COMC - Shipping by....Snail.

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by Bill77

I ordered a dozen cards On January 31 and expected shipping date is 5/3/2021.

How much was the upgrade to Rushed shipping? Only $3 more?

[G1911]

Mine:

[Jay Wolt]

Originally Posted by swarmee

How much was the upgrade to Rushed shipping? Only $3 more?

Exactly!
My order from last week would take months if I chose the economy shipping.
For a few $ more, I did the next level & predicted shipping is March 11.
Was still a bargain since I had many slabs in the order.

[forceplay sport]

I know during this USPS was brutal ! But I guess the question really is why continue to buy from them? They will notice if their sales are down, its the ONLY way that this company will understand, that this is unacceptible.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by forceplay sport

I know during this USPS was brutal ! But I guess the question really is why continue to buy from them? They will notice if their sales are down, its the ONLY way that this company will understand, that this is unacceptible.

I have almost stopped buying from them. I have had 6 cards sitting in my account for a little over a year. I looked and someone had just listed an extremely rare card. I made a reasonable offer and purchased it.

I opted for the faster shipping option and it still says expected delivery April 3rd.

[philo98]

I bought a card on COMC on February 12th and the message I received was that the earliest it would ship was March 1st. However, it shipped February 18th and I received it on Feb 22. That was my first card purchase from there.

[forceplay sport]

seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if this is how they get customers to pay for expedited delivery.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by forceplay sport

seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if this is how they get customers to pay for expedited delivery.

Their shipped is so cheap anyway I would gladly have paid even more to have them sent in a few days like it used to be. Their combined shipping from multiple sellers is really by far the best thing about COMC.

[Bill77]

Originally Posted by swarmee

How much was the upgrade to Rushed shipping? Only $3 more?

Didn't really look at the rush shipping. Most of the cards I bought were cheap and on sale so I figured I'd grab then before they were gone or off sale. Besides I have enough cards taking vacations with USPS. One even got a free trip to Tampa recently.

[JollyElm]

Seeing if anyone knows whether or not the shipping wait times have improved.

Looking today (October 4), it says my cards would take two months (January 4) to be delivered with standard shipping (I have no interest in paying over $20 to get the order sooner). Were I to request shipment today, is the January 4 date the 'real' date the cards would arrive, or is there a chance my cards would arrive relatively sooner? In other words, is their delivery date a strict, accurate reflection of reality, or do they simply add two months delivery time to every order and it doesn't actually take that long? Does anyone have any actual real world examples (not guesswork) of recent shipping results via standard, non-expedited shipping?

[nineunder71]

My last order with them was Paid for on Aug 31, and I received my cards on Sept 10. I consider that just fine

However, the packaging of the cards has gone down hill big time!!! My last two orders have arrived in penny sleeves heavily taped to a piece of cardboard, really pathetic!!! A few of the cards in the order I paid over $30 for, I would always expect a $30 card to be better protected than that!

I’ve purchased over 100 times from this company, and I think my days dealing with them are limited. They are going down hill fast

Interested in hearing others’ recent experiences! Cheers

Colton

P.S.- In response to the previous post, I find Comc ships much sooner than the expected ship date that you receive via email, good luck getting the cards in a top loader though

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Seeing if anyone knows whether or not the shipping wait times have improved.

Looking today (October 4), it says my cards would take two months (January 4) to be delivered with standard shipping (I have no interest in paying over $20 to get the order sooner). Were I to request shipment today, is the January 4 date the 'real' date the cards would arrive, or is there a chance my cards would arrive relatively sooner? In other words, is their delivery date a strict, accurate reflection of reality, or do they simply add two months delivery time to every order and it doesn't actually take that long? Does anyone have any actual real world examples (not guesswork) of recent shipping results via standard, non-expedited shipping?

[mrreality68]

I just explored their website for the first time ever.

If you are into modern cards WOW great selection

Vintage Card not nearly as many but still some nice and interesting cards

But based on this thread from delivery time issues to packaging issues

I will probably have to pass on them at least until things improve

Things for the heads up on both that website but also their hopefully only short term opportunities

[Rich Klein]

COMC is now sending out an monthly update at the beginning of each month: Here was the October email

"Thank you for your continued support as part of the COMC community. Not only are we excited to be entering basketball, football, and hockey season, but we are blessed to be a part of this fun and fast-moving industry. We have made some heavy investments this year as your trusted partner, so you can buy, sell, and flip cards. We focused our efforts on improving customer experience by reducing response times to customer inquiries, decreasing shipping times, and optimizing our quality assurance processes.

We are happy to share our wins! Our Rushed shipping service is now going out in under 4 days. We are making consistent progress each week to clear out the Economy shipping backlog and reduce our Economy ship times. You should expect to see Economy ship times decrease to 1 month by Black Friday.

We are providing same-day responses to customer inquiries. To continue our mission to deliver the best-in-class customer experience, we are enhancing the customer resources available in our COMC Help Center, extending our Live Chat hours, and optimizing our website.

Our focus is now on driving your sales. We launched our new Fresh Pulls discount, so you can get your in-demand items for sale cost-effectively while decreasing the turnaround time to list and sell them. In addition to this new offering, we will be promoting Elite and Auction items both directly through our COMC channels and in partnership with eBay.

With the holiday season quickly approaching, we will keep optimizing to help you find more of the cards you want while better supporting you to increase your sales and get more eyes on your cards.

Happy collecting!"

Julia Getsch

- COMC President and Cofounder

[JollyElm]

With all due respect, guys, I'm not looking for general thoughts about COMC, I'm looking for insights from people who have actually had cards shipped recently, so I'll ask again...

"Seeing if anyone knows whether or not the shipping wait times have improved.

Looking today (October 4), it says my cards would take two months (January 4) to be delivered with standard shipping (I have no interest in paying over $20 to get the order sooner). Were I to request shipment today, is the January 4 date the 'real' date the cards would arrive, or is there a chance my cards would arrive relatively sooner? In other words, is their delivery date a strict, accurate reflection of reality, or do they simply add two months delivery time to every order and it doesn't actually take that long? Does anyone have any actual real world examples (not guesswork) of recent shipping results via standard, non-expedited shipping?"

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by nineunder71

My last order with them was Paid for on Aug 31, and I received my cards on Sept 10. I consider that just fine

However, the packaging of the cards has gone down hill big time!!! My last two orders have arrived in penny sleeves heavily taped to a piece of cardboard, really pathetic!!! A few of the cards in the order I paid over $30 for, I would always expect a $30 card to be better protected than that!

I’ve purchased over 100 times from this company, and I think my days dealing with them are limited. They are going down hill fast

Interested in hearing others’ recent experiences! Cheers

Colton

P.S.- In response to the previous post, I find Comc ships much sooner than the expected ship date that you receive via email, good luck getting the cards in a top loader though

If you do not request and pay for a top loader, you get a penny sleeve.

I placed an economy shipping order on 5 Sep, my expected delivery has moved from December 21st up to October 30th. I won’t be using economy shipping again the next time I order from them. And I will as they have many 72 Topps baseball cards in great condition for really reasonably prices.

I would not give up on them all that quick but ymmv.

Regards

[rdwyer]

Customer has the final say.

[vthobby]

Originally Posted by rdwyer

Customer has the final say.

I always swear by the handy #2 Heinz as opposed to the #2 pencil!

Mike

[Vintagevault13]

Just checked the latest status on my COMC.com order:

[butchie_t]

When I made my order, there were 800,000+ items ahead of me. The number has been dropping rather quickly. Relatively speaking......

Status:
Tracking: Not Shipped Yet
Date Requested: 9/5/2021
Estimated Ship Date: 10/31/2021
Items Ahead of My Order: 483,758