1996 Donruss Baseball Forum

Does anyone know what is making commons from the 1996 Donruss Baseball set have such high asking prices on COMC? I was quite surprised. 

COMC normally has a higher cost floor than SportLots. I would start there if possible. Maybe our buddy baseballcardstore.ca has what you are looking for.

It costs at least $0.50 (now) to have a card listed on COMC and COMC tacks on an addition $0.25 for a handling fee.   So right away a card that was just submitted to COMC has a base cost of $0.75.   Of course that's just for a new submission, card that are bought from a port sale may have a lower per card base price, and if you a flipper you can turn on advanced selling mode that removes the 0.25 handling fee from the purchase price, but if you want that card shipped you'll still have to pay it.  This is why buying base cards and commons on COMC isn't worth it.

I'd recommend cardbarrel.com if you looking for set filler.  Sportlots.com is another great place to load up on cheap cards.  And of course trading on here.

Wow! Does it really cost at least $0.50 per card to list on COMC!? I am amazed at how pricey it is. I occasionally see cards for sale for less than that, so sellers must be taking losses on some cards? 

It used to be $0.35. That was sometime pre-pandemic.

Cards listed for less than $0.75 don't incur any monthly fees, so if a seller sent a card in 2016 and listed it for $0.45, it can sit there...forever, with no harm to the seller. 

It's also possible that those listed for less actually are sellers willing to take a loss to move the card(s), but it's unlikely. Your best bet for commons is SportLots or CardBarrel, not COMC - and I have a lot of commons on there. 

I've purchased on SportLots quite a bit but never CardBarrel.  

Are they pretty much functionally the same thing?  

Yes and no. I stopped using card barrel when I found SportLots. Similar to COMC the pricing floor is higher. However, it is one centralized seller/store, not a store front for different sellers. You buy from them and they ship from their location. Navigation of the site is relatively okay.

Card Barrel use to be called Just Commons, but Mr. Mem rebranded a few years ago.  Originally they sold mainly cheaper base cards and inserts, but with the rebranding now sell, unopened products, supplies, complete sets, autos and relics, etc.  The only downside is it's only baseball.  

I have 88 cards from the 96 Donruss set on my trade list. Let me know if you need any of them. I don't see any matches for us when I do the trade match so maybe you already have them all.