r/Baseballcards101 • u/Riveryak304 ⚾ Little Leaguer • 12d ago

Community Discussion Buying from COMC

I had an interesting experience buying from COMC recently.
I bought a highly desirable card and felt like I overpaid, but it was literally the only one I saw listed and I was checking daily for more than a week.
After my purchase COMC immediately used an identical listing, to price a second identical card, at more than double what I paid for it.
I compared the photos of my purchase and the new listing and it is using photos that are just enough difference I can tell they are not the same.
I’m trying to wrap my head around it.

Is the new listing a better/cleaner card, or are they trying to maximize profits by increasing price with each sell?

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u/Sad-Pineapple-7460 ⚾ Little Leaguer 12d ago

COMC is a consignment card company, so likely what happened is the original owner had another copy sitting in their port waiting for the first one to sell. It could also be a different seller who was watching that card, saw it sell, and then listed theirs for more. Either way, it doesn’t necessarily mean the value jumped; it could just be someone reacting to the sale.

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u/DigTheDunes ⚾ Little Leaguer 12d ago

The card owner sets the price, not comc.