That was fast

It seems that COMC has finally gotten their act together.

My first order of 2024 was requested on the first day of 2024. It arrived on the 25th.

Of March.

 

Then, because COMC is the only place with affordable mid-grade 1956 Topps singles (fvck you very much, 4 Sharp Corners) I placed another order in spring. Requested shipping on May 12, received cards July 13th. 

Better, but still godawful. Both orders took so long to fill that I got an apology email with a $5 voucher for shipping on my next order. And so, like the sucker that I am, I placed order #3 and requested shipping on August 28th. I was expecting it to arrive around Halloween.


It got here yesterday. 12 days - that's almost like a real business. I didn't pay for expedited shipping or anything. 

Perhaps if I knew their turnaround times had drastically improved I'd have bought more cards and waited another month. Alas, I have just 40 cards to show off today - starting with the aforementioned '56 singles:

The seller I usually buy these from had a 25% off sale, and posted something else I'd had on my wantlist for years - a vintage Walter Payton card.

I'd been shopping around for a 1977 Topps Payton but the prices and my profits from eBay sales were never in sync. Instead I bought back the oldest football card I had as a young teenager.(That one was an OC copy with at least one rough corner.)

Some thick boys and prospects. There was a blue parallel #d/99 of the Syndergaard relic for about $2.50, but I bought the base for $1.27 and picked up the Pedro with the balance. My prospecting days are over but the Lazaro Montes was mislabeled and the Jackson Chourio was priced way too low.

Cheaper shiny here. Almost all were 50 cents each or less. Rasmus Asplund is a fringe NHL player but a blue color-matching auto for under $1.50 is hard to pass up; I nearly bought a Casey Mittlestadt Blue Rainbow auto for about $5, but then I would have had to put back the Prizms.

More hockey here (yes, the top two cards are from a hockey set.) The Neighbors and Cuylle Young Guns were a package deal; I sent an offer which basically got me the Cuylle for free. The Hull completes my Lost Rookie Cards insert set and triggered this order in the first place, since no one else has this card for under $8.

Picked up what I thought would be among the final Arizona Coyotes cards - but then I saw 2024-25 Upper Deck MVP was released without any mention of Utah. The Game Dated Moments card is ridiculous; the caption reads "Coyotes players say goodbye to the 2023-24 season...." Umm, what?!?!?

Finally some PC teams here, including a Blue Diamond Dustin (not to be confused with Dustin Diamond) and Juke Box Heroes inserts of the Hughes brothers. I foolishly bought the Yoshida and Casas refractors for 35 cents each even though I have absolutely no more room for any Red Sox inserts or parallels of any kind. I had to take out all the mini cards, put those in a separate box, and then it was still a tight squeeze.

I've had to get very selective about buying Boston base cards, too, as I only have space for about 20 across all my binders. Once my incoming Sportlots order arrives, I'll have less than a dozen pockets available.

And, not to dunk on COMC after giving them their flowers, but I bet the Sportlots seller will ship faster than 12 days. Just sayin' ;P

I did make one more very minor purchase. Picked up a couple cheapies on eBay and...

.... got that 2,000th feedback ten minutes after paying the seller. Woo-hoo!!! 🥳

Thanks for reading!



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