Forum needs a new MCS Sherpa14565
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| With the loss of @TedSaid we lost our Sherpa for all things MCS (Mycomicshop.com). Someone who knew the ins and outs and could answer detail questions. Who's gonna step up and take that roll? First question: I heard something about either MCS picking up submissions from CBCS...or CBCS shipping directly to MCS. Has anyone done that? What are the details of making that happen? | ||
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| @EbayMafia my last order I sent in I used pickup in Dallas and wrote MCS to pickup all over my invoice!! Este at MCS confirmed that they do regular pickups at CBCS and that they will match the name on the invoice to the MCS records and enter the books in their system. Now...my books have pressing so it will be a while before I can confirm it worked but I have no doubt that it will!! |
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@EbayMafia if my awful memory serves me correctly, aren't you the guy that wrote a manifesto to MCS detailing how they should stop being a long term storage facility for consigners that don't seem motivated to sell for anything close to FMV? If so, I nominate you for the new MCS sherpa as the only manifesto I've sent in my lifetime was to a former employer, who fired me soon thereafter  . |
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Quote:Originally Posted by flanders Crap, I was just about to nominate @KatKomics since he stepped up and answered the question. Might have to be an MCS Sherpa Council. In my last communication to Este I told her that the MCS selling platform was popular with the CBCS forum members and suggested that they appoint a liaison to check in and answer questions from time to time. She thought the idea was reasonable and said she would pass it up the chain. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by EbayMafia You can ship directly from CBCS/CGC to MCS as long as either agreed with Este (first time) and/or all relevant information is provided. No need to fill out the MCS form |
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 Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC?
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| @EbayMafia - Yes, MCS will pick up directly from CBCS. When you submit, you have the option of marking for pick up or shipped back to you. By marking for MCS to pick up, your fee from CBCS will be $5 instead of the normal shipping back to you and thus you shipping back to MCS. If you already have an order at CBCS, email custserv and request they change from shipping back to you to instead have MCS pick up. You will want to contact Este at MCS via consign@mycomicshop.com. Email her the submission number when CBCS notifies you that your submission is ready for shipment. Now in the event you are like me and don’t know exactly what you want back until it has gone through grading, not to worry, just let Este know that want a certain comic(s) back, and instead of imaging so you can post for sale, MCS will ship to you for a fair and nominal fee. They do not treat shipping as a profit center. Last thing, before you post for sale, check to see if comic in same grade is listed in SlabSmart. If so, list yours at a higher price  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Scifinator@Scifinator I'm going to name my MCS store Scabsmart and undercut you by $5 on every book. Thanks for the help though. Quote: Originally Posted by ScifinatorI saw a couple people on the forum mention that they thought this $5 fee for pickup was egregious. But I think they are overlooking that CBCS still puts labor and materials into the packing even if it gets picked up. Any company needs to get paid for the work that they do. |
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Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC?
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Quote:Originally Posted by EbayMafia@ebaymafia - That is just insane to think that $5 is egregious. Besides Materials, the time value of the manpower used to accommodate a pickup is likely costing CBCS well of the $5 that they charge in most cases. Think about it. Someone has to take the time to schedule the pickup, someone has to match and pull the order/submission being picked up, document such, and then get back to what they were doing before the interruption of the pickup. Pickups are one offs and one offs have a cost. It’s a business not a charity. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by EbayMafiaThey seldom say much but MCS does haunt the forum now and again, and sometimes responds to posts. |
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 If the viagra is working you should be well over a 9.8.
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Quote:Originally Posted by EbayMafia The other day someone was complaining on a Facebook CBCS group that the May discount was only 5%. The moral of the story is that people are terrible. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by xkonk My former company used to provide us with free lunches on a pretty regular basis. It was often pizza, and you would not believe the complaining over free food. I really don’t get people these days. |
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| I've bought from MCS many times. Never sold through there. Good? Bad? Ugly? | ||
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If the viagra is working you should be well over a 9.8.
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| @MatterEaterLad for the most recent discussion on the topic https://forum.cbcscomics.com/topic/14556/page/1/tell-me-about-mcs-auctions/ | ||
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| Ok I guess I’m still a Wookiee,So you guys send your books in to be graded n slab, then you send them to mcs to be sold?. What’s the benefit to that beside shipping cost? I’m asking because I plan on retirement in a few years. And I want to cut my PC down. And hope this would be a good business to have.. I notice some people use hip comics to sell what’s the difference between hip/ mcs? Thanks for any input. | ||
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Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC?
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| @Reelgee - The real short of it is the cost and time of packaging up comics a 2nd time and re-sending back to TX. Only, now each comic is now ten times heavier at 15 ounces once it has been encased. I also forgot to point out in my response to @ebaymafia that another benefit is not having to list each comic in the MCS want to consign system, since it is already detailed in the CBCS submission. Bottom line, huge cost and time savings having MCS pickup directly from MCS Disadvantage is if your conic has sat there for a year, you will start having storage fees unless you start a systematic lowering of your prices. |
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| Ok good to know thanks | ||
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| What's the difference between MCS and places like Comic Link? I ask as I can send raw books to Comic Link and get a discount when they are sent to either CBCS or CGC to be graded and slabbed. When they get returned Comic Link scans the books and put them in their system. They charge a 10% seller's fee and pay out 30 days after the auction the items were sold. What's MCS's fees on a sale? |
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@Towmater  MCS consignment |
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| 10% of BiN sales, 8% of auction. They do have an upper limit as well. And if you're doing high dollar lots, their fees are 25%. I'm guessing that's not a service a lot of people use. Quote: Originally Posted by Towmater |
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| @xvipah and @Studley_Dudley Thanks! | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Scifinator Yeah, that was me. I stand by it. Though I never said anything about egregious. I got my car serviced a couple months ago. When it was ready, they called me. I made an appointment and went to pick it up. When I got there, someone quit what she was doing to pull the ticket and go over it with me while someone else quit what he was doing to go get my car and drive it around front. They even washed it and detailed it, all free of charge. And they have a lot more people walking in to get their cars than CBCS has people coming to get their books. I've picked up a number of orders from them and there's never exactly been a conga line of people showing up to collect their slabs - mostly because unlike 99%+ of CBCS customers, I live close enough that going to their office is convenient. Is $5 a big deal to me? Of course not. I presume it's also not a big deal to CBCS. I brought it up because it's a tiny little charge that doesn't need to be there. Naturally CBCS is a business and not a charity, but any business needs to be wary of creating the impression they're nickel and diming their customers. Customer goodwill is an incredibly valuable asset, particularly in an industry that's based on the perception of value, and little upcharges can undermine that goodwill. If CBCS keeps charging it, I'll keep paying it, as it's vastly cheaper than shelling out for shipping and I don't have to worry about books being lost or damaged in transit. And I'll keep using CBCS because I like their service and their people. The thread where I posted it was about ways to improve CBCS. Getting rid of a needless $5 charge avoids potential impact to customer goodwill and has virtually no impact on a balance sheet - which can only improve the company. I didn't bring it up to save myself $5; I brought it up in the spirit of helpful recommendations. |
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| @CatCovers Great observation and example. My daughter is moving into middle school next year, and it’s xxx amount for the PE clothes, Xxx amount for violin rental, xxx amount for computer rental, etc... That nickel and dime-ing does have some negative effects. In my opinion, they’d be better if just making it part of the grading, if it’s needed for covering cost. As anyone who has used Ticketmaster knows, there’s nothing like spending $200 on concert tickets only to find out they are now $300 due to all the fees. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by CatCovers @CatCovers I agree with you that if this $5 fee doesn't add up to any meaningful amount of money over a year CBCS should just drop it and encourage local pick up customers to be their best customers. But in the car service example you are the 99% and the cost of the final handoff is built into the servicing cost. In the CBCS pickup example you are the 1% and the cost off that final handoff step was built into the shipping cost, not the slabbing cost. |
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| One thing that irritates me about buying on MCS is that you cannot retract an offer once submitted and the seller can wait up to 48 hours before responding. I know that in contract law (and on Ebay) you definitely can retract an offer that has not been accepted. It creates on odd situation where you are put in limbo for up to 48 hours, unable to pursue other options until the seller decides to respond to you. | ||
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Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC?
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| @CatCovers - i hear you. However the auto repair and servicing shop are specifically setup and designed for pickup service. CBCS standard operating procedure is to ship out and still, they do have a material cost in either case. That said, as long as they do not make either a profit center, i am fine. | ||
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Have I told you about the time I dropped off 3,000 comics at SDCC?
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| @Jabberwookie we should refrain from using foul language, like ticketmaster, on this forum. | ||
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 We should have the forum rate our packages.
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| It's tough not using foul language. Im here on behalf of Duff beer. | ||
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 I had no way of knowing that 9.8 graded copies signed by Adam Hughes weren't what you were looking for.
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| I have MCS pick up my CBCS submissions for fixed price consignments. I currently have 780 books listed for sale on consignment. |
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We should have the forum rate our packages.
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HeinzDad private msg quote post Address this user | |
| I won't quote any posts but it sounds like we have a new sherpa if he accepts... | ||
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EbayMafia private msg quote post Address this user | |
Quote:Originally Posted by HeinzDad Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking. Quote: Originally Posted by drchaos @drchaos don't be surprised if you get a moniker change soon. |
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