thread - I was expecting at least one reply that would try to rip me but every reply was positive and informative in one way or another. 

Natural Born Thrillers are cool cards - hopefully it should hold the cravings over for a while!

I must say, '90s inserts are the best.