COMC horror story (Dean's Cards included)

[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.

[ALR-bishop]

Are you looking for sympathy and understanding, or retribution and justice ?

[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.

[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.

[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.