COMC - Shipping by....Snail.

[Marckus99]

Order placed - 6/19
Expected shipping- 9/21

This, supposedly due to Covid and Armageddon.

But interestingly, they have time to load new images/cards - daily!

Or maybe putting cards into plastic sleeves is a bit more taxing than
I previously thought.

- Mark

[robw1959]

Originally Posted by Marckus99

Order placed - 6/19
Expected shipping- 9/21

This, supposedly due to Covid and Armageddon.

But interestingly, they have time to load new images/cards - daily!

Or maybe putting cards into plastic sleeves is a bit more taxing than
I previously thought.

- Mark

Dang! That is just using COVID as an excuse for poor customer service. I guess my 6-week service from them was pretty speedy by comparison since it took half the time. You can get nice cards at fair prices from them, but be prepared for a long wait.

[commishbob]

I feel guilty for feeling the same way, I understand that there will be delays, but the avalanche of emails they send with auctions, etc. has me a little pissed that my latest requested shipment is scheduled for late October. It's just shy of four months from request. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

To be fair, I did get an email from them stating that they are adding staff to catch up.

[swarmee]

Yep. They are absolutely slammed right now.

[MCyganik]

It is a bit of a gouge at the moment for their standard shipping. One of the original appeals of their business model was that the shipping was built in to the buy cost (25 cents per card) and you could send all your cards back for one flat $4 rate.

Now they are jacking the timeline it takes to get those cards via the standard rate, and encouraging people to use the expedited rate, which is 25 cents per card. So essentially you're paying 50 cents per card + the now $5 flat rate.

To be fair I used that rate on about 20 of the most expensive cards I owned on there that I wanted in hand for my PC and they shipped out EARLIER than the expected date which is nice. It was about $10 shipping which I paid with my COMC credit.

But if you have say 1000 cards on there you want shipped for the original standard price... well, good luck!

[Rrrlyons]

Mine is similar requested 6/9 expecting 9/9
Rick

[Natswin2019]

Originally Posted by Marckus99

Order placed - 6/19
Expected shipping- 9/21

This, supposedly due to Covid and Armageddon.

But interestingly, they have time to load new images/cards - daily!

Or maybe putting cards into plastic sleeves is a bit more taxing than
I previously thought.

- Mark

I'm still waiting on my order from 5/1 to be shipped. It was supposed to ship on 8/3 but here we are. I'm going to try to get in contact with them soon. This is ridiculous

[Jim65]

I stopped buying from COMC a while ago, I don't regret it one bit. They are the absolute worst.

[brianp-beme]

COMC - Shipping by....Snail.

I looked it up. Snails move faster when it is warmer, so because it is hot pretty much across the country right now, they can't use this as an excuse for slow shipping.

Brian

[commishbob]

This is what I don't understand...and someone can educate me if I'm missing something obvious.

If I buy a card from them via their site...my delivery time is months down the line. In the case with my latest order, three and a half months.

But if I buy a card from them on eBay the estimated arrival date is August 24, approximately one week.

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[Jim65]

Originally Posted by commishbob

This is what I don't understand...and someone can educate me if I'm missing something obvious.

If I buy a card from them via their site...my delivery time is months down the line. In the case with my latest order, three and a half months.

But if I buy a card from them on eBay the estimated arrival date is August 24, approximately one week.

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They have to abide by Ebays rules. Plus, they don't have to worry about negative feedback on their site.

[dmats33312]

Originally Posted by commishbob

This is what I don't understand...and someone can educate me if I'm missing something obvious.

If I buy a card from them via their site...my delivery time is months down the line. In the case with my latest order, three and a half months.

But if I buy a card from them on eBay the estimated arrival date is August 24, approximately one week.

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If you order it on eBay you will wait a month file a claim against them and never get the item. Gone through that personally.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Jim65

I stopped buying from COMC a while ago, I don't regret it one bit. They are the absolute worst.

I haven't completely quit buying from them but darn close.

Their search function sucks, can't even search by newly listed.
Prices have gone from great to are you BLEEPING kidding me.
I like error/variations but their new listing method is a complete sh*t show.

As a funny example just search for 1989 Fleer Bill Ripken. The whole section is a complete sh*t show. In the one of many separate listings for the exact same version you can not search for the most recently added. Then you have the same people that list their cards at 10X everyone else clogging up your search. It is so bad there has to be cards still listed from when COMC opened. Now there is even a print error listed as a separate version.

[ALR-bishop]

Use them now only for back variants I am looking for since few back scans on eBay. If a card they have that I need can be bought on eBay I buy it there.

But most of the purchases I make from them are not expensive ones and shipping delays don't bother me much.

[aconte]

I stopped buying off their site as well. Too slow.
Same reason I slowed my purchases of Project 2020 cards from Topps.