COMC horror story (Dean's Cards included)

[mrmopar]

Not to defend this buyer, as I tend to agree that mistakes of this nature shouldn't be treated the same as say mistakenly placing a $5 card in a quarter box. Remember the Ryan rookie story where the kid bought it in a shop for $12 instead of $1200?

However, doesn't the seller have to "approve" the listings first? I have never sold on COMC, but it seems like COMC would need to limit their liability somehow, unless they can simply repurchase anything that you bought without asking or telling you (which it appears may be the case).

[pokerplyr80]

Originally Posted by KCRfan1

People make mistakes. An OBVIOUS mistake was made in the listing, and consumers expect the item to be " given " to them. ? You knew it was a mistake when you bought it and your crying foul? Get over it.

I agree with this assessment, but do feel he should have been offered a refund through paypal.

I do not feel people who try to take advantage of obvious mistakes should be rewarded. If something is marked incorrectly in a store or even an advertisement they can print a retraction or change the price to the correct one.

[swarmee]

The COMC representative responded back in a thread on blowoutforums that the cards were not actually for sale. It was due to a glitch in their software that the cards were loaded in the first place. I think it was old stock that was his reasoning.
I wouldn't call this a horror story. Yes, they would have been great flips, but you weren't really out anything. The guys dealing with damaged cards that couldn't get them covered by insurance have bigger problems to deal with.

I bought a 1933 Goudey that the pictures showed a wrong back, so I bought it and had it inspected. When they provided new scans showing that it was the correct back and the image was inserted improperly, I alerted their customer service that their images were showing up inaccurately. They patched the software and that has abated as of now. But I bought they card knowing it could be inaccurate, so I don't feel I'm out anything.

[bnorth]

To the OP. That sucks that you got screwed by COMC and Dean's Card's. I like how everybody is saying how they would have done the right thing, LOL I call BS. A scammer recently listed cards on this site way too cheap and members here were fighting over who was the first to purchase the fake Aaron listing. Only one member jad22(much respect to you sir) said anything about the cards being listed too cheap.

[Laxcat]

Why don't you STFU Ben. I'm tired of you and Jake putting your damn two cents in. On everything. No one asked you and your fake card making self.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Laxcat

Why don't you STFU Ben. I'm tired of you and Jake putting your damn two cents in. On everything. No one asked you and your fake card making self.

I not even make any comments on this thread..so I guess im not putting my 2 cents on everything.....I not sure how its bad if I call out fraud on other threads...i not sure why that's bad if ben calls out fraud either...I never said anything negative about you and called out my name.....i not even say anything at all in this thread...but yeah if you call out my name I will say something...im sure you would as well if I said posted something negatively about you in another thread...geez....what a guy to do...


by the way your attack on Ben makes no sense.:

Originally Posted by Laxcat

Hmmm.... So now not only I am greedy, I "fought over the card" and apparently am trying to rip everyone off and intentionally doing harm to the hobby?


You very obviously don't know me. I have done many transactions on here and I would say I pay quite strongly.

And yes, you make fake cards. Are you denying that? You want to talk about harm to the hobby....

how it is a harm to the hobby to make fake cards...like you said he isn't selling them.(and you made a big point to say that)....if you need conditions on what is done after a fake card is made to be harmful to the hobby, that's not what you are implying...you are just saying making fake cards is harmful........making general allegations that are wrong are harmful to the hobby...

[KCRfan1]

Originally Posted by bnorth

To the OP. That sucks that you got screwed by COMC and Dean's Card's. I like how everybody is saying how they would have done the right thing, LOL I call BS. A scammer recently listed cards on this site way too cheap and members here were fighting over who was the first to purchase the fake Aaron listing. Only one member jad22(much respect to you sir) said anything about the cards being listed too cheap.

You can call BS all you want, but there are people who will do the right thing. The OP did not get screwed by anyone, if anything he was the one trying to do the screwing, as you so eloquently put it. You have a good day now.

[ALR-bishop]

Well if nothing else is accomplished in this thread we at least managed to get Ben to laugh out loud.

[begsu1013]

in situations like this, i always use golf's number 1 and 2 rules, keeping in mind it's a gentleman's game:

1. always use the rules to your advantage.
2. if something isn't up to par, penalize yourself.


sounds like your ball was on the cart path, you took your club length but didn't take full relief leaving your back heel touching the cart path.

you're the only one w/ the score card here.

the ultimate question: you gonna mark it a 4 or a 6?

[steve B]

Originally Posted by begsu1013

in situations like this, i always use golf's number 1 and 2 rules, keeping in mind it's a gentleman's game:

1. always use the rules to your advantage.
2. if something isn't up to par, penalize yourself.


sounds like your ball was on the cart path, you took your club length but didn't take full relief leaving your back heel touching the cart path.

you're the only one w/ the score card here.

the ultimate question: you gonna mark it a 4 or a 6?

If the course has a maximum score for a hole that's what I put. Because I'm probably over it anyway.

That's why I'd simply hit it off the cart path. That would be really great compared to where it usually ends up.

Steve B

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Laxcat

Why don't you STFU Ben. I'm tired of you and Jake putting your damn two cents in. On everything. No one asked you and your fake card making self.

At least my "fake card making self" uses my knowledge to help fellow collectors and not take advantage of them.

Originally Posted by KCRfan1

You can call BS all you want, but there are people who will do the right thing. The OP did not get screwed by anyone, if anything he was the one trying to do the screwing, as you so eloquently put it. You have a good day now.

You are correct there are some great people in this hobby that do the right thing. Notice I how gave a fellow member a shout out for doing the right thing in my post. Thank you I will have a good day and wish you one also.

[KCRfan1]

Ben, I know you're a good guy in the hobby when your transactions list " too many names to remember " !

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by bnorth

To the OP. That sucks that you got screwed by COMC and Dean's Card's. I like how everybody is saying how they would have done the right thing, LOL I call BS. A scammer recently listed cards on this site way too cheap and members here were fighting over who was the first to purchase the fake Aaron listing. Only one member jad22(much respect to you sir) said anything about the cards being listed too cheap.

That's because the Aaron wasn't listed too cheap. It wasn't a "giveaway" price. The same card on Ebay nets what the seller was asking for here. $600 on Ebay is actually LESS than the $550 he was getting here.

[David W]

If this is a "horror story" you have lived a pretty blessed life.

[benlee66]

I don't see it as a question of ethics. It's business. It's up to COMC to list things correctly. It's no different than cherrypicking the obscure variations that aren't listed in Beckett, but are worth a decent premium.

Of course they are going to say it's not available. I'm skeptical. My previous shipment from them included the following from DeansCards:

'64 Mays/Aaron #423 with a '66 Ernie Broglios #423 sticker on back ($1.50)
'64 Kelley/Siebert #552 with a '64 Aspromonte #252 sticker on back ($1.15)

It was handled poorly by COMC. They should have contacted me prior to buying it out of my account when I had it marked for shipment and at least offered my cash back. Since it was considered a sale, the paypal I put in became store credit.