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[markakis8]

I'm with woundedduck. i usually offer 50% as a starting point but I usually don't buy anything over $5, so maybe that makes it moot.

half the time my offers are accepted.

 

[TwinGnats]

I've just started with my account and price my stuff at around 80% off book because I send in stuff that I want remove from my inventory and I'm also completely getting out of basketball and football. A lot of the offers that came I accepted, there were a few that came in that even though I'm trying to blow out my inventory I'm not going to take crazy offers of 7% book.

I always counter with my best price when someone is looking to buy more than one card. I counter with that price until it is rejected. I had one where someone offered $8 for a lot and my best price was $15. It was countered with something like $8.50 which I thought was funny and I countered again at $15. While waiting three of the cards he wanted were sold so that didn't work out too well for the buyer. The point is that once I offered the same price twice the buyer know where I was ending.

I like that there are no messages, it prevents people from getting pissed and arguing. The numbers speak for themselves and prices can be accepted/rejected as they are in black and white. I hope they don't implement a message system. So far I've found COMC far superior to ebay with cards that are not highly liquid (which are the vast majority of cards).

I haven't tried any super limited, high priced or hot list type cards. I'd still use ebay for that for the time being.

 

[ch2423]

I don't want to derail the conversation but had a quick question about COMC and figured I'd ask in here rather than make a new topic. How often do they update the site? Is it on a set schedule or random?

 

[TwinGnats]

the prices are hourly I believe, not sure if that was the update you were referring to.

 

[EricInCT]

the prices are hourly I believe, not sure if that was the update you were referring to.

I think the thought process was if I collect player A and COMC receives 50 cards of said player, do they update every wednesday or if I check three straight days in a row wil I see a few aded each day.

 

[BunchOBull]

I sell very little, but to combat the 50% offers, I do mark the cards up based upon my cost. Anything under $10, I just double my cost and list; worst case scenario, I get a 50% offer on a card that's been in my inventory for a long time, and I break even.

On higher priced cards, my markup is a lot less, to no markup at all. Though I know the 50% offers will still come, there comes a price at which listings are just too nutty, and serious buyers will avoid you. The bottom feeder buyers typically avoid the higher priced cards anyway.

 

[EricInCT]

The latest clown I have delt with only takes 30% off offers then counters with 25 or 30 cents off $15 cards LOL.

 

[Jastermereel]

I believe prices are updated instantly and new additions appear within an hour.

 

[nbailey]

I don't want to derail the conversation but had a quick question about COMC and figured I'd ask in here rather than make a new topic. How often do they update the site? Is it on a set schedule or random?

Cards are added and prices are changed almost 24/7 because the updates depend upon the seller, not the site. For cards mailed to them, COMC only adds them in an inventory during normal working hours. However, they don't show up for sale to buyers until the seller goes in to their "dashboard" and adds prices. Therefore, new cards pop up for sale at all hours of the day and night - it can be completely random.