MySlabs

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Carter08

I thought it would cut into ebay to a huge degree. Now it just seems like people post their collections with crazy prices and no intention of actually selling anything.

That's certainly my impression. Absurd prices and no flexibility. And the platform sucks, you can't ask questions. I am sure there are occasional exceptions and in the past I have found them but not worth the effort.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

That's certainly my impression. Absurd prices and no flexibility. And the platform sucks, you can't ask questions. I am sure there are occasional exceptions and in the past I have found them but not worth the effort.

I actually think not being able to ask questions/harass the seller is awesome. Same goes for COMC. Unfortunately COMC has also turned into a complete $hit show full of insanely overpriced cards that have been sitting there for many years or even a decade in some cases. Combine that with a basically worthless search engine and a beyond horrible way cards are listed. The only really great thing they still have is being able to buy cards and they will hold them until you want them sent to you. It has saved me a ton of money on shipping.

[CardPadre]

One area I think MySlabs never developed the way they needed was for "tracked" items.

Once you track (or watch) an item, that is it...it's just for your records. You never get any pro-active updates if the item's price is reduced or if the seller starts accepting "offers" for the item, nothing.

Of course you can check back on the item, but nothing comes from MySlabs to prompt or engage a buyer to take a fresh look at an item they are tracking if the seller makes it more appealing.

[perezfan]

Buy the card; not the MySlab.

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by bnorth

I actually think not being able to ask questions/harass the seller is awesome. Same goes for COMC. Unfortunately COMC has also turned into a complete $hit show full of insanely overpriced cards that have been sitting there for many years or even a decade in some cases. Combine that with a basically worthless search engine and a beyond horrible way cards are listed. The only really great thing they still have is being able to buy cards and they will hold them until you want them sent to you. It has saved me a ton of money on shipping.

I have filled out a lot of sets with cards from COMC. And I thought they added a small monthly fee for listing cards, to discourage museum pricing.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Gorditadogg

I have filled out a lot of sets with cards from COMC. And I thought they added a small monthly fee for listing cards, to discourage museum pricing.

I have found numerous tough nonsports or obscure sports cards on COMC at what seemed reasonable prices.

[Brent G.]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I have found numerous tough nonsports or obscure sports cards on COMC at what seemed reasonable prices.

Same -- especially old Star Wars. I did pick this up on there for $75 last year -- but now the same card/grade is listed there for $231 ...

[philliesfan]

I see they have seller fees of 2 or 3% plus $3.49 + .49 processing fee.

Does anyone know if the processing fee is for each sale or is it a monthly fee on your sales when they send you payment?

Thanks,
Bob

[sbfinley]

It suffers from issues most eBay competitors deal with. Sellers fear fewer eyes equals fewer dollars and they price their goods to reflect that fear. I can’t remember who, but someone here opened a eBay competitor 10-12 years ago and it was a great site, but it quickly became a BIN museum as sellers feared no reserve auctions rightly or not.

[CardPadre]

Originally Posted by philliesfan

I see they have seller fees of 2 or 3% plus $3.49 + .49 processing fee.

Does anyone know if the processing fee is for each sale or is it a monthly fee on your sales when they send you payment?

Thanks,
Bob

They don't send you payment, you get paid from PayPal or Stripe. And you incur those transaction fees in addition to the 2 or 3% selling fees. That $3.49 that you wrote above is not a dollar amount, it's actually 3.49 percent...the PayPal/Stripe fee.

The $.49 processing fee is for each sale, I believe.