Independent online card dealers

carlsonjok · #1 04-16-2022, 02:11 PM

I am partial to SportLots. It is basically a decentralized version of COMC. I am generally a raw, midgrade and up set builder and can always find fairly priced cards there; which is more than I can say for COMC.

swarmee · #2 04-16-2022, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by carlsonjok

I am partial to SportLots. It is basically a decentralized version of COMC. I am generally a raw, midgrade and up set builder and can always find fairly priced cards there; which is more than I can say for COMC.

It definitely has a place in the hobby. To save money overall, make sure to look through each seller's port there and heavily use the ones that ship to the warehouse (box) for free or highly discounted.
Interestingly, there is a company trying to steal their main sellers. See post #974. And if you're a user of sportlots, good one to read throughout for tips/tricks/pitfalls.
https://www.blowoutforums.com/showth...373268&page=39

I bought a lot of 300 Topps cards looking for rare variations, ended up getting none. Figured the sellers on there might not be as smart on rare variations and I would get lucky with one or two $100 cards to make the attempt worth it.
There's also a flip opportunity by buying from sportlots and sending to COMC, where they'll be scanned and cross-posted to eBay.

Add: However, the user experience / search engine / design is AWFUL. You have to be super patient on sportlots, and make sure to check out every so often because it uses your own browser cache for the cart. Depending on your browser settings, you may lose hundreds of cards you had in the cart if your computer or browser crashes.

Snowman · #3 04-16-2022, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by carlsonjok

I am partial to SportLots. It is basically a decentralized version of COMC. I am generally a raw, midgrade and up set builder and can always find fairly priced cards there; which is more than I can say for COMC.

At least COMC has pics of the cards though...

carlsonjok · #4 04-16-2022, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Snowman

At least COMC has pics of the cards though...

Many Sportlots sellers also post pictures for star cards, which can be used to gauge how those sellers grade condition. With that information, I am perfectly comfortable ordering commons sight unseen. And, I have yet to regret it.

I just bought a few dozen common cards for my 1969 set off Sportlots and paid between $0.75 and $1.25 for most of them. A look at COMC and I would have paid 2-3x for cards in worse condition and up to 4-5x for cards in equivalent condition. Maybe its worth it you to pay that premium to look at a picture, but I have plenty of other places to spend my money and am not going to throw it around frivolously.

dio · #5 04-16-2022, 09:52 PM

https://www.deserticesports.com/

and

http://www.vintagerookies.com

Bought a couple times from him, smooth transaction

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