I don't get sellers on COMC

[AGuinness]

Patrick,

I'm with swarmee on this (who posted just after you). COMC sellers can set the minimum offer threshold, which is even described on the COMC Profiles and Options page. The auto-accept threshold is a completely different ballgame.

I'm not sure what seller told you what to offer, the way you phrase that seems to indicate something else going on than a typical COMC transaction (in particular since there is no way for users to directly correspond through the COMC interface). A seller on COMC isn't saying, "Offer me 50 percent and I'll accept it," through the setting, the seller is saying, "I'm only willing to consider offers at 50 percent of the ask price."

At a card shop or show, my experience certainly includes countless times when cards have been priced by the seller, I make an offer and the seller makes a counter offer. I don't see how COMC is operating any differently than this.

I'm not a lawyer either, but I think a bait and switch is when whatever you are buying are substituted by an inferior version of the product. In this case, I think that's very different, as a seller can't switch cards out that are involved in a potential sale on COMC.

[swarmee]

I think I'm getting your confusion, Patrick.

If you make an offer on a card that is listed for $50 but ON SALE for $20, it will say "An offer of $20 will be immediately accepted." Because that's already the price of the card. You can't offer any lower because the card is already more than half off list price. When you make an offer for $20, it automatically processes the offer and the card shows up in your inventory.

However, if you make an offer on cards that are not on sale, the seller has the option of: 1) Not accepting any offers, 2) Auto-Accepting offers up to 50% off, or 3) Considering offers up to 50% off. Each sellers sets their own settings for those options.

[SMPEP]

No confusion. You as a seller told COMC what offers you'll take. YOU decided that. Not me.

So you can't tell me (the buyer) to offer you $2, and then after I give you the offer you told me to give you in the first place, turn around and tell me now to offer you $4. I'm never going to accept that offer because you were just dishonest with me. You could have chosen to tell me the offer you wanted. But you lied and gave an amount you won't accept. If any of us was at a card show and a dealer told you to offer $2, and then after you did, turned it down and said he wanted $4 - every one of us would leave the table as fast as possible. Both of you, Garth and John, included

Now if you want to be an honest and ethical seller on COMC - don't counter an offer or don't take any offers and just price things as you wish.

But even if you choose to disagree, I just solved the problem by closing my COMC account.

Given the seller's behavior and pricing, COMC just isn't a value proposition as a buyer.

Cheers,
Patrick